Presentation at final workshop for EC project Towards a Future Internet, held in Brussels 22 Nov 2010

1. Study methodology
TOWARDS ATOWARDS A
Colin Blackman
Camford Associates
www.camfordassociates.com
Final Public Workshop, Brussels, 22 November 2010

2. Study objectives
1. To investigate the deep interrelations existing
between technological, social and economic
trends related to the future internet
2. Explore the future needs of internet users
3. Outline the principles that should guide its
development

3. Study team
Led by Oxford Internet Institute with SCF Associates and individual experts
Panel of experts:
Rudolf van der Berg (Logica), Erik Bohlin (Chalmers University of
Technology), Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge), William Drake
(Graduate Institute), Ian Miles (University of Manchester), Christopher
Marsden (University of Essex), Jun Murai (Keio University), and Xavier
Dalloz (XDC).
Core team: Ian Brown, Project Manager - OII
Colin Blackman – Camford Associates
Jonathan Cave – Warwick Univ/RAND Europe
Simon Forge – SCF Associates
Karmen Guevara – SCF Associates
Lara Srivastava – Webster Univ/infoDev
Motohiro Tsuchiya – Keio Univ
Malte Ziewitz – OII
with Rafael Popper – Univ of Manchester

4. Project work packages and actions
WP1WP1
Internet History and EvolutionInternet History and Evolution
WP1WP1
Internet History and EvolutionInternet History and Evolution
WP2WP2
Building Future Internet ScenariosBuilding Future Internet Scenarios
Foresight techniques, Scenarios analysis,Foresight techniques, Scenarios analysis,
Delphi surveyDelphi survey
WP2WP2
Building Future Internet ScenariosBuilding Future Internet Scenarios
Foresight techniques, Scenarios analysis,Foresight techniques, Scenarios analysis,
Delphi surveyDelphi survey
WP3WP3
Analysis and recommendationsAnalysis and recommendations
WP3WP3
Analysis and recommendationsAnalysis and recommendations
20% of effort
Desk research, literature survey
etc
60%
Scenario
generation,
Delphi,
workshops
etc
20%
Analysis, findings and
conclusions for policy

5. Using a Delphi survey and scenario building workshops
to establish guiding principles for the future internet
Delphi round 1
Build initial
scenarios
Test and improve
scenarios
in 1st
Brussels
workshop
Evolved
scenarios
Guiding principles
& tech
requirements
Environmental
scanning
•Initial conditions
•Trends
•Drivers
•Assumptions
•Assertions
•Hypotheses
Test & validate
in MIT and
Tokyo
workshops
Delphi round 2

6. The Final Report is
available on the study
website
Comments are most
welcome
www.internetfutures.eu

7. Please visit the study website: www.internetfutures.eu