Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Internet
Join us for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Internet. The event will be opened by the co-inventor of the Internet Dr Vint Cerf and will feature a of series of panels with eminent speakers that will look back at what the Internet has achieved in the last 50 years and focus on the next generation of the Internet and AI. The event will be co-organised by the Royal Society and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and supported by the Web Science Trust, People-Centered Internet, Digital Enlightenment Forum, The Digital Humanism Initiative, and the Web Science Institute, University of Southampton, UK.
July 15th 2024
- 14:00 – 20:00 CEST
- The Royal Society
- 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG United Kingdom
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This is a hybrid event.
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Program (Times in CEST)#
| 13:30 | Doors open |
| 14:00 | Welcome from Professor Dame Wendy Hall, University of Southampton and Web Science Trust and Yannis Ioannidis, President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| 14:05 | Opening Speech by Dr Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, followed by “in conversation” with Mei Lin Fung, Co-Chair and Founder, People-Centered Internet |
| 14:45 |
Panel 1: The Internet as an Infrastructure Professor Sir David Payne, University of Southampton (Chair) Professor Andrew Ellis, Aston University Professor Dimitra Simeonidou, University of Bristol Dr Vint Cerf (respondent) |
| 15:45 | Refreshments |
| 16:15 |
Panel 2: The Internet as a Facilitator of Opportunity Mei Lin Fung, People-Centered Internet (Chair) Doreen Bogdan, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union Maarten Botterman, ICANN Professor Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alan Kay, Computer Science Pioneer Dr Vint Cerf (respondent) |
| 17:15 |
Panel 3: The Internet and Society Professor Dame Wendy Hall, University of Southampton and Web Science Trust (Chair) Professor Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University Professor Victoria Nash, Oxford Internet Institute Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, University of Oxford Professor Hannes Werthner, Vienna University of Technology Dr Vint Cerf (respondent) |
| 18:15 | Closing remarks from Dr Vint Cerf |
| 18:30 | Drinks and canapes reception |
| 20:00 | End |
Registration
You can register for the event here:
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2024/07/celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-internet/
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