BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000326T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260819T044125Z - 55431@odoo DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20150311T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20150311T174500 CREATED:20260819T044125Z DESCRIPTION:11th European Trend Day\nHome Speakers Programme Information Venue Fees Pa rtner Documentation About the conference The Ubernet: Power and purpose in tomorrow's world The Internet has completely changed our lives over the l ast twenty years. Now it is the Internet that is facing radical changes. I ncreasingly the "Internet of Things" is pervading our lives and we human b eings are gradually merging with it. We are moving towards a transhuman so ciety\, an all-encompassing Ubernet is coming about. But at the same time the net is threatening to fragment into countless separate nets — the "S plinternet". Power is now being redistributed within the Internet and beyo nd. Propagandists and data collectors are competing with hackers and activ ists for power in tomorrow's net: is it to be an opinion market or just a sales channel? Users and companies are increasingly losing confidence in t he Internet\, and social networks are proving to be asocial. Freedom of in formation\, privacy and democracy are being put to the test. So it is cruc ial to know: who will define tomorrow's digital canon? Who will do the pro gramming? Who will themselves be programmed? And in what ways will the net further change the economic order? At the 11th European Trend Day\, we wi ll name the drivers and operators of the Ubernet and describe the new boun daries. We will discuss developments and draw up visions and strategies fo r reconciling the always-on society with the desire to take a step backwar ds and the struggle to ensure a single Internet for all users. The followi ng questions will be discussed:11th European Trend Day\nHome Speakers Programme Informat ion Venue Fees Partner Documentation About the conference The Ubernet: Pow er and purpose in tomorrow's world The Internet has completely changed our lives over the last twenty years. Now it is the Internet that is facing r adical changes. Increasingly the "Internet of Things" is pervading our liv es and we human beings are gradually merging with it. We are moving toward s a transhuman society\, an all-encompassing Ubernet is coming about. But at the same time the net is threatening to fragment into countless separat e nets — the "Splinternet". Power is now being redistributed within the Internet and beyond. Propagandists and data collectors are competing with hackers and activists for power in tomorrow's net: is it to be an opinion market or just a sales channel? Users and companies are increasingly losin g confidence in the Internet\, and social networks are proving to be asoci al. Freedom of information\, privacy and democracy are being put to the te st. So it is crucial to know: who will define tomorrow's digital canon? Wh o will do the programming? Who will themselves be programmed? And in what ways will the net further change the economic order? At the 11th European Trend Day\, we will name the drivers and operators of the Ubernet and desc ribe the new boundaries. We will discuss developments and draw up visions and strategies for reconciling the always-on society with the desire to ta ke a step backwards and the struggle to ensure a single Internet for all u sers. The following questions will be discussed: