Research questions

Overview of research questions per Group.

Group 1 Arif

• Will internet user be given two identities - one they are born with and one for their internet identity?

• How will the internet replace the need for personal interaction. Will society fight back against companies trying to coerce them to shift use to web (such as banking)?

• Will managers make bad decisions because on are not able to address the integrity of the business partners?

• Will the proliferation of the internet (the need to be connected to email and blackberry) affect the humans ability to become detached from work?

• is there a need for paper currency in the future? Will the homeless (beggars) die since people dont carry any change anymore?

Group 2

Group 3

Daan

Political

• Who will govern and control the internet? Will there be any laws for the internet (local/global and written/unwritten)?

• Will the internet more and more function as a forum between viewpoints and stimulate the political debate? Will it be robust enough for this function and how can misusage be prevented?

• Can intellectual property be protected on the internet in the future? If not, will this then slow innovation?

• What is the future of hacking and spam?

• How will the internet deal with the different languages in the world or will there be a dominant internet language in the future?

• How available will new technologies and internet become for all layers of society and all countries? Who will govern this spread?

Economical

• How will internet change business in the next couple of years (global vs local, small vs large companies)?

• How will companies deal with crime and security of payments to stimulate e-commerce?

• How soon will there be consistency in the global tax regime with respect to e-commerce? What impact will this have on internet business?

• What impact will telecommuting have on the economy and business?

• How fast and far reaching will the globalization of labor develop itself because of the internet, and will it ultimately have an effect on equality across continents?

Social

• How will trust be built on the internet and who are the actors in this development?

• What impact will telecommuting have on society?

• What implications will the digital divide between countries and sectors in society (old and young people) have on the social relations?

• Will we ever be able to separate our personal lives from the internet or will it keep on following us?

• Internet will stimulate social interaction between people, but will this digital interactivity also lead to a significant decrease in verbal skills of people?

Technological

• Is internet sustainable or just a temporary tool?

• How soon and how radical will the device convergence for internet take place?

• How will grid computing evolve and change human endeavor?

• How will the speed of internet advance over the years and what other developments will result from this?

• Will wireless be reliable, secure and work with high bandwidth? When will it provide the same mobility for internet communications as we currently enjoy with cellular phones?

Environmental

• How will internet stimulate information sharing about environmental issues in a way that the environment will benefit from it?

Ute

Political

• How will local governments regulate the usage of the information that is available on the Internet?

• How will governments worlwide cooperate to set laws, regulations etc. for the Internet?

• How will governments approach the information misbalance of the world related to an unequal accessability of the Internet worldwide?

Economic

• Will trade be only made via the Internet?

• How will the availability and accessability of the Internet influence economic performance of countries?

• How does the Internet influence long-term economic cycles?

• How will the Internet influence unemployment rates?

• How will the Internet influence jobs and industries people work in?

Social

• How will values and common believes (cultures) change?

• Will the Internet dominate the way how people communicate or will there still be human, direct interaction?

• Will the Internet be present in all day-to-day activities or are there parts of our live where the Internet will not be influencing?

Technological

• Will technology develop in way that allows people to access the Internet everywhere, anytime?

• Will the Internet be based on technology we already know today?

• What medium will we use to access the Internet (computer, phone, TV, other devices)?

Environmental

• How will the Internet influence people's attention to environmental issues?

• Will the technology be environment-friendly or not, i.e. will it cause high volumes of waste etc.?

Katsuya

• Where the growth of the internet is coming from?
• Until when will the exponential growth continue?
• Who will be able to actually afford the internet?

- Two thirds of the worlds people have never even made a telephone call!

• How will we conduct ourselves online?
• How our language will be changed?
• What 'Mobile ubiquitous computing' will look like?
• How much non-PC devices will account for all web-enabled units?
• What will be the effect upon people and their interactions with other people?
• How will the nature of communication changing dramatically change the nature of the humans who do the communication?

Frederik

Political

• Will the internet be governed by powerful private organizations, governments or consortiums?

• Will the meaning of “Knowledge is power” increase in the future?

• What influence will the internet have on labor laws and control due to teleworking?

Economic

• Will a difference in technology/stages/bandwidth have an influence on (growth of) economic performance in countries?

• Will increasing connectivity influence our spending ?

• What industries will emerge and which ones will disappear with the increasing integration of the internet into our daily lives?

Social

• Will we ever be able to separate our personal lives from the internet or will it keep on chasing us everywhere?

• How will the internet and its utensils influence our language and social behavior?

• Will society personalize internet access and create digital friends due to the internet?

Technology

• Will we use devices for accessing the internet in the future, or will the internet be integrated in our clothes, or even into our bodies?

• What techniques will we use to make information visible? Projection? And on what objects: screens, every possible surface, on special glasses or maybe directly into our eyes?

Environmental

• What is the influence of the increasing contact of our human body to the high frequency waves, resulting from wireless communication?

• Will we use “clean energy” to supply our internet systems with power?

Group 4

Eser

Political:

-How will the internet affect the power of local governments?

-Will the internet increase conflict of interest between nations?

-Will the internet increase or decrease influence and power of politics and politicians?

-Will the internet increase transparency in the governance of the nations and public organizations?

-Will the internet eliminate bureaucracy in the public organizations?

-How will the internet be regulated?

Technological:

-How will the people react to the technological advancements in the internet? Will they easily adapt or will they resist it?

-What kind of confidentiality issues will arise as a result of internet related technological advancements?

-What kind of ethical issues will arise as a result of rapid technological advancements in internet?

Economic

-How will the internet affect dispersion of global welfare between nations?

-How will the internet affect global commerce? Will the on-line transactions dominate the global trade?

-Will the internet provide same economic advantage to all nations or increase the income gap between them?

-How current corporate dynamics and working conditions will be affected by the internet?

Social:

-How will the internet affect inter-personal relationships?

-How family relations will be affected by the advancements in the internet?

-Will the internet be the unavoidable and dominant part of our personal lives?

-How will the internet affect the crime rate in the societies?

-How will the internet contribute to the Socially Responsible Investments?

Environmental:

-How will the internet contribute to the solutions of current environmental issues?

-Will the internet enhance people's consciousness about environmental related issues?

Group 5

Edo

Political:

• What political changes in teh world will be effected by the Internet's capability to inform people in real time what is going on in their own country?
• Will Internet 2 Internet2 will be more regulated than the current Internet?

Economic:

• What will be the business model for revenues from e-marketing in 3. 6 and 10 years time?
• If TV and the Internet will become one medium - how will taht affect online marketing and offline advertising?
• What will be the online marketing ROI model used to gauge success of online campaigns?

Social:

• Will there be off-shore server placement still a haven for renegade websites?
• Will P2P downloads will become transparent so as to prevent RIAA and other legal agencies from pressing charges against home users?

Technological:

• Will propietary EDIs will be still in use?
• Will WiFi mobiles replace 3G and 4G mobiles? Will there ever be a 4G in use?
• Will WiFi mobiles become the one-stop entertainment module of the future?
• What is the next step in speed beyond ADSL?
• Will MIM (Mobile Instant Messenger) will become standard mobile feature?
• Will there be a successful mobile phone that will be WiFi mobile PDA (the prblem of screen size and keyboard)?
• Will Internet will be anywhere state-provided instead of privately provided (i.e. free wireless access)?

Environmental:

• Will the Internet be able to reduce costs related to environmnetal issues (preventive, symptoms relief)?

Group 6