[ripe-list] BoF on Tuesday Evening: The Impact of the Latest Developments in Artificial Intelligence on the RIPE Community

Dear colleagues,

There will be a BoF on Tuesday evening at  RIPE86.  I proposed it to the 
PC like this:

"We suspect that many RIPE participants are paying attention to the 
increased discussions about AI within society as-a-whole. Therefore we 
propose to reserve a space in the meeting agenda for participants to 
share their opinions about this and hear the views of their peers. We 
suggest to consider the impact on the RIPE community as a way to frame 
the discussion. We do not propose new formal work by the community at 
this point in time."

The goal  is an exchange of opinions and ideas as a way for everyone to 
learn and enhance their own views on the subject. We do not want long 
monologues and the optimal outcome is a lively and entertaining discussion.

Therefore the format will be that of a 'speed discussion'. If at all 
possible we want to avoid sitting facing the stage but rather in 
something resembling a circle as far as the layout of the room permits. 
In order to avoid microphone queues there will be two tokens in the room 
passed from one speaker to the next. We will not use microphones unless 
the group is too big.

People will get to speak for no more than two minutes each followed by a 
two minute question and discussion period. If the discussion is fruitful 
the chair may extend it for another two minutes. Then the next person 
will get to speak for two minutes, ... . We will have a traffic light 
clock to keep the time and everyone will strictly respect the timing.

We aim for an open and respectful discussion among peers. After the 
discussion we ask everyone not to reveal who said what to people who 
have not been present. It is OK to report *what* was said but not *who* 
said it. If the discussion is as good as we hope, we may publish a short 
report to the community.

I am looking for two or three people to commit to speaking first to get 
things going. Please contact me off list.

Also, if you have suggestions for reading material about the subject, 
please share them in this thread.

I am very much looking forward to see you in the BoF.

Daniel

RIPE co-founder,
first and current employee of the RIPE NCC,
speaking only for himself.