The Future of the Internet - OECD Meeting in Seoul

The upcoming OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet from June 17-18, 2008 in Seoul/Korea will discuss how policies for the Internet economy can shape creativity, confidence and convergence in the digital world. The OECD Secretary General, Mr. Angel Gurría, put out a call for ideas and contributions via YouTube that I find quite interesting.

Watch for yourself:

My contribution would be the following:

1) Creativity: Invest in the Internet for Education, Education, Education. Innovation, economic growth, and social development can all only occur with higher levels of education - whereever you are in the world. As such, there should be more keynote speakers that represent educational initiatives. I am glad to see APC being represented but other than that the so-called stakeholders all have a technology background (more to that on the convergence topic).

2) Confidence: Trust in the Internet technology is key for its continued ability to shape our future. One of the challenges I am trying to help with is the enhancement of information privacy for Internet users. In my role as project editor of the new privacy standards at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and with my dissertation work on “Information Privacy in Social Network Applications” I am trying to contribute my fair share. Yet, application providers and technology firms need to absorb the idea that Internet users should get control over their own information - please!

3) Convergence: Technologies and platforms that converge on the Internet represent exciting new forms of communication. Creativity is key to develop these ideas and technologies further but we do need a broader participation for international technology standardization in this space - and that not by just a few. All stakeholders need to act together to effectively adapt this new environment of converging platforms.

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