What are the possibilities for mapping ethical technology ecosystems and communities across the UK?

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At the start of 2022 Consequential, CIC, The Data Place, Dot Projectand Noisy Cricket came together to explore the possibilities for mapping the ethical technology ecosystem across the UK to make sense of the key stakeholders working on the biggest ethical tech questions facing us today.

The project was intended as an exercise to understand how we might map out “ethical technology” organisations and projects to drive connection and relationship building across all stakeholders to help ensure technologies are developed in the public interest. Their aim was to explore ways in which to build, uncover and share a consensus picture of the organisations, networks and projects working in this space because:

● People who need to access support should be able to navigate the industry quickly

● People working in the sector need to know what projects are happening

● Funders need to know where the gaps are in support provision

● New entrants to the sector want to know who is who rapidly and easily