Dear AoIR-ists, Forwarded on behalf of Nicole Dewandre and our participating colleagues. Something to look forward to after you have recovered from Korea? (smile) Please pass on to potentially interested lists and colleagues. - charles ess Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess@media.uio.no == Dear all, Mobile access to internet, IoT, Big Data: all these developments concur to the blurring of the distinction between the off-line and the online environments. The Onlife Initiative explored the societal consequences of this radical transition, and called for the need of re-engineering fundamental notions on which policy frameworks are built. · Is autonomy a good proxy for freedom, now that relationality is at the heart of the life experience? · Can privacy be ensured through proper data management, or other aspects come into play? · Is precaution about anticipation and risk-avoidance or about critical accompaniment of technological developments? · Can attention be considered as an asset, or are our attentional spheres part of our integrity? · Will transparency and control provide a sense of fairness and respect, or will it lead to an experience of saturation and exhaustion for users? · Between representation and direct participation, how does democracy evolve? Addressing this type of questions is of utmost importance if policy-making is to succeed in fostering responsible innovation. Join the debate in the European Parliament on December 2 at 17.00 (Possibility of mainstreaming to be confirmed) Robert Madelin, director general of DG CONNECT, will moderate the discussion. Eva Kaili and Paul Ruebig, MEPs, will chair and close the meeting. The panelists are Mireille Hildebrandt, Stefana Broadbent, Claire Lobet-Maris, Charles Ess, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Yiannis Laouris and myself. The debate will be followed by a drink. Register and see the full programme of the event <http://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/cms/cache/offonce/home/events/workshops /connected;jsessionid=70A2FD0E71AAB66A13C61F1476ADEB8F> Kind regards, NICOLE DEWANDRE Advisor to the Director-General Societal Issues of the Digital Agenda Europe European Commission Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology Postal address: BU25 4/121 B-1049 Brussels/Belgium Tel +32(0) 2 29 94925 Fax +32(0) 2 29 51464 nicole.dewandre@ec.europa.eu