Restoring Data Dignity in COVID-19

Covid-19 is not just a 2020 problem, the pandemic shows how vulnerable our healthcare system can be. To contain the virus, various tracking systems that acquire individual’s health and geographic data are developed, which at some level violate people’s digital rights or even freedom. It could be really risky to unconditionally share our data with governments or any institution. We believe that Covid-19 brings us a great opportunity to reform the health information/data system. Join us in the discussion to dig into the root cause of data slavery in public health, and together, we will brainstorm ways towards “Data as Labor”.

SPEAKERS Vivian Chen currently serves as the community advocate at Bitmark, a startup focuses on restoring trust in data. She is the program director of Girls in Tech Taiwan, aiming at accelerating the growth of innovative women who are entering into the high-tech industry and building successful startups. Vivian also served as the Chinese Taipei delegation of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, she worked on promoting women’s participation in higher-wage high-growth industries.

Hai-Ching Chang is the team lead of CMX Taiwan (the community to help professional community builders thrive), and a volunteer at COSCUP (Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters). She’s worked at Academia Sinica, Backer-Founder, and currently at Bitmark to help restore the trust in data.

Yahsin Huang is the marketing manager at Diode. She covers impacts of emerging technologies, especially blockchain, for various media outlets, such as Make magazine, TechLife magazine, Business Next, Meet Startup, Thinking Taiwan, Blockcast.it, BlockTempo, and Hacker Noon. Notable works are her tech reports of DevCon in Prague, Czech Republic, and EDCON in Sydney, Australia. In 2016, Yahsin helped start the Taipei Ethereum Meetup community. In 2019, Yahsin founded the RadicalxChange Taipei chapter. She has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from National Dong Hwa University.