Dear AoIRists, This may be of interest to many of us, for a variety of reasons: Digital Agenda for Europe European Commission The Onlife Initiative - A Europe 2020 Initiative Chairman: Luciano Floridi Members: Stefana Broadbent - Nicole Dewandre - Charles Ess - Jean-Gabriel Ganascia - Mireille Hildebrandt - Yiannis Laouris - Claire Lobet-Maris - Sarah Oates - Ugo Pagallo - Judith Simon - May Thorseth - Peter-Paul Verbeek The Onlife Manifesto and the book ("user's manual") accompanying it are now publicly and freely available online: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/Onlife_Initia tive.pdf The Onlife Initiative - Concept Reengineering: rethinking public spaces in the digital transition The deployment of ICTs and their uptake by society affects radically the human condition by modifying our relationships to ourselves, to others and to the world around us. The increasing pervasiveness of ICTs upsets established reference frameworks and blurs the boundaries between real and virtual, shifting the primacy from entities to connections & information. Concept reengineering puts us in the best position to reflect meaningfully on what is happening to us, and thereby helps us envision the future in positive terms. Fear of the new or rejection of the unknown can be overcome by better understanding of the concepts we are dealing with. The "Onlife initiative" aims to help us better understand these concepts. For more information about the Onlife Initiative see: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-initiative Enjoy! - charles Associate Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess@media.uio.no