Alessandra Laderchi is a graduate (MSc) student in computer engineering at the University of Trieste. She attended the sessions and wrote the articles during Global Forum 2013.

Alessandro Morsut is a student in Multimedia Sciences at the University of Udine. He was technical support during the event.

Andrea Bidinost is a graduate (MSc) student in computer engineering at the University of Trieste. He attended the sessions and wrote the articles during Global Forum 2013.

Carlo Moretto is an undergraduate student in computer engineering student at the University of Trieste. His task was filming and uploading videos during the event.

Delanie Cook is an Italian Major and Marketing Minor from Southern Connecticut State University. She is participating in an exchange program at the University of Trieste.  She attended the sessions and wrote some of the articles for the blog.

Desiree Rigonat is a PhD student in engineering at the University of Trieste. She attended sessions, filmed some interviews and managed the twitter profile of the event.

Diego Bortolin studies photography at ISFAV School of Padua. He was one of the official photographer of Global Forum 2013.

Federico Morsut is a graduate (MSc) student in computer engineering at the University of Trieste. He was technical support during the event.

Filippo Muscolino is an IT engineering student at the University of Trieste where he is finishing his master degree. His task during the Global Forum 2013 was attending the sessions and writing the articles for the blog.

Lorenzo Gasparini is an undergraduate student in computer engineering at the University of Trieste. During the event he attended sessions and wrote the articles for the official blog.

Marco Virgolin is a graduate (MSc) student in computer engineering at the University of Trieste. He attended the sessions and wrote the articles during Global Forum 2013.

Mariela Nasi is a graduate (MSc) student in computer engineering at the University of Trieste. She was the team leader during Global Forum 2013.

Matjaž Guštin is an undergraduate student in computer engineering at the University of Trieste. He attended the sessions and was technical support during the event.

Monica Zambon studied Social Science of Population and Development at the University of Bruxelles. She attended the sessions and did the interviews during the event.

Nicola Furlan is a graduate(MSc) student in computer engineering at the University of Trieste. He attended the sessions and wrote the articles during Global Forum 2013.

Ornela Kita is a student in pharmacy at the University of Trieste. She loves photography and for this reason she was one of the official photographers of Global Forum 2013.

Pietro Rigonat studies international and diplomatic sciences at University of Trieste. During the Global Forum 2013, he managed the interviews with the speakers.

Regi Jaupi is a graduate (MSc) student in electronic engineering at the University of Trieste. He attended the sessions and did the interviews.

Sara Caraceni studies international and diplomatic sciences at University of Trieste. During the Global Forum 2013, she managed the interviews of the speakers.

Shady Kalbouneh is a graduate (MSc) student in telecommunication engineering at the University of Trieste. He attended the sessions and did the interviews.

Innovation used to be about what computers can do, it is now about what people can do. This session is about smart innovation policies and open innovation.

The Social Networking Team will resume coverage of Global Forum 2012 in just a few minutes!

Session 6 – E-procurement Interconnecting People and Organizations

The EC are using four so-called “flanking measures” to support e-procurement around Europe. The first of these measures is The Golden Book: a selection of thirty platforms whose job is to analyze and identify good practises. eTeg is the second course of action, utilizing a group of experts to develop recommendations for governments. Thirdly, the EC are using certain indicators to measure the take-up of e-procurement in Europe in order to provide an element of comparison between different solutions. The fourth and last flanking measure is the support of the PEPPOL and ePrior platforms.

Session 4: For Privacy and Security?

“90% of the worlds data has been generated since 2010,”  says Paul Wormeli, Executive Director Emeritus, Integrated justice information Systems Institute.

Everyday we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. We need to have way to both accumulate all this data. Have a way to keep the secure data secure and the private data private.

Data is a hot commodity,

“Raw data of the 21st century is much like crude oil” – Stéphane Grunbach, Senior Researcher of INRIA

The session was much about the value of data and how much of it needs to be protected while other information needs to be shared. Private information needs to be kept private but it is often not the responsibility of technology to do that,

“The biggest threat to privacy is betrayal” – Wojciech Cellary, Head of the Department of Information Technology, Poznan University of Economics.

Then there’s data that is supposed to be secure from things like cybercrime. But to do this effectively we need big change, as Florence Dupre suggests

“We need to adapt the existing legal framework”. – Florence Dupré, Technical Legal Expert and Business Advisor, Cassidian CyberSecurity. She said we also  need laws to effectively punish cybercrime.

Interview with Paul Wormeli: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U51gMqSDCJc

Interview with Stéphane Grunbach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYnCm49mGTY

Session 6 – E-procurement Interconnecting People and Organizations

Outsourcing may pose a potential security risk to any enterpise deciding to utilize its many benefits. The added dependency on a third party will create a supply chain which is needed to sustain the renewed business model. It is in this supply chain where the security risks emerge: you may be exposed to malicious logic, counterfeit hardware and software or the installation of unintentional vulnerabilities. These risks are particularly potent because of their hidden nature in the many layers that make out the supply chain. Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) aims to circumvent these different threats through multi-layered analysis by incorporating the knowledge of many different disciplines within the ICT-field, including but not limited to systems engineering, legislation and international relations. – Dan Shoemaker, Director and Senior Research Assistant at ICSEC, US Department of Defense

Session 3 – Smarter Governments: Transformative Models and Big Datas.

“Data was staring them in the face, yet they did not see.” 80% of governments are not using existing big data analysis tools in social media and the like, which is problematic. Smarter governments require smarter people, and this is where we need to focus our attention. Knowledge management through big data will lead to increased wisdom, and more intelligent societies. Data is like water: it can be wild and difficult to tame, but its momentum can be used to achieve great things. – Dr. Alan Shark, Executive Director at Public Technology Institute

Session 3 – Smarter Governments: Transformative Models and Big Datas.

We can now view the flow of data as its own ecosystem, with data being gathered from all corners of society, including governments, businesses, organizations and individuals. Decision makers should support innovation that will amplify ideas, and turn them into reality. Governmental support and funding of these projects will help diversify the usability of data by enabling small businesses to reach a big customer base. – From the speech by Samia Melhem, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank Group

Big data represents a paradigm shift on how we view and interpret observations in the world around us. Lots of small sensors come together to provide hugely complex data streams, that are gathered with modern technology capable of finding semantic structure and hence transforming the data into human-readable information. Steven Adler of IBM mentioned examples of predicting and preventing traffic congestion using smartphones’ GPS-transmitters. The value of big data analysis stretches over many societal problems, but can also help analyse occurrences in nature, such as potential natural disasters.

Cities around the world have a unique position to contribute to and endorse a digital evolution of its citizens. Talent and infrastructure is important, but governance can pose an effective catalyst for shaping the future. Rio de Janeiro had an interesting program that put knowledge and technology centers into its slums and poorly educated regions, providing citizens with the latest technological devices such as tablets and smartphones. This created opportunity for the inhabitants of these regions to be included in the digital development of the country, ultimately leading to jobs in the ICT-field. This concept is called “digital inclusion”.