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Multicomponent Output: Digital Human Twins - Lectures, radio and podcasts March 23 to December 2024

Multicomponent Output: Digital Human Twins - Lectures, radio and podcasts March 23 to December 2024

Boddington, Ghislaine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0448-579X (2023) Multicomponent Output: Digital Human Twins - Lectures, radio and podcasts March 23 to December 2024. University of Greenwich.

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Abstract

ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO PDF INPUT INTO GALA IN SEPTEMBER 2024 http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/47661

The outputs used content gained from the deep dive research to transfer knowledge into a range of audiences:

Exploring existing digital human twins across multiple sectors and conducted deep dive research to examine the present state of the scenario,

Examining the prospective potentials (positive and negative) of digital human twins in shaping identity, healthcare, professional development and lifelong learning,

Enabling debate on the complex ethical, security, technical and privacy challenges involved.

Commission – BBC World Service radio documentary and podcast ‘The Documentary – Me and my digital twin’ researched, written and presented by Ghislaine Boddington, and produced for BBC World Service by Boffin Media Ltd, this documentary follows the journey of Ghislaine towards the creation of a personal digital human twin. It examines today’s options by exploring medical, wellbeing, sports, entertainment, workplace and education models already in place and discusses the ethical challenges linked to sustainability, cultural requirement and data/AI regulations. One of 12 commissioned documentaries for BBC World Service 2024/25, it was first broadcast on 30th Nov 2024 across all global regions. Me and my digital twin is available as a podcast on BBC Sounds and she answers listeners' questions in Over To You (50 mins).

Podcast – The Global Tech Podcast – Somewhere on Earth – Biometrics Special. Ghislaine is a regular expert commentator on this podcast distributed by Evergreen, and in December 2024 prepared and recorded a special show on the present state of body data / biometric gathering with guest expert Dr Stephanie Hare and presenter Gareth Mitchell.

Opening Keynote - Digital Body Festival conference “Bodies of Knowledge” - “Digital Human Twins – our future data selves” for dance tech and immersion sectors. (London, 15 November 2024)

Opening Keynote for Disruptia – The Light Collective – (London, 10th October 2024) “Digital Human Twins - our future data selves” for light and AV sectors.

Presentation and panel moderation at University of Cambridge Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age 2024 conference on "Digital Human Twins - our future data selves" for academic sector (Cambridge, Oct 2024).

Item Type: Other
Uncontrolled Keywords: digital body, virtual body, digital human twins, internet of bodies, digital identity, AI, GenAI, virtual physical blending, the future self
Subjects: N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Design (DES)
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Last Modified: 05 Mar 2025 12:07
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/49923

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