Future Internet Socio Economics
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Introduction
The socio-economic aspects that affect the Internet are as complex and interwoven as society itself. This complexity is based on the interdependence of those disciplines that study changes in human nature, where economics, political science, humanities, psychology and law are linked to concepts like privacy, freedom of expression, intellectual property and social networks but also to topics like education, security, regulation, private life, communication, business, trust, intangible incentives, to name but a few. The Future Internet Socio-Economics (FISE) Working Group is a multidisciplinary community of researchers and professionals working at the intersection between technology, society, regulation and the economy. Members of the group are connected by the common desire to discover new perspectives on Future Internet research challenges by considering insights from multiple and complex interconnected domains that reflect current and future operational environments of Future Internet systems. By designing, developing and applying technology with increased socio-economic awareness research outcomes are likely to be delivered with increased relevance, durability and impact.
The FISE group aims to bring together those who study and those who build the Future Internet. Whether you are looking for new perspectives on Future Internet research or just want more impact from your technology the FISE group has the potential to help. Get involved in the FISE conversation, participate in a multidisciplinary community of researchers and professionals, learn from others in different, related fields and bridge the gap between technical innovation and socio-economic outcomes.
Early FISE work from 2008 can be found here.
Projects
SESERV, SESERV aims to bridge the gap between those who study and those who build the Internet by supporting discussion and debate within multidisciplinary community of researchers and professionals working on Future Internet Socio Economics. Building on the early thoughts about FISE, SESERV aim is to discover new perspectives on Future Internet research by considering the viewpoints from different disciplines such as computer science, engineering, social sciences, economics and policy.
Paradiso2, The PARADISO initiative, launched during the first half of 2007 (before the present financial and economic crisis) by Sigma Orionis and the Club of Rome has been exploring this paradigm shift concerning global societal developments and the role that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) could play in this envisioned future (PARADISO is an acronym formed by the two words PARADIgm and SOcietal, and an obvious reference to a better world).
FI3P, study in support of the Future Internet public partnership
Sequoia, SEQUOIA project aims at giving answers to these questions by performing an assessment of the socio-economic impact of the research projects in the area of Software as a Service and Internet of Services (SaaS and IoS); developing a self-assessment methodology that on-going and future research projects will be able to adopt and apply on their own after the end of this support action; developing a set of recommendations for how self-monitoring mechanisms can be adopted in order to facilitate the self-assessment process and enable the impact of SaaS/IoS to be optimised in future calls.
FISE Collaboration Topics
FI Business Ecosystem Analysis: UNIVERSELF (IBBT) and SESERV (AUEB)
Exploring the Internet at its Limits: PARADISO (Sigma-Orionis) and SESERV (IT Innovation)
Methodologies for Project Profiling and Bridging the Gap: SEQUIOA (Eng-IT) and SESERV (IT Innovation)
Events
"FIA Poznan: Value creation, value flows and liability over virtual resources", 11.30 – 13.30 25 Oct 2011, at FIA Poznan
"FISE Workshop: How Disruptive Technologies Influence the FI Business Ecosystem", ALL DAY Thursday 27 Oct 2011, at FIA Poznan
The 1st FISE working group meeting is planned for Poznan directly following the FIA. The purpose of this workshop will be to share analysis, discuss and debate how disruptive technologies will influence the Future Internet business ecosystem. The motivation is that many FI projects are assessing the FI Business Ecosystem and the dynamics of stakeholders in relation to technological results from projects(e.g. UNIVERSELF, SESERV, ETICS, FI-PPP, FI3P, etc). The workshop is an opportunity to explore techniques for analysing ecosystems and impact of technology. The expected outcome would be a shared understanding of FI business ecosystem, the stakeholders and a comparison of approaches used to understand both baseline and future scenarios.
This will be an open workshop although registration will be required due to limited places. The processes for FISE member participation, the detailed agenda, and registration will be announced in due course but get the date in your diary now. Information about the event will be disseminated through the usual channels (FISE Community on LinkedIn, FISE Mailing List.) so watch this space.
"Informal FISE Discussion at FIA Budapest", 12.30 Wed 18 May 2011
For all of you planning to attend the Future Internet Assembly in Budapest on 18-19 May we are planning to have an informal FISE meeting/discussion over lunch following the Economics of Privacy session. If you want to join the discussion please meet us outside the session room at 12:30 on Wed 18 May. Our purpose is to share ideas for FIA Poznan and how the FISE working group can support the FIA objectives. Ideas could relate to building the FI (e.g. Resilient Communities and Digital Jail); studying the FI (e.g. Studying the impact of the Future Internet (FI-PPP and other instruments); or how best to do the research (e.g. Building successful multidisciplinary teams in ICT research). If you have any topics you would like to see please come along.
Other related events are listed here: Events
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Contact us
For any request or question regarding FIA standardisation activities, please contact Martin Waldburger or Michael Boniface.
