• 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 canÂ’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.

The internet and the human condition

• Internet and global catastrophes. Could the Net save our world? (Boaz Arnon wish to participate:  Rafram Chaddad)
• Internet and society (Asaf Gottesman )
• Social Change and Technology . I am about to write a guide on Technology for Social Change. I would like to discuss what should be in the guide, what should not, and general thought and ideas about Social Change and Technology. (Hanan Cohen. Wish to participate: Gil Rimon, Hanan Lifshitz, Neora, Ariel Shoham)
• Internet and Information Paradoxes.Free or For Fee? Widely available, or Digital Gap? Flat or Power law? Democratic or Monopolized? Small World or not? Is this about Capital, or about Social Capital? Alienation or Community? Profit, Sharing, or Profit Sharing? Information as expressed on the internet is enigmatic: The business model is opaque, the value proposition is controversial, is the distribution guaranteed, egalitarian or scale free? What is the true value of information? (Sheizaf Rafaeli, wish to participate: Edo Amin, Neora, Bob Rosenschein, Joe Idan, Eli Marmor)
  
  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, Sheizaf Rafaeli, Eli Hurvitz, Boaz Arnon, Shimon Schocken, Avi Blau, Uri baruchin, Avi Shechter, Erez Chocva, and Ushi Krausz, Steve Lerner, Neora, Eden Shochat,Ronit Baytel, Bob Rosenschein, asaf Gottesman, Yael Eylat, Dror Feuer, Idan Feigenbaum, Shay Gissin, Eli Marmor)
• Social Networks as means for Information Management: (Eden Shochat) Hell, why not - Social Networks have been offered as the solution for everything else these days.. But can they have a significant effect for information mgmt? With the amount of information available today, the issue is what info you believe, not what info can you get. Now this starts like something social networks can help with. [Want to participate: Bob Rosenschein]
• 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, Avi Shechter, Asaf Bartov, Uri Baruchin, Ushi Krausz, Alicia Shahaf, Bob Rosenschein, dror Feuer, Shay Gissin, Eli Marmor, Ron Atzmon.
• On-line dating sites, and what they do wrong (Uri Baruchin , Ariel Yarnitsky, Gideon Mantel, Ayelet Yagil, Edo Amin , Ofer Adler, Ronit Baytel,Steve Lerner, Asaf Gottesman, Ariel Shoham, Joe Idan, Bezalel Finkelstien)
• Email tools and trends - (Ofer Adler: Wish to participate: Erez Chocva, Ariel Yarnitsky, Yair Goldfinger, Bob Rosenschein, Yael Sahar, Ariel Shoham, Idan Feigenbaum, Shay Gissin, Eli Marmor)
• 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, Ushi Krausz, Alicia Shahaf)
• Virtual identity - defining oneself on the web (Asaf Gottesman, wish to participate: Guy Vardi, Gil Pry-Dvash, Ushi Krausz, Alicia Shahaf, Yael Sahar)
• Open Source: why do THEY do it?!  -  what are the forces and motives that cause sane (?) people to spend time (and money) sitting hundreds (and thousands) of hours and contributing software for the masses (Eli Marmor, wish to participate:   )
  
  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, Asaf Bartov, Ushi Krausz, Gil Pry-Dvash, Neora, Eden Shochat, Alicia Shahaf, Yael Sahar, Yael Eylat, Rafram Chaddad,Joe Idan, Bezalel Finkelstien)
• Interactive Storytelling in immersive environments for large audience, realtime and online - few insights (based on MEDEAEX), many questions of the unknown (Neora. wish to participate: Bezalel Finkelstien)
• The Future of Entertainment (Ayelet Yagil, Uri Baruchin, Steve Lerner)
• Interactive Television - Just an interactive buzzword or the future of mass media? (Gil Rimon wish to participate: Guy Vardi, Eli Hurvitz, Edo Amin, Ushi Krausz, Gil Pry-Dvash, Ofer Adler, Neora, Yael Sahar, Ariel Shoham, Joe Idan , Bezalel Finkelstien, Shay Gissin)

The internet and education

• Educational Models Presentation: A brief glimpse into the world of educational technologies in Israel based on some background assumptions . We presented several 'out of the box' educational experiments utilizing the internet --> presentation and links. (send your feedback and comments to: Eli Hurvitz and Ushi Krausz. Wish to participate: Noam Nisan, Asaf Bartov, Sheizaf Rafaeli, Alicia Shahaf, Yoni Mizrachi, Eyal Shachar)
• 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 ; wish to participate: Shimon Schocken, Eli Hurvitz, Asaf Bartov, Ushi Krausz, Sheizaf Rafaeli, Alicia Shahaf, Yael Eylat, Joe Idan)
• The Internet as Intertext: Some comments and an invitation to a brainstorm about the possibilities and consequences of the availability of Practically Everything. (Asaf Bartov; wish to participate: Edo Amin, Ushi Krausz Guy Vardi, Eli Hurvitz, Bob Rosenschein, Yael Eylat, Ariel Shoham, Joe Idan)
• Why Elementary Math Education in Israel Sucks and What You Can Do to Save Your Child from Math Illiteracy (Shimon Schocken). Did you ever try to help your child solve a math problem from one of these first to sixth grade math brochures (like 1-2-3)? Did you feel like a total idiot? Well, it's not you or the child, but the brochure which is to blame. In this talk we will explain the problem and propose a solution which is already working very well in 50+ schools in Israel. [Want to participate: Eyal Shachar, Amnon Dekel, Eli Marmor]
  
• 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, Shimon Schocken, Avi Blau, Edo Amin, Uri Baruchin, Ushi Krausz, Gil Pry-Dvash, Avi Shechter, Hanan Lifshitz, Steve Lerner, Alicia Shahaf, Yair Goldfinger, Ronit Baytel, Bob Rosenschein, Yael Sahar, Yael Eylat, Ariel Shoham, Rafram Chaddad, Joe Idan, Idan Feigenbaum, Shay Gissin, Eli Marmor).
• What Will be the internet next big change / thing / Technologies / Services ( Wish to participate:Ofer Adler, Asaf Gottesman,Boaz Arnon, Avi Blau, Neora, Bob Rosenschein, Ariel Shoham, Idan Feigenbuam, Eli Marmor [shouldn't it be merged into the previous discussion?], )
• Wi Fi  - The Hottest word on the Hot Spot & WLAN -  Technologies, Trends and Developments (Naftali Hirsch) Wish to participate: Nimrod Lehavi (what about security?)Ariel Shoham, Idan Feigenbaum
• 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, Shimon Schocken, Gil Rimon, Avi Shechter, Eli Zvuluny, Uri Baruchin, Alicia Shahaf, Yair Goldfinger, Bob Rosenschein, Yael Sahar, Yael Eylat, Idan Feigenbaum, Shay Gissin, Eli Marmor)
• (if there is interest) Tarot / I-Ching as interfaces? (Uri Baruchin Expressed Interest: Edo Amin, Alicia Shahaf)

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, Asaf Bartov, Eli Zvuluny, Avi Blau, Uri Baruchin, Bob Rosenschein, Yael Sahar) - what do you mean by Smarts ? See here for more info.
• Can machine really think? do people really think? (Dror Feuer , Eli Zvuluny, Uri Baruchin wish to participate: Neora, Alicia Shahaf, Rafram Chaddad, Joe Idan, Eyal Shachar)
• Comparison of the Biblical and Yogic Ten Commandments (they also have ten...), and their impact on our path of spiritual and creative self-realization. Rami Guissin (Cautiously expressed interest: Edo Amin)
• 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, Neora, Yair Goldfinger, Rafram Chaddad, Joe Idan)
• Information overload. There are many aspect to the problem of Information overload. One simple example: The exponential growth of the time we devote to maintnance of our outlook and other PIM tools and the general delay in answering our messages and mail. It will get worse. No question. We have to think about it. We hope to come up with some concrete ideas and vectors of thought on the issue. (Yoni Mizrachi, Bob Rosenschein, Guy Vardi, Bezalel Finkelstien)

On line Music

Is File-Sharing Stoppable?: Can RIAA, MPAA, DMCA, Congress and Court stop or domesticate the file-sharing systems? Or, what is written on the wall in the offices of the music and movie companies? (Avi Blau wish to participate: Edo Amin, Joe Idan,Eyal Shachar, Idan Feigenbaum)

• free is wonderful, but how do you make a living? the future of online music (Ayelet Yagil , Wish to participate: Edo Amin, Eli Zvuluny, Avi Blau, Steve Lerner, Neora, Alicia Shahaf, Dror Feuer, Eyal Shachar, On Paradise, Idan Feigenbaum, Shay Gissin)
• iTune of Apple and the new Napster, is this the solution? (Avi Blau wish to participate: )
• MRD for fun 1 - the What would the Marketing Requirements Document for the ultimate, paradigm-shifting online digital music distribution system look like? - Edo Amin
  On LIne Games

• The future of on line Gaming (Harel Eilam, Hanan Lifshitz, Gil Rimon,)
• Can the game industry face the challenges and adapt to its new position as the leading entertainment sector? (Harel Eilam , wish to participate: Guy Vardi, Boaz Arnon , Joe Idan, Ron Atzmon)

• Reaching The Matrix and eXistenZ – Will games ever evolve to Matrix-style real-life games? Technological/philosophical/sociological discussion (Hanan Lifshitz, Uri Baruchin. wish to participate: Neora)
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The search for search

  Next generation search interface: (Asaf Gottesman Wish to participate: Edo Amin, Gil Rimon, Eli Zvuluny, Avi Blau, Ofer Adler, Uri Baruchin, Bob Rosenschein, Joe Idan, Yoni Mizrachi, Idan Feigenbaum, Shay Gissin)

Changing the net?

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

Security and privacy

• The Next Generation Worms & your Identity - what happens when worms become more than just an annoyance and start targeting the where and whys for their proliferation? (thinks he has something to say about it: Eden Shochat. Wish to participate: who knows, Ron Atzmon)
  
• Connected People, controlled life? A group discussion about human life in a monitored world. (Jordan Lewinski , wishes to participate: Edo Amin, Neora, Itzhak Pomerantz, Joe Idan)
• SPAM and its long term influence on the NET (Gideon mantel , wish to participate: Ofer Adler, Boaz Arnon ,Erez Chocva, Gil Rimon, Gil Pry-Dvash, Bob Rosenschein)
• Working with a computer without knowing what's going to happen tomorow: Following police raids on leftist political activists and confiscating their computers(see this Hebrew report), I am developing a one day seminar for activists on how to secure their data. I would like to share my thoughts with the participants of the camp and maybe come up with more ideas and methods. (Hanan Cohen)

3D and visualization

• 3D (Asaf Gottesman, Ilan Graicer, Yael Sahar )
• Machinima films (Ilan Graicer, Rafram Chaddad )

E-Commerce

• E-commerce (Asaf Gottesman )
• Foundations of eCommerce: Is eCommerce just commerce? Does it need a theoretical foundation? What are the fundemental challenges in eCommerce? What will it take for eCommerce to change the world? (Noam Nisan wish to participate: Shimon Schocken, Uri Baruchin, Ushi Krausz, Joe Idan)

P2P Architecture And Infrastructure

• P2P - not just File-Sharing: What about Computing-Power-Sharing, Storing-Space-Sharing, Bandwidth-Sharing, ???-Sharing. (Avi Blau , wish to participate: Idan Feigenbaum)
• DRM (Digital Rights Management): "Digital content wants to be free" can they put chains on it? (Avi Blau wish to participate: Neora, Idan Feigenbaum)
• QoS on P2P file-sharing systems - How to improve it. The total need for download bandwidth is much higher than the total offered upload bandwidth because everyone want to download, but not so many allow uploads. Many users use asymmetric communication lines. Copyrights holders are milking the upload of the givers and supply faked files to the takers. The results is a very poor QoS for the new and highly requested files. (Avi Blau wish to participate: Idan Feigenbaum)
• File-Sharing and micropayments. Are 99 cents a reasonable price for a song? Well, it depends. On what? (Avi Blau wish to participate: Edo Amin, Idan Feigenbaum)

Robots

• Home Robots : can robots become family members? (Shai Abramson, wish to participate : Guy Vardi, Hanan Lifshitz, Yael Sahar, Rafram Chaddad, Joe Idan, Eyal Shachar)

Visual Arts

• Virtual galleries as *another* exhibition space. (Alicia Shahaf, Yael Sahar, Rafram Chaddad, Eyal Shachar)

Some topic ideas for you to choose from and to lead (enter your name:

• swarms, intelligent swarms, and human swarms
• self organized, self evolving groups
• internet enhanced collaboration
• 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
• 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
• E-commerce
• Cellular content
• P2P
• Privacy as the internet move to it's next stage...
• SPAM and its long term influence on the NET

OR - Add here a new topic for discussion:

• Conclusions from the Bubble Burst-2000-2001
• What will be the next bubble?