events

ISOC New Delhi minutes posted

ISOC logo The Internet Society has posted the minutes from two meetings held during the recent ICANN event in New Delhi. At the first, the theme was ISOC involvement in ICANN. Topics included chapter involvement in constituencies, the midterm JPA review, and a possible At-Large summit in Paris.. At the second, chapters discussed ISOC’s membership structure and their involvement with OneWebDay, the IGF, and the proposed Internet Bill of Rights. Continue reading

ICANN announces June Paris meeting

icann logoICANN’s 32nd International Public Meeting will be held 22 – 27 June 2008 in Paris, France. The meeting is free to attend, and open to any interested person. ICANN encourages broad participation in its bottom-up consensus-development processes. You can participate in these meetings in person, through the webcast or other remote participation opportunities, and/or by joining one of the various ICANN-related mailing lists. Continue reading

IETF scholarships offered to ISOC Chapters

IETFThe IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) will hold IETF 71 in Philadelphia on March 9 – 14 2008.

The IETF has offered to waive the registration fee for a limited number of ISOC chapter members who otherwise could not attend. One such scholarship is available per chapter.

ISOC-NY is looking for a suitable candidate who could attend on our behalf. Please note that the meeting lasts 6 days and the  attendee would have to cover his/her own costs of transport and accommodation. If desired, IETF will provide a mentor who can introduce him/her to the meeting process.

The schedule for IETF 71 can be found at www.ietf.org. Continue reading

ISOC-NY Meeting tonight!

The first Internet Society of New York meeting of 2008 will be held on Tuesday February 19 from 7-9 pm at a new location:
NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

251 Mercer Street (SW corner of West 4th) – Room 317 (Third Floor) (map)

Use the entrance on the West side since construction blocks the Mercer Street entrance.
Our meetings are free and open to the public. Please bring photo id. Continue reading

NDSS 2008 underway in San Diego

NDSS 08The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) is now underway in San Diego, California.

The NDSS, supported by the Internet Society, now in its 15th year, is one of the longest-running Internet security conferences on the calendar, drawing leading experts, researchers, and technologists from around the globe to share experience and analysis of security issues in networks and distributed systems. Continue reading

Lynn St Amour to participate in DNS Forum

Lynn St Amour President and CEO of the Internet Society, Lynn St Amour, will join a panel of distinguished speakers in the Royal Society of London, UK, to discuss the naming system which is critical to modern Internet operations.

The discussion “What’s in a name? The History and Future of the Domain Name System” will explore the history and future of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). Continue reading

ICANN Fellowships for Paris 2008 – call for applications

icannThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is putting out the call for fellowship program applications for its 32nd International Public Meeting to be held in Paris from 22-27 June 2008.

“The fellowship program plays a key role in making sure that global voices are heard at the ICANN meeting and in our various public forums,” said Theresa Swinehart, ICANN’s Vice President, Global and Strategic Partnerships. Continue reading