[ecrea] CNH Conference > Computer Networks Histories: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives

*Computer  Networks Histories: Local, National and Transnational 
Perspectives*
*USI -Università della Svizzera italiana*, Lugano, Switzerland.
  14-15 December 2017

The association Geschichte und Informatik, the Institute of Media and 
Journalism & China Media Observatory at USI Università della Svizzera 
italiana, and infoclio.ch are proud to announce the program for the 
International Conference *Computer Networks Histories: Local, National 
and Transnational Perspectives*

The conference aims to develop new frameworks and a space of discussion 
on the historical role of computer networks; 28 speakers coming from  13 
countries will present and discuss the multiple trajectories of computer 
networks histories worldwide. There is no conference-fee and the event 
is open to the public.

Keynote Speakers: Prof. Benjamin Peters (University of Tulsa) & Hu Yong 
(Peking University)

Conference website: www.cnh.usi.ch<http://www.cnh.usi.ch>
Programme: http://www.cnh.usi.ch/programme
CFP: http://www.cnh.usi.ch/call
Conference email address: (nethistories /at/ gmail.com)

*Conference Programme*


*14th December 2017 USI - Università della Svizzera italiana*


8:00 / 9:00 Registration / Introduction speech




9:00 / 10:00 Keynote Speaker - Hu Yong, Peking University




10:30 / 12:00 Panel 1 / Focus on China - Chair: Hu Yong, Peking University

Bo An, Yale University

Infrastructure, amateurism, and radical Networking: FidoNet in China 
(1995-1998)


Liu Jinhe, Tsinghua University

Regime evolution of China's regulation on transborder flow of data：From 
1994 to 2017


Clément Renaud, École Polytechnique de Lausanne

Grégory Bahde, Université Jean Monnet St Etienne

From Davos to Beijing : the historical trajectory of the concept of 
sovereignty in Internet territories



12:00 / 13:00 Lunch




13:00 / 14:30 Panel 2 / The legacy of the 1980s’ - Chair: Enrico Natale, 
Infoclio.ch

Camille Paloque-Berges, CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

Gerard Alberts, University of Amsterdam

Beyond the protocol wars: 1980s user cultures in Dutch inter-net nodes


Valérie Schafer, ISCC – Institut des Sciences de la Communication

Benjamin Thierry, Université Paris Sorbonne

The Internet and the Web as a “Super Minitel”


Kevin Driscoll, University of Virginia

Thou shalt love thy BBS: a framework for the moderation of online 
communities





15:00 / 16:30 Panel 3 / European Histories - Chair: Christiane Sibille, 
Geschichte und Informatik

Mato Brautovic, University of Dubrovnik

Origins and development of Internet in Croatia: times of transition from 
communism to democracy and war for independence


Félix Tréguer, ISCC - Institut des Sciences de la Communication

Dominique Trudel, Concordia University

From internet access provider to political advocacy: the history of the 
French data network


Luciano Lenzini, Fabio Gadducci, Giuseppe Lettieri, University of Pisa

On the Italian pioneering network projects: issues and challenges





17:00 / 18:30 Visit at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)




20:00 Conference Dinner





*15th December 2017 – USI - Università della Svizzera italiana*




9:00 / 10:00

Keynote Speaker - Benjamin Peters, University of Tulsa

The network and the historian: opportunities, challenges, surprises, 
disobedience




10:30 / 12:00 Panel 4 / Infrastructures – Chair: Simone Natale, 
Loughborough Univ.

Christian Henrich-Franke, University of Siegen

Computer networks on copper cables


Paolo Magaudda, University of Padova

The rising of Tor and the history of a network “in the dark”


Sebastian Gieβmann, University of Siegen

Networking with/out computing? Remarks on the longue durée of networking 
practices




12:00 / 13:00 Lunch




13:00/14:30 Panel 5 / A taste of BRICS’ histories - Chair: Benjamin 
Peters, University of Tulsa

Sophie Toupin, McGill University

Hacking Apartheid


Marcelo Savio de Carvalho, IBM Brazil

Henrique Luiz Kukierman, Federal University of Rio

The dawn of the internet in Brazil


Manushi, Indian Institute of Mass Communication

Towards Digital India: Internet in India




15:00 / 16:30 Panel 6 / Networking Memories - Chair: Marco Colombetti, USI

Raúl Carnota, FCEN Argentina

Lucas de Almeida Pereira, UNESP Brazil

SHIALC: History and memory of computer science in Latin America


Guido Koller, Swiss Federal Archives

Of men and register. The foreigner’s central register in Switzerland – 
An early digital federal administrative network


Benedetta Campanile, University of Bari

Robert Fano, an Italian computer scientist from Project Mac to Internet



16:30 / 17:00 Closing Remarks


Organizing Committee
Prof. Gabriele Balbi ((gabriele.balbi /at/ usi.ch))
Paolo Bory ((paolo.bory /at/ usi.ch))
Gianluigi Negro ((gianluigi.negro /at/ usi.ch))



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