Networked Media Open Discussion Forum
Coordinator: Dr. Julián Seseña
ROSE Vision, Spain
E-mail: jsesena@rose.es
NETWORKED MEDIA OPEN DISCUSSION FORUM 1ST MEETING
Europe’s Future in the Networked Media
Saint Maló, France, October 14th, 2008, (11:00 – 17:30)
Two sessions: morning: 11:00-12:30; afternoon: 14:00-17:30
In order to ensure that the views of the Strategic Analysis are complemented with wider set of views and are not directly constrained to the NEM community, an Open discussion Forum on Networked Media has been created where in addition to the regular members of NEM, individual experts (notably from Users and Exploitation Entities) will be invited to comment and contribute.
The objective of this activity is to extend the participation to all those experts who belong to different constituencies (Universities, Associations, Technology Centers, Industries, users, etc.) and who may express opinions and views based on their individual knowledge. The aim it to collect views and opinions from individuals, who would complement NEM which represents widely the industrial views legitimately biased for the benefit of industries.
This Networked Media Open discussion Forum is a permanent think tank anticipating ideas, views, and expressing comments about how NEM, Networked Media and the new super-sector (as called by sectoral Associations to the Media sector) are running. This forum is supported by senior experts (mostly those working in NEM Institutions), with strategic profiles rather than research profile, whose opinions are sought as a complement to other corporate or R&D Institutions positions and visions.
The agenda for the first meeting includes discussions to focus on a limited set of themes which are relevant for the Europe’s Future in the Networked Media. What Europe is doing well and should be reinforced; what Europe should pay more attention; what are the trends and challenges to face; what is moving outside Europe. In principle, the main background is the NEM Vision, but other priorities, like Strategic Research Agenda, are relevant elements showing the current work on going.
Background:
- Actual versions of NEM Vision and Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) documents can be found on the NEM website. All versions of NEM Vision and SRA as well as further documents issued by the NEM Initiative can be found here.
- Public deliverables from FP7/Eureka projects - link to Eureka Celtic Cluster: http://www.celtic-initiative.org.
- Study on ICT & Media industries at the times of Web 2.0
Topics for discussion* - Definition of priorities, Comments, Strategic issues:
- Main challenges for the technology front due to technology evolution
- Main challenges for the technology front due to changing users’ behaviour (the evolving consumer, prosumer equations). New society demands (sustainability-energy consumption, accessibility, etc.).
- Regulation (policy and standardization)
- Financing- funding. Optimization of limited resources. Recommendations.
Outcome of the overall think-tank**: This high level exercise should identify a number of very high relevant challenges The result of the work, expected to run in two meetings (October 2008 and Sept-Oct 2009) supported with work by correspondence between meetings, is a sort of highly ambitious European target (“A new 21st century arrival to the Moon through networked media cockpits.
*Participants in the meeting are invited, if so desired, to circulate views or points they would like to raise at the meeting.
**During the first meeting, a brainstorming of high relevant challenges will be held, trying to conclude on the most important one/ones as a consequence of the work to be done by correspondence between meetings and at the second meeting (Sept-Oct 2009)