EAN: 9783642009846

FUTURE INTERNET - FIS 2008 KARTONIERT (TB)

The First Future Internet Symposium was held during September 28-30  2008 in Vienna  Austria.
FIS 2008 provided a forum for leading researchersand pr- titioners to meet and discuss the
wide-ranging scienti?c and technical issues related to the design of a new Internet. The
sentiment shared in Vienna was that we are at the beginning of something very exciting and
challenging and that FIS 2008 has played a role in forming a community to address this. With
overa billionusers today's Internet is arguablythe most successful- man artifact ever created.
The Internet's physical infrastructure  software  and content now play an integralpart in the
lives of everyoneon the planet  whether they interact with it directly or not. Now nearing its
?fth decade  the Int- net has shown remarkable resilience and ?exibility in the face of
ever-increasing numbers of users  data volume  and changing usage patterns  but faces gr- ing
challenges in meetings the needs of our knowledge society. Globally  many major initiatives are
underway to address the need for more scienti?c research  physical infrastructure investment 
better education  and better utilization of the Internet. Japan  the USA and Europe are
investing heavily in this area. The EU is shaping around the idea of the Future Internet its
research programmes for the Seventh Framework. EU commissioners  national government ministers
industry leadersand researchersmet in Bled  Slovenia during March 31-April2  2008  to begin
developing a vision of a future Internet that will meet Europe's needs a decade from now  and
beyond. Abroadprogrammeofscienti?cresearchisessentialtosupportingtheaimsof the Future
Internetinitiative.

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