[lac-discuss-en] Fwd: Governance Dimension of Internet of Things

[Carlton Samuels]

Kleinwachter, Wolfgang sent Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:29:
>Please distribute as widely as possible. Best regards Wolfgang Kleinw?chter
<http://euronf.enst.fr/en_accueil.html>
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>Call for Papers (CFP)
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>The Governance Dimension of the Internet of Things
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>EURO-NF & GOVPIMINT Workshop (Leipzig II)
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>in Cooperation with the Annual Meeting of the
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>IGF Dynamic Coalition of the Internet of Things (IGF-DyCIT)
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>Leipzig, Germany, March 24 - 25, 2011
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>The EURO-NF Network of Excellence Project under EU-FP 7 has sponsored a
Joint Special Research Project (JSRP) on "Governance and Privacy
Implications of the Internet of Things" (GOVPIMINT).  The project invites
now papers for a high level expert workshop on the "Governance Dimension of
the Internet of Things", Leipzig, March 24 - 25, 2011.
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>We call for Papers for the following six issues:
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>*      The role of the Domain Name System (DNS) in building networks which
link objects together
>*      The mechanisms and procedures for the allocation of critical
Internet resources, in particular IP addresses, to objects
>*      The design for an informal or formal governance mechanisms for the
ONS and networks which link objects to the Internet, if needed
>*      The options for privacy protection, in particular at the "Rendezvous
Point" where on object meets a subject (the concept of "the right to silence
the chip")
>*      The challenges for security and stability of the Internet
>*      The role of the various stakeholders (Private Sector, Technical
Community, Government, Users/Civil Society)
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>Please send a one page abstract until February 15, 2011 to
info at hoferichter.eu <mailto:info at hoferichter.eu> .
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>Background:
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>While there is still a discussion, what the concept of the" Internet of
Things" means in practice, the real process of connecting objects equipped
with RFID chips to the Internet via an IPv6 address continues to move
forward. The market is growing and so growths the debate about the
governance implications of the "Internet of Things". The European Commission
has established a "Task Force on the Internet of Things", the European
parliament has published a report about the issue and the 5th UN sponsored
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has reactivated the Dynamic Coalition on the
Internet of Things (IGF-DyCIT) in Vilnjus, September 2010.
>Among the key issues under consideration is whether an "Internet of Things"
needs a governance mechanisms and, if yes, how such a mechanism should be
designed. Other key issues are privacy, security and the idea to introduce a
"right to silence the chip".
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>The EURO-NF research project, which operates under 6th FP of the European
Commission, has sponsored in 2009 a workshop on the Internet of Things in
Leipzig (Leipzig I). Furthermore it has supported a special joint research
project (SJRP) under the title "Governance and Privacy Implications of the
Internet of Things" (GOVPIMINT) in 2010 which produced an agenda for further
research and potential political action (Aarhus Roadmap). The Leipzig II
workshop will be used to disseminate the results of the SJPR. It is
organized in collaboration with the reactivated IGF Dynamic Coalition on the
Internet of Things (IGF-DyCIT). The plan is that the IGF-DyCIT will use the
Leipzig II workshop to draft a plan for further action with regard to the
forthcoming 6th UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), scheduled for September
2011 in Nairobi.
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>More information under: http://www.medienstadt-leipzig.org/euronf/ <
http://www.medienstadt-leipzig.org/euronf/>
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