<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700">Technological Sovereignty and the crisis of capitalism BITS Symposium</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002page" title="Page 1"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002layoutArea"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002column"><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,91,138)">Event details</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700">Date: <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">8-9 December 2016</span></span><br>Time: <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">10.00am – 8.00pm</span></span><br>Event: Symposium Invitation only and open community events Venue:</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,91,138)">Welcome</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana">Welcome to the symposium of the Barcelona Initiative for Technological Sovereignty (BITS), a multidisciplinary effort to analyze and shape a technological agenda rooted in the ideals of democracy, solidarity, and autonomy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana">Hosted by the City of Barcelona and bringing together leading thinkers about technology, cities, and geopolitics, BITS is a strategic partnership between Hans Crescent Symposium London, the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3/UOC), the Institute of Government and Public Policy (IGOP/UAB), and a network of social movement activists and academics. It originates from the partners’ shared interest in developing a strategic vision of using advanced information technologies to benefit an alternative political, social, and economic agenda.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,91,138)">Purpose</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana">BITS will stimulate a global debate about the changing meanings of sovereignty and explore the ways in which various types of sovereignty – of citizens, cities, nation states, and regions – can still be maintained in today’s highly technological global conditions. With a strong focus on the political effects of technological change, BITS will explore how the rise of technology platforms and the data extractivism they enable is transforming governments, labor, ownership, and access to the basics of life such as water, food, housing, and energy. This task is particularly important as the current political and economic regime reformulates itself around the rhetorical and practical kernel of digital technology, with a new mighty alliance between technology firms, global finance, and the military-industrial complex.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,91,138)">Activities</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana">BITS’ initiatives include workshops, Symposiums, a series of monthly lectures and workshops linking researchers, grassroots, and public officials starting in 2017, and a Summer School in July 2017. Regular content will be produced and shared, including research briefings and news digests pertaining to the questions addressed by the initiative. </span></p></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002page" title="Page 2"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002layoutArea"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002column"><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana">BITS seminars, work streams, and research lines are geared towards "what's to be done?" sort of questions. Its members and audience include prominent academics, journalists, researchers, social movement activists, campaigners, entrepreneurs, and public officials from municipal and national governments in attendance. Thus, while BITS raises awareness and stimulates robust theoretical discussions, it also brings in and encourages concrete examples and suggestions for specific policy interventions in the political context.</span></p></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002layoutArea"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002column"><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Agenda</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">December 8</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">DAY ONE: POWER</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">10.00 </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Welcome<br>Gerardo Pisarello</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, First Deputy Mayor, Barcelona</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Francesca Bria</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Barcelona 10.15 </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Opening Remarks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Roy Singham, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Chairman ThoughtWorks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">10.30- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Keynote: Power, Economics and Crisis in the Era of Authoritarian </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">12:00</span></span> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Capitalism</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Kees van der Pijl</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, Emeritus Professor International Relations, Sussex University</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Respondent:<br>Julian Assange, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Founder and Editor Wikileaks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">12:15</span></span>- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Session 1: The Geopolitics of Technology<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">14:15</span></span> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Keynote: Dan Schiller, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Historian of information and communications,</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">University of Illinois</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Respondents:<br>Evgeny Morozov, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">author<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Carlos Figueira</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, former Vice Minister of Technology, Venezuela</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Open debate<br>Facilitator: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Francesco Nachira, independent researcher </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Note taker: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Renata Avila, lawyer and activist</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Lunch break<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">15:15</span></span>- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Session 2: The New Global Financial Architecture</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">17:15</span></span> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Keynote: Andres Arauz, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Minister of Talent and Knowledge, Ecuador </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Respondents: Brett Scott, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Journalist and Researcher</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Ekaitz Cancela</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, Journalist and author</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Open debate<br>Facilitator: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Jaromil, <a href="http://dyne.org/" target="_blank">Dyne.org</a><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Note taker: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Anthony Arnove, ThoughtWorks</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Coffee Break</span></p></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002layoutArea"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002column"><p></p><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002page" title="Page 3"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002layoutArea"><div class="gmail-m_-19414684458576002column"><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">18:00</span></span>- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Session 5: Automation, Labour struggles and the Future of Work </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">20:00</span></span> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Panelists</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Valery Alzaga, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Union Organiser, Change to Win Federation- EOC </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Annette Muehlberg</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, Ver.di<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Philipp Staab</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, Institute for the history and future of work</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Open debate<br>Facilitator: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(29,29,29)">Juha Leppänen, Demos Helsinki </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Note taker: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Federico Primosig, BITS</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Dinner with guests (public event with Barcelona en comù and BITS communities)</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">DAY TWO: COUNTERPOWER</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">10:00</span></span>- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Session 4: Transcending the State, Transcending Capitalism? </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">12:30</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Leslie Sklair</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Shelley Hurt, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Professor of International Relations, Science & Technology Policy and American Political Development, Cal Poly University</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Open debate<br>Facilitator: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Evgeny Morozov, author </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Note taker: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Arnau Monterde, UOC</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Lunch break</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">14:00</span></span>- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Session 3: Elites and Power brokers </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">16:00</span></span> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Keynote: Inderjeet Pramar, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">City University</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Respondent: Matt Kennard, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Centre for Investigative Journalism, Goldsmiths university of London</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Open debate<br>Facilitator: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Prabir Purkayastha, ThoughtWorks </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Note taker: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Olga Coscodan, BITS</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">17:00</span></span>- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Session 6: Data Sovereignty and Democracy </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">19:00</span></span> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Panelists</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Richard Barbrook, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Professor of Media University of Westminster </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Alex Hache, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Tactical Tech Collective<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Tamar Sharon, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">University of Maastricht</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Open debate<br>Facilitator: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Joan Subirats, IGOP<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Note taker: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Renata Avila, lawyer and activist</span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Closing Session and General Reflections </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" 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