8 Thursday Networks with a Human Face PSJ1 10.30-12.00 Abu Dhabi B Future networks are being designed now. Future networks will have to have a hundred times more capacity than today’s networks, simply to meet demand. They will be self-organising and software defined and will interconnect billions of smart objects. They will have new architectures to accommodate changes in user behaviour, business models and modes of communication. Their design will recognise that value is moving away from traditional connectivity service providers towards the providers of applications. But future networks could and should do much more. We should strive to create a resilient society that can quickly recover, even if significant damage is sustained. We should be aiming to create social frameworks that will never become broken. In order to achieve such a flexible, resilient society, there is need to reassess the pursuit of merely convenient lifestyle standards. Network design should no longer be technology-centric. It should become human-centric. 52 panel sesions