Dear Listers, This might be of interest. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill@hill-a.ch> Date: Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 8:13 PM Subject: [Internet Policy] FW: Internet Society: Intercommunity 2017, Thank you To: internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org FYI, this seems to me to be an excellent summary of the highlights of the event. Best, Richard *From:* Howard Baggott [mailto:baggott@isoc.org] *Sent:* Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:58 *To:* Howard Baggott *Subject:* Internet Society: Intercommunity 2017, Thank you Dear ICOMM17 Guests, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your attendance of the Intercommunity 2017 event in CERN <https://home.cern/>’s Globe of Science & Innovation on the 19th September. Your attendance is very important to us and we hope that you found value in our panel sessions as well as made some new contacts during the meeting, not to mention learning about Dark matter from our fabulous host’s at CERN. Below is a short summary of the main points and takeaways from the session: *General take-aways:* - The focus of the discussions were centered around privacy, more than security - The problems around privacy that we see will scale, and so must the solutions to keep up - There needs to be more questioning in the use of IoT – Why am I sharing this data that you are collecting? Consumers needs to ask why – and realize that they are the product. - Market forces themselves are unlikely to solve the IoT security and privacy challenges. *Key take-aways* - Your personal data is precisely that, YOUR data. You need to be at “the centre of the Universe” – we need a “cyber bill of rights” - There needs to be a focus on education, and on informing users. Both about the technology, but also about the responsibilities. These are problems we have today – so in essence nothing new – but the problem will increase and scale. - Educated users can make more informed decisions. Does this device need to be directly connected to the global network? What is the trade-off in sharing this data? - We need ethics to be part of the discussion. How IoT services operate, and how they are deployed. - Multistakeholder solutions are needed, but there is a challenge in channeling the collective intelligence to solve the issue. - There is a question about governance that needs to be solved. Is the current mechanisms for IG enough, or do we need to think about new governance frameworks to efficiently address the challenges of IoT? We should tackle this challenge, but also see it as an opportunity to get it right. As you also heard, we recently launched the Internet Futures Report which we encourage you to read as well as share with parties who may be interested in the work of the Internet Society. The report can be found here: https://future.internetsociety.org Once again thank you for your time and joining us for the Intercommunity 2017. See you on the Internet, or here in Geneva! Brgds Howie Howard A. H. Baggott Director, Partnership Development Internet Society Mobile: +41 76 334 0337 <+41%2076%20334%2003%2037> @HowardBaggott <https://twitter.com/HowardBaggott> [image: ignature_789555371] Join us and be part of our network of 100’001+ members <https://www.internetsociety.org/get-involved/join-community/individuals> and supporters, 126 Chapters <https://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/chapters>, as well as 162 Organizational members <https://www.internetsociety.org/get-involved/join-community/organisations-and-corporations> . _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A