- 5G will reshape everyday life. How 5G and related wireless technologies become embedded across communication, work, services and daily activities.
- Humans are becoming digitally interconnected. The evolution toward an ultra-connected society, linked in the programme to Yuval Noah Harari’s idea of “Homo Deus.”
- The debate must extend beyond technology. Directed the discussion toward the longer-term social, cultural, economic and human consequences of pervasive connectivity — not just the infrastructure.
- The future holds both opportunity and risk. Open-minded, technology-neutral scenarios, deliberately avoiding both a purely utopian and a purely dystopian read.
5G and the Ultra-Connected Society
A panel on the ultra-connected society, given at COMPACT Symposium 2020 — 5G, media convergence, and what a permanently connected world does to how we live.
- 5G
- Digital Society
- Media Convergence
- Policy
5W for 5G — COMPACT Symposium
Online (EU-wide, COVID-era online event)
May 14 2020
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5W for 5G — COMPACT Symposium
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Online (EU-wide, COVID-era online event)
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May 14 2020
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About 5W for 5G — COMPACT Symposium
The COMPACT project raises awareness — scientific, political, cultural, legal, economic and technical — of the latest developments in social media and convergence among key stakeholders, offering analysis, roadmaps, and research into media policy and regulation.
Discussion Panel III — 15:30 GMT — The Future of Ultra Connected Society: an open discussion on a digital future in which 5G and related technologies dominate daily life, exploring the long-term impacts of wireless technology on 21st-century society, and the interconnected human condition author Yuval Noah Harari termed “Homo Deus.”
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