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Student Initiative

At WEDF we work to facilitate the understanding and collaboration of individuals of all perspectives, traditions, and cultures so that they can thoughtfully and critically engage with the issues surrounding the use and future of data. The WEDF Student Initiative invites the brightest and most creative upcoming voices from across the world to come together to reflect on some of today’s biggest challenges, present their ideas, and engage with a global community of experts.

WEDF Student Initiative 2022 opening soon.

In 2021, the WEDF Student Initiative welcomed outstanding submissions from students around the world. The winners were from a wide-range of institutions, including the University of Cambridge, UK and National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Slippery Rock University, USA and UAI Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile. Their perspectives brought outstanding intelligence and nuance to the discussion, in each case emphasizing how important it is that humans remain both centre and circumference re. technological development and ethical consideration.

The 2021 Student Initiative Roundtable discussion and original student submissions on topics including personalization, privacy, autonomy and narratives can be found below.