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SI VISION, STRATEGY, ACTIVITIES
2020
JÜRG 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