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On March 27 2025, the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology (CMIST), as part of its Scientists and Strategists Speaker Series, hosted Laura DeNardis speaking on ‘Cyber Flashpoints in Space‘.
Almost every critical digital system on Earth—from navigation and financial platforms to national security and the Internet—now heavily relies on space-based infrastructure. However, satellites and space infrastructure face rising threats, such as disruptive attacks from energy weapons, robotic arms in space, and direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles. Additionally, satellite congestion and space debris increase the risk of collisions. Not only is there no sovereignty in space, but the primary stakeholders have also shifted from a handful of nation-state space powers to dozens of spacefaring nations, with a simultaneous increase in privatization. In this talk, Dr. DeNardis discusses some of the most promising strategies for securing cyber infrastructure in space. Looking beyond low-Earth orbit and geosynchronous satellite technologies, efforts are underway to build a solar-system Internet. Given the rapid pace of innovation, Dr. DeNardis addresses the critical anticipatory governance and coordination questions that must be answered now to ensure the design and security of a solar-system Internet for the benefit of humanity.
PRESENTER
Dr. Laura DeNardis – Georgetown University
RESPONDENT
Lauryn Williams – Non-Resident Fellow, CMIST (former DoD)
HOST / MODERATOR
Dr. Audrey Kurth Cronin – Director, CMIST
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On 29 April 2025, the Internet Society Cybersecurity Special Interest Group (Cybersecurity SIG) meeting included a presentation ‘Measuring Internet Security Resilience‘. Robbie Mitchell provided an overview of the Internet Society’s efforts to measure the resilience of the Internet with a focus on Pulse – a website that consolidates trusted third-party Internet measurement data from various sources to examine Internet trends and tell data-driven stories related to the availability, evolution, and resilience of the Internet.
PRESENTER
Robbie Mitchell – Communication and Tech Advisor, Internet Society
HOST / MODERATOR
Danny Glix – Secretary, Cybersecurity SIG
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On Wednesday April 3, 2025, at 15:30 UTC, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Dynamic Coalitions (DCs) will hold their second Global Webinar with the theme ‘Security in the Digital Age‘. In a rapidly digitizing world, ensuring trust, safety, and resilience across digital systems has emerged as a central concern for governments, businesses, civil society, and individuals alike. The session will bring together global experts, policymakers, technologists, and civil society leaders to explore evolving challenges in cybersecurity, the role of multistakeholder governance, and the need for harmonized, inclusive frameworks to address emerging risks. Global experts will deliberate digital security spanning across AI, IoT, and cross-border data flows amongst others. The webinar will discuss and engage with the audience on the importance of building human-centric, rights-respecting digital environments that are not only secure but also foster innovation and inclusion.
PANEL
Markus Kummer – Chairman Emeritus, Internet Governance Forum Support Association Executive Committee; Co-Facilitator, IGF Dynamic Coalitions Coordination Group
Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio – CIO, UN Joint Staff Pension Fund; Dynamic Coalition on Blockchain Assurance and Standardization (DC-BAS)
Mark Carvell – Senior Policy Adviser, IGF’s Internet Standards, Security and Safety Coalition (IS3C)
Elizabeth Orembo – Researcher (International Stakeholder Relations); IS3C & Kenya IGF
Houda Chihi – Chief Engineer, Tunisie Telecom; Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies (DC-DDHT)-
Maarten Botterman – Chairman, IGF DC-IoT; Director, GNKS Consult
Mevish Vaishnav – Co-ordinator, Dynamic Coalition on Digital Health
Valeria Betancourt – Manager, Advocacy Engagement, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Anriette Esterhuysen – Member, Global Commission on Internet Governance
MODERATOR
Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta – Chairman, Dynamic Coalition on Digital Health
LIVESTREAM | SIMULCASTS X Live | Twitch
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X #digitalsecurity #IGF @IntGovForum @dinodellaccio @MarkCarvell @lizorembo @Houdachihi1 @Maarten_Bman @MevishPVaishnav @valeriabet @anriette @RajendraGupta | MASTODON | BLUESKY | INSTA
Le jeudi 24 avril 2025 à partir de 14h30 UTC, l’Internet Society – Chapitre du Mali, en collaboration avec les chapitres de l’Internet Society du Niger, Togo, République Démocratique du Congo, Bénin, Tchad et Cameroun, organise un webinaire à l’occasion Girls in ICT Day 2025, avec le thème « Les filles dans les TIC pour une transformation numérique inclusive. »
INTRODUCTION
Hamadoun Touré – Directeur exécutif – Smart Africa
INTERVENANTES
Assetou Diarra Diallo – Directrice Exécutive, Femmes et TIC
Widad Aboubakar Hisseine – Directrice des Études et de la Planification à l’ADETIC, Tchad
Widad Aboubakar Hisseine – Directrice des Études et de la Planification à l’ADETIC, Tchad
Lorine Claudia Agnang – Journaliste Tech & Web, Cameroun
Jean Louis Samiratou – fondatrice de AFTech Niger
Deborah Bilau – ISOC RDC
Rose Gohoue – Benin DNS Forum
Irene Amedji – Progra-me, Togo
MODERATRICE
Kandia Sangaré – ISOC Mali
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X #GirlsinICT#GirlsinICT25 @astaoo @isocml @NigerSociety @ISOCTG @ISOCDRC @isocbenin @IsocChad @Isoc_Cameroon @kbakary | MASTODON | BLUESKY | INSTA | LI
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On Tuesday August 5, 2025 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EDT (11:30-00:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts a meetup ‘Making Content Accessible for People with Limited English Proficiency‘. Seasoned accessibility experience designer Irina Morozova will explore how thoughtful content and design can reduce barriers for people with limited English proficiency, especially when navigating everyday tasks. Clear language practices, cognitive load reduction, accessibility techniques from avoiding idioms to optimizing readability and multimodal content, will all be discussed.
The meetup will be webcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society New York Accessibility SIG.
LIVESTREAM: https://youtu.be/oxFiSZ4hG-c (Open Captions / ASL)
PARTICIPATE: https://www.meetup.com/a11ynyc/events/307304227/ (Captions / ASL / AD)
REAL TIME TEXT: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc
TWITTER: #Accessibility @Irina_Mrzv @a11ynyc @A11ysig #a11y #Captioned
On Tuesday April 22, 2025, at 7pm EDT (23:00 UTC) NYC Mesh will hold its monthly Monthly Org Meetup.
PROGRAM
James – automating configuration (IaC)
Willard – a new tool for managing rooftop panoramas
Brian Hall – current mesh topics
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X @nycmesh #growinternet #communitynetworks | MASTODON | BLUESKY | INSTA
On Wednesday April 23, 2025, at 11:00-12:30 EDT (15:00-16:30 UTC), the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, as part of its Global Digital Governance series, presents a webinar ‘International Cooperation on Internet Freedom and Openness‘.
In recent years there has been debate in U.S. foreign policy circles about ways to strengthen cooperation among democratic countries seeking to promote Internet freedom and openness. In this context, the Biden Administration considered spearheading a new alliance to work alongside other initiatives on democracy promotion and Internet freedom, and in April 2022 launched a Declaration for the Future of the Internet with sixty partner countries. But two years on, the policy environment has changed dramatically. Digital cooperation among the liberal democracies is now complicated by a host of new disagreements over trade, regulation, security, information and geopolitical alignments. At the same time, digital cooperation among nondemocratic governments is proceeding without such disruptions and is producing results. These trends raise a number of pressing questions about the future of global digital governance in general and the international coalitional dynamics around Internet freedom and openness in particular.
What has and has not been achieved in this issue-area, and what is the state of play today? How might the apparent weakening of the coalition of liberal democracies impact the international politics of Internet freedom and openness in the years ahead? How might key countries, regions and multinational companies adapt to the new environment? Can multistakeholder cooperation help to fill in any gaps and influence the trajectory of change?
This webinar will take stock of these and related questions. A panel of experts with hands-on experience in this field will lead off the conversation, and then the rest of the session will be devoted to open discussion among all interested attendees.
The session is simulcast live by ISOC LIVE.
INTRODUCTION
Eli Noam, Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Business School.
PANEL
Eileen Donahoe – Former U.S. Special Envoy for Digital Freedom
Ambassador David A. Gross – Wiley Rein LLP / Former U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
Jason Pielemeier – Executive Director, Global Network Initiative,
MODERATOR
William J. Drake, Director of International Studies, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
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X #internetfreedom @wjdrake @Columbia_Biz | MASTO | BLUESKY | INSTA | LI
On Wednesday April 16, 2025, at 10:00-12:00 BRT (13:00-15:00 UTC) the Center for Technology and Society at FGV (CTS-FGV), the Brazilian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Brazilian Ministry for Communications, Cetic.br, and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), will jointly organize a webinar entitled ‘Digital Transformation and Meaningful Connectivity in the BRICS‘. The webinar part of a series of webinars dedicated to Digital Policies in the BRICS, to stimulate multistakeholder debates on key digital issues in preparation for the BRICS Summit, to be held under the Brazilian Presidency in July.
The goal of the webinar is to provide an understanding of i) what is the relationship between meaningful connectivity and digital transformation, ii) and what success stories or failures can be learned from the BRICS experiences, in order to better inform other countries’ approaches to digital transformation, especially in the Global South.
Opening
Marcelo Salomão Martinez, Head of the Division for Digital Issues, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Introductory Remarks
Luca Belli, Director, CTS-FGV / coordinator , CyberBRICS project – Brasil
Setting the scene
Daniel Cavalcanti – General Coordinator for Public Policies, Brazilian Ministry for Communications
Graziela Castello – Sectoral Studies Coordinator, Cetic.br
Smriti Parsheera – CyberBRICS Associated Researcher, Center for Technology and Society at FGV
BRICS Multistakeholder Roundtable
Sonia Jorge – Director, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP)
Abhishek Shukla – Asst. Director General, Indian Ministry of Communications
Dr. Riham Moawad – Digital Transformation Strategies Advisor, Ministry of CIT, Egypt
Dr. Hedaia Abd El Gaffar – Director of the Economic Affairs and International Indicators Department, Egypt
Ekaterina Martynova – Lecturer, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Moscow
Ibrahim Mamma Hussein – Digital Impact Alliance, Ethiopia
Yu Tong – Professor, Department of Data Science and Engineering Management, School of Management, Zhejiang University
Wei Li – Deputy Director, Cloud Computing and Big Data Research Institute, China Academy of ICT
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On April 9, 2025, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hosted a discussion ‘Opportunities in the Next Evolution of the Domain Name System‘ at Civic Hall in NYC. ICANN is preparing to launch the application window for the Next Round of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) Applications will be accepted starting from April 2026, but programs for Applicant Support and Registry Service Provider evaluation are already underway.
SPEAKERS
Joe Catapano – Stakeholder Engagement Director – North America & Global Academia, ICANN
Ken Herman – Member, Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)
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