Today Thursday November 17 2016 the UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) is taking place in London. Topics include Brexit, the Internet’s effect on politics, e-identity, cyber-attacks, and child safety. A live webcast is available, with remote participation functionality.
Today Wednesday November 16 2016 the Internet Society San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (SFBayISOC) will present Shadow Regulation. keynote speakers from the EFF, Mitch Stoltz and Jeremy Malcolm will be taking us through Shadow Regulation and discussing the regulation of Internet content through ICANN and the domain name system (DNS). The event will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
Today Tuesday 15 November 2016 the Internet Society(ISOC) will present a briefing panel at the Internet Engineering Task Force meeting in Seoul, Korea (IETF 97). The briefing’s theme is The I in IoT: Implications for a Global Open Internet. We will explore how the internet shapes the design of smart objects, and how they in turn will shape the architecture of the internet. Are there general guidelines with respect to security and overall behavior for these new devices? What should designers of smart object architectures take into account because of the interaction between devices and the internet? Panelists: Carsten Bormann, Universität Bremen; Erica Johnson, University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory; Michael Koster, Samsung/SmartThings; Hannes Tschofenig, ARM Limited; Juan Carlos Zúñiga, SIGFOX. Moderator: Olaf Kolkman, Internet Society. The briefing will be webcast live on the ISOC Tech Matters YouTube Channel.
Today, Monday November 14 2016, Freedom House has released the Freedom on the Net Report 2016. The 2016 Report has the theme Silencing the Messenger: Communication Apps Under Pressure. The report is being launched with a panel discussion with speakers Sanja Kelly, Director, Freedom on the Net , Freedom House; Darya Luganskaya, Moscow-based tech journalist; ‘Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria; Sally Shipman Wentworth, Vice President of Global Policy, Internet Society; Moderator: Daniel Calingaert, Acting President, Freedom House. The event is being webcast live via the Freedom House YouTube Channel.
On Friday-Sunday November 11-13 2016 the 2nd annual Platform Cooperativism Conference takes place in New York City. This year’s event has the theme “Platform Cooperativism: Building The Cooperative Internet” and will consist of a 2 day plenary followed by an unconference. The plenary sessions will be livestreamed on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
Today, Friday 11 November 2016, the Internet Society’s Asia-Pacific Bureau and the Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, present Asia Internet Symposium Hong Kong. The Symposium has the theme Shaping our Lives with Internet of Things (IoTs): the Angels and the Devils. Speakers include Fred Baker, Co-Chair of the IETF’s IPv6 Operations Working group; Andrew Sullivan, Chairman of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB); and Rebecca Mackinnon, Director, Ranking Digital Rights at New America. The event will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel. Hong Kong is 13 hours ahead of NYC.
On Thursday/Friday November 10-11 2016 the Internet Society’s Board of Trustees will meet in Hyderabad. The Trustees provide strategic direction and oversight to advance ISOC’s mission of preserving the open, global Internet. At this meeting the proceedings will include an ‘Open Forum‘ where the ISOC community may comment or ask questions on two topics: 1. Strategic Objective (SO) 2b: Enabling Safe and Trusted Internet discussion; and 2. ISOC’s engagement with its membership. Only this session will be recorded and archived publicly. Other ‘public’ sessions may be viewed online live but will not be archived. ‘Executive’ sessions will not be available online. Report docs are available on the agenda page.
On Tuesday-Wednesday November 8-9 2016 the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Internet and Development Dialogue (LACRIDD) will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference will consist of opening and closing sessions, plenary sessions as well as panel discussions. With the theme ‘The Internet of Opportunity: Building a sustainable future through an inclusive Internet‘ LACRIDD will have a one and half day program covering a range of topical issues related to Internet and Development in the LAC region. Special attention will be given to the transformational potential of ICT and Internet for SDGs, as well as mainstreaming gender within topical discussions. The conference will offer open high-level discussions addressing the following dimensions: Connecting the Next Billion; ICTs and Sustainable Development; Digital Economy. A webcast is available via the Internet Society Livestream Channel. Buenos Aires is 2 hrs ahead of NYC (UTC-3).
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