ThingsCon Amsterdam: A responsible Internet of Things

ThingsCon Amsterdam1 Dec 2016

A responsible Internet of Things

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Clients

Self-initiated projectsSelf-initiated conferences, publications & research projects include:

Cognitive Cities Conference (2012)Future of connected cities.

UIKonf (since 2013)Berlin’s first English-language iOS developer conference. Sold in 2015.

ThingsCon (since 2014)Future of hardware and Internet of Things (IoT)

Understanding the Connected Home (2nd ed. 2016)Thoughts on living in tomorrow’s connected home. Ebook.

Dearsouvenir (since 2015)Digital travel magazine exploring cities through souvenirs.

Connected (2014/15)Printed collection of essays tracking the evolution of the IoT ecosystem

Conferences Publications

ThingsCon fosters the creation of a human-centric & responsible IoT

Why is responsible IoT so hard?(3 reasons)

1.Hardware, obvs.

2.Power dynamics

3.We need better language

to discuss IoT

Where are we in the world ofhuman-centric & responsible IoT?

Some great examples

Vai Kai

vaikai.com

Thington

thington.com

Casa Jasmina

casajasmina.arduino.cc

Medical implants

Image: EPFL

Some not-so-great examples

Connectity for connectivity’s sake

Image: The Verge

Update fails & ransom ware

Image: Twitter

Sunsetting products

Image: Loreta Pavoliene

Building DDoS infrastructure

Image: The Waving Cat

Image: Sven Scheuermeier

A promise:

If we don’t address these topics,no one else will.

The ThingsCon Community

What can we contribute?

2014: Two conferences

2016: A global movement

2017: Let’s grow!

Opportunities for action

ThingsCon fosters the creation of a human-centric & responsible IoT

To this end we provide practitioners with an open environment for reflection & collaborative action.

ThingsCon LABS

ThingsCon ADVOCACY

ThingsCon RESEARCH

ThingsCon PUBLICATION

Change is made through better day-to-day decisions

Strategies and tactics

Put humans first!

(duh!)

Embrace local context

Efficiency isn’t everything

Think in systems &life cycles

“What happens if this fails?”

Find the rightmode of production & funding

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“Good ethics equal good business”

Join or start a ThingsCon near you

thingscon.com/events/getinvolved

Let’s build a human-centric, responsible

IoT.We’d love to discuss what this means to you.

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Thank you.