Today, Wednesday December 30 2020, at 7:00pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the fifth instalment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams 2020 highlights, we feature two presentations from the fifth Intercommunity call in 2020, a ‘Special Edition’ with the theme ‘Stories of Resilience‘. In the first presentation Jane Coffin, Senior Vice President, Internet Growth reflects on the year’s progress in expanding connectivity efforts. In the second, Joseph Bishi, Project Director, Murambinda Works talks about his experiences building and sustaining a community network in Zimbabwe.
Today, Tuesday December 29 2020, at 7:00pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the fourth instalment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams 2020 highlights, we feature a presentation from the second in Virtual Peering Series – Africa, which had the theme ‘Beyond Peering‘. Mark Daley – Director, Digital Strategy & Business Development, Epsilon Telecommunications, gives a presentation ‘Future Trending in Programmable Telecoms‘ and talks about how IXPs might implement APIs.
Today, Monday December 28 2020, at 7:00pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the third installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ 2020 highlights, we feature two celebrations of the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET). From 1985-1995 the NSFnet was a pivotal United States program that laid the foundation of the global Internet. was a pivotal United States program that laid the foundation of the global Internet.
First we have excerpts 35th Anniversary Celebratory Event on December 8 which marked its founding. Earlier in the year, on April 30 ‘Internet Independence Day‘, a panel marked its demise, which was the moment that the Internet fully transitioned from a government to a private enterprise.
SPEAKERS
NSFNET 35th Anniversary Celebratory Event
Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Al Gore, former Vice President, USA Dennis Jennings, former First Program Director for Networking, NSF Howard Pfeffer, President and CEO, Internet2 Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO, Internet Society Margaret Martonosi, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), NSF MODERATOR:Ana Hunsinger, Vice President, Community Engagement, Internet2
Internet Independence Day
Reed Hundt (former FCC Chairman) Esther Dyson (first CEO of ICANN) James Lewis (SVP CSIS) Tom Evslin (founder ITXC) Andrew Odlyzko (former Bell Labs and Prof U MN) Gary Shapiro, President, Consumer Technology Association MODERATOR:Daniel Berninger, VCXC
In his talk Dan delves into how the Internet Society implemented open standards, including TLS, IPv6, HTTP/2, IPv6, TLS, HSTS, and DNSSEC, on its multiple websites, and in doing so, spawned a program to provide the recipes so that others can do likewise.
Today, Tuesday December 26 2020, at 7:30pm EST (00:30 UTC) in the first installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, we feature Dr. Hosein Badran, Regional Technical Advisor – North America, Internet Society giving a presentation ‘Connecting Indigenous Communities: Examples and Lessons Learned‘ on February 11 2020 at NANOG 78 in San Francisco. He covered the recent successful deployment of a private LTE network in the community of Pu’uhonua o Waimanalo in Hawaii, as well as an upcoming deployment in the Northern Canadian community of Uluhokhtak.
As part of Internet Society’s 2020 / 2021 action plan to strengthen the Internet by extending encryption, ISOC Gambia chapter organizes this webinar / online workshop on encryption with discussion on the role of CSIRTs in supporting, implementing, and promoting end-to-end encryption to ensure a secure and trustworthy cyber space.
SPEAKERS Sanusi Drammeh, , Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure (MOICI) Robin Wilton – Senior Advisor for Internet Trust, Internet Society Marcus Adomey, Senior Trainer, AfricaCERT Makaira Jonga, Head, gmCSIRT
On Wednesday 16 December 2020 at 06:00 UTC the Internet Society Asia Pacific Bureau presents the fourth edition of its APAC Insights series of online conversation sharing views and insights on current issues related to the Internet and its use in the Asia-Pacific.
TOPIC: 2020 in Retrospect: Is this the Year that Reshaped our Digital Future?
SPEAKERS: Charles MOK, Entrepreneur and former Legislative Councillor, Hong Kong Anju MANGAL, Head of Asia-Pacific, A4AI, World Wide Web Foundation, Fiji Nikhil PAHWA, Founder, Medianama, India
MODERATOR Rajnesh SINGH, Regional Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Internet Society
On Wednesday December 16 2020 from 11:00am -12:15pm EST (16:00-17:15 UTC), the Internet Governance Forum USA (IGF-USA) in association with the Internet Society Washington DC Chapter will hold their annual IGF Debrief. During the debrief, you will get an overview of takeaways from the the first ever virtual IGF from on November 2-17 2020, including the work of the National Regional Initiatives (NRIs) and each of this year’s themes. Following the Debrief, there will a special memorial event for Marilyn Cade (1947-2020), the Chief Catalyst of the IGF-USA.
Today, Thursday December 31 2020, at 7:00pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the sixth instalment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams 2020 highlights, we feature Internet Society President & CEO Andrew Sullivan participating in the IGF 2020 High-Level Leaders Track: Social Development on 16 November 2020. Andrew answers a series of questions posed by moderatrice Ibtissem Bedjaoui.
Reply