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You are cordially invited to help shape the future of the Internet
Topics will include:
* Next-generation Healthcare
* e-Government
* Digital Entrepreneurship
* The Mobile Economy
* Trust, Data and Security
* e-Society and the future of social networks
These discussions will contribute to setting the national funding council priorities for
future research.
Attendance is free, but pre-registration is required.
To register please head on over to Eventbrite: http://wealthofnetworks.eventbrite.com/
9.00 Registration
9.30 Honorary Welcome (Sir Roy Anderson, Rector)
9.45 Introduction (John Darlington)
10.00 Keynote Address (tba)
10.45 Coffee break
11.00 Panel Discussion (moderator Gareth Mitchell -- BBC Digital Planet)
12.30 Lunch Interval
14.00 WG Breakout Panels I
* A time and a place: How can the DE provide Services for Intelligent Mobility Management
* Using digital technology to improve people’s health and the delivery of healthcare
* Internet economics markets
* Innovation and enterpreneurship
15.00 Coffee
15.15 WG Breakout Panels II
* Self-evolving Internet
* Service infrastructure enabling the Digital Economy
* Trust, data and security
* Identity management in the Next-generation Internet
16.15 Concluding remarks
17.00 Reception
The EPSRC-funded Digital Economies Research Cluster, "Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Economy: an Agenda for the Next-Generation Internet" announces an open forum to shape the direction of research into the digital economy in the UK. This will be a national event which will bring together experts from across the UK in conversation with the general public. We welcome a broad range of views from everyone interested in the future of the Internet and the digital economy.The forum will feature an open panel discussion with cluster researchers and industry leaders, moderated by Gareth Mitchell (Digital Planet-BBC World Service).
Note: this is not an NMK event, please book using the event's own website. To register please head on over to Eventbrite: http://wealthofnetworks.eventbrite.com/
Location
Imperial College, London
Tanaka Business School
Imperial College
Exhibition Rd.
London, SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
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NMK said:
*cough* ignore the map... one of our teething problems with the site.
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