SOTN is America’s premier Internet policy conference and this year speakers include Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), White House Chief Scientist Denice Ross, and Comcast EVP for Public Policy / Digital Equity Broderick Johnson.
Du mardi au jeudi 22-24 février 2022 le Chapitre Gabonais de l’internet Society (ISOC Gabon) organisera sa cérémonie officielle de lancement à l’hôtel Boulevard de Libreville. Après la cérémonie protocolaire, ISOC Gabon organise également une série cinq ateliers en relation avec les grandes thématiques liées au développement de l’Internet au Gabon, avec la participation de nombreux experts nationaux et internationaux.
PROGRAMME (WAT = UTC+1)
CÉRÉMONIE DE LANCEMENT
Florence LENGOUMBI KOUYA, Présidente, ISOC GABON
ATELIER 1 : Renforcement des capacités sur les aspects techniques d’un point d’échange internet à travers le cas de GAB-IX Landry LINGOMBE, (GABIX) Ghislain NKERAMUGABA (Internet Society)
MOD: Émile KOMBILA, Directeur Général Adjoint, SPIN
ATELIER 2 : Comment connecter tout le monde à Internet au Gabon?Inclusion Numérique : Concept de réseau communautaire, alternative durable pour connecter les non-connectés Kowiyou SAFIOU, Directeur de la Recherche, du Développement, des Innovations et des Affaires Internationales. ARCEP Armant CHAKO, PamojaNET
MOD: Guichard TSANGOU, Directeur des Postes, Télécommunications et Economie Numérique (CEEAC)
ATELIER 3 : Comment renforcer l’Internet au Gabon? Sécurité et confiance sur Internet Rôle du Chiffrement dans l’economie numérique. Patrick NFOUBA, Directeur des Services Gabon Telecom Robin WILTON, Internet Society
MOD: Michel ABAGA (DG Développement des Réseaux Numériques
ATELIER 4 : Forum sur le système DNS (cas du dot.ga) Yazid AKANHO (Expert, ICANN)
MOD: Cyriaque KOUMA (PCA GABIX)
ATELIER 5 : Former et donner aux gens les moyens d’agir: Les programmes d’autonomisation de l’ #Internet Society .Les opportunités de formation locale (Comprendre l’écosystème Internet du #Gabon ) Mustapha BEN BIHI, Internet Society
MOD: Wilfried MENGHE
CÉRÉMONIE DE CLÔTURE Michel ALAIN, DGA Aninf Annick ASSOGBA, SGA ISOC GABON Florence LENGOUMBI KOUYA, Présidente, ISOC GABON
On Tuesday March 1 2022 at 7pm-8pm EST (00:00-01:00 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Overlays Underwhelm‘. Accessibility overlays bring promises of accessible sites in one line of code, but experiences from users tell us the opposite. Web developer Adrian Roselli will look at the guarantees, the marketing efforts, the code efforts, and lived experiences of users.
On Tuesday March 8 2022 at 08:00 EST (13:00 UTC) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts ‘Supporting the Speech Disabilities and Differences Community Using VR‘ on Mozilla Hubs. Gareth Walkom is the Founder of withVR, which better prepares people with speech disabilities or differences for real-life speaking situations by utilizing the power of virtual reality. Gareth has had a stutter since the age of six. Since 2015, he has researched how virtual reality can be used to benefit people just like him. His research focused on developing an innovative virtual reality application to observe stuttering behaviors which experimented with exposure therapy, eye behaviors, and other biometric sensors.
On Friday February 11 2022 at 3:30-4:30pm EST (20:30-21:30 UTC) Broadband.money will host ‘Ask Me Anything! With Vint Cerf‘. Vint will share his perspectives on digital inclusion, how state and national broadband leaders should think about confronting digital inclusion challenges in their upcoming $75 billion broadband grant deployment, what really matters in network performance, the potential of Web3, and more. AMA invites broadband industry leaders from all corners to share their knowledge and perspectives with our community of state broadband directors, policymakers, broadband providers and broadband investors.
On Wednesday 9 February 2022 at 10:00-12:00 EAT (7:00-10:00 UTC) the Internet Society Kenya Chapter in collaboration with Kijiji Yeetu will hold a webinar ‘Safer Internet and Digital Smart Villages in Kenya‘. The event, which celebrates Safer Internet Day 2022, will explore the work of the Kijiji Yeetu project, a smart village platform that offers a unique ecosystem for activating villages’ resources, knowledge, and inspiration into viable development opportunities.
INTRODUCTION Dr. John Tarus, President, ISOC Kenya
PRESENTERS Athena Morgan, Africa Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI) Armstrong Rapudo, Kijiji Yeetu / Jaramogi Odinga Oginga University Enock Chiteri, Kenya Youth Parliament Megan Kathure, Afronomics Law Dr Richard Omollo, Jaramogi Odinga Oginga University Albert Migowa, ISOC Kenya Joel Okomoli, ISOC Kenya
On Monday February 28 2022 from 10am-5:15pm EST (15:00-00:15 UTC) the Internet Education Foundation presents the 2022 State of the Net (SOTN) conference in Washington DC.
On Tuesday March 8 2022 at 08:00 EST (13:00 UTC) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts ‘
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