After five years as Professor of Practice at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), internet pioneer Marleen Stikker is saying goodbye. This symposium looks back at her impact on the HvA and ahead to how we can become less dependent on Big Tech. Under the theme “taking control yourself”, we discuss how Big Tech shapes communication, learning, work and society, and what you can do about it.

Contributions come from Jopie Nooren (Executive Board), José Teunissen (dean), students Dunke van Boekel and Neelam Pulto, Hans de Zwart (teacher of the minor Philosophy of Technology: Us Against Big Tech) and Pascal Wiggers (lector). Marleen Stikker closes with ideas for continuing her work. You will go home with ideas and practical actions.

Program: 11:30 walk-in with lunch, 12:00 main programme, 1:30 PM personal farewell. Afterwards, you can continue to the Society 5.0 Festival.