the future of open - possibly, the largest open network in the world - common futures
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THE FUTURE OF OPEN
ANNEMARIE NAYLOR@COMMONFUTRS
THE LARGEST OPEN NETWORK,POSSIBLY IN THE WORLD...
THE OPENINSTITUTE
ANNEMARIE NAYLOR@COMMONFUTRS
So, if it’s to succeed in its overarching mission, it’s architecture, foundations and its outer limits
must also be open – by default.
Without this, the impact of Government’s investment in the Open Institute and Tech City, more broadly, is
liable to be highly circumscribed.
HOW CAN EVERYONE GAIN ACCESS TO THE OPEN INSTITUTE?
Build upon the fine grain of long established local institutions, harness the can-do and know-how of Tech City communities,
and translate that via a truly open infrastructure so that innovation, services and growth can benefit everyone.
In short, it should...
Provide access to 100% open, symmetrical
and hybrid networking hardware
Encourage and enable civic engineering
Stimulate participation in MOOCs juxtaposed
broad-ranging Community Publishing initiatives
– knowledge consumption as well as production
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The plan... Plan A – a bespoke Local Area Network
Plan B – a community owned and managed WAN for Tech City
Plan C – a!ordable WWW access for all founded upon EITHER
- collaborative consumption principles (shared corporate connections)
- an open ISP capable of wholesale backbone access, group hardware
purchasing and installation support on a social enterprise footing -
subsidised by corporate SR contributions
WHO? WHERE? WHEN? How will we know if it succeeds?
Is it capable of generating a social,
economic and environmental return?
HOW OPEN (OR LIMITED) ARE YOUR AMBITIONS?
ANNEMARIE NAYLOR@COMMONFUTRS
...its scale and openness should only be limitedby the ambition of its many civic engineers.
Together, we are supporting the creation of digital assets
and enterprises being developed by and for communities
across the UK. with....
Visit www.OurDigitalCommunity.org
We are prototyping community publishing with support from....
OH, AND......we’ve already established the largest open network in the European Union!