Re: Almost one year, some news

Dear All,

First allow me to wish you a happy new year!

Though I got many responses to my original mail, only one person agreed to
be on the PC of the first WWCA workshop. Cm'on! ;)

Still waiting for volunteers (from the group, I found others outside as
well). I'm also interested in any suggestions you'd have.

I'll share with you the draft of the workshop submission I will submit to
WebScience 2017. See the call here: http://websci17.org/

All best,
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.net/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/mast
> ic/cafe-in-10-novembre-comprendre-les-phenomenes-deffondreme
> nt-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-
> dune-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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