NEC Lyon 2020, our third edition, gives us a unique opportunity : to reunite an international community of builders, thinkers, and policymakers, all united around the goal of building inclusive and open software. The big questions of digital inclusion, digital sovereignty and governance, and the role of the public sector in building such platforms will be addressed.
NEC’s community is gathered around 3 missions :
with a background or interest in digital commons
studying the uses, social inclusion and digital commons.
This year – more than ever – NEC wishes to bring together a diverse group of professionals in order to reassert the importance of building digital in common.
Fréquence écoles is a general interest association whose goal is media education. Its educational team explores the relationship between media and society directly on the field, thanks to thematic projects. They have developed numerous resources to defend education to digital medias in France and in Europe.
Curious of children and adolescent’s digital behaviors, the association reunites searchers,
information communication specialists, education and social psychology experts in order to conduct investigations about the uses of the Internet, the television, the video games, etc.
The goal of Programme Société Numérique is to promote the autonomy and ability, of each and everyone, to seize digital opportunities and to support the digital transition of territories across France.
The team is managing the national strategy for a more inclusive digital society. They act with regional authorities and local actors in order to structure, empower and accelerate the projects to create a digital society that is game-changing and inclusive.
The MedNum is a Cooperative Society of Collective Interest. It was created in order to support the digital transition of territories. Its purpose is to make digital technologies a lever for progress, efficiency, inclusion and empowerment for everyone in France and beyond.
It creates and accelerates solutions for the digital inclusion of 13 million French citizens excluded from digital tools. It acts directly alongside people that are digitally fragile and supports public and private organisations that greets, directs and educates them.