This photo gallery includes images from the conference, Democratizing Technologies: Assessing the Roles of NGOs in Shaping Technological Futures, that was hosted by CNS UCSB on campus from November 13-15. The conference included an international mix of scholars, NGO representatives, journalists, and policy makers.

From top to bottom:

Andrew Stirling, Professor of Science and Technology Policy, University of Sussex

Flavio Plentz, General Coordinator, Micro and Nanotechnology Department, Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof with CNS Director Barbara Herr Harthorn and CNS PI Richard Appelbaum

Rachel Parker, Senior Research Advisor, US Agency for International Development

Poster Contest Winners Poonam Pandey (Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University), Galen Stocking (CNS UCSB), Ariel Hasell (CNS UCSB)

Moses Kizza Musaazi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Makerere University; Karen Reilly, Development Director, The TOR Project; David Lewis, Professor of Social Policy and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science