This event is part of UA Day, rallying local, regional, and global communities and organizations to spread Universal Acceptance (UA) awareness and to encourage UA adoption with key stakeholders. The day will consist of UA training, awareness, and strategy sessions held by the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), ICANN, global partners, and regional and local organizations.
UA is a technical requirement that ensures all valid domain names and email addresses, regardless of script, language, or character length, can be equally used by all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems.
SPEAKERS Greg Shatan, NARALO Chair Sarah Deutsch, ICANN Board Jonathan Zuck, ALAC Chair Joe Catapano, ICANN GSE Louis Houle, Omicron / ISOC Quebec
SPEAKERS Hon. Isobel Coleman, USAID Deputy Administrator Hon. Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia H.E. Nele Leosk, Ambassador-at-Large for Digital Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia H.E. Minna-Liina Lind, Estonia Ambassador at Large for Human Rights H.E. Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen, Tech Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. State Department Robert Opp, Chief Digital Officer, UNDP Kanbar Hossein-Bor, Deputy Director of Democratic Governance and Media Freedom Department; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom Manuel Muñiz, Provost of IE University in Madrid Brett Solomon, Executive Director, Access Now Natalia Carfi, Executive Director, Open Data Charter Teresa Hutson, Corporate Vice President of Technology and Corporate Responsibility, Microsoft Scott Carpenter, Director of Policy and International Engagement, Jigsaw Carolyn Tackett, Campaigns & Rapid Response Director, Access Now Kenny Olmstead, Senior Internet Security and Privacy Expert, Internet Society Pulse Allie Funk, Freedom House Waris Hussain, American Bar Association Paul Butler, President, New America Silvana Rodriguez, New America
In Europe there is heated debatewhether a telco-proposed shift to a Sending-Party-Network-Pays (SPNP) system comprises ‘fair compensation’ or is in fact an ‘Internet Traffic Tax.’ It is at odds with current peering practices, would require further regulations that could favor incumbent carriers, and an EU shift to SPNP could ripple across the the global Internet. Today’s participants will lay out the merits of the respective arguments, assess the compatibility of SPNP with other policy frameworks and objectives, discuss alternative options for funding broadband rollouts and digital transformation, and, in particular, consider the potential implications of EU adoption for the global Internet environment and digital governance.
INTRODUCTION Eli Noam, Paul Garrett Professor, Emeritus / Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
PANEL Rudolf van der Berg, Partner, Stratix Consulting (Netherlands) Michael Kende, Senior Advisor, Analysys Mason (Switzerland) Maarit Palovirta, Senior Director for Regulatory Affairs, European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association, ETNO (Belgium)
MODERATOR William J. Drake, Director of International Studies at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
PANÉLISTES Joyce Dogniez, Vice-présidente, Autonomisation et sensibilisation, Internet Society Foundation Diallo Assetou Diarra, Directrice Exécutive, Femmes et TIC Shazmane Mandjee, Global Project Manager, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Marguerite Sogoba, Fondatrice, l’Assocation Muso Dev Rita Soma Kafando, Géographe, Cartographe / OSM Burkina FASO
MODÉRATRICE Fanta Barry, Vice-Présidente, ISOC Mali
Join to hear about the first community anchor institutions in Africa to initiate connectivity via low earth orbit sat systems. Can LEO’s allow the least connected continent to reach into every community?
SPEAKERS Dr. Nkem E. Osuigwe, Development & Training Director, African Library and Information Associations & Institutions(AfLIA) Verengai Mabika, Senior Policy Advisor, Africa, Internet Society · Dr. Larry Press, Professor of Information Systems, California State University
On Sunday 19 March 2023 at 10:00 IST (04:30 UTC) the the Internet Society India Mumbai Chapter hosts a Women in Technology Leadership webinar – The future of Well-being – Role of the Internet. Women in Technology leadership is an initiative by ISOC India Mumbai Chapter to celebrate and learn from women who have broken the glass ceiling and attained leadership positions in Internet-based tech enterprises.
In this sixth episode of the series, Dr Ananya Choudhury will provide her insights on different facets of wellness and how Internet and technology are impacting them, and Pooja Sharma, founder of a wellness platform for the youth and lonely, Dostify, will share her perspectives on how technology especially apps are proving to be a bane as well as a boon for individual well-being.
SPEAKERS Dr Ananya Choudhury, consultant psychiatrist Pooja Sharma, Investment Analyst, India Accelerator
SPEAKERS Dr Oladunni Daramola, Associate Professor (FUTA) Elizabeth Kolade, Cybersecurity Professional Kelechi Achinonu, Founder, TechLawyered Mercy lkpe, Software Developer Esther Kioni, Senior Director, Training and Learning (ISOC)
MODERATOR Chinwe Ogbujah, Programme Secretary, ISOC NG Chapter
On Tuesday March 28 2023 at 19:30 EDT / 23:30 UTC / 08:30 JST (Mar 29) the Accessibility VR Meetup hosts ‘Virtual Reality User Study with Children and Seniors in a VR Experience‘. Equal Entry collaborated with VRTogether and Azalee Group to test the virtual reality environment with kids and seniors. To tackle loneliness and encourage inter-generational interaction, VRTogether has developed a VR game. Azalee Group runs a nursery school and a senior home. Kenji Yanagawa led the user testing of the VRTogether app with kids and seniors. He will share what happened during the testing and the results.
On Saturday March 18 2023 BetaNYC hosts NYC School of Data 2023 at CUNY School of Law in Queens. This year’s event celebrates the 11th anniversary of the City’s transformative open data law and concludes NYC Open Data Week 2023. NYC School of data is a community driven conference with a focus on open data, civic technology, and service design.
10:00 Opening Session and Keynote Kristen Gonzalez, Chair, Internet and Technology Committee, State Senate Julie Won, Chair, Committee on Contracts, NYC City Council Jennifer Gutiérrez, Chair, Technology Committee, NYC City Council Sudha Setty, Dean, CUNY Law School Martha Norrick, Chief Analytics Officer, NYC Office of Data & Analytics Keesha Gaskins-Nathan, Program Director, Democratic Practice–United States, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director, BetaNYC
11:30 How to Advocate for Transparency Laws: Lessons from the MTA Open Data Act Danny Pearlstein, Policy and Communications Director, Riders Alliance Robert Carroll, Assemblymember, New York State Assembly Jessica Ramos, Senator, New York State Senate Rachael Fauss, Senior Policy Advisor, Reinvent Albany
13:45 Open Data Discotech: Lightning talks about open data, tools and analyses BY and FOR our community! Erik Brown, BetaNYC Lizzie Alvarado Ford, Solutions Engineer, Retool Jonathan Gao, CUNY Joel Natividad, co-founder/principal, DatHere Kyla Browne, Civic Innovation Fellow, BetaNYC
MOD: Dimitri Mimy, Civic Innovation Apprentice, BetaNYC
15:00 How THE CITY Uses Open Data to Cover the City Suhail Bhat, The City Sam Rabiyah, The City Anjali Tsui, The City
MOD: Scott Klein
16:15 Transforming Data into Action: How Planners, Agencies, and Organizations are Using Open Data to create Spatial Equity Winnie Shen, NYC Department of City Planning Sara Shoener, NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Development Juan Restrepo, Senior Organizer – Transportation Alternatives Dr. Shango A. Blake, Co-Executive Director, NYC Speaks
MOD: Andrew Buck, AICP – Moderator | Senior Urban Planner & Technology – VHB
5:30pm Closing Session Kate Nicholson, Director of Partnerships and Programs, BetaNYC Gabby Langston, Civic Innovation Apprentice, Beta NYC Aryanna Holder, Data Coordinator, NYC OTI Zachary Feder, Open Data Program Manager, NYC Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director, BetaNYC
WITNESSES Mary Anne Franks, Professor of Law and Michael R. Klein Scholar Chair, University of Miami School of Law Hany Farid, Professor, School of Information and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkley Jennifer Bennett, Principal, Gupta Wessler PLLC Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO, Internet Society Eric Schnapper, Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law
On Friday March 31 2023 from 12:00-15:00 EDT (16:00-19:00 UTC) ICANN’s North America At-Large Regional Organization (NARALO) and the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) will host NARALO/ISOC-NY Universal Acceptance Day at the Chrysler Building in NYC.
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