Discussions

We will have about 10 meeting rooms at which meetings will take place in parallel. We'll assign times and spaces, and have a signup board on site where you can schedule addition meetings and changes.

You define the agenda and the program at KinnerNet. We're not looking for polished presentations; we'd prefer informal discussions. View sample agenda, or sample time table of the of original foo camp.

If you wish to initiate a discussion, please write its topic in one of the categories below.If you can’t find a suitable category for it, please create one.

If you wish to participate in any of the discussions below, please add your name next to it.

           Social software:

• Social software - hype or real? (Yossi Vardi, wish to participate: Ofer Adler, Idit Caperton, Yair Goldfinger, Ariel Yarnitsky, Dror Feuer, Amnon Dekel, Jordan Lewinski,Erez Chocva, Asaf Gottesman, Eli Hurvitz, Boaz Arnon )
• Blogging - Micropublishing in an age of identities. a review of blogging evolution, and micropublishing as reputation systems for identity managment. (Jordan Lewinski ) wish to participate:Ofer Adler, Idit Caperton, Amnon Dekel, Dror Feuer, Ami, Ayelet Yagil, Eli Hurvitz,Boaz Arnon ).
• On-line dating sites, and what they do wrong (Uri Baruchin , Ariel Yarnitsky, Gideon Mantel, Ayelet Yagil, Edo Amin 
• Email tools and trends - (Ofer Adler: Wish to participate: Erez Chocva, Ariel Yarnitsky. )
• Social-Software Literacy and Blogging Literacy: How does one learn to be a "good and effective user" of these tools and environments (the new pencil/paper)? What Does it all mean for learning adults and the developing child, for creating Learning Systems, and for being active in a Democratic Society? (Idit Caperton , wish to particiapte: Eli Hurvitz,Boaz Arnon)
• Virtual identity - defining oneself on the web (Asaf Gottesman, wish to participate: Guy Vardi)
   
   
   
  The media is the media
• Interactive Storytelling - (Past, Present, and Future(?)) (Amnon Dekel wish to participate: Ami Ben- Bassat, Guy Vardi, Harel Eilam, Ayelet Yagil, Eli Hurvitz)
• Tangible Media  - Interaction and Interface Design that strives to merge the dynamic information prevalent in the digital world with objects that exist in the physical world] (Amnon Dekel . This page gives more information about this topic) 
• Can the game industry face the challanges and adapt to its new position as the leading entertainment sector? (Harel Eilam , wish to participate: Guy Vardi, Boaz Arnon )
• The Future of Entertainment (Ayelet Yagil ) 
• Free is wonderful, but how do you make a living? the future of online music (Ayelet Yagil , Edo Amin)
• The future of on line Gaming (Harel Eilam)
  

          The internet and education

• The Technology in Education Oximoron: Throughout this session I will briefly present several 'vanguard' educational experiments utilizing the internet. I hope that this will lead to a critical discussion on technology, pedagogy, and the bizzar gap between them. background assumptions (Eli Hurvitz. Wish to participate: )
• Internet and Media Technology in Education: What's common among some effective practices and models for success for facilitating learning and thinking of people -- young and old? Can new types of learning emerge because of Internet use in education?(Idit Caperton -and Eli Hurvitz; wish to participate: ...)
• Internet and education (Eli Hurvitz )
  

          The internet and the human condition

• Internet and global catastrophes. Could the Net save our world? (Dror Feuer , Boaz Arnon ) 
• Internet and society (Asaf Gottesman )
  
   
   
  The Last Flop, The Next Big Thing
  
• In what areas did the Internet fail? (Collecting micro payments) and the evolution of “Free” software (Ofer Adler, Eli Hurvitz, Boaz Arnon ) .
• What are the 10 top trends of the internet for the next decade (Yossi Vardi , Amnon Dekel, Jordan lewinski,Erez Chocva, Ayelet Yagil, Eli Hurvitz, Boaz Arnon ). 
• What Will be the internet next big change / thing / Technologies / Services ( Wish to participate:Ofer Adler, Asaf Gottesman,Boaz Arnon )
  
  
   
  Faith in user interface:
• Experiential User Interface (UI as a communication medium) (Guy Vardi , wish to participate:Ofer Adler, Erez Chocva, Amnon Dekel, Idit Caperton, Asaf Gottesman, Ilan Graicer)
• Impressive and interesting user interface examples (Ofer Adler Asaf Gottesman. Wishes to Particapte: Harel Eilam, Eli Hurvitz, Boaz Arnon , Ilan Graicer ) 
• (if there is interest) Tarot / I-Ching as interfaces? (Uri Baruchin ) 
  
   
  Thinking people, thinking machines
• Smart Stuff: What Smarts will make a difference? (Amnon Dekel wish to participate: yossi vardi,ofer ader, Guy Vardi, Eli Hurvitz) - what do you mean by Smarts ? See here for more info.
• Elaboration of my semiotics-based information architecture concept (selection/combination model) (Uri Baruchin )
• Can machine really think? do people really think? (Dror Feuer )
• The human living experience... We are N-dimensional in nature... Can we, and how do we solve human N-dimensional problems... Can IT help us in solving such problems...(topic reserved for Rami Guissin to complete his registration and enter as a lead. However if you are not rami, you can add your name as participants )
• From Nand to Tetris in 12 Steps (Shimon Schocken and Noam Nisan). In this meeting we will show how, starting with the most trivial logic gates, one can build a modern general-purpose computer that runs video games and actually any other program that tickles your fancy. For more details look here. Don't be alarmed by the technical stuff! In Kinneret we will focus on the fun parts only. [Want to participate: Amnon Dekel, Idit Caperton, Eli Hurvitz, Boaz Arnon)       

          The search for search

• Next generation search interface: (Asaf Gottesman )
     
  

          Changing the net?

• (struct://) "The STRUCTURED Web" - a new vision of the web as I'd like it to be.. (Michael Lugassy, Asaf Gottesman)
   

           Security and privacy

• Connected People, controlled life? A group discussion about human life in a monitored world. (Jordan Lewinski ) 
• SPAM and its long term influence on the NET (Gideon mantel , wish to participate: Ofer Adler, Boaz Arnon ,Erez Chocva)
  

          3D and visualization

• 3D (Asaf Gottesman, Ilan Graicer ) 
• Machinima films (Ilan Graicer )
   

          E-Commerce

• E-commerce (Asaf Gottesman )

        Some topic ideas:

• Voip and Video Conferencing
• the internet and the democratic process, what can we learn from the Dean campeign , is it relevant here
• Wi - Fi
• smart home
• robotics
• OPEN SOURCE
• The future of online music
• INFRUSTRUCTURE
• 3D
• INTERNET AND SOCIETY
• INTERNET AND EDUCATION
• Semaphore, Telegraph and Internet - what lie ahead?
• to chat with him is to know him? is it? Virtual versus physical
  Inter-galaxy-net?
• The Future of Entertainment
• The future of on line Gaming
• E-commerce
• Cellular content
• P2P
• Privacy as the internet move to it's next stage...
• SPAM and its long term influence on the NET

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