[Air-L] Onlife Initiative - book launch - 2. Dec. 2014 - European Parliament

[Charles Ess]

Dear AoIR-ists,
Forwarded on behalf of Nicole Dewandre and our participating colleagues.
Something to look forward to after you have recovered from Korea? (smile)

Please pass on to potentially interested lists and colleagues.
- charles ess
Professor in Media Studies
Department of Media and Communication
University of Oslo 
P.O. Box 1093 Blindern
NO-0317 
Oslo Norway
email: charles.ess at media.uio.no



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Dear all,

Mobile access to internet, IoT, Big Data: all these developments concur to
the blurring of the distinction between the off-line and the online
environments. The Onlife Initiative explored the societal consequences of
this radical transition, and called for the need of re-engineering
fundamental notions on which policy frameworks are built.

·         Is autonomy a good proxy for freedom, now that relationality is
at the heart of the life experience?
·         Can privacy be ensured through proper data management, or other
aspects come into play?
·         Is precaution about anticipation and risk-avoidance or about
critical accompaniment of technological developments?
·         Can attention be considered as an asset, or are our attentional
spheres part of our integrity?
·         Will transparency and control provide a sense of fairness and
respect, or will it lead to an experience of saturation and exhaustion for
users?
·         Between representation and direct participation, how does
democracy evolve?

Addressing this type of questions is of utmost importance if policy-making
is to succeed in fostering responsible innovation.
Join the debate in the European Parliament on December 2 at 17.00
(Possibility of mainstreaming to be confirmed)
Robert Madelin, director general of DG CONNECT, will moderate the
discussion. Eva Kaili and Paul Ruebig, MEPs, will chair and close the
meeting. 

The panelists are Mireille Hildebrandt, Stefana Broadbent, Claire
Lobet-Maris, Charles Ess, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Yiannis Laouris and myself.
The debate will be followed by a drink.

Register and see the full programme of the event
<http://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/cms/cache/offonce/home/events/workshops
/connected;jsessionid=70A2FD0E71AAB66A13C61F1476ADEB8F>

Kind regards,
NICOLE DEWANDRE
Advisor to the Director-General
Societal Issues of the Digital Agenda Europe
European Commission
Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
Postal address: BU25 4/121
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Tel +32(0) 2 29 94925
Fax +32(0) 2 29 51464
nicole.dewandre at ec.europa.eu