BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2022//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2022 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241121T121700 UID:euroseas-2022-are-digital-platforms-solutions-to-public-problems-perspectives-from-southeast-asia SUMMARY:Are Digital Platforms Solutions to Public Problems? Perspectives from Southeast Asia LOCATION:Room 3.07 DESCRIPTION:Reflecting global trends, Southeast Asian societies are increas ingly relying on private digital technologies to solve social problems, whi ch are traditionally handled by governments accountable to the public. Thro ugh algorithms that facilitate human transactions, digital platforms indeed offer benefits. Societies have used digital platforms to lessen unemployme nt, democratise finance, improve transport, and connect small vendors to va st markets. Many even speak of a post-pandemic society ever more reliant on the digital platforms. But given this increasing reliance, we need make nu anced assessments of the positive, negative, and complex implications of us ing private digital platforms to solve public problems. The panel tackles t his urgent topic by defining providing perspectives from various angles:\n• Sectoral: Digital platforms operate in sectors such as online labour, fint ech, ecommerce, and ride-hailing, etc. How have these helped and/or hindere d people?\n• Political: What is the government’s response to the increasing scope of digital platform firms in solving public problems?\n• Critical: B eyond the advantages of digital platforms, what possible problems arise whe n we use private digital platforms to solve public problems?\nThe panel wel comes contributions that leverage social science analysis and empirical stu dies that make nuanced assessments of the benefits and risks of relying on private digital platforms to solve public problem. These efforts help us id eate solutions and safeguards to ensure that digital platforms become a for ce of social good. URL:https://euroseas2022.org/panels/are-digital-platforms-solutions-to-public-problems-perspectives-from-southeast-asia DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220630T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220630T173000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR