1. Technology and Sustainable Economic Development Reading Group Welcome to our first meeting of the semester! Matthew Kam briefly explains what the group did last year and what its format was. - last year: a reading group that met fortnightly to discuss readings that people took turns to choose and introduce. - we will talk at the end of the meeting about times and formats that we all would like to see this year. Introductions around the table…

2. The case of food “distances”… You buy food at the supermarket… But you don’t know: - where the food came from - what its production history/lifecycle is - what environmental impacts occurred in growing the food - whether there are health risks hidden in the food…

3. Some methods to “visualize” consumer products… The internet can be used to collect and map data direct from consumers; Electronic systems can be used to track flows of foods and products; Electronic tools can be built to enable consumers to “ask” products for themselves; Interactive tools can be used to generate risk assessments.

4. LANDINGS ABROAD (Direct Exports)

5. Questions? How are the developments relevant to developing countries? What does technology mean? What is the place of non-IT approaches? Should mundane science be considered as part of designing the technology? Who will the technology really empower? …? Others?

6. Future meeting times? Options: 1. Thursdays 4-5 pm (greatly preferred) 2. Fridays 3-4 pm 3. Fridays 4-5 pm 4. Mondays 3-4 pm 5. Mondays 4-5 pm