Blockchain technology and internet governance – Edu 3 2017

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Programme overview 2017

EDUCATIONAL TRACK 3: Blockchain Technology and Internet Governance

Session teaser

Come and learn what blockchain technology is and what it could mean to the future of the Internet and its governance! This educational session is meant to give a fun, interactive and informative 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 have you start 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 would be an interactive and engaging role playing session where participants would take turn in groups to act as nodes in the blockchain network. Instead of a pure presentation style, the segment would include props and role playing so that to illustrate in a fun and engaging way what blockchain is and how it could contribute to the Internet's future. Throughout the interactive segments, there will be an opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussions openly and freely.

Further reading

Blockchain technologies - Future Internet technologies

A Second Internet, Coming Soon, Courtesy of the Blockchain

Blockchain, the next Internet?

How Bitcoin works

How the blockchain is changing money and business - Don Tapscott

People

- Walid Al-Saqaf

- Michael Oghia

- Ken Hansen

- Arvin Kamberi

- Hanane Boujemi

- Nadira Alaraj

- Anton Zuenko

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.

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

See the discussion tab on the upper left side of this page. Please use this page to publish:

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

Please be as open and transparent as possible in order to allow others to get involved and contact you. Use the wiki not only as the place to publish results but also to summarize the discussion process.

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.