Month: June 2020

12:55 am on June 30, 2020 · apac (37), misinfo (3)

WEBCAST TODAY: #APACinsights 2 – True Lies: Misinformation, Censorship and the Open Internet @ISOCapac @InternetSociety

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livestreamOn Tuesday 30 June 2020 at 06:00 UTC Internet Society Asia Pacific hosts the second edition of its APAC Insights series of online conversations sharing views and insights on current issues related to the Internet and its use in the Asia-Pacific.

TOPIC True Lies: Misinformation, Censorship and the Open Internet

SPEAKERS
Nighat DAD, Executive Director, Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan
Peng Hwa ANG, Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
William YU, Chief Technology Officer, Novare Technologies Inc., Philippines

MODERATOR
Rajnesh SINGH, Regional Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Internet Society

LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/apacinsights2 (open captions)

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3hXSYZL (closed captions)

REAL TIME TEXT https://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-APAC

TWITTER: #APACinsights @ISOCapac @InternetSociety

SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10157232618393239

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5:57 am on June 29, 2020 · covid (16), mena (10)

WEBCAST TODAY: Impact of #COVID19 on Internet Ecosystem in MENA @ISOC_MiddleEast @jane_coffin @MichaelKende @dbelson @NaveedHaq Mat Ford @ISOCtech Max Stucchi @InternetSociety

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livestreamOn Monday 29 June 2020 from 12:00-13.00 UTC the Internet Society Middle East will host a webinar ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Ecosystem in MENA‘ that focuses on the challenges of addressing the COVID-19 crisis and its potential aftermath in the Middle East and North Africa. As a formal report is being finalized this session is an opportunity for reflection and feedback.

SPEAKERS
Nermine EL Saadany, Regional Vice President – MENA, Internet Society
Jane Coffin, Senior Vice President, Internet Growth, Internet Society
Michael Kende, consultant and report author
David Belson, Senior Director of Internet Research and Analysis, Internet Society
Naveed Haq, Regional Director for Infrastructure and Connectivity – Asia-Pacific, Internet Society
Mat Ford, Technology Manager, Internet Society
Max Stucchi, Regional Technical Advisor – Europe, Internet Society

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/menacovid

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/2BJiIbJ

AGENDA https://www.internetsociety.org/events/impact-of-covid-19-on-internet-ecosystem-in-mena/

TWITTER @ISOC_MiddleEast #covid19

SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/pg/InternetSociety/videos/

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/mena-covid

3:51 am on June 26, 2020 · a11y (127), accessibility (84), pakistan (5), wsis (34)

WEBCAST TODAY: #WSIS2020 Session 188 – Digital #Accessibility in a #COVID19 World @WSISprocess @INIT_OIC @COMSATS_en @TimUnwin @UNESCOICT4D Hazma Afridi@OptiKey_Julius Lobna Smida @TnPresidency @pdf_pk @akbergardezi @allysig #a11y

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livestreamOn Friday 26 June 2020 at 10:00-11:00 UTC the Inter Islamic Network on Information Technology and others host a WSIS Forum 2020 thematic workshop ‘Session 188 – Digital Accessibility in a COVID-19 World‘. In this session a diverse group of panelists, including Persons with Disabilities from different regions of the world, technologists, and national innovation system experts, seek to explore the major challenges for accessibility created by the current pandemic, not just in terms of assistive technologies, but also access to them. The webcast of this session is facilitated by the Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group (A11ySIG).

PANEL

  • Prof. Tim Unwin, UNESCO Chair in ICT for Development (ICT4D), Royal Holloway, University of London
  • Prof. Dr. Raheel Qamar, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI)/ President INIT
  • Dr. Tahir Naeem, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) /Executive Director(INIT)
  • Julius Sweetland, Founder and CEO, Opti-Key, UK
  • Hazma Afridi, Afridi Brothers Society , UK
  • Lobna Smida, Presidential Palace of Tunisia
  • Shakila Yasmin, VP, Pakistan Disabled Foundation
  • Prof. Shahid Ahmed Memon, Chair, Pakistan Disabled Foundation
  • Dr. Akber Gardezi, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Inter Islamic Network on Information Technology

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wsis2020-188

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3g1yU7a

REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ITU-WSIS

TWITTER: #WSIS2020 #accessibility

SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/wsis2020-tw188

12:52 am on June 24, 2020 · a11y (127), itu (44), itu-d (2)

WEBCAST TODAY: @ITU Webinar on Digital #accessibility during #COVID19 w/ @ITU_BDTDirector @undesadspd @UNDESA @EU_Commission @best_lidia @NADP_official @G3ict #a11y

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livestreamOn Wednesday 24 June 2020, at 11:00-12:00 UTC ITU-D Study Groups will host a webinar ‘Digital accessibility during COVID 19‘. COVID-19 has emphasized the need to intensify all activities related to digital/ICT accessibility as a means to ensure digital inclusion of all people, including t​hose with disabilities. ITU Study Group Q7/1 deems it necessary to discuss the impact of unprecedented global pandemic, in the context of the Q7/1 mandate related to ICT accessibility which has risen as imperative to guarantee inclusive societies in the digital world.

OPENING REMARKS
Doreen Bogdan Martin, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau , International Telecommunication Union ​

SPEAKERS​
Daniela Bas, Director Division for Inclusive Social Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Inmaculada Placencia- Porrero, Senior Expert, Disability and Inclusion, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Lidia Best, Chair, National Association of Deafened People (NADP) of the United Kingdom
Axel Leblois, President and Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs – G3ict ​

MODERATOR
Amela Odobasic, Rapporteur of Q7/1

LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ituq71 (open captions)

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/2BuSutp (TIES account required) (closed captions)

REAL TIME TEXT http://streamtext.net/player?event=ITU-D

TWITTER @ITU #accessibility

SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/ituq71

8:42 am on June 23, 2020 · africa (116), ixps (10)

WEBCAST TODAY: Report launch: Anchoring the African Internet Ecosystem @ISOC_Africa #IXPs @michukis @InternetSociety @MichaelKende Sylvie LaPerrière @Google @benliquidkenya Muhammed Rudman #IXPN

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livestreamOn Tuesday 23 June 2020 at 13:00 UTC the Internet Society hosts a webinar to mark the release of a new report ‘Anchoring the African Internet Ecosystem: Lessons from Kenya and Nigeria’s Internet Exchange Points Growth’. Between 2012 and 2020, a vibrant community in Kenya and Nigeria, dedicated to Internet peering, helped dramatically boost the levels of Internet traffic that is locally exchanged from 30% to 70%. This has led to significant cost savings for participating networks. It has also positioned these two countries as the primary regional peering hubs in East and West Africa. This webinar’s speakers are some of the people, representing the key players, that contributed to the success.

SPEAKERS
Michuki Mwangi, Regional Development Manager for Africa, Internet Society
Michael Kende, Senior Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Sylvie LaPerrière, Interconnection Strategist, Google
Ben Roberts, Group Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Liquid Telecom
Muhammed Rudman, CEO, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN)

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ixpreport

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/2Ys8Tb7

TWITTER @ISOC_Africa #IXPs 

SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/pg/InternetSociety/videos/
https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/ixpreport

5:42 am on June 23, 2020 · hong kong (4), isoc-hk (16), Open Data (12)

WEBCAST TODAY: @ISOCHK #HKIGF: ‘#OpenData – The First Step Towards A “Truly Smart City”?’ 香港互聯網協會 香港互聯網管治論壇: 「開放數據——邁向真正「智慧城市」第一步? @g0vhk @opendata_hk

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livestreamOn Tuesday 23 June 2020 at 19:00 – 21:00 HKT (11:00 – 13:00 UTC), as part of the quarterly Hong Kong Internet Governance Forum, the Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter (ISOC HK) and the Office of the Hon Charles Mok, Legislative Councillor (IT), presents a roundtable. “Open Data – The First Step Towards A Real “Smart City”?“. In May 2020, Hong Kong Internet Society released the first “Hong Kong Open Data Index” assessment report. They’re going to discuss the open data performance and its further role in Hong Kong in the Forum.

Speakers:

  • Mr. Donald Mak, Assistant Government Chief Information Officer, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO);
  • Mr. Benjamin Zhou, Researcher of the “Hong Kong Open Data Index”;
  • Mr. Ho Wa Wong, Convenor of g0vhk;
  • Mr. Omar Kan, Former online media reporter;
  • Hon. Charles Mok, Legislative Councillor (IT).

2020年6月23日（星期二）香港時間晚上7點至9點（世界標準時間早上11:00 – 下午1:00），香港互聯網協會（ISOC HK）和立法會資訊科技界莫乃光議員辦公將會舉辦季度 香港互聯網管治論壇:「開放數據——邁向真正“智慧城市”第一步?」。 2020年5月，香港互聯網協會發布了首份「香港開放數據指數」（https://opendata.isoc.hk/）評估報告。是次論壇，他們將會討論香港的開放數據表現和發展。

嘉賓:

  • 政府資訊科技總監辦公室 助理政府資訊科技總監 麥之駒先生
  • 「香港開放數據指數」研究員 周穗斌先生
  • g0vhk發起人 黃浩華先生
  • 前網媒記者 簡浩德先生
  • 立法會 資訊科技界議員 莫乃光先生

LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/hkigf

登記參加討論 PARTICIPATE VIA BLUEJEANS: https://forms.gle/GHm8PHJtrTt9kimP9

TWITTER: @ISOCHK #opendata #hkigf @g0vhk @opendata_hk

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HKOpenDataIndex

SIMULCAST
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/isoc-hk-hkigf-open-data

6:52 pm on June 18, 2020 · a11y (127), a11ysig (75), a11yvr (32), XR (11)

WEBCAST TODAY: Ideas for A11y Programs in XR Tech Companies w/ Bill Curtis-Davidson @A11yVR @AllySIG @BCurtisDavidson #XRAccess #XR #a11y

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livestreamOn Thursday June 18 2020 at 7pm EDT (23:00 UTC) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts ‘Ideas for A11y Programs in XR Tech Companies‘ on Mozilla Hubs. Various community-driven efforts are actively working to define accessibility user requirements, practices, and guidance for XR technologies and experiences. Presenter Bill Curtis-Davidson will outline how XR technology companies can engage with these efforts and put in place accessibility programs to help make sure their products, content, and experiences are usable by the broadest number of users. The session will be webcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society Accessibility SIG (A11ySIG).

LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr5 (open captions)

PARTICIPATE: https://hubs.mozilla.com/G6edX79/a11yvr-project/ (open captions)

REAL TIME TEXT: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11yvr

TWITTER: @a11yvr #XRAccess @BCurtisDavidson

SIMULCASTS (open captions)
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://youtu.be/ajh_re9hows

9:50 am on June 17, 2020 · chatham house (6), digital cooperation (12), un (41)

WEBCAST TODAY: The UN’s Vision for a Digital Future #DigitalCooperation @ChathamHouse @UNSGdigicoop @mariafergarza @iccwbo @HochschildF @un @MarietjeSchaake @Stanford_Cyber

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livestreamOn Wednesday 17 June 2020 from 3pm-4pm BST (14:00-15:00 UTC) the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, the International Chamber of Commerce, and Chatham House host a webinar ‘The UN’s Vision for a Digital Future‘. A high-level panel will discuss recommendations for strengthening cooperation in the digital space. In particular, they will review the UN secretary-general’s Roadmap on Digital Cooperation which lays out the United Nation’s vision for how to engage on key issues such as digital connectivity, human rights and trust and security.

PARTICIPANTS
Maria Fernanda Garza, Chair; Executive Board Member of Global Networks Committee; Regional Coordinator for the Americas, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Mexico
Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, United Nations
Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University; Member of European Parliament (2009-19)

CHAIR: Dr Robin Niblett CMG, Director and Chief Executive, Chatham House

VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/digitalfuture

TWITTER: #DigitalCooperation @ChathamHouse

SIMULCASTS
https://www.chathamhouse.org/livestream
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
http://webtv.un.org/

4:01 pm on June 13, 2020 · africa (116), spectrum (25)

WEBCAST TODAY: #AfricanInternetResilience 2: Shared #Spectrum Strategies to Increase Affordable Access in Rural Areas @ISOC_Africa @atu_uat @_AfricanUnion #growinternet

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livestreamOn Friday 26 June 2020, from 4pm-5:30pm EAT (13:00-14:30 UTC) the African Union Commission, the Internet Society, and the African Telecommunications Union will host the second webinar in the ‘African Internet Resilience’ series.

This webinar, ‘Shared Spectrum Strategies to Increase Affordable Access in Rural Areas‘ 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 explore innovations in regulations that have the potential to improve affordable access to Internet in rural areas through shared spectrum strategies. Issues discussed will include license exempt spectrum, dynamic spectrum management, as well as ‘use it or share it‘ provisions for International Mobile Telecommunications Spectrum.

Le vendredi 26 juin 2020, de 16h00 à 17h30 EAT (13h00-14h30 UTC), la Commission de l’Union Africaine, l’Internet Society et l’Union Africaine des Télécommunications organiseront le deuxième webinaire de la série ‘African Internet Resilience’ .

Ce webinaire, «Stratégies à spectre partagé pour accroître l’accès abordable dans les zones rurales», 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 explorera les innovations dans des réglementations susceptibles d’améliorer l’accès à Internet à un prix abordable dans les zones rurales grâce à des stratégies de spectre partagées. Les questions abordées comprendront le spectre exempté de licence, la gestion dynamique du spectre, ainsi que les dispositions «utilisez-le ou partagez-le» pour le Spectre International des Télécommunications Mobiles.

SPEAKERS
Moctar Yedaly, Head Information Society Division, African Union Commission
Steve Song, manypossibilities.net
Ntsibane Ntlapa, Impact Area Manager, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
Leonard Mabele, Strathmore University, Kenya
Martha Suarez, President, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance)
Siew Yoon, Director of Spectrum Insight and Analysis, OFCOM UK
H Sama Nwana – Managing Partner, Cenerva UK

LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/africainternetresilience2

LIVESTREAM FRANCAIS
http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/africainternetresilience2

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM: https://bit.ly/2UHg4tB (interpretation available)

TWITTER: #AfricaInternetResilience  #spectrum
@ISOC_Africa @atu_uat @_AfricanUnion #growinternet

MORE INFO
https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/access/

SIMULCASTS
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ISOCAfrica/videos/
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive (English only)

DOWNLOAD / TÉLÉCHARGER https://archive.org/details/africainternetresilience2

2:06 pm on June 13, 2020 · apac (37), community networks (67), covid (16)

WEBCAST JULY 8: How #CommunityNetworks are helping during #COVID19 @ISOCapac #switchiton

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livestreamOn Wednesday 8 July 2020, from 07:00-8:00 UTC, the Internet Society hosts ‘How Community Networks are helping during COVID-19‘. The goal of this virtual meeting is to demonstrate the importance of community networks to provide connectivity, and how they are helping rural communities to prepare and respond to COVID-19.

PANELISTS
Sarbani Banerjee Belur, Gram Marg Project (India)
Gustaff H. Iskandar, Common Room Project (Indonesia)
Rajnesh Singh, Internet Society

MODERATOR
Naveed Haq, Internet Society

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/apaccns

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/30DFYT1

REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC

TWITTER @ISOCapac #CommunityNetworks #switchiton

SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/pg/InternetSociety/videos/