FWD50 took place on November 6-8, 2023 in Ottawa's Lansdowne Park. See the Agenda.
There have been 272 posts and 905 favourites with the hashtag #fwd50 on Mastodon.
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(8)En route eastbound #YYJ > #YYZ > #YOZ to attend @fwd50 in-person for the first time since November 2018.
On my mind: How very much I’m looking forward to reconnecting with some of the best people on the planet, who are all working for designed positive change in/for/with publics. ❤️
And also how VERY much has changed for/around/to us in these 5 years since I was last with the #fwd50 community. 🤯
So excited to learn & share about all this starting tomorrow morning. 🔥
“The ‘digital’* skills we most need are people skills.” ~ Ebony Sager** @ #fwd50
*Air quotes mine
**Here, (re)posting very much = endorsement 🙌
Resonant hits from @acroll’s @fwd50 #FWD50 opener: Salmon ladders of incremental progress beyond the meta-obstacle of systemic barriers to progress, the reminder that we’re all part of - and contributing to - that system and so have an opportunity to contribute to lifting others up, and this … love and have been practicing hacks for many years, celebrate hacking co-conspirators … and yet …
Leaving YOW en route home from #FWD50, feeling equal parts physically drained & psychoemotionally re-invigorated. In particular, referring to one of the inimitable @honeygolightly’s slides, inviting us into a next phase, feeling motivated to contribute to cultivating what comes next.…
Back home from #YOW & a wonderful #FWD50 to my fave fur fella and our fave place to start our days. ❤️
So much of Ebony, Xiaopu & Daphnée’s #FWD50 talk struck resonant chords, not least in these moments … 🙏🙌🔥❤️
Compelled by Jacqueline Lu’s #FWD50 talk re: dtpr.io, and motivated to be involved in what she and the Helpful Places team is up to on trust + transparency in the built environment … including built trails, like this new one on Whistler/Blackcomb, where we’ve deployed sensors to better understand recreator numbers and impacts.
