Statement from Internet Technical Community after #GCCS2015 affirms #coreinternetvalues

Members of the Internet technical community – the African Top Level Domains Organization (AfTLD), Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA), Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Internet Society (ISOC), Latin American and Caribbean TLD Association (LACTLD), the Ripe Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC), Dr. Michael R. Nelson, Dr. Alejandro Pisanty, George Sadowsky and Andrew Sullivan, have issued a statement following the recent Global Conference on CyberSpace 2015 (GCCS2015) in The Hague.

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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

11:15 am on August 3, 2013 · dave farber (13), george sadowsky (3), ihof (11)

WEBCAST: Internet Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony #ihof2013 @InternetSociety

Internet Hall of Fame

Internet Hall of FameThe Internet Hall of Fame is an annual awards program that was established in 2012 by the Internet Society to publicly recognize a distinguished and select group of leaders and luminaries who have made significant contributions to the development and advancement of the global open Internet. Today, August 3 2013 the 2013 Internet Hall of Fame inductees will be formally honored in a ceremony in Berlin, Germany. The event will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel. It starts at noon NYC time.

What: Internet Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Where: Berlin, Germany
When: August 3 2013 1800-2000 CEDT | 1600-1800 UTC | 1200-1400 EDT
Webcast: https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/2013internethalloffame
Twitter: #ihof2013

The 2013 Internet Hall of Fame inductees are:

Pioneers:
David Clark, David Farber, Howard Frank, Kanchana Kanchanasut, J.C.R. Licklider (posthumous), Bob Metcalfe, Jun Murai, Kees Neggers, Nii Narku Quaynor, Glenn Ricart, Robert Taylor, Stephen Wolff, Werner Zorn

Innovators:
Marc Andreessen, John Perry Barlow, Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder, François Flückiger, Stephen Kent, Henning Schulzrinne, Richard Stallman, Aaron Swartz (posthumous), Jimmy Wales

Global Connectors:
Karen Banks, Gihan Dias, Anriette Esterhuysen, Steven Goldstein, Teus Hagen, Ida Holz, Qiheng Hu, Haruhisa Ishida (posthumous), Barry Leiner (posthumous), George Sadowsky