SPEAKERS Juliet Nanfuka, Research & Communications, CIPESA Dr. Gloria Iyawa, Chair on Gender, Namibia UNESCO Elizabeth U. Kamutuezu, Director of ICT Policy, MICT Jemima Beukes, Deputy SG, Namibia Media Union Linda Baumann, Namibia Diverse Women Association Emsie Erastus, Research Consultant
MODERATOR Ngari Tjejamba, Program Manager, Edulution
On Thursday 31 March 2022 at 3pm-4pm CEST (13:00-14:00 UTC) the World Data Lab (WDL) in collaboration with the Internet Society Foundation presents a webinar ‘Which are the most Internet poor countries in the world?‘ to launch the Internet Poverty Index. WDL estimates reveal that globally over 1.39 billion people, or around 17.8% of the world population, currently live in Internet poverty. By defining internet affordability, quality, and quantity thresholds, the estimates of global Internet poverty can finally be assessed.
SPEAKERS Dr. Homi Kharas, Co-Founder / Sr. Economic Advisor, World Data Lab Dr. Katharina Fenz, Sr. Data Scientist, World Data Lab Prof. Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Vienna University of Economic and Business Ravi Shankar Chatuverdi, Director of Research, Digital Planet, Tufts University Sarah Armstrong, Executive Director, Internet Society Foundation
MODERATOR Shayna Robinson, Program Officer, Internet Society Foundation
On Tuesday April 12 2022 at 19:30 EDT / 23:30 UTC / 08:30 JST (APR 13) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts ‘Building a More Accessible Social Virtual Reality World‘ online. Thomas Logan is the owner of Equal Entry, whose mission is “contributing to a more accessible world.” Equal Entry has been hosting events as part of the Accessibility Virtual Reality Meetup for two years. In the last three months, they’ve worked with developer intern Owen Wang to create new functionality that makes Hubs easier to use for people who are blind and low-vision. In this talk we’ll learn about how they’ve:
Added the ability to describe avatars.
Automatically included label information from SketchFab to objects imported into the world.
Enabled custom functionality in the chat interface to work with screen readers.
Added user interface buttons to label and describe any spatial object.
On Tuesday March 29 2022 from 1pm-4pm EDT (17:00-20:00 UTC) Next Century Cities hosts the 2022 Bipartisan Tech Policy Conference. A variety of local leaders, broadband advocates, and researchers will explore the theme “Next is Now“. Topics include: preparing communities to be grant-ready, improving data collection, and understanding the impact of digital equity. Keynote speakers are CommissionerTeri Freehling of Berrien County, MI and Grace Simrall, Chief of Innovation and Technology for Louisville, KY. This virtual event will be simulcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society Washington DC Chapter.
PROGRAM (ALL TIMES EDT = UTC-4)
13:00 Opening Francella Ochillo, Executive Director, Next Century Cities
13:10 Welcome Keynote Address Commissioner Teri Freehling, Berrien County, Michigan
13:30 What Broadband Equity Means for Judicial and Civic Participation Ross Ufberg, Researcher, The Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic, UC Berkeley Shalev Netanel, Researcher, The Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic, UC Berkeley Javier Trujillo, Chief Assistant Director, County of Marin Peter Estes, Consumer Rights Organizer, Senior Disability Action Network Olivia Sideman, Associate Deputy Public Defender, Alameda County
14:10 Reaching the People We Serve Paolo Balboa, Senior Programs and Data Manager, National Digital Inclusion Alliance Peggy Schaffer, Executive Director, Connect Maine Kathryn Greiner, Administrator, City of Condon, Oregon Ryan Collins, Broadband Coordinator, Buckeye Hills Regional Council
14:45 Breakout Sessions Claire Park, Policy Analyst, Open Technology Institute Samantha Schartman, Executive Director, Marconi Society
15:00 Democracy and Civic Participation Kat Trujillo, Deputy Director, Libraries Without Borders Brittany Woods-Orrison, Broadband Specialist, Alaska Public Interest Research Group and Native Movement Commissioner Greg Puckett, Mercer County, West Virginia Samuel Blackwood, Director of Public Policy, Project READY
15:40 The Local Impact of Google’s Work Scott Deutchman, Senior Policy Advisor, Government Affairs, Google
15:45 Closing Keynote Address Grace Simrall, Chief of Civic Innovation and Technology, Louisville Metro, Kentucky
On Wednesday March 30 2022 the ISOC-NY TV show features the 2022 NYC School of Data. We have keynotes from Noel Hidalgo and Gabby Langston of Beta NYC, Zachary Feder of NYC Open Data, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Council Member Gale Brewer, plus presentations on the Cornell Tech ‘Rebooting NYC‘ report from Michael Samuelian, and Open Broadway Data from Yaakov Bressler.
What: ISOC-NY TV – NYC School of Data 2022 – Keynotes + Rebooting NYC + Open Broadway Data
Where: Manhattan Neighborhood Network
When: Wednesday March 30 2022 2pm-3pm EDT | 18:00-19:00 UTC
Manhattan Cable: SPECTRUM 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34
Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel
On Tuesday April 5 2022 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EDT (23:30-00:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Accessible Typefaces, Fonts, and Text: Optimizing the reading experience‘. Typefaces, fonts, and text styling can have a significant impact on the user experience — and there are few accessibility guidelines that relate to text accessibility. Jared Smith of WebAIM will provide an overview of how reading is processed in the human mind, and how to minimize the cognitive effort and maximize the visual accessibility of online text.
Gilles Bajazet, Director of the Secretariat, INTERREG Caraïbes Rodney Taylor, Secretary-General, CTU Jean Claude NELSON, 9eme Vice président de la Région Guadeloupe Omar Morales, Régional – Programme de Saint Martin, INTERREG Caraïbes Pascal Peuchot, Directeur adjoint des services techniques, Collectivité de Saint Barthélemy Gary Kalloo, Director, Business Development, Bevil Wooding, Special Advisor, CTU
MOD: Betty Fausta, Founder, IPEOS; Founder & former president, GuadeloupeTech
On Friday April 1 2022, at 1pm-2pm EDT (17:00-18:00 UTC) the Internet Society Washington DC Chapter, in partnership with the Center for Democracy and Technology and Stanford Internet Observatory hosts a discussion ‘Content Moderation in an End-to-End Encrypted World’. In recent years the focus of the encryption debate has shifted to social media platforms and messaging services’ content moderation policies and practices. While not always explicitly targeting end-to-end encryption (E2EE), proposals to regulate social media companies, including the proposed EARN IT Act bill in the U.S., MeitY’s Intermediary Guidelines in India, and the proposed Online Safety Bill in the U.K. could have serious implications for E2EE services. As this policy debate continues, companies have proposed methods to moderate content on E2EE platforms that raise privacy concerns, such as those that utilize machine learning and client-side scanning. This event will feature presentations on critical research in this area, highlight global efforts to defend encryption against movements to undermine it, and include an open discussion.
PANEL Riana Pfefferkorn, Research Scholar, Stanford Internet Observatory Mallory Knodel, Chief Technology Officer, Center for Democracy and Technology
MODERATOR Ryan Polk, Director, Internet Policy, Internet Society
El miércoles, 30 de marzo de 2022 la Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones (CITEL) de la OEA y el Centro de Capacitación en Alta Tecnología para América Latina y el Caribe (CCAT LAT) presentó el webinar “Trafico de Internet y CDN, nuevos actores“.
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