Trust in contemporary societies is in declining supply and institutions, experts, elections, established practices and information sources are all feeling the effects.
Join us for a day of conversations lead by Tim Fung, Founder and CEO of Airtasker; Jess Miller, Deputy Lord Mayor, City of Sydney; Ian Opperman, NSW Chief Data Scientist and CEO Data Analytics; and Annelise Riles, Founder of Meridian 180 and Executive Director, Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Studies Chicago, to explore the implications of this uneven distribution of trust and distrust and what we can do about it.
The Hon. Julie Bishop MP will deliver the keynote address reflecting on the role of trust in diplomacy in the Asia Pacific region, drawing upon her experiences in forging and consolidating key relationships within the region.
The event marks the launch of a new Meridian 180 base at UNSW Sydney – its first in the Southern Hemisphere.
Meridian 180 is a quadrilingual forum for transformative leadership and policy innovation co-hosted by universities in the USA, South Korea, Japan and now Sydney (UNSW Sydney). The Meridian platform allows members to converse and collaborate in real-time in four languages – Japanese, Korean, Mandarin and English – on critical issues facing the Asia Pacific region. Meridian 180 members come from around the world and represent a wide range of disciplines, expertise, and professional domains. The diversity in membership facilitates the development of new insights, perspectives and research directions, whilst avoiding the pitfall of siloed thinking.
The Trust and Distrust event will provide a taste of the Meridian 180 concept, and an example of how scholars, business leaders, community organisers and policy makers can contribute to future conversations.
Learn more at www.meridian180.unsw.edu.au.
Registration is available for a whole day of conversations, or for individual sessions.
Explore the different kinds of mistrust that can emerge when people connect via technology platforms – and when and how such platforms build trust and social capital.
Tim Fung, Founder and CEO of Airtasker; Heather Ford, Senior Lecturer in Media (Digital Cultures), UNSW Host: Bronwen Morgan, UNSW Law.
How should today’s expert advisors adapt to changing demands being placed upon them? How does one advise those too distrustful to take the advice on board? How close is too close in relations of trust between clients and advisors, and when do those relations become too remote to be effective?
Penny Burtt, CEO of Asialink; Robert Chu, Partner and head of the Australian operations for Sullivan & Cromwell; Host: Fleur Johns, UNSW Academic Lead, Meridian 180 @ UNSW.
What can be done to tap the wisdom of crowds while tempering inclinations towards idiocy and bigotry? When science has come so far, why does it struggle to gain public trust?
Ian Oppermann, NSW Chief Data Scientist and CEO Data Analytics Centre; Jolanda Jetten, social psychologist, Laureate Professor, University of Queensland; Prof. Ian Chubb AC (ANU; former Chief Scientist of Australia); Host: Rob Brooks, UNSW Science and Academic Lead of the Grand Challenges program.
As dystopic visions and divisive voices proliferate, what are the preconditions for people to look boldly, rather than despairingly, towards tomorrow?
Annelise Riles, Founder of Meridian 180 and Executive Director, Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Studies Chicago; Eunice Kim, Professor of Law, Ewha Womans University, Seoul and Head of Meridian 180's Korean base; Host: Veronica Taylor, ANU
* Session time and speaker availability are subject to change.
