The document discusses the transition from a traditional, hierarchical society to a new internet society characterized by virtual time, exponential growth, virtual communities, social networking, distributed authority, and bottom-up consensus management. It argues that the future internet has the potential to devolve power to citizens and deliver a more personalized, customized, and user-controlled experience. Realizing this vision will require redefining traditional concepts of community and boundaries. Ireland is positioned to play a leadership role due to its strengths in telecommunications, research, workforce, and commitment to e-government. Large-scale projects, flexibility, systematic project selection, open sharing, and integration of sectors are recommended for maximizing common enablers across areas like smart energy, utilities,

1. Security, Trust & Dependability
Welcome Address
Dr. Willie Donnelly
Director TSSG

2. Redefining Society
Traditional Society New Internet Society
• Linear time • Virtual Time
• Incremental growth • Exponential growth
• Face to face • Virtual communities
• Formal • Social networking
Communications • Bottom up consensus
• Top down hierarchies of management
power • Distributed authority
• Centralised Authority

3. Future Internet Assembly

4. Citizen Centric Internet
Personalisation
Customisation
User control
The Future Internet has the potential of devolving
power to the citizen

5. A Cultural Revolution
Evolving from a technology centric to a people centric
environment
Europe has the potential to deliver leadership

6. Citizen Centric Internet
User Perspective
• User as service consumer and producer
• Digital Footprint
• Openness, Trust and Privacy
• Moral Authority
Community Perspective
• Physical Vs Virtual societies – Walled Garden
• The fate of Nation States
– Role of national laws
– Ability to raise tariffs
• Moral Authority
Avoid Social fragmentation

7. Future Internet Community
May need to
redefine
traditional concept
of community and
community
boundaries
New Sustainable Communities

8. Ireland : Leadership Role
• Open Economy
• Strong Telecommunications
Industry
• European headquarters for major
“Internet Players” Google,
Facebook etc
• Young educated workforce
• Cultural diversity Future
Internet
• Major research investment in ICT
• Strong government commitment
to e-government, commerce etc
• Strong community spirit

9. Conclusion
• Future Internet can transform European Society
• Need to look beyond the technical challenges
• Build on the best of European society
– Cultural diversity
– Creativity
– Individualism and Rights
– Community and Collective responsibility
– Freedom of Expression and Tolerance
Citizen Centric : Learn from GDMO and Nuclear Debate

10. Public Private Partnership
Provided by David Kennedy
Eurescom

11. Maximising the Common enablers
Examine the basic
Smart enablers in each area
Utilities and Determine the common
Energy
Environment enablers
Grid
Determine the enhanced
enablers
Large Scale Work out how to provide
Core
Demos a core platform that
Platform
and trials Transport, supports the enablers
Mobility and Build it and show the
Content Logistics world
Use it in large scale trials
and tests
Use exisitng advanced
eHealth infrastructures to test
future Internet function
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12. Our recommendations for the
programme
• Large scale projects
• Integration will not happen in many small projects
• Flexibility in every stage
• The future Internet is a hard target to follow
• Systematic approach to project selection
• Projects must contribute to the programmme and uniquely address aspects
of the programme
• Facilitate open sharing of project foreground
• IPR issues should not hinder collaboration
• Integrate sector competence with the ICT competence
• The PPP target is to enhance all sectors with the Future Internet
• Lead by example: large scale trials and demos
• Proving scalability and viability
• Synergy: build on existing results and resources
• Time and scale dictate using what we have already achieved in Europe.

13. Public Private Partnership Sponsors
• Our discusson Goals:
– Creating a community in 2010
– Invitations to workshops on
applications, enablers, and
infrastructures.
– Determining the focus points,
challenges, and optimal
structures
– Encouraging innovation in
structures as well as projects
– Position paper by end of Year
– Workshops in the new year
• www.future-internet.eu

14. Trust in Digital Life Partnership
• Set out a vision for trustworthy products
relating to information and communications
technology (ICT), including devices,
applications, services, and infrastructures
• Foundering Members : Gemalto, Microsoft,
Nokia and Philips
• Open for membership
• http://trustindigitallife.eu