The NEXT GENERATION INTERNET SUMMIT will be held at the European Parliament – Brussels on 6 – 7 June 2017.

The Next Generation Internet Summit and related public campaign will support the European Commission to build a strategy together with heads of state, leading policy makers, renewed innovators, researchers and citizens to foster the development of the internet, as a powerful, open, data-driven, user-centric, interoperable platform ecosystem, for the benefit of companies and citizens.

DAY 1 – Tuesday 6 June 2017

European Parliament, Luxembourg entrance

14:00 Registration

14:30 – 15:15 Welcome Address

15:15 – 16:15 Opening Session

16:15 – 16:30: Presentation of the results of REIsearch’s citizen engagegement and communication campaign on the NGI

16:45 – 18:45 Parallel Working Sessions

DAY 2 – Wednesday 7 June 2017

European Parliament, Luxembourg entrance

09:00 – 11:15 Parallel Working Sessions

11:30 – 13.00 – Plenary session: working groups outcomes

14:00 – 15:30 – Closing session

From commerce to entertainment, from co-production to data analysis, from remote working (or co-working) to e-government and e-payments, from cloud storage to smart homes or supply-chains, new possibilities are endless. However, many challenges remain, for instance in terms of concentration of power (and data) in the hands of a few players, as well as in terms of interoperability, digital access and skills, privacy and security, whilst it is difficult to predict which technologies will act as game-changers in terms of new products and services, but also in terms of increased well-being of EU citizens and increased competitiveness of companies.

The topics to be investigated will be:

1. New technologies for disrupting the economy: business, employment and skills
2. New technologies disrupting the public sphere: information, democracy and new media
3. New technologies blurring online and offline worlds and disrupting the personal sphere