The Internet has turned our existence into the digital era, revolutionising our health, our wellbeing, our social life, our education, our information. However, multiple threats related to truthfulness, trust and identity (ID) have been identified when people interact in this digital world: delusion and manipulation, personal privacy violation & personal data exploitation, unknown provenance of information, anonymity in favour of criminal activities, biases in AI algorithms, spread of fake news, skills mismatches, serious breaches of security to mention some of them.
The European Commission is organising an online webinar on the Horizon Europe call for Next Generation Internet topics on 26 January 2023, 14:00-16:00 CET.
We work towards better technologies to restore and maintain European sovereignty and to secure democratic ownership of the digital society. NGI Zero actively works towards digital commons and trustworthy technological building blocks for the next generation of the internet. The goal is to help set the course of the evolution of technology, provide people with concrete new tools and more reliable infrastructure, which provides better overall security and allow them more agency and choice.
Let’s build together the Next Generation of Internet Search and Discovery tools!
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More than 80 self-sovereign identity (SSI) experts and members of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative including illustrous speakers and the programme beneficiaries, gave their farewell, sharing project results, knowledge and insights while discussing the future of the Internet.
We had the opportunity to make the NGI Pointer Final Event last week, especially on the 21st of November. The event was held online, and it was packed as we expected! Key participants and attendees were the NGI Pointer Team Project Management. NGI Pointer Architects, NGI Pointer Advisory Board Advisory Board Members from the internet architecture field and the NGI Pointer Project Officer (EC).
After three years of this exciting data portability adventure, the NGI DAPSI project is about to come to an end. Therefore, we are very excited to announce the DAPSI FINAL EVENT that will take place on December 14th, 2022, from 2:50 PM to 5:35 PM CET, in Paris at the Apidays Conference!
Digital Commons are among the core assets to pursue Europe’s Digital Sovereignty. Several initiatives and calls for actions are gaining traction, striving to bring real benefits to individuals and organisations by ensuring open, inclusive and decentralised access to digital resources in line with the core principles and action of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Initiative.
INSCI is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together scholars and practitioners at the intersection of technological, social and economic sciences seeking to learn how the Internet can be used to make our world a better place.
This event aims to inform potential applicants about the funding opportunities of the 2023 calls of Horizon Europe Cluster 4…