GUEST HOSTS Jill Rothstein, Chief Librarian, Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, New York Public Library Chancey Fleet, Assistive Technology Coordinator, Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, New York Public Library
On Wednesday August 10 2022 at 19:30 EDT / 23:30 UTC / 08:30 JST (Aug 11) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts ‘Designing for Bodies: Accessibility in VR‘. Developers and designers face challenges in building accessible XR experiences when the nature of XR is an embodied experience, and many standard methods of interaction and interface require complex bodily movements. Richard Hoagland of VRTogether will work through the case study of an activity called Dot2Dot that fosters social interaction through two individuals solving a casual puzzle together – while ensuring the experience is fun and engaging for both users manipulating virtual hand switch controllers and those using gaze-based input. And importantly for the VRTogether team, supporting both interaction modalities at the same time.
On July 20 2022, the Youth Internet Governance Forum USA (Youth IGF_USA) will be held online. The Youth IGF USA is a virtual event organized by young people for young people. It is aimed at uniting, empowering and preparing the next generation of young Internet Governance experts with the tools needed to contribute to the rapidly growing conversation.
It will take place as a day-zero event preceding IGF USA 2022, giving the participants an overview about the Internet Governance and its current challenges, a sneak-peak into IGF USA 2022, and a networking opportunity with other young professionals in the space
13:00 Internet Governance: what is this all about? Melinda Clem, Co-Chair, IGF-USA Nick Merrill, Research Fellow, UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity MOD:Meri Baghdasaryan, Legal Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation MOD:Jeremy Bernick, Student, University of Arizona School of Law
14:15 The state of affairs at IGF-USA 2022 Shane Tews, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute John Perrino, Policy Analyst, Stanford Internet Observatory Naela Sarras, Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement, North America, ICANN MOD: Meri Baghdasaryan, Legal Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation
15:30 Youth for youth – How to stay involved Ellen Magallanes, Secretary, Internet Law & Policy Foundry João Moreno Falcão, Vicechair, ISOC Youth Standing Group Nicolas Fiumarelli, Software and Networks Engineer, LACNIC MOD: Jeremy Bernick, Student, University of Arizona School of Law
On Thursday July 21 2022 at 14:00-15:30 UTC the West Africa Peering Forum (WAPF) will be held with the theme ‘The Impact of Infrastructure Development on Internet Ecosystem in West Africa Region: Contribution of New Submarine Cable and Carrier Neutral Datacenter‘. WAPF is a regional Peering and Interconnection event, which promotes knowledge sharing and learning on Peering and Interconnection in the West Africa region. In this year’s WAPF, the peering community will discuss the challenges and provide concrete recommendations on how to overcome the obstacles hampering the development and progress of West Africa’s peering and interconnection ecosystem.
SPEAKERS Adumike Anthon Obinna, Head of Peering and Interconnection, Rack Centre Ben Ryall, Edge Strategy Manager, Meta Magloire Hiol, Managing Director, PAIX Data Centres Yolandi Robinson, Peering & Interconnect Specialist, Teraco Data Environments
MODERATOR Jean Baptiste Millogo, Internet Technology and Development Expert. Internet Society
Le jeudi 21 juillet 2022, de 14h00 à 15h30 UTC, le Forum de Peering de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (WAPF) s’est tenu, sur le thème “L’impact du développement des infrastructures sur l’écosystème Internet dans la région de l’Afrique de l’Ouest : Contribution du nouveau câble sous-marin et du centre de données neutre en matière de transporteur“. WAPF est un événement régional de peering et d’interconnexion, qui promeut le partage des connaissances et l’apprentissage sur le peering et l’interconnexion dans la région de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Dans le WAPF de cette année, la communauté de peering discutera des défis et fournira des recommandations concrètes sur la façon de surmonter les obstacles qui entravent le développement et le progrès de l’écosystème de peering et d’interconnexion de l’Afrique de l’Ouest.
INTERVENANTS Adumike Anthon Obinna, responsable de l’appairage et de l’interconnexion, Rack Center Ben Ryall, responsable de la stratégie Edge, Meta Magloire Hiol, Directeur Général, PAIX Data Centers Yolandi Robinson, spécialiste de l’appairage et de l’interconnexion, Teraco Data Environments
MODERATEUR Jean Baptiste Millogo, expert en technologie et développement Internet, Internet Society
The Internet has proven resilient though gaps remain in bringing students and women online, among other impacted communities. According to the 2021 State of Global Education report by UNESCO, UNICEF, and the World Bank, the pandemic impacted traditional education models, affecting 1.6 billion children. Children especially in rural and remote areas were unable to learn remotely due to a lack of Internet access and digital technologies at home.
Unfortunately, governments often see the Internet as a threat to be contained and splintered rather than a resource to expand universally. Access Now’s Shutdown Tracker Optimization Project (STOP) in collaboration with the #KeepItOn Coalition reported 182 Internet shutdowns in 34 countries in 2021, including the longest Internet shutdowns on record. Internet shutdowns limit women’s possibilities and aggravate inequality and injustice. For students, particularly girls, Internet shutdowns during school examinations remain a common practice hindering quality education worldwide.
While the Internet is incredibly resilient, it is constantly under attack, which may limit our ability to grow and use it to its full potential, ultimately affecting the attainment of SDG4 and SDG5. Governments, businesses, and organizations worldwide are increasingly making decisions that could lead to a splinternet.
This virtual side event will examine some of the efforts to expand access to the Internet and how they contribute to the achievement of SDGs 4 and 5, as well as challenges the Internet faces that undermine achievement of SDGs 4 and 5. This session will examine what needs to be done to ensure that everyone has unrestricted, inexpensive, and dependable Internet access.
SPEAKERS Peter Micek, General Council, Access Now Neeti Biyani, Policy and Advocacy Manager, Internet Society Marielza Oliveria, Director for Partnerships and Operational Programme Monitoring, UNESCO Juwang Zhu, Director of the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, UN DESA
MODERATOR Dr. Joseph Hall, Distinguished Technologist, Internet Society
The Internet Governance Forum USA (IGF-USA) will be held on July 21 2022 at Convene in Washington DC. For over a decade the IGF-USA has been facilitating discussions on the most important issues facing the Internet. It is a multistakeholder effort that provides a domestic forum in the US to engage civil society, government, technologists, research scientists, industry and academia, helping to create partnerships, coalitions and dialogues that demonstrate best practices and help move policy forward.
On Wednesday July 13 2022 at 5:00-5:45pm EDT (21:00-21:45 UTC) the Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) presents the third IPNSIG Academy presentation. ‘Delay and Disruption Tolerant Protocol (DTN) Projects’. Oscar Garcia, IPNSIG Board Member and Projects Working Group Lead will be talking about various Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) developments currently underway, including the International IPNSIG DTN Network, running applications and planned projects applying the Interplanetary Internet technologies.
PRESENTERS Oscar Garcia, Projects Working Group Lead, IPNSIG Alberto Montilla, co-founder, Spatiam Corporation / IPNSIG Board Alberto Montilla Jr., co-founder, Spatiam Corporation Facundo Novik, PWG DTN Network Support Manager, IPNSIG John Cook – CTO – Adirondack IT Solutions Michael Moore – Chief Engineer – Adirondack IT Solutions Marianne Winfield, US Liaison, Digital Health Information Network, Inc Ernesto Yattah, Reach Out Team, Digital Health Information Network, Inc Jorge Amodio, Chief Technology Evangelist, LJCV Electronics Scott Johnson, SolarNetOne.org
MODERATOR Dr. Scott Pace, Director, Space Policy Institute, GWU
On Tuesday July 5th at 7-8pm EEST (16:00-17:00 UTC) Internet Governance Forum Greece presents
‘Virtual Event about “Splinternet”‘.What is the Splinternet? Can a government’s policy or regulation “break up” the Internet? If so, what does “breaking up” the internet even mean?Is it only governmental policies that can potentially ‘splinter’ the internet? What about big technology companies? What is their role? How can the Splinternet disrupt users’ online interactions, and what can we do about it? These and many more questions will be discussed by renowned experts from the field of internet governance. The session will be in English.
INTRODUCTION Konstantina Nathanail, Executive Committee Coordinator, Internet Governance Forum Greece
PANEL Dr. Milton Mueller, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Farzaneh Badii, Founder, Digital Medusa Jane Coffin, Chief Community Officer, Connect Humanity
MODERATOR Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, Internet Policy Analyst
On 4-7 July 2022 the Internet Society will host RPKI Week 2022 to highlight the importance of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and encourage network operators to take concrete steps to improve routing security.
RPKI helps prevent Internet routing incidents like prefix hijacking and route leaks. It allows an entity to cryptographically verify that an autonomous system (AS) is authorized to originate a prefix, thus reducing incidents that can lead to DDoS attacks, traffic inspection, lost revenue, reputational damage, and more.
We will bring together partners from across the Internet routing ecosystem to launch tools, provide educational materials, and facilitate discussion and build awareness about routing security.
SCHEDULE 4th July 1300-1500 UTC – RPKI and IRR Explorer Tutorial #1 5th July 1200-1330 UTC – Routing Resiliency Research Roundup 6th July 0600-0800 UTC – RPKI and IRR Explorer Tutorial #2 6th July 1200-1330 UTC – Roadblocks to RPKI Deployment 7th July 1200-1400 UTC – Future Developments in Routing Security
On Friday 1st July 2022, from 4:00pm–5:15pm IST (10:30-11:45 UTC) CCAOI, supported by the Internet Society Delhi Chapter, hosts an online discussion ‘Amendments to the IT Rules 2021‘. India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has published a draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) and is seeking comments on the same by 6 July 2022. The objective of this discussion is to provide participants with a better understanding of the proposed amendments, the aspects of the amendment which need to be refined and then encourage stakeholders to make submissions within the deadline
PANEL Puneeth Nagaraj, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co Aishwarya Giridhar, Programme Officer, Centre for Communication Governance Nikhil Pahwa, Founder, MediaNama Aman Taneja, Principal Associate, Ikigai Law Sijo Kuruvilla George, Executive Director, ADIF
HOST / MODERATOR Amrita Choudhury, CCAOI / ISOC Delhi
On Tuesday Aug 16 2022 at 5:15pm-6:30pm EDT (21:15-22:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts ‘How You Can Future-Proof and Differentiate Your Business‘. In the first A11yNYC hybrid meetup since March 2020, Frances West, author of ‘Authentic Inclusion Drives Disruptive Innovation‘ will talk about accessibility infrastructure investment as a core business value.
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