Today Thursday July 11 2019 the Ghana Ministry of Communications in collaboration with the Internet Society Ghana Chapter, is convening the 2019 Ghana IGF at the Kofi Annan ICT Center in Accra under the theme “Digital Communities: Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders for Sustainable Development.” The Ministry of Communications, as the sector ministry responsible for information and communication technology (ICT), is committed to developing and improving Internet access, cost and therefore encourages all stakeholders to participate in the Forum. The event will be webcast live via the Internet Society Livestream Channel 2.
Today Thursday 11 July 2019 the 8th Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) happens at the Muson Center in Lagos, with the theme “Enabling Digital Commonwealth and Development“. The NIGF is organised by the NIGF-MAG comprising of stakeholders from Federal Ministry of Communications (FMoC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria Communication Commissions (NCC), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Internet Society Nigeria Chapter (ISOC NG), DigitalSENSE Africa Media (DSA), Global Network for Cyber Solutions (GNC), Creative Tech. Development International (CTDI) in partnership with other local Internet Stakeholders. The plenary sessions will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
Today Wednesday 10 July 2019 the maiden edition of the Ghana Youth Internet Governance Forum congregates the youth and experts at the Kofi Annan ICT Center in Accra to discuss on the theme “The future of work; Digital Jobs and Youth Inclusion”’
Amidst the advantages associated with emerging technologies like AI and machine learning,there are fears of machines taking over the labour force thereby rendering many qualified persons, jobless. This dialogues will engage stakeholders on gender inequalities and how to provide inclusive participation in the digital community while addressing issues that can better position the youth to prepare for the future of work.
The 2019 Annual Nigeria National Youth Internet Governance Forum (YIGF) happens today Wednesday 10 July 2019 at the Muson Center in Lagos, with the theme “Our Internet; Shaping the digital future”. The Youth IGF initiative provides a national forum to engage young professionals of the digital sector, technologists, researchers, academics, activists and civil society, government representatives and students. The aim of the forum is to sustain a dialogue platform and create partnerships as well as initiating policy proposals and reform. The event will be carried live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
Powerful surveillance software aka spyware is widely available on the internet at affordable prices. It is marketed to employers wanting to monitor the movements of their workers, to parents wanting to check electronically on the whereabouts of their children, or even to reveal a partner’s infidelity. Where do the tech community, the police, and the policymakers stand on the issue of surveillance for private purposes? How much such usage/marketing is legal? And, lastly, how do you safeguard yourself against an attack? Speaker Eva Galperin, Director of Cybersecurity at Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), will address these questions and more.
ABOUT LOGIC LOUNGE
The LogicLounge was born at the Vienna Summer of Logic in 2014, which brought together almost 3000 scientists in the fields of logic, philosophy, mathematics, computer science, and artificial intelligence. Since then it has been traveling the world as a regular event at the Conference on Computer Aided Verification (CAV). The LogicLounge series is organized by Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms at TU Wien, Austria. The recordings of past LogicLounges with Toby Walsh, Dana Scott, and others are available at http://www.vcla.at/logiclounge/
Join us on June 25th 2019 as BetaNYC reports back from the Code for America Summit, Open Government Partnership and Personal Democracy Forum – an evening of lightning talks from members of NYC’s civic tech community, who will share personal reflections and insights from recent civic tech events in North America.
At the end of May, several notable summits convened. In Oakland,Code for America convened its eighth summit to explore what works and imagine what’s possible using technology and design in government. In Ottawa, the sixth Open Government Partnership Global Summit delivered concrete action items addressing themes of gender and inclusion, civic space, and democratic governance in the digital age. In New York City, the Personal Democracy Forum held an intimate day-long event exploring ways in which we can make tech more ethical, civic, and inclusive. These events are focal points for international communities that intersect civic and public interest technology, service design, and open government.
BetaNYC
BetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design, technology, and data. We envision an informed and empowered public that can leverage civic design, technology, and data to hold government accountable, and improve their economic opportunity. https://beta.nyc/
Internet Society New York Chapter(ISOC-NY)
ISOC-NY, as part of the Internet Society’s global mission to assure the beneficial, open evolution of the Internet, works to to promote local initiatives and maximize the societal benefits which the Internet can bring to the New York area. http://isoc-ny.org</a>
Today Wednesday June 19 2019 at 5pm EDT (21:00 UTC) theInternet Society Livestream Channel will webcast What the Loss of Net Neutrality Means for Democracy and Innovation – a panel at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society on May 30. Stanford Law Professor Barbara van Schewick writes: “In 2017, the FCC voted to abolish net neutrality protections, which ensure that we, not the companies we pay to get online, get to choose what we do online. This event explored what we lost, why it matters, and what’s happening with efforts to restore those protections in the courts, the states and Washington, D.C.” Speakers include Congresswoman Anna Eshoo , FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and Professor van Schewick.
Today Wednesday June 19 2019 at 3pm EDT (19:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast a SHLB Coalition webinar “Scoring Congressional Broadband Proposals” that will examine the broadband bills most likely to become law and discuss those with the most potential to attain the National Broadband Plan’s goal of gigabit connectivity for all community anchor institutions.
PANEL
Phillip Berenbroick, senior policy counsel, Public Knowledge(@pab_PK @publicknowledge)
Michael Romano, senior vice president of industry affairs & business development, NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association
(@MikeRomanoNTCA , @NTCAconnect)
Thomas Cohen, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
(@KelleyDrye)
ABOUT SHLB COALITION
The SHLB Coalition is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) advocacy organization that supports open, affordable, high-quality broadband connections for anchor institutions and their surrounding communities. The SHLB Coalition is based in Washington, D.C. and has a diverse membership of over 160 commercial and non-commercial organizations from across the United States. https://shlb.org
Today, Wednesday June 19 2019 at 6pm BST (17:00 UTC) Internet Society CEO & President Andrew Sullivan will be in conversation with Emily Taylor, Editor of Cyber Policy, at Chatham House in London. In the session, entitled How Regulation Could Break the Internet, they will discuss current practices in internet-related regulation and the related challenges. How can governments can enforce regulations that achieve their intended purpose while at the same time protecting the internet’s core infrastructure and its properties, including its openness, interoperability and global reach? The event will be webcast live on theInternet Society Livestream Channel.
Today Thursday July 11 2019 the Ghana Ministry of Communications in collaboration with the Internet Society Ghana Chapter, is convening the 2019 Ghana IGF at the Kofi Annan ICT Center in Accra under the theme “Digital Communities: Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders for Sustainable Development.” The Ministry of Communications, as the sector ministry responsible for information and communication technology (ICT), is committed to developing and improving Internet access, cost and therefore encourages all stakeholders to participate in the Forum. The event will be webcast live via the Internet Society Livestream Channel 2.
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