Sally Wentworth

3:50 pm on March 10, 2026 · ICANN (193), icann85 (5), multistakeholder (3), Sally Wentworth (26), wsis (34)

Mar 9 2026 – ICANN 85 – WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps

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On March 9 2026, during the ICANN 85 Community Forum in Mumbai, in a panel ‘WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps‘, Internet governance leaders and community members reflected on the WSIS+20 review process and discussed what comes next.

SPEAKERS
Kurtis Lindqvist – President and CEO, ICANN
Sally Wentworth – President and CEO, ISOC
Ian Sheldon – ICANN GAC
Amrita Choudhury – ICANN community member
Chris Disspain – ICANN community member
Chengetai Masango – Head – IGF Secretariat
Moderator: Janis Karklins – Head of Government Engagement, ICANN
Host: Rebecca McGilley – Government and IGO Engagement Operations Senior Director, ICANN

#icann85 #wsis #wsis20 #m17m

12:42 am on October 22, 2025 · encryption (49), Sally Wentworth (26), section 230 (9)

RECORDING – Encryption Matters: In Conversation with Sally Wentworth and US Senator Ron Wyden

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For Global Encryption Day 2025, Internet Society President and CEO Sally Wentworth sat down with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden to discuss why encryption matters. They talked about what’s at stake if we don’t have encryption, the role the Section 230 law plays in intermediary liability, and the challenges surrounding constructive conversations related to child safety, and the importance of encryption for the safety of children’s information. Finally, they discussed future challenges for the Internet, and how the Internet Society’s global community can best help ensure that people everywhere have a safe and secure online experience.

#GlobalEncryptionDay #EncryptionMatters @ISOCCEO @RonWyden #InternetSociety @GlobalEncrypt

(Edited from original video)

1:51 pm on May 17, 2024 · ieee (10), PCI (1), Sally Wentworth (26), Vint Cerf (106)

WEBCASTS MAY 17-20 – IEEE / PCI i50 Triple Milestone Celebration

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ISOC LiveFrom May 17 to May 20 2024 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in collaboration with People Centered Internet (PCI) is holding three events that will celebrate three ‘Milestones’ in the development of the Internet. The first Milestone celebrates the 50th anniversary of publication of an IEEE technical paper describing TCP, a key component enabling the Internet’s reliability. The second Milestone is for the IEEE 802 Standards Committee, which manages the rules by which Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and multiple wireless specialty networks (e.g., CCC, CSA, FIRa, Wi-SUN, Thread Group) operate. The third Milestone is for the PageRank Algorithm and the Birth of Google.

WEBCASTS
The Office of the Future: 3 IEEE MilestonesFri, May 17, 3pm-5pm PT (22:00-00:00 UTC) – The Office of the Future: 3 IEEE Milestones Honoring SRI and Its Xerox PARC Heritage
Vint Cerf, Vice President / Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Bob Metcalfe, Co-designer of Ethernet at Xerox PARC; the “Father” of Ethernet
Tom Coughlin, President, IEEE
Brian Berg, Vice Chair, IEEE History Committee
Host: Dr. David Parekh, CEO, SRI
https://ieeetv.ieee.org/live-events/office_of_the_future

A Celebration of 50 Years of the InternetSun, May 19, 12 Noon – 3:15pm PT (19:00-21:15 UTC) – A Celebration of 50 Years of the Internet
12:00 PDT / 19:00 UTC – Opening Remarks
Mei Lin Fung, Co-chair & Co-founder | People Centered Internet
Thomas Coughlin, President, IEEE
12:10 PDT / 19:10 UTC – TCP and the Internet – Origins and Subsequent Impact
Vint Cerf, Vice President, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Bob Kahn, Chair and CEO, Corporation for National Research Initiatives
Judy Estrin, CEO, JLabs
John Shoch, Office Systems Division President, Xerox PARC
12:35 PDT / 19:35 UTC – Internet and Beyond – Internet Society & Internet Engineering Task Force
Sally Wentworth, Managing Director, The Internet Society
12:50 PDT / 19:50 UTC – The People-Centered Digital Future Countries are Building
Moderatior: David Kirkpatrick, Senior Fellow, People Centered Internet
Sanjay Jain, Director, Digital Public Infrastructure, Gates Foundation
Pramod Varma, Architect of India Digital Public Infrastructure, Aadhar, UPI, ONDC
13:20 PDT / 20:20 UTC – Digital Transformation and Ancestral Intelligence in the Era of AI
The Honorable Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister, Greece
Konstantinos Karachalios, former Managing Director, IEEE Standards Association
13:55 PDT / 20:55 UTC – Panel Session – How Can We Ensure AI Serves Everyone, Everywhere?
Moderator: Kate Wilson, Senior Fellow, People Centered Internet
Anir Chowdhury, Policy Advisor, a2i, ICT Division/Cabinet Division/UNDP Bangladesh
Fei Fei Li, Co-Director, Stanford’s Institute for Human Centered AI
Keith Strier, VP, Worldwide AI, NVIDIA; US National AI Advisory Council
14:25 PDT / 21:25 UTC Illumination and Communication: Advancing Human-Centric Technology
Sophie Muirhead, IEEE Executive Director & COO
14:35 PDT / 21:35 UTC IEEE 802 Standards Committee – Panel Session
Tuncer Baykas, Moderator (IEEE 802.19 Working Group Chair)
Jyotika Athavale, IEEE Computer Society President
Maris Graube, Originator of the IEEE 802 Standards Committee
Geoff Thompson, Initiator of the IEEE 802 Standards Committee Milestone, Past Chair 802.3 Working Group
James Gilb, IEEE 802 Executive Committee Chair
Robert Stacey, IEEE 802.11 Working Group Chair
Clint Powell, IEEE 802.15 Working Group Chair
15:05 PDT / 22:05 UTC – Closing Reflections
Mei Lin Fung, Chair, Co-chair & Co-founder | People Centered Internet
Bob Metcalfe, Co-designer of Ethernet at Xerox PARC; the “Father” of Ethernet
https://ieeetv.ieee.org/live-events/i50

IEEE Milestone Celebration: TCP, 802 Standards, and Google Mon, May 20, 1pm-4pm PT (20:00-23:00 UTC) – IEEE Milestone Celebration: TCP, 802 Standards, and Google
Vint Cerf, Vice President / Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Bob Metcalfe, Co-designer of Ethernet at Xerox PARC; the “Father” of Ethernet
Distinguished researchers and scientists from Google
https://ieeetv.ieee.org/live-events/milestone-tcp-802-Google

TWITTER #PeopleCentered #DigitalFuture #IEEEi50 #IEEEMilestone #IEEE

PCI Press Release https://bit.ly/3UDQ1BG
IEEE Press Release https://bit.ly/4bFCtN9

6:17 pm on January 5, 2018 · icomm (4), Sally Wentworth (26)

WEBCAST TODAY: @InternetSociety Report – ‘Paths to our Digital Future’ Launch w/ @SAWentworth @amunyua @paulacortereal + Leonard Kleinrock #shapetomorrow

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LivestreamToday January 5 2018 at 7pm EST the Internet Society Livestream Channel presents the launch the Internet Society 2017 Global Internet Report – ‘Paths to our Digital Future‘. In 2016, the Internet Society launched a project to take stock of the key forces of change that could impact the future of the Internet. The broad Internet community was engaged via multiple surveys, interviews, and roundtables. The full report was released on September 18 2017, with a distinguished panel discussing its findings, to kick off InterCommunity 2017

PANEL: Sally Wentworth, Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, Alice Munyua, Paula Côrte Real. MODERATOR: Adnan Nawaz.

View on Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/future/

Download the Report: https://future.internetsociety.org/

11:43 am on December 14, 2017 · chatham house (6), Sally Wentworth (26), trust (11)

WEBCAST TODAY: @InternetSociety @chathamhouse Panel: Do We Still Trust the Internet? #securitization

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livestreamToday, Thursday 14 December 2017 the Internet Society and Chatham House will host a panel discussion Do We Still Trust the Internet? in London. Over the past few years, there has been a clear shift towards greater ‘securitization’ of the Internet, where security is less about personal data integrity and network resilience, and more about national security and political control. This is evident through the practice of Internet shutdowns, data localization policies, attacks on the multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance and encryption backdoors. At this event, held in partnership with the Internet Society, participants will discuss the trend towards ‘securitization’, its implications and how to strengthen trust in the Internet, Participants: Marina Kaljurand, Chair, Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia (2015-16); Sally Wentworth, Vice President of Global Policy Development, Internet Society; Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security Department, Chatham House. Moderator: Emily Taylor, Associate Fellow, International Security and Editor, Journal of Cyber Policy, Chatham House. The event will be webcast live via the Internet Society Livestream Channel, YouTube, and Facebook.

What: Chatham House Panel: Do We Still Trust the Internet?
When: Thursday 14 December 2017 18:00 – 19:00 UTC | 13:00-14:00 EST
Webcast: Livestream | Facebook | YouTube
Captioning: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC
Twitter: #securitization – http://bit.ly/2AoPlpC

12:28 pm on November 16, 2017 · Kevin Werbach (1), Sally Wentworth (26), tim wu (15)

WEBCAST FRI/SAT: After the Digital Tornado w/ @kwerb @superwuster @hnissenbaum and others #atdt #fcc

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After the Digital TornadoOn Friday/Saturday November 17-18 2017 Kevin Werbach and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania will host After the Digital Tornado in Philadelphia PA. Twenty years ago, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission issued Kevin Werbach’s working paper, Digital Tornado, one of the first examinations by a government agency of the transformative potential of the internet. Today we find ourselves in a world where little remains untouched by the wave of digital connectivity. Yet fundamental questions remain unresolved, and even more serious new questions have emerged. This major academic conference will examine these questions. Speakers include Tim Wu, Sally Wentworth, Yochai Benkler, Helen Nissenbaum, Bruce Schneier, Joel Reidenberg, Gigi Sohn, & Christopher Yoo. An edited volume of essays based on the presentations will be published by Cambridge University Press. A live webcast will be available via the Internet Society Livestream Channel.

What: After the Digital Tornado
Where: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
When: Friday November 17 2017 1pm – Saturday November 18 2017 5pm (UTC-5)
Schedule: http://digitaltornado.net/schedule/
Webcast: Livestream – https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afterthetornado
YouTube Simulcast: http://bit.ly/atdtyoutube
Twitter: #atdt http://bit.ly/2hENHw6

5:50 am on July 24, 2017 · governance (62), igf (239), igf-usa (22), Sally Wentworth (26), Vint Cerf (106)

WEBCAST TODAY: IGF-USA 2017 in Washington DC. #igfusa2017 w/ @vgcerf @craignewmark @MOhlhausenFTC

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igf-usaThe 2017 Internet Governance Forum USA (IGF-USA 2017) will be held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC on July 24 2017. The IGF-USA is a multistakeholder effort to illuminate issues and cultivate constructive discussions about the future of the Internet. Keynote speakers include Vint Cerf, Craig Newmark, Maureen Ohlhausen and Sally Wentworth. Panels will address: Promoting a More Inclusive Internet; Healing Internet Fragmentation; Smarter Network Opportunities & Digital Game Changers; Nationalism, Disinformation and Free Expression in the Age of the Internet; Taking A Holistic Approach to the Internet of Things; National Network Regulation vs. the Global Cloud; Privacy and Regulation: Bottom-up vs. Top-Down; Where are all of those Digital Dividends We Expected. The event will be livestreamed and captioned.

What: 2017 Internet Governance Forum USA
Where: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC
When: July 24 2017 09:00-17:00 EDT | 13:00-21:00 UTC
Agenda: https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2017-program/
Livestream: https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2017-video/
Twitter: #IGFUSA2017 http://bit.ly/igfusa2017

8:18 am on June 15, 2017 · 25th (1), chatham house (6), isoc (163), pakistan (5), rebecaa mackinnon (1), Sally Wentworth (26)

WEBCAST TODAY: @InternetSociety Community Forum – How will the Internet impact societies? @rmack @chathamhouse #thenext25

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livestreamToday, Thursday 15 June 2017, as part of its 25th anniversary, the Internet Society will host a Community Forum for its members to address key questions around whether the Internet of the future will be a force that brings people together or divides us. This is a follow up to the May 11 “Brave New World” panel in London. Today there will be a 90-minute discussion moderated by Emily Taylor, Associate Fellow, Chatham House, Panel:  Dr. Ismail Syed Shah, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunications Authority; Rebecca MacKinnon, Director of the Ranking Digital Rights project at New America; Sally Wentworth, Vice President of Global Policy Development, Internet Society. Following remarks from the panel the conversation will be opened to the community. How do you think the Internet will impact society in the future? Members can join the discussion via Zoom. Livestreams will be available live or later via our various channels as listed below. A live transcript will be provided.

What: Community Forum – How will the Internet impact societies?
When: Thurs 15 June 2017 13:00 – 14:30 UTC | 09:00-10:30 EDT
Zoom: https://isoc.zoom.us/j/214174278
Webcast: Livestream | Facebook | YouTube
Transcript: https://aloft.nu/mkk/isoc
Twitter: #thenext25 – http://bit.ly/THENEXT25

2:18 pm on October 11, 2015 · constance bommelaer (6), igf (239), isoc (163), Sally Wentworth (26), wsis (34)

VIDEO: @InternetSociety Q4 2015 Community Forum inc #WSIS and #IGF updates

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On Thursday October 8 2015 the Internet Society convened its Q4 2015 Community Forum. It was essentially an Internet Governance update from – and Q&A with – our policy staff Sally Wentworth, Vice President of Global Policy Development, and Constance Bommelaer, Senior Director of Global Internet Policy, plus a chance to meet with the 2015 Internet Society WSIS fellows. Video is below:

View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Kd5lI9oPv9k