The basis of every search engine is a structured copy of the web. This fundamental infrastructure is very expensive to develop and maintain. Google dominates the search market and has a large influence on all parts of society. Is there a need to challenge its dominance?

We present the current situation and raise the question about  who should be responsible for maintaining the search engine indexes.

When: 26 May kl 19.00 to 20.45

Speakers and panelist

• Amelia Andersdotter, Chair dataskydd.net
• Jutta Haider, Swedish School of Library and Information Science
• Dirk Lewandowski, Professor of Information Research and Information Retrieval, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and affiliated to the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University
• Olof Sundin, Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University
• Kalle Åström, Lunds universitet

Moderator: Johan Wester

Links

• Sydsvenskan.se Opinion: Sweden should pursue the issue of an open web index internationally, by Dirk Lewandowski, Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin. In Swedish 25 May, 2021 
• How an Open Web Index Could Help Solve the “Search Problem" by Dirk Lewandowski & Olof Sundin at Medium.com
• In Search of Search and its Engines, a theme at The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University

Organisation

The event is organised in collaboration between AI Lund at Lund university and Skånemotor.