Hi AoiR, I thought the following event might be of interest to some of you: Next week (Nov 29/Nov 30/Dec 1) the NGI Forward <https://research.ngi.eu> project, in collaboration with Nesta <https://www.nesta.org.uk>, IAM Internet <https://www.iam-internet.com>, and support from the European Commission will be hosting an online conference: "NGI Policy Summit: Redistribute the internet". We will talk about a wide range of exciting topics, from digital public infrastructure, to interoperability, to sustainability to the emergence of the Splinternet. If you are interested in joining us,* register here <https://summit.ngi.eu/>! * *Day 1: Keeping the Internet Global (November 29) * *2-4 CET* - *Marietje Schaake,* International Policy Director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center - *Dame Wendy Hall*, Regius Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton - *Peter Pomerantsev*, Author, Journalist and Senior Fellow, Agora Institute Johns Hopkins University - *Bart Groothuis, *Member of the European Parliament, VVD, Cybersecurity rapporteur *Day 2: A Sustainable and interoperable Internet (November 30) * *2-4 CET* - *Julia Reda, *Project lead of Control Copyright at the GFF in Germany, and fellow at the Shuttleworth Foundation. - *Cory Doctorow,* Author, Activist and Journalist. - *Xiaowei Wang, *Technologist, Filmmaker, Artist and a Creative Director at Logic Magazine <https://logicmag.io/>. - *Mohan Gandhi, *Head of Research and Policy at the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance. *Day 3: The Internet as a Public Good* *2-5 CET * - *Alice Munyua, *Director of Africa Innovation at Mozilla - *Carina Lopes, *Co-founder of the Digital Future Society programme - *Ethan Zuckerman, *Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. - *Katja Bego, *Future Internet lead Nesta and Principal Investigator NGI Forward - *Interactive salon: *Conversation about digital public infrastructure, with Ethan Zuckerman, Sophie Bloemen (director of the Commons Network) and Paul Keller (Policy Director of Open Future). If you can't make it next week but would've been keen to join: do register, as we'll share the recordings with everyone afterwards. Hope to see some of you there, Katja -- Katja Bego | Principal Researcher, Explorations & Futures team, Nesta <https://www.nesta.org.uk/team/katja-bego/> and Project Lead of NGI Forward <https://research.ngi.eu/> | @katjabego <https://twitter.com/katjabego> -- 58 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DS www.nesta.org.uk <http://www.nesta.org.uk/> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/nesta_uk> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1868227&goback=%2Egdr_1274367066783_1> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/NESTA/116788428355432?v=wall&ref=sgm> If you no longer want to receive emails from Nesta, send an email to info@nesta.org.uk <mailto:info@nesta.org.uk>. This email and any attachments are confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. Any use, copying or disclosure other than by the intended recipient is unauthorised. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately or by email to info@nesta.org.uk <mailto:information@nesta.org.uk> and delete this message and any copies from your computer and network. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Nesta. Nesta is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 7706036 and charity number 1144091. Registered as a charity in Scotland number SC042833. Registered office: 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS. --