How do we, as creatives working to support our Indigenous communities, envision our future digitally-mediated world? 

January 30-February 1, 2025 

Labriola National American Indian Data Center 

Hayden Library, Room 236

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, and via Zoom

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Detailed agenda

Day 1: Welcome; Insights from Indigenous Approaches to AI and Machine Learning

Day 2: Insights from Indigenous Approaches to Advanced Computational Hardware and Software Design; Responsible and Responsive Methodologies and Frameworks

Day 3: Insights from Indigenous Approaches to Advanced Telecommunications and Immersive Technologies; Summary and Concluding Remarks

What are the conditions for critical infrastructural augmentation and innovation of novel technical systems across Indigenous geographies? How do technologists ideate, pilot, and advance technical systems through such circumstances? How do experienced researchers, entrepreneurs, and seasoned tech practitioners frame productive and meaningful community-centered design in low-resource Indigenous contexts? What can studying a combination of novel and sustained sociotechnical infrastructures built on Indigenous community strengths teach us about new modalities for technical innovation and incubation in comparable contexts? 

Our white papers address these challenges through contributions by seasoned tech designers, practitioners, artists, policy advocates, and knowledge-keepers.

Through their position papers, experts share their knowledge and insights about the detailed aspects of information, communications, and technology innovation across a range of Indigenous contexts. Through our 2025 Winter Institute, we will have the opportunity to learn about each other's work, and synthesize overarching commonalities, needs, meaningful strategies, and critical new lines of inquiry.