The Eleventh HOPE will take place on July 22, 23, and 24, 2016 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. H.O.P.E. stands for Hackers On Planet Earth, one of the most creative and diverse hacker events in the world. It’s been happening since 1994.
The entire conference was streamed live via the Internet Society’s Livestream Channels. See below for three full days of the provocative and enlightening speakers that the HOPE conferences are known for. (More …)
On Wednesday July 20 2016, from 5pm-7pm, the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) will host a Digital Privacy Meetup at Civic Hall in NYC. We’ll be helping end-users and start-ups understand privacy, targeted advertising, and how to change our mindset and business models going forward, with a presentation from Todd Ruback, Chief Privacy Officer & VP of Legal Affairs at Ghostery. We’ll also demo some RFID blocking products and other ways to protect your identity. Thanks to our sponsors ISOC North America and Silent Pocket, refreshments will be served and there will be a prize raffle. The presentation will be streamed live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
Earlier today, Tuesday July 19 2016, ISOC Trustee Désirée Miloshevic, Senior Public Policy and International Affairs Advisor in Europe for Afilias, presented a webinar The role of trust in digital policy The webinar was a follow-up to her Master’s dissertation at the Diplo Foundation. Ms Miloshevic was joined by Diplo’s Cybersecurity expert Vladimir Radunovic to draw on the findings of her research, and to reflect on ways in which the recent developments have had an impact the issue of trust. Can users’ trust ever be restored? What elements are required, and what role should stakeholders have?
On Thursday July 14 2016 the USA Internet Governance Forum (IGF-USA)will be held in Washington DC. Thought leaders from civil society, industry, academia, and government will meet in a multistakeholder effort to illuminate issues and cultivate constructive discussions about the future of the Internet. Speakers include: Catherine A. Novelli – Under Secretary of State & Senior Coordinator for International Information Technology Diplomacy; Lawrence E. Strickling – Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda – U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State; Lee Rainie – Director of Internet, Science and Technology Research, Pew Research Center; and David Farber, Adjunct Professor of Internet Studies and Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. The entire event, including three breakout tracks, will be webcast on the Internet Society Livestream Channels and Facebook Live. There will be live captions available.
Today, Thursday July 28 2016, Fresh Media will present a panel War Of The Roses: Brexit and its Effect on the Global Startup Community at The Yard in NYC. Promised are “nuanced analyses of Brexit, and what entrepreneurs (and the tech community) can possibly do to protect themselves, and their companies, from becoming casualties of war. ” The event will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
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