[Air-L] Join us in Brussels on March 22nd: 30 Years of the web: Where do we go next?

[Katja Bego]

Hi AoiR community,

I thought the following event in the European Parliament might be of
interest to some of you:

*When:* March 22 13:30 - 16:30
*Where: *European Parliament (Brussels)

https://www.nesta.org.uk/event/30-years-web-where-do-we-go-next/

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Join us on *Friday 22 March* at the *European Parliament* for an exciting
afternoon of talks and bold ideas  about the future of the internet: how
can we build an internet and connected world that is more democratic,
inclusive and resilient for all?


During this event, we will also launch a compilation  of radical new
visions for the internet, by both leading and emerging thinkers and artists
from Europe and beyond. This event is organised by the NGI Move
<https://www.ngi.eu/about/ngi-move/>, EU Engineroom
<https://www.nesta.org.uk/project/next-generation-internet-engineroom/> and
recently launched NGI Forward projects.


This March marks the thirtieth anniversary of the World Wide Web. As we
reflect on its history, we must also take the opportunity to think about
what we want the future of the web, the internet and everyday life in a
connected world, to look like. The internet has undoubtedly brought us a
lot of good over the past decades, but its astronomical impact has not
always led to the betterment of society. Power over our data is
concentrated in the hands of very few players and new technologies are
creating cracks in our democracies. We find ourselves stuck between two
dominant models: the monopolistic corporate-led internet of Silicon Valley
and large-scale government surveillance systems of Beijing.


Can we now come up with a third narrative, where citizens and communities
are in control and can determine their own future?


The Next Generation Internet initiative, the European Commission’s
ambitious new flagship programme which seeks to build an internet that’s
more inclusive, resilient and democratic by the end of the decade, offers
and opportunity for Europe to take charge of shaping such a new
narrative. *This
event is part of a longer series part of the NGI in which we think about
the kind of future internet we would like to see.  *


*Speakers include: *

*Marietje Schaake, *Member of European Parliament (D66/ALDE) Foreign
Affairs Trade and Tech
*Fabrizio Sestini, *Senior Expert for Digital Social Innovation, European
Commission DG CONNECT
*Rob van Kranenburg, *Founder of Internet of Things Council
*Katja Bego, *Senior Researcher, Nesta

*Peter Baeck,* Head of Collaborative Economy Research and Centre for
Collective Intelligence Design (CCID)
*Ger Baron, *CTO of the City of Amsterdam
*Alberto Cottica,* Founder and Research Director of Edgeryders

-- 
Katja Bego | Senior Researcher, Explorations & Futures team and Coordinator
of EU Engineroom

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