Election Hustings on the Private Sector and the Digital Economy
Confirmed Parliamentary Candidates: Miles Briggs MSP (Conservative), Ben Macpherson MSP (SNP), Andy Williamson (Lib Dems) and Kirsty McNeill MP (Labour)
Chair: Ethan Claridge (Holyrood Magazine)
Experts: Brian Baglow (National Games Strategy),Prof Fiona McNeill (AI) and Professor Marion Thain (Education)
The event will also be live streamed and recorded at: https://youtube.com/live/EhKT740oLUw
Digital technologies now shape how we access media, jobs, healthcare, education, and public services. They connect us, but they can also divide, exploit, and exclude. Yet we rarely stop to ask how we want them to serve people, communities, and democracy.
This Scottish Parliament election hustings is a chance to put those questions directly to the people seeking your vote.
Join us in calling for a future where digital is central — and where we have a say in how it evolves.
The event will bring together politicians and experts to discuss Scotland’s digital economy, digital rights, and the rules that should shape our technological future.
This hustings is part of the National Conversations:
https://nationalconversations.org/
Some of the questions we need to discuss as a society:
Changes that impact society
What should work and public services look like in the near future?
What are the benefits and risks of AI? How should AI be managed?
Do tech companies pose a threat to social trust, truth, and our sovereignty and democracy? If so, what action should we take?
How do we ensure that people, communities, and democratic institutions remain in control?
Private companies and society
How should we support economic development in the digital sector?
How do we balance privacy, safety, and the benefits of data?
How do we ensure markets are free and fair? What do anti-monopoly provisions look like in the digital age?
What obligations should private companies have to prevent harm or manipulation via their platforms?
How should ownership of data, art, or markets work in the digital world? How does that help or hurt our economy?
Tickets are free. This is a volunteer run event but there are costs, and we would be grateful for a donation.