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8:46 am on May 4, 2020 · covid (16), India (36), kids (13), rural sig (10)

WEBCAST TODAY: @ISOCsig ‘Know the Pandemic: The kids perspective’ w/ @bhuvaneswari_dr & Pravina Bharath #covid19 #kids

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livestreamOn Monday 4 May 2020 at 7-8pm IST (13:30-14:30 UTC) the Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group (RuralISOCSIG) presents a livestream webinar ‘Know the Pandemic: The kids perspective‘. It will be an interactive session on keeping the kids engaged during this lockdown, bringing an awareness on the current pandemics, and how to protect ourselves from it in a play way method. Speakers: 1. Dr. N.Sudha Bhuvaneswari 2. Mrs. Pravina Bharath.

LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ruralsig4

TWITTER: @IsocSig

4:28 am on May 4, 2020 · a11y (127), a11ynyc (77), a11ysig (75), covid (16), nyc (130)

WEBCAST TUESDAY: NYC #COVID19 Response for People with Disabilities @a11yNYC @NYCDisabilities @Jonathan_novick Walei Sabry @a11ySIG #a11y

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livestreamOn Tuesday May 5 2020 at 7pm EDT (23:00 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup hosts an online meetup ‘NYC COVID-19 Response for People with Disabilities‘. During the biggest health crisis in recent memory, proper precautions and accommodations need to be made in order to provide aid to everyone. For people with disabilities this means constant contact with the community, accessible communications and services to address their biggest needs. Two representatives of the NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, Walei Sabry, Digital Accessibility Coordinator, and Jonathan Novick, Outreach Manager, will provide an update on NYC’s COVID-19 response. The meetup will be webcast live via a partnership with the Internet Society Accessibility SIG.

LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/NYCDisabilities (Open Captions)

YOUTUBE:https://youtu.be/dTnXP_ULujI  (Open Captions)

PARTICiPATE: https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/270315623/

REAL TIME TEXT: http://streamtext.net/player?event=a11ynyc

TWITTER: @NYCDisabilities @a11ynyc

7:29 am on April 29, 2020 · covid (16), digital cooperation (11), infodemic (1), itu (44), misinfo (2), un (40)

WEBCAST TODAY: ‘The ‘Infodemic’ – misinformation and disinformation during COVID​-19’ #DigitalCooperation

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livestreamOn Wednesday 29 April 2020 at 9:30am EDT (13:30 UTC) the Office of the Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General, working on Digital Cooperation presents the third in the UN/ITU Webinar series ‘Digital Cooperation during COVID19 and beyond‘. The topic is ‘The ‘Infodemic’ – misinformation and disinformation during COVID​-19‘.

This webinar aims to discuss specific communication challenges countries are facing during the COVID19 crisis, and strategies and tactics which have been deployed to counter disinformation and misinformation. In particular, discussion will focus on what could be possible immediate action that could lead the global response to COVID19. UNDP and UNESCO are strategic partners of this webinar.

Organizers​
-Mr Fabrizio Hochschild, Under Secretary-General and Special Advisor, UN
-Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of Development Bureau, ITU

Speakers
-​H.E Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, Permanent Representative of Austria to the UN Office in Geneva and President of the Human Rights Council​
-Mr Adama Dieng , Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention, UN
-The Rt. Hon. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Former President of the Supreme Court of the U.K.
-Ms Mercedes Aramendia, President of the Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC), Uruguay​​
-Mr John Omo , Secretary-General, African Telecommunication Union (ATU)
-Ms Liz Corbin , Deputy Media Director and Head of News, European Broadcasting Union (EBU)​
-Ms Monika Bickert, Vice President for Content Policy, Facebook ​
-Ms Irene Jay Liu, Google News Lab Lead, APAC

Moderators
-Mr Robert Opp, Chief Digital Officer (CDO), UNDP
-Mr Guy Berger, Director for Strategies and Policies in the Field of Communication and Information, UNESCO​

LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/infodemic

PARTICIPATE: contact: [email protected]

TWITTER: #DigitalCooperation

3:12 am on April 21, 2020 · covid (16), media (12), wsis (34)

WEBCAST TODAY: #WSIS The role of information, journalism and media in countering COVID-19 @WSISprocess @EBU_HQ @rachel_pollack @morelliana @cdeloire #covid19

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livestreamOn Tuesday 21 April 2020, at 12:00 UTC, the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2020 (WSIS+15) presents ‘The role of information, journalism and media in countering COVID-19‘. This panel is the fourth in the ongoing virtual interactive TalkX series,

Speakers: Giacomo Mazzone — Head of Institutional Relations, European Broadcasting Union (EBU); Rachel Pollack — WSIS Action Line Focal Point C9: Media, UNESCO; Christophe Deloire — Secretary General, Reporters Without Borders (RSF); Mira Milosevic — Executive Director, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD).

Participation is via Microsoft Teams, with closed AI captions available.

LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx4 (open AI captions)

PARTICIPATE: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX

TRANSCRIPT: pdf | doc

TWITTER: #WSIS

8:03 pm on March 31, 2020 · Broadband Breakfast (5), covid (16)

Broadband Breakfast Live Online Series #coronavirus #COVID19 @BroadbandCensus

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YouTubeOn Friday March 14 2020 Broadband Breakfast launched the Broadband Breakfast Live Online series. Most weekdays, at 12:00 EDT (14:00 EDT) a group of experts gather to talk about broadband solutions to the critical challenges of the coronavirus and COVID-19. Sessions are webcast and archived on the Broadband Breakfast YouTube Channel.

Friday, March 13, 2020 – “Coronavirus and Education” – Getting ready for a tsunami of online education
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 – “Coronavirus and Keep America Connected” – How are internet service providers rising to the challenge?
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 – “Emergency Policy Levers and the Coronavirus” – What is the FCC doing to meet the demands of the crises?
Thursday, March 19, 2020 – “Tools for Telework and the Coronavirus” – How are American workplaces holding up to truly going virtual?
Friday, March 20, 2020 – “Measuring and Understanding Bandwidth Usage During the Coronavirus” – How is the internet holding up to different traffic patterns in the daytime?
Monday, March 23, 2020 – “Free and Low Cost Internet Plans During the Coronavirus Crisis” – What should ISPs do to ensure connectivity for all?
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 – “Covering the Coronavirus: How are Broadband Journalists Covering the Pandemic?”
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 – “Ensuring Connectivity During the Coronavirus” – What are communications companies doing?
Thursday, March 26, 2020 – “Broadband, the Coronavirus, and K-12 Education”
Monday, March 30, 2020 – “A Coronavirus Conversation With Millennials from Around the World”
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 – “The Importance of Universal Broadband in the Age of the Coronavirus”

TWITTER: #Broadband Breakfast Live Online

4:43 am on March 26, 2020 · covid (16), isoc chennai (10)

WEBCAST TODAY: Internet DURING Shut-Down: Do we need ‘more’ Internet? @ISOCChennai w/ @SullivanISOC @jane_coffin @ShivaIndia @InternetSociety

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livestreamOn Thursday March 26 2020 at 7pm IST (13:30 UTC) the Internet Society India Chennai Chapter will host an online discussion ‘Internet DURING a shut-down: Do we need ‘more’ Internet?‘. “More Internet” here implies an approach that is on the other end of the tendency to lock down, i.e. a greater willingness to keep more of the people of the world more connected. Participants will include Jane Coffin, the Senior Vice President of Internet Growth, Internet Society, and Andrew Sullivan, CEO and President, Internet Society. Moderator: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy, President, ISOC Chennai.

LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/moreinternet

PARTICIPATE: https://bit.ly/3bmOo3d

TWITTER: #moreinternet @isocchennai