Today, Monday January 6 2020, at 7pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the 12th and last installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, we feature the Internet Society 2020 Action Plan Special Community Forum on December 11 2019. Presenters: Andrew Sullivan, President & CEO; Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Implementation; Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Senior Vice President, Strong Internet; Jane Coffin, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Connectivity & Infrastructure; were followed by a Q&A moderated by Joyce Dogniez, Vice President Community Engagement and Development. Finally, the winners of the 2019 Chapterthon were announced.
The 2020 Action Plan defines three strategic goals: Build, Promote, and Defend. These are further broken down into eight projects:
1. Building community networks.
2. Fostering infrastructure and technical communities.
3. Measuring the Internet.
4. Promoting the Internet way of networking.
5. Securing global routing.
6. Extending encryption.
7. Increasing Time Security.
8. Leading by example with open standards and protocols.
On December 11 2019 the Internet Society held a Special Community Forum to launch its 2020 Action Plan. Presenters included Andrew Sullivan, President & CEO, Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Implementation; Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Senior Vice President, Strong Internet, and Jane Coffin, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Connectivity & Infrastructure. A Q&A session was moderated by Joyce Dogniez, Vice President Community Engagement and Development. Finally, the winners of the 2019 Chapterthon were announced.
Today, Thursday 28 March 2019, at 10am ET (14:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast an edited version of the Internet Society Women Special Interest Group (Women SIG) interactive webinar “Increasing diversity on the Internet” on International Women’s Day – 8th of March 2019. Watch to learn more about the amazing work that different organizations and ISOC chapters are doing to close the digital gender gap and achieve a better balanced Internet.
SPEAKERS Amrita Choudhury, APAC Lead, ISOC Women SIG Joyce Dogniez, Vice President Community Engagement and Development Zahir Qasraw, ISOC Palestine Lillian Achom, Women Connect Challenge Project Eduardo Tomé, ISOC Honduras Tripti Jain, Women in Tech Project Sarah Kiden, ISOC Women SIG Sarah Fratti, ISOC Women SIG Layal Jebran, Regional Community Engagement Manager, Middle East Ilda Simao, Grants Programme Manager Agustina Callegari, Co-Founder, ISOC Women SIG
Today, Wednesday March 13 2019 at 5pm EDT (21:00 UTC) WHCR 90.3FM‘s Community & Technology program hosts Stuart Reid, Lena Marvin, and Dave Burstein welcome Andrew Sullivan, CEO & President of the Internet Society, to the ‘Voice of Harlem’. The program will be simulcast on theInternet Society Livestream Channel.
Today Wednesday June 20 2018 at 10am EDT (14::00 UTC) the Internet Society’s Board of Trustees will hold an Open Board Forum – a virtual meeting between the ISOC community and the ISOC Trustees which serves as an open platform to facilitate exchange of ideas, provide feedback and suggestions or ask any specific questions relating to the current and future direction of the organisation.
Last year, the Internet Society published a comprehensive study to better understand the forces of change that will shape the Internet over the next five to seven years: The 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future. By focusing attention on the significant potential of the Internet for innovation and sustainable development, but without denying or shirking the challenges it also introduces, the 2017 report has become a powerful tool in the global awareness and advocacy work of the Internet Society and its chapters.
We now want to work with you as our most important stakeholders on a new report that takes a closer look at one of those forces and how it may impact the future, namelyConsolidation in the Internet Economy. Understood as growing forces of concentration, vertical and horizontal integration, and fewer opportunities for market entry and competition, this topic includes the impact of consolidating forces on all stakeholders as well as on the Internet’s underlying and evolving technology.
We have selected this theme because findings from last year’s report, and developments since its release, indicated increasing concerns about a growing concentration of power in the Internet economy. They point to market and technical forces that may be driving consolidation at different ‘layers’ of the Internet, from traffic to communications providers to applications, as well as processes of vertical integration that allows for some companies to own the user experience at every stage and in an increasingly wide range of human activity. As users experience the Internet through a smaller number of providers, for example, there is the potential to restrict our access, choice and future ability to innovate. On the other hand, consolidation is not a new phenomenon but can be expected as markets and industries mature. To some, it is an evolution foremost characterized by lower prices and better services available to more people.
Today we are launching a survey available in English, French and Spanish seeking your input on this perceived trend of consolidation. Tell us your perspective; how it might be affecting you and your community, and what you foresee for the future of the Internet in the next five years.
Today, Thursday February 22 2018 at 1pm ET (18:00 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel presents a webcast of Internet Society Webinar: GDPR: Novelties, Challenges and Opportunities earlier today. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which is going to enter into force on 25 May 2018 will bring fundamental changes to the Privacy and Data Protection scene on a global level. GDPR aims to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower data privacy of EU citizens and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy. The expected global impact of GDPR has triggered a worldwide discussion and many organizations both within and outside the EU are currently busy getting ready for 25 May, to make sure they are in compliance with the GDPR, while there is still an ongoing debate on many provisions. This Internet Society webinar provided our community with a better understanding of the big picture when it comes to GDPR, its global impact, novelties, challenges and opportunities. Speakers: Bojana Bellamy, President, Centre for Information Policy Leadership; Prof. Joe Cannataci, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy; Olivier Iteanu, Founder and Managing Partner, Iteanu Avocats; Nevena Ruzic, Assistant Secretary General at Information Commissioner Serbia. Moderator: Ceren Unal, Internet Society European Regional Bureau. The webcast will also be available on Facebook and will have open captioning.
All ISOC Chapters could participate in global Internet SocietyChapterthon 2017 with the theme ‘Digital Schools!‘. Chapters were challenged with developing a project within a timeline and budget to achieve a common goal for the development of education and the Internet. Oncethe projects were finalized, a community vote decided the best project which received a prize.
On Tuesday June 9 2020 the Internet Society hosted a webinar ‘Trump’s Social Media Executive Order: Legal, Ethical, Smart?‘ discussing Section 230, the First Amendment and the President’s Executive Order “Preventing Online Censorship“.The panelists talked about the political and legal issues, and the unintended consequences the Executive Order could have on the Internet, what it means for the future of speech and platforms online.
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