Det här är ett tal jag höll under Ekonomiska och sociala kommittéens (en EU-institution som inte främst verkar lagstiftande utan utredande) möte om internet och ansvar förra veckan i onsdags:

Delegates,

Honourable participants in this meeting of the Economic and Social Committee,

We are here to discuss political implications on society of information and comunications technologies. More specifically, the designers of this event have framed the discussion as ”responsible use of the internet”.

When I look at theinternet policy and ICT policy in general, responsibility is probably the last word that would come to my mind.

For one – communication. Would you believe last week I attended a United Nations event where someone explained that ”communication” had been left out from the list of over-arching benefits of public access to the internet?

Communication is, to me, the most defining aspect of myself, my friends, the groups that I belong to and society at large.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxMoIPjROs

This week Amelia is busy with several meetings on data protection and cybersecurity. She will also encounter a number of people from the different European institutions and other stakeholders.

Monday 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch with people from the European Economic and Social Committee 14:00 – 14:30 Filming of Hacking the Exile
15:00 – 16:30 Technical brief on the Information Technology Agreement (ITA)
16:30 – 17:30 Office meeting

Tuesday 11:00 – 11:30 Meeting with staff from DG Market
15:00 – 18:30 Green group meeting for preparing the next week's Strasbourg's session

Wednesday 08:00 – 09:30 Event on the EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection
09:15 – 10:30 Keynote for the European Economic and Social Committee's event on 'Better Internet'
11:15 – 12:15 Meeting with DG Market on Collective Rights Management
15:30 – 17:00 Event on 'Understanding Cybersecurity'

Thursday 09:00 – 09:30 Event on Science and the Public
11:00 – 12:00 Follow-up: Scientists - Policy makers dialogue
13:00 – 14:00 Pirate delegation meeting
14:30 – 15:30 Data Protection campaign meeting
15:00 – 17:00 Event on 'Smart Cities of the Future - How to Make Efficient Cities from Socially Responsible Competitiveness'
18:30 – 20:30 Live streaming on Open Access

Friday 14:30 – 15:00 Meeting on IEEE standards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0CtN09yPkA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgyM646C2DI