BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Berlin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:530@hiig.de DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20151127T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20151127T150000 DTSTAMP:20231220T105542Z URL:https://www.hiig.de/events/internet-society-emerging-topics-research-c ommunities/ SUMMARY:Internet & Society: Emerging topics and research communities | Konf erenz DESCRIPTION:The Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet &\; Society Research Centers (NoC) will host its annual public conference “Internet &\; Society: Emerging Topics and Research Communities”\, on 27 Novem ber 2015 in Hong Kong.\n\nExisting and potential research efforts around o nline expression\, data privacy\, the Internet of Things\, digital currenc ies\, and many other issues are only a few of the open questions that our academic community continues to investigate. Trade-offs between opportunit ies for innovation and the need to preserve individuals’ fundamental rig hts call for reflection and examination based on empirical evidence.\n\nTh e NoC annual meeting will be an opportunity to identify and highlight key innovations in the Internet &\; society domain\, exploring emerging glo bal issues as well as region-specific topics in Asia\, and will include a forward-looking discussion of NoC research projects and their future evolu tion. Further\, the meeting will be an occasion to enhance mutual knowledg e and cooperation within the NoC community of Centers and researchers\, an d to deliberate on the future of Internet &\; Society as a discipline a nd the impact of the NoC.\nParticipation\nWe highly appreciate your attend ance at this significant event for the NoC and are grateful for an indicat ion of whether you wish to attend by sending an e-mail to: contact@networ kofcenters.net by 26th October. Please note that\, due to limited capacit y of the venue\, attendants will be confirmed in a first come - first serv ed mode.\nStructure and agenda\nNote: Times are subject to change.\nFriday \, 27 November 2015\n\n\n\n09:00 AM\nArrival\n\n\n09:10 AM - 09.30 AM\nWel coming Remarks\n\nAllen Chan\, Host and Digital Asia Hub\, Hong Kong\n\nJu an Carlos de Martin\, Nexa Center for Internet and Society\,Politecnico di Torino\, Italy\n\nLightning Talk\n\nPindar Wong\, Former Member\, Digital 21 Strategic Advisory Committee\, Government of Hong Kong\, Hong Kong\n\n \n09:30 AM - 10:30 AM\nSession I - Digital Asia Challenges and Opportuniti es\n\nThe next billion Internet users will come from emerging economies\, particularly those in Asia. With an eye to the launch of the Digital Asia Hub\, a non-profit think tank based in Hong Kong\, this session will explo re both the challenges and opportunities in Asia’s evolving digital ecos ystem including selected issues at the infrastructure\, protocol\, and con tent layers. The session will attempt to address questions such as: where does or could Asia play a particular role\, e.g.\, looking at trends such as the Internet of Things and\, more generally\, ‘smart cities’? Are s ome of the issues particular to the region? Or are there specific ways act ors in the region engage with Internet-related issues? What can "Asia\," i n its broad diversity\, teach the rest of the world when addressing curren t/pressing Internet and society issues?\n\nOpening remarks (and wrap-up): Lokman Tsui\, Digital Asia Hub\, Hong Kong\n\nRespondents:\n\nAng Peng Hwa \, Singapore Internet Research Centre\, Singapore\n\nPirongrong Ramasoota\ , Media Policy Center at Chulalongkorn University\, Thailand\n\nK.S. Park\ , Korea Law School\, Korea\n\nOpen discussion\, moderated by Urs Gasser\, Berkman Center for Internet &\; Society at Harvard University\, USA\n\n \n10:30 AM - 10:45 AM\nCoffee break\n\n\n10:45 AM - 12:00 AM\nSession II - Global Research Updates and Areas of Collaboration\n\nThis session will a ttempt to identify open issues and possible connection points between rese arch endeavors under construction across the world. The first part of the session will focus on one topic currently under investigation by researche rs within the NoC: online hate speech governance and its regulation in dis tinct contexts. India will serve as an example to prompt discussion of leg al/regulatory struggles related to hate speech\, and provide an opportunit y to explore non-legal countermeasures to hate speech. The second part of the session will begin with an open call for collaboration to other NoC Ce nters. Participants are encouraged to share research updates and flag oppo rtunities for collaboration\, including on topics such as recent developme nts around data protection\, the impact of digital currencies\, ICT4D\, et c.\n\nNote: NoC partners who can not be in Hong Kong are encouraged to sha re pre-conference inputs for this session\, which will be presented by the session moderator.\n\nOpening remarks: chinmayi Arun\, Center for Communi cation Governance\, National Law University Dehli\, India\n\nRespondents:\ n\nMichael L. Best\, United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society\, China\n\nSandra Cortesi\, Berkman Center for Internet &\; Soc iety at Harvard University\, USA\n\nFelix Krupar\, Hans-Bredow Institute\, Germany\n\nOpen discussion\, moderated by Julian Thomas\, Swinburne Insti tute for Social Research\, University of Swineburne\, Australia\n\n\n12:00 AM - 1:00 PM\nLunch Break\n\n\n1:00 PM - 2:15 PM\n Vision and Ideas for 2 016/17\n\nLaunched in 2012\, the NoC encompasses more than 50 Centers\, wi th approximately 140 participants from across the world. In this last sess ion\, the outcomes of session I and session II will inform a discussion on the future of the NoC both as a hub for emerging projects and as a global community of researchers. As a starting point\, visual representations of the current NoC composition will be presented. This will be an opportunit y to discuss a roadmap for the NoC in 2016 and 2017\, including expected l ong term impacts/outcomes of the NoC.\n\nOpening remarks (and Wrap-up): Ju an Carlos de Martin\, Nexa Center for Internet and Society\, Politecnico d i Torino\, Italy\n\nDiscussion:\n\nHerbert Burkert\, Research Center for I nformation Law\, University of St. Gallen\, Switzerland\n\nCatherina Marac ke\, Keio International Center for Internet &\; Society\, Japan\n\nWolf gang Schulz\, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society\, Germany\n\nOpen discussion\, moderated by Urs Gasser\, Berkman Center for Internet &\; Society at Harvard University\, USA\n\n\n2:15 PM - 3:00 PM \nWrap-up and reflections\n\nFormat &\; Moderator TBC.\n\n\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Themen im Fokus LOCATION:Hong Kong Country Club\, 188 Wong Chuk Hang Rd\, Hong Kong\, Hong Kong\, Deep Water Bay\, HongKong X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=188 Wong Chuk Hang Rd\, Hon g Kong\, Hong Kong\, Deep Water Bay\, HongKong;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE= Hong Kong Country Club:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20151025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR