The internet has caused far-reaching changes and has become today a critical infrastructure for economy and society.
Todays' 1 billion fixed network users will soon be joined by 3 billion more as mobile devices become more cost effective, making use of a fully pervasive wireless Internet infrastructure, anywhere, anytime.
This open conference will identify the long term societal and economic trends of future on-line communities, how they will impact the development of the underlying network and service technologies and how they subsequently drive research and technology requirements towards a "Future Internet". The conference will be defining future actions at European level in a domain that has already become a global issue, with bold initiatives started in the US and in Asia.
Opened by European Commissioners Viviane Reding and Janez Potočnik, this Slovenian EU Presidency Conference assembles key European and international speakers and will bring together more than 70 EU research projects instrumental in defining the Future of the Internet. Information, registration, as well as live video streaming at the day of the conference, is available via the conference website.
Source: Europe’s Information Society – “The Future of the Internet”
