Future scoping of truly Human-Centric IoT and Intelligent Networks: A Foresight Approach

As IoT and network technology become increasingly pervasive, intelligent, and thus more powerful, it will be crucially important for future, sustainable and Human-Centric IoT scenarios that humans and humanity stay in control and can exercise meaningful agency. However, despite a growing understanding that this is of crucial importance, there is no clear shared vision between the multiple stakeholders of what is preferable and how to get there. This paper therefore reports on the first intelligence gathering that is part of a larger foresight study in this respect. More concretely, we report on a horizon scanning study and expert interviews (N=9) conducted in Norway, aimed at identifying emerging issues, trends and developments that may affect future scenarios related to human-centric intelligent networks and IoT environments.