On Thursday, June 24th, 2021 the InterPlanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) hosted a webinar ‘Communicating over Extreme Distances‘. Dr. Don Boroson from MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory presented some of the challenges involved in interstellar space communications. These include improvements in laser communication signal gain, signal aiming, and electronic component survivability, among others.
SPEAKER Dr. Don Boroson, Laboratory Fellow, MIT Lincoln Lab
MODERATORS Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Mike Snell, IPNSIG
WELCOME H.E. Ambassador Mohammad Koba, Chargé d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations
PANEL
Ms Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant-Secretary-General and Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Envoy on Technology
Mr Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Ms Nnenna Nwakanma, Director, Chief Web Advocate, Web Foundation
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director, Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
The United States’ position as the world’s leading hub in subsea networks can no longer be taken for granted. More of the world is coming online, and China is emerging rapidly as a leading subsea cable provider and owner. Join CSIS for a discussion of the U.S. economic and strategic interests at stake and recommendations for protecting U.S. centrality in the world’s information superhighways.
PANEL Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Catherine Creese, Director, US Naval Seafloor Cable Protection Office Lieutenant General (ret) William C. Mayville, Former Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division, Director of Operations for the Joint Staff, and Vice Commander, U.S. Cybercom
MODERATOR Jonathan E. Hillman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Reconnecting Asia Project, CSIS
On Tuesday 2 February 2021 at 5:30pm-7pmEST (22:30-00:00 UTC) the IoT Collaborative (IOTC), the Cleveland State University T.E.C.H Hub and the Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems(ISSACS) at Case Western Reserve University will host a ‘Fireside Chat with Vint Cerf‘. Vint Cerf, the co-designer of TCP/IP protocols and the fundamental architecture of the Internet. He will reflect on his career in technology, share lessons learned, and discuss the challenges and opportunities he sees for technology, from the Internet of Things to the Interplanetary Internet.
SPEAKER Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
MODERATOR Dr. Ken Loparo, Co-Academic Director of the IoT Collaborative / Faculty Director for ISSAC, CWRU
SPEAKERS Azeem Azhar, Founder, Exponential View Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Nnenna Nwakanma, Chief Web Advocate, Web Foundation Andrew Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Internet Society
MODERATOR Jane Coffin, Senior Vice President, Internet Growth, Internet Society
Today, Monday December 28 2020, at 7:00pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the third installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ 2020 highlights, we feature two celebrations of the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET). From 1985-1995 the NSFnet was a pivotal United States program that laid the foundation of the global Internet. was a pivotal United States program that laid the foundation of the global Internet.
First we have excerpts 35th Anniversary Celebratory Event on December 8 which marked its founding. Earlier in the year, on April 30 ‘Internet Independence Day‘, a panel marked its demise, which was the moment that the Internet fully transitioned from a government to a private enterprise.
SPEAKERS
NSFNET 35th Anniversary Celebratory Event
Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Al Gore, former Vice President, USA Dennis Jennings, former First Program Director for Networking, NSF Howard Pfeffer, President and CEO, Internet2 Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO, Internet Society Margaret Martonosi, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), NSF MODERATOR:Ana Hunsinger, Vice President, Community Engagement, Internet2
Internet Independence Day
Reed Hundt (former FCC Chairman) Esther Dyson (first CEO of ICANN) James Lewis (SVP CSIS) Tom Evslin (founder ITXC) Andrew Odlyzko (former Bell Labs and Prof U MN) Gary Shapiro, President, Consumer Technology Association MODERATOR:Daniel Berninger, VCXC
Today, Tuesday 8 December 2020, at 1pm-2:45pm EST (18:00-19:45 UTC) the Internet Society and Internet2 present a NSFNET 35th Anniversary Celebratory Virtual Event. From 1985-1995 the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) was a pivotal United States program that laid the foundation of the global Internet. Luminaries and colleagues from research and education will reflect on NSFNET’s important networking contributions and share their outlook for the future.
SPEAKERS Ana Hunsinger, Vice President, Community Engagement, Internet2 Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Al Gore, former Vice President, USA Dennis Jennings, former First Program Director for Networking, NSF Howard Pfeffer, President and CEO, Internet2 Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO, Internet Society Margaret Martonosi, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), NSF
On Friday, August 7th, 2020 from 11:00-12:30 EDT (15:00-16:30 UTC) the Internet Society InterPlanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) hosts a Space Internet Governance Webinar. Presently there is no governance framework, formal or informal, for the Internet in space (what will become the Solar System Internet, or SSI). Our panel will explore whether one is needed and, if so, what form it should take.
SPEAKERS Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Dr. Scott Pace, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council
MODERATOR Scott Burleigh, Principal Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
The 2020 USA Internet Governance Forum (IGF-USA) will be convened as virtual two-day conference on July 22 and 23. The IGF-USA has been facilitating discussions on the most important issues facing the Internet for over a decade. As the Internet reaches an unparalleled level of importance during the current pandemic, the IGF-USA 2020 will be at the forefront of many emerging discussions. Speakers include Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google; Ajit Pai, Chairman, FCC; Fabrizio Hochschild, Under Secretary-General, United Nations; and Konstantinos Komaitis, Senior Director, Policy Strategy and Development, Internet Society.
On Thursday, June 24th, 2021 the InterPlanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) hosted a webinar ‘Communicating over Extreme Distances‘. Dr. Don Boroson from MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory presented some of the challenges involved in interstellar space communications. These include improvements in laser communication signal gain, signal aiming, and electronic component survivability, among others.
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