Dear colleagues, apologies for cross posting We would like to post the programme of a conference on computer networks histories to be held in Lugano, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in December (you can find the plain text below). The conference is open to public. For any further information don't hesitate to mail us. Best regards, Gianluigi Negro, Paolo Bory, Gabriele Balbi *Computer Networks Histories: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives* *USI -Università della Svizzera italiana*, Lugano, Switzerland. 14-15 December 2017 The association Geschichte und Informatik, the Institute of Media and Journalism & China Media Observatory at USI Università della Svizzera italiana, and infoclio.ch are proud to announce the program for the International Conference *Computer Networks Histories: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives* The conference aims to develop new frameworks and a space of discussion on the historical role of computer networks; 28 speakers coming from 13 countries will present and discuss the multiple trajectories of computer networks histories worldwide. There is no conference-fee and the event is open to the public. Keynote Speakers: Prof. Benjamin Peters (University of Tulsa) & Hu Yong (Peking University) Conference website: www.cnh.usi.ch Programme: http://www.cnh.usi.ch/programme CFP: http://www.cnh.usi.ch/call Conference email address: nethistories@gmail.com *Conference Programme* *14th December 2017 USI - Università della Svizzera italiana* 8:00 / 9:00 Registration / Introduction speech 9:00 / 10:00 Keynote Speaker - Hu Yong, Peking University 10:30 / 12:00 Panel 1 / Focus on China - Chair: Hu Yong, Peking University Bo An, Yale University Infrastructure, amateurism, and radical Networking: FidoNet in China (1995-1998) Liu Jinhe, Tsinghua University Regime evolution of China's regulation on transborder flow of data：From 1994 to 2017 Clément Renaud, École Polytechnique de Lausanne Grégory Bahde, Université Jean Monnet St Etienne From Davos to Beijing : the historical trajectory of the concept of sovereignty in Internet territories 12:00 / 13:00 Lunch 13:00 / 14:30 Panel 2 / The legacy of the 1980s’ - Chair: Enrico Natale, Infoclio.ch Camille Paloque-Berges, CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Gerard Alberts, University of Amsterdam Beyond the protocol wars: 1980s user cultures in Dutch inter-net nodes Valérie Schafer, ISCC – Institut des Sciences de la Communication Benjamin Thierry, Université Paris Sorbonne The Internet and the Web as a “Super Minitel” Kevin Driscoll, University of Virginia Thou shalt love thy BBS: a framework for the moderation of online communities 15:00 / 16:30 Panel 3 / European Histories - Chair: Christiane Sibille, Geschichte und Informatik Mato Brautovic, University of Dubrovnik Origins and development of Internet in Croatia: times of transition from communism to democracy and war for independence Félix Tréguer, ISCC - Institut des Sciences de la Communication Dominique Trudel, Concordia University From internet access provider to political advocacy: the history of the French data network Luciano Lenzini, Fabio Gadducci, Giuseppe Lettieri, University of Pisa On the Italian pioneering network projects: issues and challenges 17:00 / 18:30 Visit at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) 20:00 Conference Dinner *15th December 2017 – USI - Università della Svizzera italiana* 9:00 / 10:00 Keynote Speaker - Benjamin Peters, University of Tulsa The network and the historian: opportunities, challenges, surprises, disobedience 10:30 / 12:00 Panel 4 / Infrastructures – Chair: Simone Natale, Loughborough Univ. Christian Henrich-Franke, University of Siegen Computer networks on copper cables Paolo Magaudda, University of Padova The rising of Tor and the history of a network “in the dark” Sebastian Gieβmann, University of Siegen Networking with/out computing? Remarks on the longue durée of networking practices 12:00 / 13:00 Lunch 13:00/14:30 Panel 5 / A taste of BRICS’ histories - Chair: Benjamin Peters, University of Tulsa Sophie Toupin, McGill University Hacking Apartheid Marcelo Savio de Carvalho, IBM Brazil Henrique Luiz Kukierman, Federal University of Rio The dawn of the internet in Brazil Manushi, Indian Institute of Mass Communication Towards Digital India: Internet in India 15:00 / 16:30 Panel 6 / Networking Memories - Chair: Marco Colombetti, USI Raúl Carnota, FCEN Argentina Lucas de Almeida Pereira, UNESP Brazil SHIALC: History and memory of computer science in Latin America Guido Koller, Swiss Federal Archives Of men and register. The foreigner’s central register in Switzerland – An early digital federal administrative network Benedetta Campanile, University of Bari Robert Fano, an Italian computer scientist from Project Mac to Internet 16:30 / 17:00 Closing Remarks