SI VISION, STRATEGY, ACTIVITIES 2020JÜRG GUTKNECHT, OCTOBER 2013

MORE THAN THE SUM OF SIG (FG)

SI POSITIONS ITSELF AS THE (ONLY) NATION-WIDE TRUSTED REPRESENTATIVE OF INFORMATICS BASED ON ETHICAL CODING AND INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMITAION (SUBSIDIARY OF INTERNATIONAL ITC ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS IFIP, IPTHREE, ...)

SI PROMOTES ITS LABEL AT EVENTS AND INITIATIVES IN SOCIETY-RELEVANT ICT TOPICS (FOR EXAMPLE PANEL DISCUSSIONS, STIU) VIA ACADEMIC PARTNERS SUCH AS SIRA, ABZ, SATW, ... IN KIND AND FINANCIALLY

SI BECOMES MORE VISIBLE AND PROACTIVE IN EDUCATION (GENERAL AND LIFE-LONG, EXCEPT BERUFSBILDUNG)

SI MAY BECOME MORE OF A BUSINESS (FROM EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, ...)

WORKING GROUPS IN ACTION

WORKING GROUP «ICT FUTURE 2020» (FORMERLY «DIGITAL AGENDA») MEMBERS SO FAR JG, THOMAS GROSS, TIMELINE FIRST QUARTER 2014, WILL DISCUSS

RESULTING DRAFT WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDER AT RETREAT (RM)

WORKING GROUP «INFORMATICS EDUCATION AT SCHOOLS» (INCLUDING LEHRPLAN21, EXCLUDING BERUFSBILDUNG)

MEMBERS SO FAR JG, JURAJ HROMKOVIC, MEHDI JAZAYERI, DOMINIK GRUNTZ, MARC BRANDIS, TIMELINE POSITION PAPER LEHRPLAN 21 BY DECEMBER 2013, WHITE PAPER FIRST QUARTER 2014

STEERING COMMITTEE «LIFE LONG LEARNING» MEMBERS JG, RAYMOND MOREL, SIMON MOSER, THOMAS FEHLMANN, MEETING WITH

IPTHREE IN GENEVA END OF DECEMBER

POSITION PAPER «ICT FUTURE 2020»

BOLD STATEMENTS ABOUT HOW ICT SHAPES OUR FUTURE SOCIETY (CONSULTING EU FLAGSHIPS AND ACADEMIA): «INFOSPHERE», «INFORMATION AS OIL OF 21ST CENTURY», «FROM DATA TO INFORMATION TO KNOWLEDGE», «INTERNET OF THINGS», «BIG DATA», «DISAPPEARING COMPUTER», «CONVERGENCE», «GUARDIAN ANGELS», «VIRTUALIZATION», «AUTOMATION AND COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE», «CROWDSOURCING», «SENSOR NETWORKS», «POST-CMOS COMPUTING»

OPPORTUNITIES AND DANGERS (CONSULTING INDUSTRY): «POSTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETY», «TECH TRANSFER AND STARTUPS», «SWISS QUALITY», «CREATIVE LEADER», «DIGITAL RIGHTS», «PERSONALIZED MEDICINE», «COMPUTATIONAL BRAIN», «SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS», «LIKES VS. AUTHORITIES» (HELBING), «CRISES OBERVATORIES», «ENERGY HARVESTING», «CYBER ATTACKS»

POSITION PAPER «INFORMATICS AT SCHOOLS»

FEEDBACK ON «LEHRPLAN 21» CLARIFICATION OF TERMINOLOGY (INFORMATIKAUSBILDUNG, «DIGITAL LITERACY»,

MEDIENPÄDAGOGIK), BASED ON EXISTING REPORT BY «INFORMATICS EUROPE»

ARGUMENTS WHY INFORMATICS IS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE TEN+ OTHER TOPICS ON THE TABLE OF EDUCATION POLITICS (GENERIC AND CROSSCUTTING EDUCATION IN «CLEAR AND LOGICALLY CORRECT THINKING», «PRECISION WORK», «PROBLEM SOLVING», «COMPUTATIONAL THINKING» (CONSTRUCTIVE MATH), «EARLIER IT WAS READNG, WRITING, CALCULATING, NOW IT IS READING, WRITING, PROGRAMMING» (SEDGEWICK), «TECHNIQUE IN A NUTSHELL» (PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MINT), «STRUCTURAL THINKING»), «MODELING», NO «LITTLE PROGRAMMERS» BUT «KNOWING HOW TO PROGRAM A MACHINE IN PRINCIPLE» (DEL AMBROGGIO)

WHITE PAPER: WHAT, WHEN, HOW

STEERING COMMITTEE LLL

INFORMATICS PROFESSION LACKS PROFESSIONALISM (FAILED PROJECTS, OVEREXPENSIVE PROJECTS, FLAWED ICT SYSTEMS, LACKING SYSTEMATIC CONTINUING EDUCATION (LIFE LONG LEARNING) IN PARTICULAR IN TOPICS NOT TEACHABLE AT UNIVERSITIES (PROJECT EXPERIENCE, BIG SYSTEMS, ...), LACKING INTERNATIONAL PROFILING AND BENCHMARKING, LACKING CERTIFICATION SYSTEM)

SI DESTINED TO BE IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT (IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY/ ICT SWITZERLAND) BECAUSE OF ITS TRUSTED NATIONAL POSITIONING, CERTIFICATION BODY ACROSS SIGS NEEDS TO BE CREATED

MEMBER MARKETING

SI TARGETS NEW GROUPS TO ACQUIRE MORE MEMBERS: PHD STUDENTS, RESEARCH LABS AND SCHOOLS (CANTONS, CITIES, PARENTS ASSOCIATIONS, ...). INITIATIVE TO INCLUDE SVIA AS A SIG OR SIMILAR. MODE AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED (BH, JG MIT SVIA REPRESENTATIVES). AMBASSADORS?

SI CREATES INCENTIVES TO BE AN SI MEMBER: SI IS THE NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THEIR DISCIPLINE, SI (IN COLLABORATION WITH ACADEMIA AND INDUSTIRES) ORGANIZES ICT EVENTS SUCH AS PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON HOT TOPICS, WORKSHOPS, GATHERINGS, SEMINARS (FOR EXAMPLE FOR TACHERS), SUMMER CAMPS, CONTESTS, SOFTWARE LICENSING ACROSS ALL EDUCATIONAL LEVELS IN COLLABORATION WITH SWITCH?, ...

ACTION ITEM: GET ON BOARD OF SCHWEIZER JUGEND FORSCHT», THINK OF SPONSORING «SI SPECIAL PRIZE»

START INITIATIVE TO AWARD BACHELOR WORKS

GOVERNANCE

ANNUAL RETREAT (2 DAYS?)

REGULAR MEETINGS WITH ADVISORY BOARD

REVISE ETHICS CODE (RM)

SPORADIC EVENTS WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS (POLITICS, EDUCATION, INDUSTRY)

THEME-ORIENTED BODIES ACROSS SIGS (FOR EXAMPLE FOR CERTIFICATION)

THEME-ORIENTED AD HOC WORK GROUPS WITH EXTERNAL DELEGATES

BOTTOM UP INITIATIVES (SIGS INVITE SI, SIRA MEMBERS PROMOTE SI LABEL)

INCREASED VISIBILITY VIA PR EFFORT, WEB, SOCIAL MEDIA