Re: Almost one year, some news

Volontiers ! :)

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Guillaume Rouyer <
guillaume.rouyer@assemblee-virtuelle.org> wrote:

> Merci Alexandre pour toutes actualités !
>
> Dis nous si on peut contribuer d'une manière ou d'une autre à cette
> superbe initiative, de notre côté, nous avnçons, bien, ce serait cool qu'on
> se fasse un hangout un de ces 4 non ?
>
> A très bientôt j'espère,
>
> Guillaume
>
> 2016-12-06 11:09 GMT+01:00 Alexandre Monnin <alexandre.monnin@inria.fr>:
>
>> A small update: WWCA is mentioned in this piece about a sustainable Web:
>> https://www.futuribles.com/fr/article/vers-la-creation-
>> dun-web-soutenable/ (in French, sorry).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> A.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Alexandre Monnin <
>> alexandre.monnin@inria.fr> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> After almost a year it's time to give you some news of the Web We Can
>>> Afford initiative.
>>>
>>> Most if not all of these news are related to what you may call "outreach
>>> activities".
>>>
>>> - First, I did participate in the "Transition squared" initiative
>>> between Inria and FING (a French digital think tank). Its goal was to
>>> confront the digital and ecological transitions (an ambition that is at the
>>> heart of this group - though I'd rather talk of "collapse" that mere
>>> "transition" as regards the environment). It was a nice opportunity to meet
>>> with many like-minded researchers at Inria (something I didn't expect to be
>>> honest).
>>>
>>> - I did a presentation around the same topic in June, in front of all
>>> the Inria researchers in Sophia Antipolis, which was very well received.
>>> You can find here: http://www.slideshare.ne
>>> t/aamonnz/transition-numrique-et-effondrement-cologique-quel-monde-daprs I
>>> was able to reuse some slides from Vincent Mignerot who's the president of
>>> the Adrastia association and an partner of the WWCA initiative, thank you
>>> Vincent!
>>>
>>> It was later delivered in front of students of various ages/origins and
>>> always led to interesting reactions/discussions.
>>>
>>> - I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to submitted an ERC
>>> Starting Grant project in October. Without going into too much details,
>>> let's say that it revolves around many of the topics tackled by this group.
>>> The research accomplished over the last year to prepare for the submission
>>> will certainly inform my future work.
>>>
>>> - I was invited to a meeting organized by all the French actors involved
>>> in eco-webdesign in October. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend it but
>>> the important thing is that It was the first time such an event was
>>> organized. Though it is more akin to green IT, which is not exactly was
>>> this group is about, eco-design should play a role when it comes to
>>> designing a Web "fit" for the Anthropocene. I hope there are more similar
>>> meetings to come.
>>>
>>> - Thanks to the nice feedback I got after my presentation at Inria, a
>>> colleague of mine, Emmanuel Prados, head of the STEEP Inria team in
>>> Grenoble (STEEP stands for "Sustainability, Environment, Economy and local
>>> Policy"), was invited to deliver a presentation of the notion of "collapse"
>>> in November. You can find his slides here:
>>> https://project.inria.fr/mastic/cafe-in-10-novembre-compren
>>> dre-les-phenomenes-deffondrement-de-societes-quel-avenir-pour-la-notre/
>>> (at the bottom of the page).
>>>
>>> - A few weeks ago, I was invited to speak at an event that did associate
>>> for the first time a handful of laboratories of excellency" (Labex)
>>> dedicated to smart technologies. I discussed the future of these
>>> technologies (and digital tech in general) in my presentation, which you
>>> can find here: http://www.slideshare.net/aamo
>>> nnz/a-quoi-peuvent-servir-les-technologies-smart-en-regard-d
>>> une-vision-raliste-de-lavenir-et-de-lenvironnement
>>>
>>> During my stay I had the opportunity to talk to Michael Matlosz who's
>>> the CEO of the french National Agency for Research (ANR).
>>>
>>> The discussion that ensued after my keynote was very interesting. It was
>>> nice to see that people shared the same concerns and conclusions (without
>>> always knowing what to do next or how to integrate them in their daily
>>> activities and work - an important point to keep in mind).
>>>
>>> - Finally, I'm currently writing a small text that will appear on a blog
>>> edited by IT researchers (http://binaire.blog.lemonde.fr/) in order to
>>> popularize the topic.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, if you've read my message up to this point, thank you very much ;)
>>>
>>> Now, it's time to take one further step by organizing a workshop
>>> dedicated to the WWCA. In my opinion, WebScience 2017 would be a nice venue
>>> as well as this conference: http://comtech.community/workshops/
>>> Although, I haven't seen the CfP of WebSciecnce  to be honest (has anyone
>>> in the group some news about it?).
>>>
>>> So, please tell me if you'd agree to be on the PC of that workshop
>>> and/or if you have other people in mind that we should ask.
>>>
>>> Many thanks!
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> A.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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