Blockchain technology and internet governance – Edu 3 2017

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Programme overview 2017

EDUCATIONAL TRACK 3 Block chain and IG Consolidated programme 2018 overview

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Session teaser

Come and explore what blockchain technology could mean to the future of the Internet and communication. This session is meant to give a broad introduction to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Some of the exciting yet largely misunderstood aspects of blockchain technology is smart contracts and decentralised apps (DApps). This interactive learning experience will get you enlightened and thinking of how this rapidly growing technology may impact day-to-day online activities from social media networking to e-health and from online payments to e-banking.

Keywords

BlockchainEurodig17, Blockchain, BitCoin, Ethereum, Smart Contracts, Cryptocurrencies

Session description

This will be a general educational session to introduce the basics of blockchain technology, its evolution, current and potential uses as well as challenges. The aim is to equip attendees with enough knowledge about the subject matter to investigate and explore further in their own pace. The link between internet governance will then be concluded by giving examples of scenarios where Internet services are impacted by blockchain technology whether in terms of online services provided or the very way data is stored or verified online. Additionally, the session will open the door for discussion and critical assessment of the notion that blockchain technology is the next natural evolution of the Internet. The moderator will not have a normative view and will encourage participants to provide their own thoughts and positions on this suggestion. The spirit of the session will be educational in the sense that people will get to learn how the blockchain technology is being advocated for and suggested by some to be a new stage in Internet evolution and requires embrace by the internet governance community as well as present arguments against this assumption.

Format

The session will be mostly interactive with the first part laying out the foundations of discussion and the second part as a fishbowl debate format during which participants will be encouraged to give critical perspectives on the particular points raised.

Further reading

How Bitcoin works

How the blockchain is changing money and business - Don Tapscott

People

Focal Points take over the responsibility and lead of the session organisation. Focal Points are kindly requested to observe EuroDIG's session principles. Focal Points work in close cooperation with the respective Subject Matter Expert (SME) and the EuroDIG Secretariat.

SMEs are responsible for the clustering of submissions into a thematic category they have an expertise in. They define subtopics and identify submissions which fall under this subtopic. The aim is to verify submissions which can be merged in one session. In the course of the session organising process SMEs will serve as a mentor for the respective category by supporting all Focal Points.

  • Moderator

Walid Al-Saqaf

  • Remote Moderator

Until 15 May 2017. The Remote Moderator is in charge of facilitating participation via digital channels such as WebEx and social medial (Twitter, facebook). Remote Moderators monitor and moderate the social media channels and the participants via WebEX and forward questions to the session moderator. Please contact the EuroDIG secretariat if you need help to find a remote moderator.

  • Organising Team (Org Team)

As they sign up The Org Team is a group of people shaping the session. Org Teams are open and every interested individual can become a member.

  • Reporter

Until 15 May 2017. The Reporter takes notes during the session and formulates 3 (max. 5) bullet points at the end of each session that:

  • are summarised on a slide and presented to the audience at the end of each session
  • relate to the particular session and to European Internet governance policy
  • are forward looking and propose goals and activities that can be initiated after EuroDIG (recommendations)
  • are in (rough) consensus with the audience
  • are to be submitted to the secretariat within 48 hours after the session took place

Please provide short CV of the reporter of your session at the Wiki or link to another source and contact the EuroDIG secretariat if you need help to find a reporter.

Current discussion, conference calls, schedules and minutes

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  • dates for virtual meetings or coordination calls
  • short summary of calls or email exchange

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Contact

Get in contact with the Org Team by sending an email.

Video record

Will be provided here after the event.

Transcript

Will be provided here after the event.

Messages

Please provide a short summary from the outcome of your session. Bullet points are fine.