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Top10: Perspectives on Ambient Intelligence: Infrastructure, Governance, Applications and Ethics
Wednesday 25 August 2004
Organiser
Vijay Masurkar, (Sun Microsystems, USA), Vijay.Masurkar@Sun.com
Programme
 13H30 - 15h:
Infrastructure & Governance
Chair: Vijay Masurkar, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA
Visionary thinkers have warned time and again of how invasive technologies will increasingly affect people's lives in the coming years. Ambient Intelligence (AmI) scenarios (as mentioned in the European Commission's ISTAG Report) are examples of high sophistication, with on-demand facilities and adaptive service provisioning. We will examine some of the key technical infrastructure provider needs in comparison with the traditional computing ones. Many questions come to mind. What kinds of mechanisms are needed to establish the service objectives, and service and usage policies? How can performance be measured? Then, during or after deployment, how can these advanced technologies be governed? What are the local, regional and global community issues? Let us explore the different models of governance that maintain a balance between the managing of the advanced technologies and people's rights such as security, privacy and free will.
Perspectives on Computing for Service Providers of Intelligent Environments - Vijay Masurkar (Sun Microsystems, USA)
Global Governance of the Technological Revolution - Emilio Mordini (Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship, Italy)
15h30 - 18h:
Applications & Ethics
Chair: Vijay Masurkar , Sun Microsystems, Inc. , USA
Ambient Intelligence (AmI) scenarios (as mentioned in the European Commission's ISTAG Report) are examples of intelligent environments with high sophistication. There is no doubt that the new, proposed and the evolving technologies will create tremendous opportunities for inventions that will improve human health and goodwill. But, certainly, not without many challenges in application delivery and ethics. What are some of the issues in increasing the utilization of advanced information and communication technologies throughout health care systems? How best to serve ethically the developers and designers of the intelligent environments when a number of technologies compete? What are the ethical principles behind the priorities to be followed when multiple tasks are opting for limited intelligent resources? In this session, we will examine some of these key societal implications in terms of health applications and ethics.
e-Health - Making Healthcare Better for European Citizens - Diane Whitehouse (European Commission, Belgium)
Intelligent Ethics - Penny Duquenoy (Middlesex U., UK)
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