eastern europe partnership event - 013 oliver popov
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eInfrastructures for Digital Inclusion
Oliver Popov
CEENet -‐ MARNET – SU
Bucharest, Romania
November 2011
Eastern Europe Partnership Event
Digital divide and eInfrastructures
• Digital divide = the disparity between the "haves" and the "have-‐nots" in ICT.
• e-‐Everything -‐ Second Great TransformaOon – conOnuaOon of homo faber civilizaOon • Almost universal tool
• No science and research without e • Wireless conjecture
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Early recogniOon and conOnuous resoluOon
• There is a problem, so • From
• Tartu declaraOon to Varna statement • SERENATE to EARNEST and REDI
• Case in point: MARNET • From • Volunteer effort through slow evoluOon to legal enOty (September 2010) -‐ UKIM played and sOll does a crucial role
• SEEREN 1 and 2 to SEE Light, EGE and SEERE-‐EI -‐ GRNET • GEANT, DANTE and NREN PC
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Sustainability and …
• AxiomaOc • Science, research and educaOon are the best way to face the challenges of today and to prepare for the uncertainOes of the future
• EC – central, generaOve, and consistent • Policies -‐ both intervenOonist and deregulatory
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… invariance
• Governments should realize that it is an essenOal infrastructure – regardless of the prefix – e, t, en, w
• Champions and pioneers • Inducive and confluenOal support from your neighborhood and across regions
• The conjecture – Digital Divide is self-‐similar regardless of the domain … with an extension – so are the soluOons.
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Thanks… your acenOon is greatly appreciated!