Today, Monday February 26 2018 at 10am EST (15:00 UTC) theInternet Society Livestream Channel will webcast Artificial Intelligence:Implications for Governance and Public Policy – a panel last Friday at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its associated technologies offer enormous promise for future economic and social development, but also raise thorny ethical and public policy issues that are not easily resolved. Experts from the US, China, and Brazil provided varying perspectives on this very timely topic. Speakers: Robin J. Lewis, Co-Chair, Worldview Global Culture Alliance and former Associate Dean, SIPA; Ronaldo Lemos, Visiting Professor, SIPA; Liangang Sun, Professor, Peking University; Artificial Intelligence Innovation Strategist. Co-sponsors: Columbia University BRIC Lab, Center on Global Economic Governance and Worldview Global Culture Alliance (WGCA).
This week, Monday-Wednesday February 26-28 2018, the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network and the Government of Canada host the 2nd Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference in Ottawa, Canada. Representatives from a wide range of stakeholder groups will address one of the great global governance challenges of today: how to manage the coexistence of national laws on the internet and, at the same time, work toward the development of policy standards and operational solutions to fight abuses, protect human rights, and enable the global digital economy. Speakers: Kathy Brown, President & CEO, Internet Society, Vint Cerf, Co-Founder, Internet Society, Nii Quaynor, Internet Hall of Fame, Rebecca MacKinnon, Director of Ranking Digital Rights, New America Foundation, Anriette Esterhuysen, Director of Policy and Strategy, Association for Progressive Communications; Joseph Cannataci, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, plus senior representatives of many countries and corporations. Plenary sessions will be webcast live via YouTube. Ottawa is on EST, same as NYC (UTC-5).
At 6:30pm EST on Thursday February 22 2018 the Javascript NYC monthly meetup will be held at the Microsoft Tech Center in NYC. The February 2018 meetup features 3 presentations:
`JS Conveniences: Objects and functions sure are convenient, so convenient that we do many shortsighted things just because they’re easy. sometimes making it hard to understand your code. Learn ways to give confusing things names, focus on what’s important, and write nicer code.`Sam Jones
CorvoStore is an open-source, Node.JS clone of the Redis speedy memory data structure store, with client and server modules downloadable via NPM. This talk will take a panoramic look at its implementation. Peter_Reznick
NativeScript is a cross-platform mobile application framework. This talk will cover specific strategies developers can use to add Machine Learning functionalities to iOS and Android apps with simple JavaScript code in a single code-base.`Ignacio_Fuentes
Today, Thursday February 22 2018 at 1pm ET (18:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel presents a webcast of Internet Society Webinar: GDPR: Novelties, Challenges and Opportunities earlier today. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which is going to enter into force on 25 May 2018 will bring fundamental changes to the Privacy and Data Protection scene on a global level. GDPR aims to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower data privacy of EU citizens and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy. The expected global impact of GDPR has triggered a worldwide discussion and many organizations both within and outside the EU are currently busy getting ready for 25 May, to make sure they are in compliance with the GDPR, while there is still an ongoing debate on many provisions. This Internet Society webinar provided our community with a better understanding of the big picture when it comes to GDPR, its global impact, novelties, challenges and opportunities. Speakers: Bojana Bellamy, President, Centre for Information Policy Leadership; Prof. Joe Cannataci, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy; Olivier Iteanu, Founder and Managing Partner, Iteanu Avocats; Nevena Ruzic, Assistant Secretary General at Information Commissioner Serbia. Moderator: Ceren Unal, Internet Society European Regional Bureau. The webcast will also be available on Facebook and will have open captioning.
Today, Wednesday February 21 2018, the ISOC-NY TV show features an edited version of theDigital Preservation II: Business Models and Financial Incentives event at Google NYC on Feb 5 2018. Vint Cerf was joined by Robert Cartolano of Columbia University Libraries and Brad Burnham of Union Square Ventures, plus an engaged audience, in a discussion on how to avoid a forthcoming “digital dark age” where our bits disappear into oblivion. (see the unedited session below)
What: ISOC-NY TV Show – Digital Preservation II
Where: Manhattan Neighborhood Network
When: Wednesday Feb 21 2018 2pm-3pm EST | 1900-2000 UTC
Manhattan Cable: TWC 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34
Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel
New York City School of Data is organized byBetaNYC – NYC’s Civic technology, data, and design community. The conversations and workshops will empower you to improve our neighborhoods and our lives. The day is framed to celebrate NYC’s transformative open data law and International Open Data Day, while kicking off NYC’s second annual open data week. This year’s conversations will focus on four key areas: digital literacy & privacy, smart & wise cities, effective & open government, and civic & government technology.
In addition to exciting panels and workshops, all participants are welcomed to a #hackhall — a daylong open space for open source civic & government technology projects.
Sessions include:
*Discriminnovation & the future of NYC’s Open Algorithm Law
*The future of open source & digital services with NYC Planning
*Civic Engagement in NYC: The landscape & where we’re headed with Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics
*Reducing the anxiety of NYC middle school applications through open data & peer networks
*Libraries: your partner in safeguarding privacy with METRO & the City’s library systems
*Oversight + mapping = advocating for a healthy internet at the local level hosted by Mozilla Foundation
*Workshop – Truth in Broadband User Testing with The Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (NYC CTO)
*Workshop – BetaNYC’s Intro to BoardStat & Civic Data Journeys
*Workshop – NYC DOITT GIS / mapping NYC 311 with open source tools developed by the city
*Workshop – NYC Planning & future of PLUTO
Featured HackHall Projects & Organizations:
*NYC Department of City Planning
*NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications’ GIS department
*Sunlight Foundation & their Open Data Census
*StreetMix
*Hacking a Smart City Together, a smart city workshop using arduinos
*The Grid – the tool to measure pedestrian activity
*New York Public Library’s “Connections” guide & data liberation into Street Lives
*The Refugee Libraries Project
Rise New York – a global community of startups and corporates creating the future of commerce and fintech by helping startups and entrepreneurs connect, co-create, and scale innovation.
Today Monday February 19 2018 at 2pm ET (19:00 UTC) the European At-Large Regional Organization (EURALO) of ICANN will present a Webinar on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), due to come in force on 25 May 2018. This webinar will offer the opportunity to increase the understanding of practical *implementation* of GDPR from a Registrar, a Registry and a Registrant perspective. Speakers: Pierre Bonis – AFNIC: Athina Fragkouli – RIPE: Michele Neylon – Blacknight Solutions; Thomas Rickert – Rickert.net. Moderator: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (ISOC England). Remote participation is available via Adobe Connect. Real Time Text is available. The event will be simulcast on the Internet Society Livestream Channel. (with open captions)
Today, Friday February 16 2018 at 11am ET (14:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast an edited recording of last Tuesday’s Internet of Things (IoT) NY meetup, held in conjunction with the Time-Series Data NY meetup featuring presentations from two fast growing companies in the field ofIoT in Manufacturing. Nowadays our products are almost always assembled by machine: plastic extruders, sheet metal stampers, textile spinning machines, robotic arms programmed for specific tasks. The machines and equipment vary, depending on the product being made, with the manufacturing processes overseen by humans. Until recently, the performance parameters of the machines (e.g., pressure, humidity, moisture, temperature, rotational speed) have been largely invisible to us. In other words, we need to capture data. Consequently, the efficiency of our processes is jeopardized by the fact that we don’t know what is happening at all times along our assembly lines. In other words, we don’t capture data at all or if we do, we don’t put it to actionable use. This is why manufacturing is one of IoT’s biggest markets. With the right data collection, processing, storage and analytics solution in place, companies can save hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars through process optimization, maximizing resource efficiency and, ultimately, increasing productivity. Speakers: Eric Fogg, COO & Founder, MachineMetrics; Devon Peticolas, Data Engineer Oden Technologies –
On Thursday February 15 2018 at 3pm ET Next Century Cities will present a Congressional Briefing: The Importance of Local Voices in Broadband Decisions in Washington DC, hosted by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA). A panel of local elected officials from across the country will discuss creative local solutions and the importance of local input and decision-making for broadband issues like infrastructure planning, 5G development, and rural broadband access. Speakers: Wade Troxell, Mayor, Fort Collins, Colorado; Robert Wack, City Council President, Westminster, Maryland; Jeremy Pietzold, City Council President & Sandynet Chair, Sandy, Oregon; Greg Murphy, Supervisor Chair, Faxon Township & RS Fiber Joint Powers Board Chair, Minnesota; Patrick Mulhearn, Policy Analyst, Santa Cruz County, California. Moderator: Deb Socia, Executive Director, Next Century Cities. The event will be webcast live on theInternet Society Livestream Channel. (No captions).
On Tuesday February 13 2018 at 4pm EST TeleCommunities Canada presents a Pre-ICANN 61 Readout at the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) offices in Ottawa, Canada. ICANN readouts are outreach events designed to inform Internet end users about evolving issues at the international level. Speakers at this event will highlight: — ongoing controversies in the top-level domain space (is .amazon a region or a company?), jurisdictional concerns around ICANN as a legal entity under California law, and rapidly emerging privacy issues involving Whois and the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The session will open with a quick primer on ICANN – why end user participation matters and how to get involved in the multistakeholderism model. Speakers: Joe Catapano & Chris Mondini, ICANN; Stephanie Perrin (GNSO); Allan McGillivery, CIRA; Pam Miller and Luisa Paez (GAC). The event will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel (open captions). Remote Participation will be via Adobe Connect.
Today, Monday February 26 2018 at 10am EST (15:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast Artificial Intelligence:Implications for Governance and Public Policy – a panel last Friday at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its associated technologies offer enormous promise for future economic and social development, but also raise thorny ethical and public policy issues that are not easily resolved. Experts from the US, China, and Brazil provided varying perspectives on this very timely topic. Speakers: Robin J. Lewis, Co-Chair, Worldview Global Culture Alliance and former Associate Dean, SIPA; Ronaldo Lemos, Visiting Professor, SIPA; Liangang Sun, Professor, Peking University; Artificial Intelligence Innovation Strategist. Co-sponsors: Columbia University BRIC Lab, Center on Global Economic Governance and Worldview Global Culture Alliance (WGCA).
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