1. Subjects for presentations (1)
• Societal aspects
o Green ICT
o sustainability
o global village
• Evolution: the long term
o singularity
o will the computer/Internet dominate us?
o symbiosis?
o collective consciousness
• How does Internet affect us:
o information overload
o multitasking
o fragmentation of attention, attention deficit
o our brain is changing (Nicholas Carr)

2. Subjects for presentations (2)
• A transparent world
o Wikileaks
o The sentient web: sensors everywhere, digitization of public
space, we can be traced
o values: privacy, right to be forgotten, vs. total transparency,
sharing, frictionless apps in social media
• Hybrids, cyborgs, robots, Brain - computer interface
o applications in healthcare
o reading the brain
• Social media and society
o influence on democracy (Arab spring, SOPA protests,...)
o journalism in the digital age

3. Subjects for presentations (3)
• Private or collective property?
o the future of copyright, piracy,
o open source vs. proprietary software
o collaborative consumption
• The wisdom and power of the crowds
o Wikipedia: why is it so good?
o crowdsourcing
o collaborative science
• The rich get richer:
o Will Google, Apple or Facebook control the Internet?
o We see what everybody likes, hypes
o How can we find the small pearls? (But, if it is a pearl, it may
become a hype in no time....)
o The wisdom and power of the crowds

4. Subjects for presentations (4)
• Education in the digital era
o learning to learn
o will there be classrooms?
o Tablets with eBooks/games instead of textbooks
o minimal invasive learning, Hole in the wall
o what is the role of the teacher?
• You may propose another topic