Background

The Euro-NF Project is part of the Framework Programme 7 (FP7) for research and Development of the European Commission. The EURO-NF has 36 academic and private sector members from about twenty European Countries. It´s aim is to look into the future of the global Internet development from a European perspective. Work package 3 deals with the socio-economic aspects of the network of the future. The EURO-NF research project has sponsored in 2009 a workshop on the Internet of Things in Leipzig (Leipzig I).

Furthermore it has supported a special joint research project (SJRP) under the title “Governance and Privacy Implications of the Internet of Things” (GOVPIMINT) in 2010 which produced an agenda for further research and potential political action (Aarhus Roadmap). The Leipzig II workshop will be used to disseminate the results of the SJPR. It is organized in collaboration with the reactivated IGF Dynamic Coalition on the Internet of Things (IGF-DyCIT). The plan is that the IGF-DyCIT will use the Leipzig II workshop to draft a plan for further action with regard to the forthcoming 6th UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), scheduled for September 2011 in Nairobi.