The 2010 PARADISO workshop was one of the open events regularly organized in the framework of the PARADISO initiative in order to efficiently interact with individuals and organisations from all over the world interested in the issues addressed by PARADISO.

This workshop has been successfully held on November 23, 2010 at the European Commission in Brussels on the theme “Understanding the interaction between Internet and societal developments”. Over 120 delegates from Europe and other regions of the world (access the final attendee list here) have participated in this event offering an intense programme, including over 30 presentations from high-level experts in societal and Internet developments, and breaks for discussions and networking.

The event has benefitted from the presence of two Directors of European Commission’s DG Information Society and Media: Mario Campolargo, Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures Directorate, and Luis Rodriguez-Rosello, Converged Networks & Services Directorate.

During the wrap-up session, Roger Torrenti, coordinator of the PARADISO2 project presented the content of the draft version of the PARADISO reference document to be released and open to public consultation in the first months of 2011. The detailed agenda can be found below and allows downloading all presentations made at the event.

A photo album of the event and video recordings of some keynote speeches are also proposed in the Resources section of this web site. For further information, please contact us.

• 9:30	Opening session Chaired by Roger Torrenti, PARADISO project coordinator

• Mario Campolargo, Director, Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures, DG Infso, European Commission

• Richard R. Ernst, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (video message) Video link : http://paradiso-fp7.eu/resources/video-channel/

• Lynn St Amour, President & CEO, The Internet Society (presented by Frederic Donck, Director of ISOC’s European Regional Bureau) Keynote_speech.pdf

• Michael Remmert, Deputy Head, Directorate of Policy Planning, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs, Council of Europe Keynote_speech_Understanding_the_interactions_between_Internet_and_societal_developments.pdf

• 10:30

  Break

• 11:00

  Session 1: Visions of the future of our societies Chaired by Ziga Turk, Secretary General, Reflection Group on the Future of Europe Internet_does_change_everything.pdf

• Peter Johnston, President, International Advisory Committee, Club of Rome Innovation_for_Energy-and_climate_security_smart_green_growth.pdf

• Yves Punie, Senior Scientist, JRC/IPTS Social_Media_and_User_Empowerment_a_trend_or_a_vision.pdf

• Ruben Nelson, Executive Director, Foresight Canada Civilization_transformation_At_what_scale_must_we_consider_paradigm_change.pdf

• Afonso Ferreira, Scientific Coordinator for international relations, CNRS - INS2I The_world_in_the_Midst_of-_the_digital_Revolution_and_beyond.pdf

• David Dickinson, Founding Associate, Unlike Minds Limited, UK Introduction_to_Unlike-Minds_Cloud-Relevance.pdf

• Hans Van Willenswaard, Project Director, School for Wellbeing Studies and Research, Bangkok Visions_on_the_future_of_our_societies.pdf

• 12:30

  Lunch

• 13:30

  Session 2: Visions of the Future Internet Chaired by Roberto Saracco, Director of Telecom Italia Future Center

• Luis Rodriguez-Rosello, Director, Converged Networks & Services Directorate, DG Infso, European Commission Visions_of_the_Future_Internet_A_European_R&D_perspective.pdf

• Sirkka Heinonen, Head of the Technology Futures Forum, VTT, Finland Future_of_the_Internet_Paths_to_Paradise_or_to_Digital_Demise.pdf

• Dimitri Papadimitriou, Principal research Engineer, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs CTO Vision_of_the_future_Internet.pdf

• Akihiro Nakao, Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan Advanced_Network_Virtualization_Research_projects_for_Future_Internet.pdf

• Ward Hanson, Policy Forum Director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research PARADISO_Comments.pdf

• Lina Shi, Researcher, Institute of Economy and Policy Research, China Academy of Telecommunication Research The_impact_of_eCommerce_on_Chinese_employment_market.pdf

• Jonathan Cave, Senior Research Fellow, RAND Europe and Senior tutor in Economics, Warwick University Visions_of_the_Future_Internet.pdf

• 15:00

  Break

• 15:30

  Discussion and wrap-up: how could the future Internet support a better society? Chaired by Fabrizio Sestini and Jacques Babot, Scientific Officers, New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental Facilities Unit, DG Infso, European Commission

• Fabrizio Sestini , Scientific Officer, New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental Facilities Unit, DG Infso, European Commission How_can_the_future_internet_support_a_better_society.pdf

• Roger Torrenti, PARADISO project coordinator PARADISO_reference-document_Nov2010.pdf

• 17:00

  Closing addresses Chaired by Mario Campolargo, Director, Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures, DG Infso, European Commission

• Roberto Peccei, Vice-Chancellor for research at UCLA and President of the Italian chapter of the Club of Rome Closing_remarks_for_the_2010_PARADISO_workshop.pdf

• Bianca Jagger, Goodwill Ambassador, Council of Europe A_new_path_to_prosperity-closing-address.pdf

• Per Blixt, Head, FIRE Unit, DG Infso, European Commission