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11:26 am on July 20, 2026 · marconi society (9), resilience (14), Vint Cerf (106), wsis (34)

RECAP 9 JUL 2026 – Operationalizing Digital Resilience: Implementing WSIS+20 and the Global Digital Compact Across Critical Infrastructure

July 20, 2026July 20, 2026 by ISOC Live

On 9 July 2026, GNKS Consult and the Marconi Society Internet Resilience Institute hosted ‘Operationalizing Digital Resilience: Implementing WSIS+20 and the Global Digital Compact Across Critical Infrastructure‘ at the WSIS Forum 2026 in Geneva.

The session explored how Internet resilience can help translate WSIS+20 (World Summit on the Information Society +20 Review) commitments and Global Digital Compact (GDC) objectives into practical implementation. Recent disruptions — cloud outages, power failures, supply-chain vulnerabilities, and cyber incidents — have shown that digital resilience is not solely a technical issue, depending instead on a complex ecosystem of networks, domain name systems, routing infrastructure, cloud services, energy systems, and governance arrangements. Building on the work of the Marconi Society Internet Resilience Institute, the session presented practical approaches including the Life of a Packet dependency-mapping initiative and the Business Resilience Guide, with attention to cross-sector cooperation, learning from incidents, stress-testing critical systems, and strengthening trust in digital services.

SPEAKERS
Marina Pappas – Institute Director, Marconi Society
Dr. Vinton G. Cerf – former Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Victor Kuarsingh – Senior technology executive, active member of standards community
Ram Mohan – Chief Strategy Officer, Identity Digital – Remote Panellist
Dr. Moritz Müller – Research Engineer, SIDN
Katarina Garic – CMO, SCION Association
Philippe Fouquart – Senior Expert, Orange
Raneem Zaitoun – Youth Ambassador, Internet Society

HOST / MODERATOR
Maarten Botterman – Director, GNKS Consult BV

#InternetResilience #WSIS #DigitalCompact #WSIS2026

1:45 am on April 30, 2026 · 2026 (256), career (1), education (20), STEM (1), Vint Cerf (106)

RECAP 5 MAY 2026 – Book Talk: Create Your Unicorn Career in STEM

May 11, 2026April 30, 2026 by ISOC Live

Promotional banner with a colorful nebula background and white text reading: “Create Your Unicorn Career in STEM.” It advertises a free virtual fireside chat with Vint Cerf and Alaina G. Levine, scheduled for 5 May 2026.

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On 5 May 2026, Alaina G. Levine, author of ‘Create Your Unicorn Career: A Practical Guide to Designing the Authentic Career That Brings You Joy, Meaning, and Money – Even in Uncertain Times‘ had a virtual fireside chat with Vint Cerf on the book’s themes.

SPEAKERS
Alaina G. Levine – Keynote Speaker, Author, Career Coach, Science Writer, Speaking Coach
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google

#yourunicorncareer #STEMCareer

3:52 am on March 10, 2026 · alexaander graham bell (1), patents (5), USPTO (5), Vint Cerf (106)

Mar 5 2026 – USPTO – Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephone Patent: 150 years, a world of connection

March 10, 2026 by ISOC Live

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On March 5, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted a commemorative event ‘Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephone Patent: 150 years, a world of connection‘ marking the 150th anniversary of Bell’s telephone patent (granted March 7, 1876). The program brought together historians, technologists, policy experts, and descendants of the Bell family to reflect on the invention of the telephone, its impact on communications and society, and the continuing role of intellectual property in shaping innovation.

01 Opening Remarks

John A. Squires– Director, USPTO
Dr. Bernard Carlson – Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia
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02 Panel I: From Bell to Broadband — Innovation and Industry Across 150 Years

Edwin S. Grosvenor – President and Editor-in-Chief, American Heritage
Joshua Levy – Historian of Science and Technology, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Brian Wood – Curator, Bell Homestead National Historic Site, retired
Sheldon Hochheiser – Corporate Historian Emeritus, AT&T, retired
Moderator: Jill Gostin – President-Elect, IEEE
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3 Panel II: Protecting Ideas and Shaping the Future — Intellectual Property and the Next 150 Years

Giulia McHenry – Senior Vice President for Public Policy, AT&T
Bob Giles – Senior Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Qualcomm
Christopher Beauchamp – Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Patrick Coyne – Principal, Coyne Consulting, PLLC
Moderator: Louis Foreman – CEO of Enventys, Professor at Wake Forest
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04 Closing Reflections & Anniversary Tribute

Sara Grosvenor – President, Alexander and Mabel Bell Legacy Foundation
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
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#uspto #alexandergrahambell #patents

2:15 pm on October 20, 2025 · fragmentation (14), igf (239), PNIF (2), Vint Cerf (106)

RECORDING – IGF Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (PNIF) Draft Review

October 20, 2025 by ISOC Live

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DRAFT | FEEDBACK FORM

On 16 October 2025, the Internet Governance Forum Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (PNIF) met to review their Draft Recommendations on Stakeholder Cooperation to address fragmentation and preserve the global Internet. This is a work in progress and a call was made for community feedback.

PARTICIPANTS
Tereza Horejsova – Director for Partnerships, DiploFoundation
Wim Degezelle – Consultant (PNIF/BPF), IGF Secretariat
Vint Cerf – Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google / Co-chair, IGF Leadership Panel
William J. Drake – Director of International Studies, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (Columbia Business School)
Bruna Martins dos Santos – Policy and Advocacy Manager, WITNESS
Arja Nunn – Junior Project Manager, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)
Omor Faruque – Youth digital-rights advocate, Project OMNA (Bangladesh)
Peter Koch – Senior Policy Advisor, DENIC eG

9:00 am on September 30, 2025 · isoc alumni (5), podcast (1), Vint Cerf (106)

ARCHIVE – Internet Society Alumni Network – Internet Changemakers podcast

September 30, 2025 by ISOC Live

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On June 23, 2025, the Internet Society Alumni Network debuted its new podcast ‘Internet Changemakers‘. Monthly episodes feature the work of the Internet Society, and the Alumni Network itself, to explore the Internet’s origins, its transformative power, and its future potential.

HOSTS
Claire van Zwieten – Alumni Specialist, Internet Society Foundation
Noha Ashraf AbdelBaky – ISOC Egypt Chapter / Youth SIG
Yug Desai – South Asian University / Youth IGF India

PRODUCERS
Abdulrahman Abotaleb – Yemen Science Network
Alan Ramirez Garcia – Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Claire van Zwieten – Alumni Specialist, Internet Society Foundation
Kim Ochs – EdTech consultant

EPISODES

00 Introducing Internet Changemakers
June 4 2025 (1:31) – INFO | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT EN / ES / FR | SUMMARY EN / ES / FR
Claire van Zwieten – Alumni Specialist, Internet Society Foundation
Noha Ashraf AbdelBaky – ISOC Egypt Chapter / Youth SIG
Yug Desai – South Asian University / Youth IGF India

01 HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
June 23, 2025 51:30 INFO | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT EN / ES / FR | SUMMARY EN / ES / FR
Claire van Zwieten – Alumni Specialist, Internet Society Foundation
Noha Ashraf AbdelBaky – ISOC Egypt Chapter / Youth SIG
Dr. Vinton Cerf – ‘Father of the Internet’

02 THE INTERNET ECOSYSTEM
July 22, 2025 – 34:52 INFO | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT EN / ES / FR | SUMMARY EN / ES / FR
Claire van Zwieten – Alumni Specialist, Internet Society Foundation
Yug Desai – South Asian University / Youth IGF India
Alan Ramírez García – Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, Peru
Everton Teles Rodrigues – NIC,br

03 THE ROAD TO THE ROUTER
Aug 25, 2025 – 43:27 AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT EN / ES / FR | SUMMARY EN / ES / FR | INFO
Claire van Zwieten – Alumni Specialist, Internet Society Foundation
Noha Ashraf AbdelBaky – ISOC Egypt Chapter / Youth SIG
Cedrick Mbeyet – Stakeolder Development Manager-Technical, AFRINIC
Lito Ibarra – Miembro del Directorio, LACNIC

04 THE METRICS BEHIND THE MAGIC
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Dr. Alexander Gamero-Garrido – Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Davis
Anand Raje – Co-Founder / CTO, India Internet Foundation (IIFON)
Claire van Zwieten – Alumni Specialist, Internet Society Foundation
Yug Desai – South Asian University / Youth IGF India

1:51 am on July 30, 2025 · core internet values (13), igf (239), lynn st amour (11), Vint Cerf (106)

RECORDING – Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values workshop at IGF 2012

July 30, 2025 by isoc-ny

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On Thursday 8 November, 2012, the Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values held a workshop at the Internet Governance Forum 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. This 3rd annual DC-CIV meeting examined the challenges to the Open and Global Internet, focusing on threats to core values such as openness, neutrality, decentralization, and permissionless innovation. Panelists emphasized the need for continued multistakeholder engagement, awareness-building among policymakers, and concrete action to preserve these principles amid evolving technical and political pressures.

PARTICIPANTS
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Sivasubramanian Muthusumy – ISOC Chennai
Sébastien Bachollet – ICANN Board
Paul Wilson – APNIC
Alejandro Pisanty – Chair, ISOC Mexico
Nick Ashton-Hart – CCIA
Courtney Radsch – Freedom House
Subi Chaturvedi – Delhi University
Fatima Cabronero

MODERATOR
Lynn St Amour – CEO / President, ISOC

#coreinternetvalues | #igf12

11:33 am on July 8, 2025 · ipnsig (36), ipnsig academy (11), space (26), Vint Cerf (106)

RECORDINGS – Space Summit 2025 Keynotes

July 15, 2025July 8, 2025 by ISOC Live

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On Tuesday and Wednesday, July 8–9, 2025, ISOC.LIVE simulcast the Space Summit 2025 keynote sessions, which featured current and former Interplanetary Network Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) chairs Yosuke Kaneko and Vint Cerf. These keynotes were part of a larger free event produced by the IPNSIG Academy, which included networking and workshops. IPNSIG operates as the Internet Society’s Interplanetary Chapter.

KEYNOTE 1: Yosuke Kaneko

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KEYNOTE 2: Vint Cerf and Yosuke Kaneko

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@IPNSIG #ipnsigacademy #ipnsig #spacecommunications

8:07 am on June 12, 2025 · Atlantic Council (4), igf (239), Konstantinos Komaitis (8), Vint Cerf (106)

WEBCAST JUN 12 – Atlantic Council – Why the UN’s Internet Governance Forum still matters twenty years on

June 12, 2025 by ISOC Live

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On Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC), the Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative will host a conversation on the importance of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the role it has played for the past twenty years in providing an open, inclusive, and diverse space for discussing internet policy and governance. This event, held in the lead up to the 2025 IGF, will highlight the value of the annual forum and why digital democracy depends on keeping the internet open, global, and inclusive. The conversation will also showcase the Atlantic Council’s work to champion a free and open internet.

SPEAKERS
Vint Cerf – Chair, IGF Leadership Panel / Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Anriette Esterhuysen – Senior Advisor on Global and Regional Internet Governance, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Jason Pielemeier – Executive Director, Global Network Initiative (GNI)
Chengetai Masango – Head of Office, United Nations Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum

MODERATOR
Konstantinos Komaitis – Resident Senior Fellow, Democracy + Tech Initiative

@AtlanticCouncil #IGF2025

8:10 pm on May 17, 2025 · Coalition on Digital Impact (1), i2coalition (4), ICANN (193), identity digital (1), steve crocker (9), universal acceptance (18), Vint Cerf (106)

WEBCAST MAY 20 – UA Day 2025 North America Regional Event: Breaking Barriers: Universal Acceptance and Multilingualism as Gateways to Digital Access

May 20, 2025May 17, 2025 by ISOC Live

On Tuesday May 20 2025 at 09:00-13:00 EDT (13:00 – 17:00 UTC) the i2Coalition (i2C), Identity Digital, and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), will host a half-day hybrid event ‘Breaking Barriers: Universal Acceptance and Multilingualism as Gateways to Digital Access‘ at ICANN’s Washington DC Engagement Center. Leading experts in language, Internet infrastructure and AI will discuss how digital access is the key to unlocking the Internet’s full potential for all users. The event also serves to launch the newly formed Coalition on Digital Impact (CODI).

PROGRAM

09:00 Welcome Remarks
Matt Larson – Vice President of Research, ICANN
Christian Dawson – Executive Director, i2Coalition / Co-Founder, Coalition on Digital Impact

09:10 Fireside Chat: The Importance of Language in Digital Access
Rebecca MacKinnon -Vice President of Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation
Ram Mohan – CSO, Identity Digital / Chairman, Coalition on Digital Impact

09:30 Fireside Chat: Meaningful Connection in a Multilingual World
Steve Crocker – CEO /co-founder, Shinkuro, Inc.
Rachel Sterling – Chief Marketing Officer, Identity Digital

09:40 Panel 1: Universal Acceptance: The Cornerstone of Meaningful Connection
Jennifer Chung – Vice President, Policy, DotAsia
Steve Crocker – CEO / co-founder, Shinkuro, Inc.
George Sadowsky – Information Technology consultant / ex-ICANN Director (2009-2018)
Moderator: Christian Dawson – i2C

11:00 Fireside Chat: Bridging Digital Divides: The Evolution and Future of A Multilingual Internet
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
John Perrino – Senior Policy and Advocacy Expert, Internet Society

11:10 Panel 2: Will AI Break or Build Barriers? Linguistic and Cultural Divides on the Internet
Chaula Gupta, Vice President / Chief Program Officer, Digital Promise
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
AJ Bhadelia – North America Government Affairs and Public Policy, Cohere
Moderator: Aliya Bhatia – Senior Policy Analyst, CDT

12:15 Closing Keynote: One Internet, Many Languages. A Common Future
Theresa Swinehart – Senior Vice President, Global Domains & Strategy, ICANN

12:25 Wrap-up Remarks
Ram Mohan – CSO, Identity Digital / Chairman, Coalition on Digital Impact
Christian Dawson – Executive Director, i2Coalition / Co-Founder, Coalition on Digital Impact

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4:10 am on March 11, 2025 · At-Large (28), core internet values (13), dc-civ (3), ICANN (193), icann82 (6), Vint Cerf (106)

VIDEO MAR 12 – DC-CIV / At-Large – Core Internet Values: Evolution and Challenges for ICANN

March 14, 2025March 11, 2025 by ISOC Live

On Wednesday March 12 2025, the Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values (DC-CIV) and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) hosted a session ‘Core Internet Values: Evolution and Challenges for ICANN’ at the ICANN 82 Community Forum in Seattle, Washington.

The concept of core Internet values has been a cornerstone of the Internet’s architecture. However, with seismic shifts in technology, governance models, and geopolitical dynamics, these values require adjustment to remain relevant in today’s rapidly evolving environment. This session examined how such adjustments could affect ICANN’s remit and mission. It explored the balance between preserving foundational principles and adapting to emerging realities, leveraging insights from technological, governance, and geopolitical trends, alongside ICANN’s operational experience. The discussion will identified necessary changes, their implications for ICANN, and strategies to address these challenges while upholding its core purpose.

This video has been lightly edited for clarity.

PANEL
Vinton Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Tripti Sinha – Chair, ICANN Board of Directors
Olivier Crépin-Leblond – Chair, Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values
Preetam Maloor – Head, Emerging Technologies Division, ITU

INTERVENTIONS
Adiel Akplogan – VP, Technical Engagement, ICANN
Olga Cavalli – Associate Professor, University of Buenos Aires
James Galvin – SSAC Liaison, ICANN Board of Directors
David Lawrence – IETF Liaison, ICANN Board of Directors
Jennifer Chung – Vice President, Policy, DotAsia Organisation
Avri Doria
Tijani Ben Jemaa – Executivr Director, Fédération Méditerranéenne des Associations d’Internet (FMAI)
Bruna Martins dos Santos – GNSO / IGF MAG
Sébastien Bachollet – Chair, EURALO
Farzaneh Badiei – GNSO / Digital Medusa
Alejandro Pisanty – Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Nenad Orlic – GNSO / RNIDS

MODERATORS
Pari Esfandiari – At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
Alejandro Pisanty – Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

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