VIDEO: A Digital Magna Carta : Internet Governance and a New Social Contract @NewAmericaNYC @SwissCGNY #nanyc #ig

digital magna carta

digital magna cartaOn Thursday March 26 2015 the Consulate General of Switzerland and the New America Foundation presented A Digital Magna Carta : Internet Governance and a New Social Contract. A distinguished panel discussed the future of the Internet in an increasingly connected, globalized world. Speakers: Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, Director, DiploFoundation, & Author, Introduction to Internet Governance; Constance Bommelaer, Senior Director for Global Policy Partnerships, Internet Society; Olivier Sylvain, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University; George Sadowsky, Member, Internet Governance Forum series, & Member, Board of Directors,  Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN); Stefaan Verhulst, Co-founder and Chief Research and Development Officer, the Governance Lab. It will be recorded for a New America Foundation audio podcast and webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.

View on Livestream: https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/digitalmagnacarta/videos/81670666
Twitter: #nanyc

1:53 pm on December 2, 2014 · diplo (32), governance (62), itu (44), plenipot (3)

VIDEO: @sgdickinson Outcomes of the ITU’s Plenipotentiary Conference @DiplomacyEdu #PP14 #Plenipot #IG

On Friday 28 November the DiploFoundation‘s monthly Internet Governance webinar featuring Samantha Dickinson speaking on Outcomes of the ITU’s Plenipotentiary Conference. Ms Dickinson examined specifically:

  • What are the main updates to the top four Internet-related resolutions?
  • This was the first major ITU conference since the Snowden revelations – what impact did the revelations have on the negotiations and final versions of the new resolutions?
  • Were there any significant changes to the positions of Member States with regard to multistakeholder or intergovernmental models for IG?
  • What were the tensions and nuances during the negotiations?

Video is below.

View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/EWv1wODTovY
Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/Eyq3YP4qoLT7/
Twitter: @DiplomacyEdu + Plenipot