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Call for Papers (CFP)

The Governance Dimension of the Internet of Things

EURO-NF & GOVPIMINT Workshop (Leipzig II)

in Cooperation with the Annual Meeting of the

IGF Dynamic Coalition of the Internet of Things (IGF-DyCIT)

Leipzig, Germany, March 24 - 25, 2011

The EURO-NF Network of Excellence Project under EU-FP 7 has sponsored a Joint Special Research Project (JSRP) on "Governance and Privacy Implications of the Internet of Things" (GOVPIMINT). The project invites now papers for a high level expert workshop on the "Governance Dimension of the Internet of Things", Leipzig, March 24 - 25, 2011.

We call for Papers for the following six issues:

* The role of the Domain Name System (DNS) in building networks which link objects together * The mechanisms and procedures for the allocation of critical Internet resources, in particular IP addresses, to objects * The design for an informal or formal governance mechanisms for the ONS and networks which link objects to the Internet, if needed * The options for privacy protection, in particular at the "Rendezvous Point" where on object meets a subject (the concept of "the right to silence the chip") * The challenges for security and stability of the Internet * The role of the various stakeholders (Private Sector, Technical Community, Government, Users/Civil Society)

Please send a one page abstract until February 15, 2011 to info@hoferichter.eu <mailto:info@hoferichter.eu> .

Background:

While there is still a discussion, what the concept of the" Internet of Things" means in practice, the real process of connecting objects equipped with RFID chips to the Internet via an IPv6 address continues to move forward. The market is growing and so growths the debate about the governance implications of the "Internet of Things". The European Commission has established a "Task Force on the Internet of Things", the European parliament has published a report about the issue and the 5th UN sponsored Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has reactivated the Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things (IGF-DyCIT) in Vilnjus, September 2010. Among the key issues under consideration is whether an "Internet of Things" needs a governance mechanisms and, if yes, how such a mechanism should be designed. Other key issues are privacy, security and the idea to introduce a "right to silence the chip".

The EURO-NF research project, which operates under 6th FP of the European Commission, has sponsored in 2009 a workshop on the Internet of Things in Leipzig (Leipzig I). Furthermore it has supported a special joint research project (SJRP) under the title "Governance and Privacy Implications of the Internet of Things" (GOVPIMINT) in 2010 which produced an agenda for further research and potential political action (Aarhus Roadmap). The Leipzig II workshop will be used to disseminate the results of the SJPR. It is organized in collaboration with the reactivated IGF Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things (IGF-DyCIT). The plan is that the IGF-DyCIT will use the Leipzig II workshop to draft a plan for further action with regard to the forthcoming 6th UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), scheduled for September 2011 in Nairobi.

More information under: http://www.medienstadt-leipzig.org/euronf/ < http://www.medienstadt-leipzig.org/euronf/>

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