Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to share the programme of the final symposium of the research project ADAM - Distributed Architectures and Multimedia Applications, taking place in Paris, October 2-3, 2014. The programme is also available on the ADAM project website at http://adam.hypotheses.org/1956. *Attendance to the symposium is free of charge. Please inform the organizers of your presence (for one of the two days, or both), by writing to francesca (dot) musiani (at) gmail (dot) com.* Kind regards, and hope to see some of you in Paris, Francesca --- *« Reclaiming the Internet » with distributed architectures: rights, technologies, practices, innovation* *Final Symposium of the ADAM project (October 2-3, 2014, MINES ParisTech, 60 boulevard Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris)* *Thursday, October 2* 10-10:30am. Arrival of participants/Registration 10:30-10:45am. Introduction/Welcome: *Cécile Méadel, Alexandre Mallard & Francesca Musiani* (CSI MINES ParisTech) 10:45-11:30am. Keynote #1: *Dominique Boullier* (SciencesPo). *Cosmopolitical network architectures* 11:30am-1:30pm. Session #1: “*Case Studies in Decentralization”* *Nicolas Bertrand* (Utopia/IRIT) & *Julien Rabier* (FFDN). Introducing a new framework for digital cinema transport: The DCP Bay *Nick Lambert *&* Benjamin Bollen* (Maidsafe.net). The SAFE Network, a new, decentralized Internet *Jean-Christophe Plantin* (University of Michigan/Université de Technologie de Compiègne). ‘Unicorns exist, but only in the Google office’: promises and perils of web data for research *Maya Bacache* & *Julia Cagé* (Télécom ParisTech). Pair-à-Pair: les véritables enjeux économiques Discussant:* Ksenia Ermoshina* (CSI MINES ParisTech) 1:30-2:30pm. Lunch (on site, provided) 2:45-3:30pm: Keynote #2: *Niva Elkin-Koren* (University of Haifa). *Beyond Design: The Role of Law in Distributed Architectures* 3:30-5:30pm. Session #2: *“Decentralization: ‘Code is Law’ Revisited?”* *Argyro Karanasiou* (Bournemouth University). Law Encoded: Towards a Free Speech Policy Model Based on Decentralised Architecture *Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay* (Institute for Communication Sciences, CNRS, & LSE). Peer-to peer as a design principle for law: distribute the law *Primavera De Filippi* (CERSA CNRS & Berkman Center). Ethereum: the quest towards a decentralized social system – when ‘dry code’ meets ‘wet code’ *Roberto Caso* & *Federica Giovanella* (Università di Trento). Liability issues in Wireless Community Networks Discussant: *Danièle Bourcier* (CERSA CNRS) 5:30-6:15pm: Keynote #3: *Panayotis Antoniadis* (ETH Zurich). *Local networks for local interactions: four reasons why and one way forward* *Friday, October 3* 9:30-11:30am. Session #3: *“Futures of Decentralization”* *Paris Chrysos* (ISC Paris, Mines-Télécom). Can the Internet become distributed again? The limits of network approaches *Christian Sandvig* (University of Michigan), *Paul N. Edwards* (University of Michigan), *Jean-Christophe Plantin* (University of Michigan, Université de Technologie de Compiègne), *Carl Lagoze* (University of Michigan). Histories of future networks: Exit, voice and loyalty in alternative infrastructures *Jeffrey Andreoni* (Nottingham Trent University). Digital Gerrymandering: how wireless communities will redraw social, political and geographic boundaries *Annie Gentès* & *François Huguet* (Télécom ParisTech). Translocal devices-as-infrastructures-networks, alternative practices, tactical networks: toward resilient media or empowerment tools? Discussant: *Valérie Schafer* (ISCC/CNRS) 11:30am-12:15pm. Keynote #4: *Vincent Toubiana* (CNIL). *Is a decentralized Internet better for privacy?* 12:15am-1:15pm. Lunch (on site, provided) 1:15-3:15pm. Session #4: *“The Decentralization of Everything?”* *Darryl Farber* (Pennsylvania State University). Architecting Evolving Sociotechnical Interdependent Infrastructure Systems *Sarah Gold* (Central Saint Martins). Alternet Rules *Graham Meikle* (University of Westminster). Distributed Citizenship and Social Media *Harry Halpin* (W3C/MIT) & *Alexandre Monnin* (INRIA). The Decentralization of Knowledge Discussant: *Eric Dagiral *(Université Paris Descartes) 3:15-4pm. Keynote #5: *Geert Lovink* (HvA Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, NL). *Social Media Alternatives Before and After Snowden* 4-4:15pm. Conclusions & Wrap-Up: *Cécile Méadel, Alexandre Mallard *&* Francesca Musiani* (CSI MINES ParisTech) -- Francesca Musiani Postdoctoral researcher Ecole des Médias et du Numérique de la Sorbonne <http://www.emns.fr/> 20, rue Berbier-du-Mets 75013 Paris, France & Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation <http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/>, MINES ParisTech/CNRS 60, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75272 Paris Cedex 06, France Co-Chair, ESN-IAMCR <http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/esn> | Outreach officer, GigaNet <http://giga-net.org> Projet ANR ADAM - Architectures distribuées et applications multimédias <http://adam.hypotheses.org/> Internet Policy Review @ HIIG Berlin <http://policyreview.info/> Personal website <http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/People/musiani/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/franmusiani>