On Tuesday – Wednesday July 8-9 2025, at 09:00 PDT (16:00 UTC) ISOC.LIVE will simulcast the Space Summit 2025 keynote sessions, featuring current and former Interplanetary Network Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) chairs Yosuke Kaneko and Vint Cerf. These keynotes are part of a larger free event, produced by the IPNSIG Academy that includes networking and workshops. The IPNSIG operates as the Internet Society’s Interplanetary Chapter.
PROGRAM (Both sessions 09:00-09:45 PDT (16:00-16:45 UTC)
On Wednesday – Thursday 2-3 July, 2025 the Pacific Internet Governance Forum (PacIGF2025) will be convened with the theme: ‘Digital Inclusion and Safety‘ at the National University of Samoa. PacIGF2025 is hosted by the Samoa Information Technology Association (SITA), and is organized by the Pacific Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) in partnership with various key stakeholders. PacIGF is the premier annual regional venue to discuss, collaborate, and shape the future of the Internet in the Pacific region.
14:00 – Session 3 – Safety and Security in the Pacific Jobenz Manoa – Government of Samoa / President, SITA Pua Hunter – GFCE Pacific Hub Terry Sweetser – APNIC
Moderator: Savenaca Siwatibau
16:00 – Session 4 – Strengthening Resilience Dr Paul Twomey, former CEO, ICANN Prof Ioana Chan Mow – National University of Samoa (NUS) Fiafaitupe Tuiloma-Lafaele – National University of Samoa (NUS) Pepe Christian Fruean – Samoa Submarine Cable Company
17:00 – Session 5 – Community Engagement and Awareness 1 Sakaio Manoa – Forum Fisheries Agency Letitia Masaea – Forum Fisheries Agency Kenneth Katafono – Traseable Solutions
Moderator: Sanjesh Roy Lal
09:30 – Session 6 – Digital Safety Rebecca Adams – Australian Government Patrick Donaldson – Identity Digital Vui Athena Matalavea – Samoa Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
Moderator: Jobenz Manoa – Government of Samoa / SITA
11:30 – Session 7 – Group Discussions (will not be streamed)
12:30 – Group Report Backs 1. Safe Online Behaviour – Sohini Rajiyung, ISOC APAC 2. Digital Rights & Ethics – Crystal Kewe, PICISOC 3. Inclusive Design – Letitia Masaea 4. Cybersecurity Awareness – Savenaca Siwatibau 5. Digital Literacy – Sanjesh Roy Lal
14:00 – Session 8 – Community Engagement and Awareness 2 Swaran Ravindra – Fiji National University Ashutosh Maharaj – Fiji National University Vivian Maidaborn – InternetNZ Maureen Hilyard – PICISOC Bree Alexander – Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development Elenoa Naivalu – National Training & Productivity Center
16:00 – Session 9 – DNS and DNSSEC Savenaca Vocea – ICANN Russell Deka Harada – pg ccTLD
On Thursday June 26. 2025 at 14:30-16:30 CEST (12:30-14:30 UTC) the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) presents the 6th Episode in its Space Connect webinar series ‘Space for Humanitarian Emergencies: Leveraging Satellite Technology for Crisis Response‘. The panel will will explore how UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, and academic researchers are harnessing satellite data, Earth observation, and space-based communications to enhance disaster preparedness, response coordination, and recovery efforts, particularly in developing countries.
SPEAKERS Danielle Poole – Director of Researc, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab Lóránt Czárán – Chief , UN-SPIDER, Vienna / Officer-in-Charge, Space Applications, UNOOSA Rebeca Moreno Jimenez – Lead Data Scientist, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Luca Dell’Oro – Head, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience, UNOSAT
Moderator: Patricia Cooper – Founder, Constellation Advisory, LLC
The value of Digital Watch’s DiploAI Reporting page cannot be overstated. It comprises AI-generated reports from as many sessions as practical. These include not only verbatim transcripts, summaries, and in-depth analysis, but also speaker lists which, ridiculously some might say, calibrate the number of words delivered by each speaker and the actual rate of delivery!
ISOC LIVE is making backup recordings of just a few sessions (e.g., GigaNet, DC-CIV), which will be posted/archived with multilingual open captions when processed: https://isoc.live/?s=igf2025
This presentation will describe the use case of deep space networking, the key considerations to deploy such a network, and its requirements. It will also describe the current plans of the space agencies and private sector for Moon and Mars deployments. It will then describe the proposed solution. This work is being standardized in IETF by the newly formed working group called TIPTOP (Taking IP to Other Planets). A description of the working group, milestones and current work will conclude the presentation.
Speaker Marc Blanchet is president of Viagenie, a consulting firm on Internet engineering. He has been involved in IETF for 35 years, wrote 17 RFCs, co-chaired many IETF working groups, including DTN, and was an IAB member. He is the investigator of the Deep Space IP initiative which folded into the TIPTOP working group, where he is technical advisor and delegate. He is the founder of the Space Assigned Numbers Authority (SANA) which does a similar role to IANA, but for space communications standards of the CCSDS. He is currently leading the Moon networking governance group of the Interagency Operations Advisory Group (IOAG).
SPEAKERS Constanze Buerger – Member, ASO Address Council Nicolas Caballero – Chair, GAC Jordan Carter – Member, ccNSO Council Greg DiBiase – Chair, GNSO Council Philippe Fouquart – Chair, ISPCP Joanna Kulesza – ALAC Liaison to the GAC Ram Mohan – Chair, SSAC Nick Wenban-Smith – TCCM
HOSTS Christopher Mondini – Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Europe ICANN Org Thomas Rickert – Director Names & Numbers, eco – Association of the Internet Industry
The panel explored the challenges arising from the decline of legacy cable TV and the rise of streaming services. Consumer preferences had shifted the media marketplace over the last decade — from live linear television broadcast to streaming and on-demand viewing. Fifteen years earlier, 85–90% of American households had subscribed to cable TV, but by 2025 that number had dropped to around 50% as streaming platforms came to dominate the market. With well over 200 streaming services available to consumers, an overwhelming 99 percent of U.S. households subscribed to at least one or more streaming services. However, the regulations governing this dynamic marketplace had been developed in the 1980s and 1990s.
The panel examined the extent to which these rules created an unlevel playing field, and whether they should be eliminated or updated to reflect the current landscape — and, if so, how. The discussion also focused on how companies were being forced to innovate and compete to retain audiences, and the speakers offered predictions for the future state of the TV and video marketplace.
SPEAKERS Michael P. O’Rielly – Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission Cheryl Leanza – Best Best & Krieger LLP Kristian Stout – Director of Innovation Policy, International Center for Law & Economics
MODERATOR / HOST Tim Lordan – Executive Director, Congressional Internet Caucus Academy
On Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC), the Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative will host a conversation on the importance of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the role it has played for the past twenty years in providing an open, inclusive, and diverse space for discussing internet policy and governance. This event, held in the lead up to the 2025 IGF, will highlight the value of the annual forum and why digital democracy depends on keeping the internet open, global, and inclusive. The conversation will also showcase the Atlantic Council’s work to champion a free and open internet.
SPEAKERS Vint Cerf – Chair, IGF Leadership Panel / Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Anriette Esterhuysen – Senior Advisor on Global and Regional Internet Governance, Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Jason Pielemeier – Executive Director, Global Network Initiative (GNI) Chengetai Masango – Head of Office, United Nations Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum
On Tuesday July 8, 2025 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EDT (11:30-00:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts a meetup ‘Digital Accessibility’s Gap: AI to Bridge Mobile and Web Barriers’. TestParty co-founders Michael Bervell & Jason Tan explore the thorniest challenges in both mobile and web accessibility — and how emerging AI techniques, automation strategies, and platform shifts are changing what’s possible. They’ll share insights from cutting-edge studies on how AI boosts productivity, reduces burnout, and supports non-experts in making meaningful contributions to accessibility.
On Sunday 8 June 2025, at 6:30pm IST (13:00 UTC) the Internet Society India Mumbai Chapter (ISOC Mumbai) will present a webinar ‘Quantum 101‘. Blackhole Academy founder Rajan Chopra will explore the fascinating principles of quantum mechanics and how things operate in the quantum realm, from the bizarre behaviour of particles to foundational concepts like entanglement, superposition, and more, and how these principles are poised to revolutionize the future of the Internet and technology.
SPEAKER Rajan Chopra – Founder / Educator, Blackhole Academy
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