DEMOCRACY, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY – INTERACTIONS INTER-DEPENDENCIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY, POLICY, PRACTICE AND POLITICS PIT Colliquim with Elias Carayannis In an ever-increasing digital world, the access to the Internet is essential for a society to foster. Thus, should we not ask ourselves the following three questions: 1. Should free access to digital information on the Internet be a human right? 2. Who is taking care of the people that are left aside in traditional business models? 3. Isn't local and regional knowledge the basis for solving social and global problems? Based on these questions, the talk will address what opportunities and obstacles on the path towards free access, and invite for a discussion. Josef Noll is professor at the University of Oslo (UiO) and Secretary General of the Basic Internet Foundation. His focus is on communication and IoT-/Information security, and especially digitalisation based on free access to information for all. Josef Noll was previously Senior Advisor and group leader at Telenor R&I where his group developed 3G/UMTS. He has also worked at the European Space Agency (ESA) and SIEMENS. His vision of "Internet Lite for all" addresses directly the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 9.C and 16.10 of the Agenda 2030. His focus is on how Internet Lite catalysts sustainable development.