{"id":354,"date":"2021-04-03T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T13:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicopen.space\/epos\/?p=354"},"modified":"2021-04-03T15:35:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T13:35:03","slug":"sdeps-introduced-at-publicspaces-conference-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicopen.space\/epos\/2021\/04\/03\/sdeps-introduced-at-publicspaces-conference-1\/","title":{"rendered":"SDEPS introduced at PublicSpaces Conference #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 11 and 12 March 2021, the first PublicSpaces Conference<\/a><\/strong> took place, organised by the Dutch PublicSpaces<\/a> network, online, of course, but mentally in the Netherlands. Video recordings and summaries are now available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started with keynotes by Katja Bego, Paul Keller and Eli Pariser<\/a>. Next was a number of short project presentations<\/a>, including an update<\/a> (starting at 01:13) from the Beyond Platforms Initative<\/a> by\u00a0Kemal G\u00f6rg\u00fcl\u00fc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final event of the first day was the Panel discussion on the need for Shared Digital European Public\u00a0Spaces (SDEPS)<\/strong><\/a>. The idea of a European SDEPS coalition<\/a> was publicly introduced here for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

“We want to discuss what constitutes a European public digital infrastructure, what values should be built upon, what its governance should look like and how this can promote democracy and dialogue within European society.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The discussants were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Baratsits<\/strong>, Cultural Broadcasting Archive<\/a> and European Cultural Backbone 2.0<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Dr. Barbara Thoma\u00df<\/strong>, Institute of Media Science<\/a> at Ruhr University Bochum and Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research<\/a> Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danny O\u2019Brien <\/strong>director of strategy of the Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ariadna Matas<\/strong> policy advisor for the Europeana Foundation<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Tang<\/a><\/strong>, MEP, initiator of the AdsZuck<\/a> campaign of the Socialist and Democrats in the European Parliament aimed at ending the abuse of citizens\u2019 personal data by Big Tech companies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Alek Tarkowski <\/strong>of Open Future<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alek aptly summarised the discussion in the challenge: PSMers meet geeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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