Eric Schmidt (Executive Chairman, Google) will give a series of three public lectures and a concluding symposium on Connectivity and the Diffusion of Power.

Today, our online identities affect but rarely overshadow our physical selves. But In the future, this could change: our identities in everyday life will come to be defined more and more by our virtual activities and associations.

With that comes some danger: the potential for someone else to access, share or manipulate parts of our online identities will increase, particularly due to our reliance on cloud-based data storage.

The shift from having one's identity shaped off-line and projected online to an identity that is fashioned online and experienced off-line will have implications for citizens, states, and companies as they navigate the new digital world.