On Thursday 25 February 2021 at 14:00-15:30 UTC the Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group (Accessibility SIG) convenes a meeting with the theme ‘Accessibility Challenges: A conversation with ISOC Armenia‘.
TOPICS
1. Internet Availability Center of Blind and Visually Impaired People
2. Internet Radio for People with Visual Impairments
3. A tool for Autistic Children and Children with social anxiety
4. Let’s talk: AAC App for Armenian non-verbal individuals
The session focuses on two community networks: BOSCO Uganda located in Northern Uganda, and PAMOJANet in Eastern DRC. They will showcase their respective and practical approach to connecting the unconnected, including governance structures, business models, and technical operations.
La session se concentre sur deux réseaux communautaires: BOSCO Ouganda situé dans le nord de l’Ouganda, et PAMOJANet dans l’est de la RDC. Ils présenteront leur approche respective et pratique pour connecter les personnes non connectées, y compris les structures de gouvernance, les modèles commerciaux et les opérations techniques.
SPEAKERS Chako Armant, La Difference (PamojaNET Community Network) Alva-Ntyo Mihigo, Network Manager, PamojaNET Community Network Daniel Komakec, BOSCO Uganda Okot Solomon Nono, BOSCO Uganda
MODERATOR Jean Louis Fendji – Senior Lecturer, University of Ngaoundere and Research Director, AfroLeadership
On Monday 22 February 2021 at 10:30-12:00 BKK/JKT Time (03:30-05:00 UTC) the ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will host a webinar ‘Last-Mile Connectivity in Asia-Pacific: planning tools to address the Gaps‘. This webinar will feature the launch of ITU Last Mile Connectivity Solutions Guide which is designed to assist efforts to extend affordable and sustainable connectivity service to under-connected localities. Invited experts will discuss technical, business, and regulatory considerations for implementing last mile connectivity solutions to connect the unserved and underserved populations, especially in rural and remote areas.
SPEAKERS Atsuko Okuda, Regional Director (Asia and the Pacific), ITU Aamir Riaz, Programme Officer, ITU John Garrity, Independent Consultant Ihar Shchetko, GIGA Project Officer, ITU
PANEL Bill Lan, Vice President, Wireless Network Development, Huawei Technologies Naveed Haq, Asia-Pacific Regional Director for Infrastructure and Connectivity, Internet Society (ISOC) Imran Malik, Vice President Global Sales, Fixed Data, SES networks Yasuhiko Kawasumi, Vice Chair, ITU-D Study Group 1
MODERATORThomas E. Abell, Advisor SDCC / Chief of Digital Technology for Development, Asian Development Bank
In recent months, governments’ technical capabilities to search mobile devices has come under greater scrutiny. Newly published research from academics and organizations like Upturn have cast new light on how governments may be gaining access to mobile devices and its consequences. The American Civil Liberties Union has also launched a lawsuitagainst the FBI, demanding they disclose records of its “technological capabilities for retrieving information from locked electronic devices.” At the same time, across the Atlantic, Europol has seemed to pour resources into government hacking with the launch of its new “Decryption Platform.”
Experts from academia and civil society will discuss government hacking, its consequences for security and privacy, and its influence on the debate around end-to-end encryption.
SPEAKERS Jenifer Granick, American Civil Liberties Union Sven Herpig, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung Mallory Knodel, Center for Democracy and Technology Harlan Yu, Upturn
La PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) constitue la base incontournable de la confiance numérique sur Internet avec la certification des serveurs (https). Aujourd’hui, le déploiement des certificats serveur s’accélère et se démocratise grâce à l’initiative “Let’s Encrypt”. La technologie “PKI 2.0” développée et brevetée par NTX Research va beaucoup plus loin : elle permet le déploiement à très grande échelledes certificats pour les personnes (citoyens, internautes, consommateurs, professionnels) et pour les objets connectés.
PRÉSENTATION Pascal Thoniel, fondateur, directeur technique et directeur de la R&D de NTX Research
INTERVENANTS Jean-Guillaume Dumas, professeur, Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann Pascal Lafourcade, maitre de conférence, Laboratoire Verimag Centre Equation Thomas Kopp, Chief Scientist, LuxTrust Pascal Thoniel, fondateur, directeur technique / directeur de la R&D, NTX Research
On Saturday 13th February 2021 from 11am-12pm IST (05:30-06:30 UTC) ISOC India Mumbai Chapter presents a webinar “Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS): An Introduction“.
Internet Society Senior Internet Technology Manager Aftab Siddiqui will explain what MANRS is, and why we all should care.
On Thursday February 11 2021 at 11:30am-12:30pm EST (16:30-17:30 UTC) the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosts a panel ‘A Conversation with the Oversight Board – Facebook’s Trump Ban and the Future of Online Speech‘. Last year, Facebook set up the Oversight Board as an independent body to review its content moderation decisions and make binding judgments about its policies. Described by Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook’s “Supreme Court,” the Board has rendered its first set of decisions and is now poised to consider one of the most significant questions in the world: should Donald Trump’s Facebook account remain suspended due to incitements leading to the January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol, or should Trump be allowed back on the platform to reconnect with his millions of followers?
SPEAKERS Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Oversight Board Co-Chair and former Prime Minister of Denmark Dex Hunter-Torricke, Oversight Board Head of Communications David Kaye, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression; Steve Feldstein, Carnegie Endowment Senior Fellow for Democracy, Conflict, and Governance
Internet Freedom has become one of the most pressing human rights issues of the day, but controversies continue to swirl around its future – including questions about what lies ahead in terms of policies, funding, and technologies. This event will focus on how how new policies and approaches under the Biden Administration may potentially impact efforts to open the Internet in every corner of the globe.
OPENING REMARKS Dr. Mung Chiang, Dean of College of Engineering, Purdue University / former Science and Technology Adviser to the US Secretary of State
SPEAKERS Maziar Bahari, Journalism for Change Dr. Mung Chiang, Dean of College of Engineering, Purdue University Harlo Holmes, Director of Digital Security, Freedom of the Press Foundation Clara Tsao, Founder, FileCoin Foundation / former CTO, US Department of Homeland Security Sarah Makin, former Senior Director for Strategic Engagement at the National Security Council. Mallory Knodel, CTO, Center for Democracy and Technology
MODERATORS Eric Novotny, The American University Aram Sinnreich, The American University
On Wednesday 10th February 2021 from 08:00-09:00 UTC the APNIC and the Internet Society present a MANRSTech Talk – “Lessons Learned in Capacity Building and Community Engagement in 2020“. We will reflect on the year past, and lay plans for the year ahead.
On Thursday and Friday February 4-5 2021, from 11am-3pm EST (16:00-20:00 UTC) the Better Identity Coalition, the FIDO Alliance, and the ID Theft Resource Center (ITRC) come together to present ‘Identity, Authentication, and the Road Ahead’. This two-day virtual policy forum will bring together leaders from government, industry, and non-profits to discuss important topics. Keynote Speakers include: Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL); Congressman John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member, U.S. House Homeland Security Committee; Michael Mosier, Deputy Director and Digital Innovation Officer at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). A live webcast will be provided by the Internet Society Greater Washington DC Chapter.
On Thursday 25 February 2021 at 14:00-15:30 UTC the Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group (Accessibility SIG) convenes a meeting with the theme ‘Accessibility Challenges: A conversation with ISOC Armenia‘.
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