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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Governance Dimension of the Internet of Things<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'>EURO-NF & GOVPIMINT Workshop (Leipzig II) in
Cooperation with the<br>
annual meeting of the IGF Dynamic Coalition of the Internet of Things
(IGF-DyCIT) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Leipzig, Germany, March, 24-25, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>While
there is still a discussion, what the concept of the” Internet of
Things” means in practice, the real process of connecting objects
equipped with RFID chips to the Internet via an IPv6 address continues to move
forward. The market is growing and so growths the debate about the governance
implications of the “Internet of Things”. The European Commission
has established a “Task Force on the Internet of Things”, the
European parliament has published a report about the issue and the recent 5th
UN sponsored Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has reactivated the Dynamic
Coalition on the Internet of Things (IGF-DyCIT).<br>
<br>
Among the key issues under consideration is whether an “Internet of
Things” needs a governance mechanisms and, if yes, how such a mechanism
should be designed. Other key issues are privacy, security and the idea to
introduce a “right to silence the chip”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Find the
programme here: <a
href="http://www.medienstadt-leipzig.org/euronf/programme.html">http://www.medienstadt-leipzig.org/euronf/programme.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Please register at:<span style='color:#595959'>
<a href="http://www.medienstadt-leipzig.org/euronf/registration.html">http://www.medienstadt-leipzig.org/euronf/registration.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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