PANEL Grant Spellmeyer, President and CEO, ACA Connects Tim Donovan, President and CEO, Competitive Carriers Association Greg Hale, CEO, LTC Connect Sarah Morris, Former Deputy Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Acting)
On Monday 7 April 2025 at 18:00 EET (16:00 UTC) the Internet Society Egypt Chapter (Internet Masr ) presents the third in its infrastructure webinar series with a briefing session ‘Powering Up Digital Infrastructure‘. Ahmed Abdel-Latif will will explore the challenges involved in energy policy, explore the sustainability agendas of global players, highlight the renewable energy potential, and even touch on innovative use cases of nuclear energy, all in the scope of data center & AI platforms. (This event was previously scheduled for March 11 2025)
SPEAKER Ahmed Abdel-Latif, MEA Digital Infrastructure Expert
On Tuesday Mar 4, 2025 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EST (00:30-01:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosted a meetup ‘Benchmarking Usability and the Cognitive A11y Frontier‘. Fable co-founders Abid Virani and Alwar Pillai explored the future of usability benchmarking through an accessibility lens. This talk delved into the Accessible Usability Scale (AUS) — its adoption, industry data on assistive technologies, and the key UX challenges faced by diverse user groups. Abid and Alwar also discussed how Fable is advancing accessibility usability research to address the cognitive inclusive digital future.
SPEAKERS: Prof. Vusumuzi Maphosa – Director, Information and CommunicationTechnology Services, NUST Komborerai Allan Manenji, Data Protection – Advocacy and Compliance Officer, POTRAZ
Moderator: Abgirl Chigume – Software Developer
The United Nations’ Open-Ended Working Group on Information and Communication Technologies (OEWG) is meeting February 17–21 in New York. The OEWG is mandated from 2021 to 2025 to promote dialogue and the development of norms of responsible state behavior regarding interstate cybersecurity and cyberconflict. The meeting could be marred by long-standing controversies over the design of new norms and obligations, the application of international law, confidence building measures, the participation of stakeholders in intergovernmental cybersecurity discussions, and the design of the new permanent UN forum for these issues to be launched next year. In addition, there are divisions on a Russian proposal to negotiate a legally binding UN Cybersecurity Convention in the wake of the recently adopted and problematic Cybercrime Convention.
The current OEWG is part of a matrix of processes that have been struggling to build consensus on the international rules of the game for cybersecurity. This includes a previous OEWG that ran from 2019 to 2021, six UN Groups of Governmental Experts convened between 2004 to 2021, and other multilateral discussions. In parallel, multistakeholder collaborations and the private sector have advanced a number of proposals for international norms and regimes.
The purpose of this webinar is to step back from the details of these individual processes and take stock of the big picture state of play in international cybersecurity negotiations. What are the key battle lines between states and their respective coalitions, and what has and has not been achieved in consequence? Has multistakeholder participation in the UN and nongovernmental initiatives influenced the governance landscape? How consequential can multilateral frameworks be in shaping the behavior of states, in particular the major powers?
A panel of leading experts on cybersecurity norms and the UN negotiations will lead off the discussion, and then the rest of the session will be devoted to open conversation among all interested attendees.
The collection and disclosure of DNS registration data have evolved chaotically, influenced by GDPR and other privacy laws. The system, while improving privacy, has enabled bad actors and raised costs for registrars and registries. At this 2nd event, experts will explore Project Jake’s framework for balancing privacy with legitimate data needs, emphasizing policy clarity, efficiency, and adaptability.
The event will open with a fundamental question: “What does ‘good’ look like for domain name registrars?” This inquiry aims to explore the motivating factors—both for and against—the disclosure of registration data.
SPEAKERS Brian Beckham – Internet Dispute Resolution Section, WIPO Sarah Wyld – Tucows Inc., Gabriel Andrews – FBI Dr. James Galvin – Identity Digital John McElwaine – IP Attorney Jothan Frakes – PLISK.COM Nigel Hickson – DSIT, UK Rod Rasmussen – Cybersecurity expert Federico Neves – nic.br Emanuele Iovini – Europol Steve Crocker – Edgemoor Research Institute (ERI)
MODERATOR Lori S. Schulman – International Trademark Association (INTA)
On Monday February 24, 2025 the Pulse Internet Measurement Forum (PIMF) will be convened in two 2.5-hour sessions held in conjunction with APRICOT 2025in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
The PIMF provides an opportunity to learn about the multiple projects that are measuring the development and resilience of the Internet and how you can use the data they openly provide for your research and reports on the challenges and opportunities for growing and securing the Internet.
09:10 Infrastucture Resilience Steve Song, Internet Society — Mapping Terrestrial Cables, Open Fiber Data Standard Mark Tinka, TransmissionCo — Protecting and Expanding Submarine Cables
10:20 The Importance of Measuring Locally Alastair Strachan, RIPE NCC — RIPE Atlas 101 Anand Raje, ISOC Kolkata Chapter — Establishing India’s Indigenous Internet Measurement System Amreesh Phokeer, Internet Society — Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA)
14:00 Security Resilience Beau Gieskens ,APNIC — Real-time routing security at scale in DASH Andrei Robachevsky, GCA — Unpacking the MANRS Observatory Doug Madory, Kentik — The sorry state of AS-SET in the Internet Routing Registry Champika Wijayatunga, ICANN — Digging in DNSKINDS
15:45 Market Resilience Geoff Huston, APNIC — The Evolution of Internet Markets Christoph Visser, IIJ — Gaming Internet Resiliency with CDNs: Benefits of a Multi-CDN Strategy
From 24th to 26th February 2025, the Malaysia Network Operators Group (MyNOG) hosts the APRICOT 2025 conference in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, as part of a wider nine-day summit consists of seminars, technical training, tutorials, conference sessions, birds-of-a-feather (BOFs), and other forums with the goal of spreading and sharing the knowledge required to operate the Internet within the Asia Pacific region.
Feb 24 06:30 UTC – APNIC Cooperation SIG – The Voice of the Technical Community – Taking Action in the WSIS+20 Process Jennifer Chung – Director of Corporate Knowledge, DotAsia Organisation Samiran Gupta – VP, Stakeholder Engagement and Managing Director – APAC, ICANN Dmitry Kuznetsov – University of Amsterdam Jean Quéralt – IO Foundation Jodi Anderson – InternetNZ
Chair: Joy Chan – Deputy CEO, TWNIC
Co-Chair: Bikram Shrestha – President, Nepal Internet Foundation https://youtube.com/live/qbh2GDVmSa8 https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-APNIC-SAPPHIRE ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/wBgepK3Gdg
Feb 25 01:30 UTC – Enhancing APAC Regional and Operator Engagement in the IETF Dhruv Dhody – IAB Gunter Van de Velde – Routing Area Director, IESG Raj Singh – Chief Executive Officer, APNIC Foundation Takashi Tomine – WIDE Project Mohit P. Tahiliani – Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India A N M Zaheduzzaman Sarker – Transport Area Director, IETF
Moderator: Noelle Francesca De Guzman – Director, Policy and External Engagement, Internet Society https://youtube.com/live/-tSkj-hWn2g ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/EHR85Ma7OB
Feb 26 03:30 UTC – Analysis & Resilience Lia Hestina – Senior Project Coordinator, RIPE NCC Amreesh Phokeer – Internet Measurement and Data Expert, Internet Society Robbie Mitchell – Senior Communication and Technology Advisor, Internet Society
Chair: Jose Santiago – Sr. Manager of Interconnection Strategy, GuamExchange https://youtube.com/live/swQ2z9bTZlU ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/z3AIaw6YVb
Feb 26 06:30 UTC – How can IXPs Help with Measuring the Internet? Christoph Dietzel – Global Head of Products & Research, DE-CIX Anand Raje – CTO, India Internet Foundation Amreesh Phokeer – Internet Measurement and Data Expert, Internet Society Philip Smith – RouteViews
Moderator: Robbie Mitchell – Senior Communication and Technology Advisor, Internet Society https://youtube.com/live/rJxmmzMoXSg ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/vN2pSwqifK
On March 5 2025, the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing titled ‘Fixing Biden’s Broadband Blunder‘ to discuss the state of the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) which provides $42.45 billion to expand high-speed Internet access in the country, under the new administration. This video has been lightly edited for clarity.
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