Today, Thursday June 4 2020 at 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC) GPS World presents a webinar ‘Protecting Critical Infrastructure with Resilient Timing & Synchronization‘. Karen O’Donoghue, Director, Internet Trust and Technology, Internet Society will join a panel of experts to discuss how resilient timing and synchronization technology can help protect critical infrastructure from security breaches, such as GPS/GNSS signal jamming and spoofing, as well as Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) data corruption.
On Thursday June 4 2020 at 11:00-12:00 EDT (15:00-16:00 UTC) the National Collaborative for Digital Equity (NCDE) in collaboration with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) hosts the second in its five part webinar series ‘Community Reinvestment Act, Digital Equity and Systemic Inclusion‘. This week’s topic is ‘Equipping Low-and-Moderate Income (LMI) Youth for the New Normal – Ensuring Computer Access‘. Today’s learning environment now requires home computers. However, many low-and-moderate income (LMI) youths find themselves at a digital device disadvantage. Join us as we highlight innovative solutions that provide access to refurbished and new laptops, explore the donation process to LMI individuals and families (e.g., positive Community Reinvestment Act implications) and discuss approaches to bring the idea to scale.
SPEAKERS
Lisa Trisciani, Vice President, Connection Public Sector Solutions
Sarah Segrest, Director of Business Development, The Douglas Stewart Company
Ulrike Smith, CRA Compliance Officer, Franklin Savings Bank
Dr. Robert McLaughlin, Executive Director, National Collaborative for Digital Equity
MODERATOR
Terry Lee, Community Affairs Specialist, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
On Thursday June 4 2020 at 8pm JST (11:00 UTC) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts ‘Designing a participatory design workshop‘ on Mozilla Hubs. When working on the design of gameChange, a VR program to help people with psychosis presenter Indira Knight, a healthcare researcher at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art, developed a series of participatory design workshops to include people with lived experience of psychosis in the design process. In this workshop she will talk about some of the decisions that were made when designing the workshops, the development of the workshop materials and how they were run. The session will be webcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society Accessibility SIG (A11ySIG).
Hoy, 4 de junio de 2020 a las 16:30 UYT (21:30 UTC), en su serie continua ‘MiércolesdeWebinar‘, el Capítulo de Internet Society Uruguay (ISOC Uy) alberga “Seguridad para el mundo de las cosas. El framework OTA de Ciberseguridad“. Presentador: Oscar Giudice es consultor en DINAMA – MVOTMA (Dirección Nacional de medio Ambiente – Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medioambiente del Uruguay) donde tiene a su cargo la infraestructura TIC del departamento de Sistemas de Información Ambiental, trabajando en soluciones de alta disponibilidad y en sistemas para la adquisición y el tratamiento de la información medioambiental del Uruguay (aire y agua). Hablará sobre elOnline Trust Alliance IoT Trust Framework.
On Tuesday Jun 2nd 2020 at 12pm EDT (16:00 UTC) the Aspen Institutepresents a panel discussion ‘Showdown: Free Speech & the Internet‘. As private platforms become critical public megaphones, what are the their rights—and obligations—when it comes to policing speech on topics from public health to politics? SPEAKERS: Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator, Oregon; Mary Anne Franks, President and Legislative and Tech Policy Director, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; Kate Klonick, Assistant Professor, St. John’s University Law School; Tim Wu, Professor, Columbia Law School. MODERATOR: Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital.
On Monday June 1 2020 at 21:00 UTC theInternet Corporation for Assigned Names At-Large Committee (ICANN ALAC) hosts a capacity building webinar “Geopolitics & Cybersecurity”. Speakers: Leon Sanchez, ICANN Board Vice Chair; Veni Markovski, ICANN Vice President for UN engagement, and Javier Rua Jovet, ALAC NARALO representative. Moderator: Joanna Kulesza, ALAC.
On Monday June 1 2020 at 8am PDT (15:00 UTC) the Stanford Cyber Policy Center hosts a panel ‘President Trump’s Executive Order on Platforms and Online Speech: Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center Responds‘. SPEAKERS: Nate Persily, Faculty Co-Director, Cyber Policy Center; Daphne Keller, Director, Program on Platform Regulation; Alex Stamos, Director, Cyber Center’s Internet Observatory; Marietje Schaake, Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center; and Eileen Donahoe, Executive Director, Global Digital Policy Incubator. MODERATOR: Kelly Born, Executive Director, Cyber Policy Center.
This webinar, ‘Internet Resilience in Africa in the context of COVID-19‘ assesses the growing impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods and work in Africa and examines the readiness of the continent’s Internet infrastructure to help mitigate those challenges. The event will discuss the impact of the quick and major changes in the use of the Internet that occurred in the last few months due to COVID-19 on the operations of organizations such as AFRINIC, Internet Service Providers and Cable Operators. It also discusses how the Internet has allowed business continuity during lockdowns and how governments, regulators, operators and the private sector have used the Internet to ease the disruption of our social and economic life. Last but not least, it will discuss how the Internet is being used in the fight against COVID-19. Participation is via Zoom in English and French.
Le lundi 1er juin 2020, de 14h00 à 15h00 EAT (11h00-12h00 UTC), la Commission de l’Union Africaine, l’Internet Society et l’Union Africaine des Télécommunications organiseront le premier webinaire de la série “ African Internet Resilience ”. Ce webinaire, “ La résilience d’Internet en Afrique dans le contexte de COVID-19 ” évalue l’impact croissant de COVID-19 sur les moyens de subsistance et le travail en Afrique et examine l’état de préparation de l’infrastructure Internet du continent pour aider à atténuer ces défis. L’événement discutera de l’impact des changements rapides et majeurs dans l’utilisation d’Internet survenus au cours des derniers mois en raison de COVID-19 sur les opérations d’organisations telles qu’AFRINIC, les fournisseurs de services Internet et les câblo-opérateurs. Il explique également comment Internet a permis la continuité des activités pendant les fermetures et comment les gouvernements, les régulateurs, les opérateurs et le secteur privé ont utilisé Internet pour faciliter la perturbation de notre vie sociale et économique. Enfin et surtout, il discutera de la manière dont Internet est utilisé dans la lutte contre COVID-19. La participation se fait via Zoom en anglais et en français.
On Friday May 29 2020 at 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC) the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) will host a webinar ‘Broadband on the Hill: A Legislative Update‘. US Broadband legislation is having an unprecedented moment – a reaction to the urgent need to expedite connectivity amid COVID-19. Congress is considering bills to add $2 billion to the Rural Health Care Program, $4 billion to the E-rate program, $9 billion for Lifeline, $80 billion for broadband infrastructure, and $1.2 billion for digital literacy. The panel will explore which bills will have the best chances of enactment, and what can be done to support these initiatives. SPEAKERS; Asad Ramzanali, legislative director, Office of Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif.; Joseph Wender, senior policy advisor, Office of Senator Edward J. Markey, D-Mass.; John Windhausen Jr., executive director, SHLB Coalition. MODERATOR: Kelcee Griffis, senior telecom reporter, Law360.
On May 28 2020, from 12:00-13:30 UTC, in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (May 21) the Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group (A11ySIG) will host a webinar “When rhetoric meets reality: Digital Accessibility, Persons With Disabilities and COVID-19” This free webinar bring together digital accessibility experts and people with disabilities to discuss the digital accessibility outlook beyond COVID-19. The webinar aims to share and offer a variety of ideas from different disabilities and different parts of the world. SPEAKERS: David Berman, David Berman communications (Canada); Naveed Haq, Regional Director Infrastructure and Connectivity, Asia Pacific Internet Society (Pakistan); Gunela Astbrink, Vice President Accessibility SIG (Australia); Fernando Botelho, F123 initiative (Brazil); Judy Okite, founder, Association for Accessibility and Equality (AAFE) (Kenya); Peter Crosbie, advocate for the autistic community (France); Lidia Best, Vice President, European Federation of Hard of Hearing (UK); Manique Gunaratne, Manager, Specialized Training and Disability Resource Centre (Sri Lanka). MODERATOR: Muhammad Shabbir Awan, President, ISOC Accessibility SIG.
Today, Thursday June 4 2020 at 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC) GPS World presents a webinar ‘Protecting Critical Infrastructure with Resilient Timing & Synchronization‘. Karen O’Donoghue, Director, Internet Trust and Technology, Internet Society will join a panel of experts to discuss how resilient timing and synchronization technology can help protect critical infrastructure from security breaches, such as GPS/GNSS signal jamming and spoofing, as well as Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) data corruption.
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