Today Wednesday September 23 2020 at 11:00 EDT (15:00 UTC) the Internet Governance Project hosts a discussion ‘Do we need a new generation of internet standards? “New IP” and global Internet governance‘. For nearly two years, technologists at Huawei have been urging the IETF and the ITU to embark on a research program that would explore a complete redesign of the Internetworking protocols of the 1980s. They contend that the current architecture and protocols may not be keeping up with the dramatic changes in information and communication technology. Others are pushing back against that initiative. Is it time for a more sweeping change in the standards defining data communication? Is such a change even possible, given the inertia surrounding the world’s convergence on IP? What are we gaining or losing by continuing to rely on the classic Internet protocols?
SPEAKERS Richard Li, Chief Scientist, Vice-President of Network Technologies. Futurewei Technologies, Inc. USA Andrew Sullivan, CEO and President, Internet Society
MODERATOR Milton L. Mueller, Internet Governance Project
On Wednesday-Thursday23-24 September 2020 the 9th Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (vNIGF) will be held online with the theme ‘Achieving Inclusive Digital Economic Development in the Post-COVID 19 Era‘. Day 1 will be a Women’s IGF, and Day 2 a plenary session followed by 4 breakouts.
On Tuesday September 22 2020 at 12pm EDT (16:00 UTC) the American University School of Communication hosts a book launch ‘Researching Internet Governance: Methods, Frameworks, Futures‘. This multidisciplinary book (MIT Press) takes Internet governance research as a research subject in its own right, discussing methods and conceptual approaches. The authors discuss such topics as the emergence of “internet governance” as an area of academic study and a real-world policy arena; the scholarly perspectives of Science, technology and society (STS), the law, computer science, and political science; the use of big data and text mining in internet governance studies; and cybersecurity. American University’s Internet Governance Lab’s Faculty Directors Derrick Cogburn, Laura DeNardis, Nanette Levinson and Global Fellow Francesca Musianipecial will be joined by guest speakers including Sandra Braman, Ron Deibert, Jeanette Hofmann, Eric Jardine, Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Milton L Mueller, Niels ten Oever, Kieron O’Hara, & Rolf Weber. Moderator: Anriette Esterhuysen. This event is co-presented by AU School of Communication, AU School of International Service Office of Research, AU Kogod School of Business, AU Internet Governance Lab, and the Internet Society Washington DC Chapter.
On Monday-Friday 21-25 September 2020 the 6th annual South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG) will be convened online. SEEDIG6 brings together a wide variety of stakeholders to discuss some of the most pressing Internet and digital policy issues in South Eastern Europe and the neighbouring area (SEE+), from digitalisation and the digital economy, to online privacy and cybercrime.
On Tuesday-Friday 22-25 September 2020, from 13:00 to 16:00 UTC, the Internet Society convenes its 2020 African Chapters Advocacy Meeting to mobilize, strengthen and engage with African Chapters and individual members around our current focus areas and 2020 projects. This year’s Chapters’ Advocacy meeting comes at a time when the world is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and relies on the Internet to enable continuity. This pandemic has highlighted the importance of having a better, reliable and affordable Internet for everyone.
The 2020 African Chapters Advocacy meeting will gather chapters leaders and members from 36 countries representing 37 Chapters. Days 1 and 2 are dedicated to 5 of the Internet Society 2020 projects: Community Networks, Encryption, Internet Way of Networking, Measuring the Internet, and Open Standards Everywhere. Days 3 and 4 are dedicated to Chapter development and Sustainability. Only Day 1 will be streamed live, but other sessions will be recorded.
Du mardi au vendredi 22-25 septembre, de 13h00 à 16h00 UTC, l’Internet Society convoque sa réunion de plaidoyer des chapitres africains 2020 pour mobiliser, renforcer et dialoguer avec les chapitres africains et les membres individuels autour de nos axes prioritaires actuels et nos projets 2020. La réunion de plaidoyer des chapitres de cette année survient à un moment où le monde est aux prises avec la pandémie COVID-19 et compte sur Internet pour assurer la continuité. Cette pandémie a mis en évidence l’importance d’avoir un Internet meilleur, fiable et abordable pour tous.
On Wednesday 23 September 2020 at 06:00 UTC Internet Society Asia Pacific presents the third edition of its APAC Insights series of online conversation sharing views and insights on current issues related to the Internet and its use in the Asia-Pacific.
TOPIC: The New Normal: Home as the New Workplace
SPEAKER: Phillip Raskin, Certified ROCKET-remote facilitator in Asia, helping organizations improve productivity while working remotely.
MODERATOR
Rajnesh SINGH, Regional Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Internet Society
On Tuesday September 22 2020 at 6pm FJT (06:00 UTC) the Internet Society Pacific Islands Chapter (PICISOC) will host the first Pacific Women in ICT virtual meetup. The event is expected to be a virtual gathering of women in ICT in the region – a meet up, an informal catch up and an update on how COVID19 has affected the work in the communities and how our regional women adapted.
On Wednesday September 16 2020 at 6pm EDT (22:00 UTC) the JavaScriptNYC Meetup convenes online. There will be presentations from Kevin Simons of Kitemaker (Building a rich text editor in React with SlateJS), Paul Copplestone of Supabase (Supabase is an open source Firebase alternative), and Thom from Brazil (Practical Intro to State Machines and Xstate). The event will be webcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY).
SPEAKERS John Dada, Fanstuam Foundation (Community Network) – Nigeria Ditshego Magoro, Zuri Foundation (Mamaila Community Network) – South Africa CHAKO Armant, La Difference (PamojaNET Community Network) – DRC
On Thursday September 24 at 6pm EDT / 22:00 UTC / 7am JST (Fri) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts ‘Inspiring Accessibility Solutions from Today’s Virtual Reality Experiences‘ in AltVR. Presenter Thomas Logan will highlight specific implementation examples from VR experiences that demonstrate a design solution that works for people with disabilities.
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