August 20 - 26 from 2pm to 5pm
(Except for Sunday, August 23: 3pm to 6pm)

Location: Hauptschule Alpbach
Language: English

Chairpersons:

William H. DUTTON, Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Yorick WILKS, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield

Content:

This seminar will focus on the theme of trust in an interdisciplinary discussion of the history and future of the Internet. Key topics will include:

- The Ecology of Choices Shaping the Internet and its Future
- Patterns of Internet Adoption and Use
- Trust in the Internet: Experience 2.0
- Identity and Trust Online: We Know Who You Are
- The Quality of Information and Research On the Line
- Digital Companions You can Trust
- The Relevance of the Semantic Web Vision to Trust
- Ethics in Cyberspace: Old Wine in New Bottles?