SFISE 2010 - 2010 International Seminar on Future Internet Socio-Economics

An in-depth change in Internet is growing and being ready to meet future needs. However, far reaching technological innovations can only be successfully deployed, if their non-technical issues and business potential are taken into account. Any new technology, no matter how excellent, can only succeed in the market if it satisfies, in a sustainable way, the needs of current or potential future users.

Therefore, the aim of this seminar is to present and discuss challenges and perspectives related to "socio-economic" issues in the Future Internet. Socio-economics aims to understand the interplay between the society, economy, markets, institutions, self-interest, and moral commitments. It is a multidisciplinary field using methods from economics, psychology, sociology, history, and even anthropology. Socio-economics of networks have been studied for over30 years, but mostly in the context of social networks instead of the underlying communication networks.

This two-day seminar on Future Internet Socio-Economics will be held at Carleton University in Ottawa August 2010. Prominent economist, mathematicians and Internet experts will be paired to review the frontiers in the subject area and to share economic insights regarding future research directions in this growing research area. This seminar is designed to provide a venue for researchers to get substantive and beneficial feedback on their work. The extensive seminars included all the aspects of recent research. Furthermore, some case studies will be presented in two-hour seminars on areas of industrial excellence.

Proceedings are planed to be published in the Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems (SCI/SSCI index).