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On Thursday May 23 2013 the Internet Society’s Greater Washington Chapter (ISOC DC) along withe the Center for Strategic and International Studies presented The Geopolitics of Internet Governance. The international landscape calls for a more compelling narrative for internet governance than the US–centric one inherited from the ‘90s. Will it be possible to accommodate non-western state’s (this is much more than China and Russia) desire for a larger role for governments without throwing the multi-stakeholder model and (more importantly) human rights overboard? A distinguished panel pondered this question and more. The event was webcast live by the Internet Society’s North America Bureau.
Panelists
Phil Verveer, Former US Coordinator, International Communications and Information Policy, US Department of State
Veni Markovski, ICANN, Vice President for Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe
Jane Coffin, Director, Strategic Development, Internet Society
Bill Smith, Senior Policy Advisor, Technology Evangelist, PayPal
Laura DeNardis, Associate Professor in the School of Communication, American University Moderators:
James Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program, CSIS
David Vyorst, Co-Founder, Relay Station Social Media
Republican McDowell has during his tenure earned the respect of all sides for his stalwart support of an Open Internet. Public Knowledge issued the following statement:
“Although we often disagreed, working with Commissioner McDowell was a pleasure. His willingness to hear opposing views, the intellectual rigor in his analysis, and his leadership at the WCIT made him someone we enjoyed working with. “Commissioner McDowell deserves enormous credit for defending TV white spaces in its darkest hour and pushing back against House Republicans who saw no value in preserving unlicensed spectrum.”
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Commissioner McDowell appeared on C-SPAN’s The Communicators program on March 19, a day before his surprise announcement, where he discussed issues such as spectrum auctions due in 2014, internet freedom, and the FCC’s recent approval of a deal to merge T-Mobile and MetroPCS.
Today Monday February 11 2013 from noon til 2pm the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) will host a webinar What’s Next After The Collapse of the ITU’s WCIT-12 Dubai Talks. Particpation is free but there is 200 person limit.
What: Webinar: What’s Next After The Collapse of the ITU’s WCIT-12 Dubai Talks When: Monday February 11 2013, 12 Noon – 2pm EST | 1700-1900 UTC Register: Email Jason Adam Buckweitz at jab2322@columbia.edu Twitter: #WCIT12 | #WCIT Panel:
Milton Mueller, Professor (Syracuse University School of Information Studies)
Sally Shipman Wentworth, Public Policy (The Internet Society)
Luigi Giambardella, Chairman – Executive Board (ETNO)
Moderator: Raul Katz, Director of Business Strategy Research, CITI Topics:
Is there anything non-controversial in the revised treaty that could be agreed upon by all countries (e.g. universal number for emergency services, greater transparency in mobile roaming prices, improvement in the energy efficiency of ICT networks)
Are we, as The Economist says, at the beginning of a “digital cold war†between signatories and non-signatories? What would the implications of a “cold war†scenario be for the future of the Internet?
Or, alternatively, are we dealing with a “too much about nothing†scenario, where after ratifications and delays, little would have changed?
How has the conference affected the future of the ITU?
Will a split regulatory scenario of the Internet affect its regional implementation?
On Tuesday February 5 2013 the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a post-WCIT public hearing – Fighting for Internet Freedom: Dubai and Beyond Witnesses included the Internet Society’s own Sally Wentworth, Dr. Ndemo from Kenya, and Harold Feld from Public Knowledge. Archived webcast is below.
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WEBINAR 2
===================================== Topic: What’s next for the ITU, the Internet and Internet Governance? Date: Thursday, 31. January 2013 Time: 20:00 UTC | 15:00 EST Webex: https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/j.php?ED=214907877&UID=0&PW=NM2E1NjUwZWM1&RT=MTYjMjM%3D Meeting Number: 921 474 884 Meeting Password: postwcit Phone bridge: 1-650-479-3208 (US/Canada) (elsewhere) – Code: 921 474 884
ISOC-NY is At-Large Structure in the North America Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO) of ICANN The At-Large community is holding a post-WCIT (World Conference on International Telecommunications) webinar today Thursday, January 17 between 14:00-15:00 UTC, that’s 9am-10am EST, This webinar will present various perspectives of the WCIT, challenges and opportunities and possible next steps for the At-Large community and ICANN. Speakers include ISOC-NY Board member Avri Doria. All ISOC-NY members are welcome to attend. No registration is required.
IGF-USA Post-WCIT Roundtable Discussion at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC on December 21 2012.
The Roundtable participants were from the IGF-USA Steering Group who attended the ITU World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai including Ambassador Phil Verveer, US State Department, and representatives of the civil society; business, and technical communities, and was open to the public – either in person or via phone bridge. This event focused on implications for Internet Governance (IG) and how to advance the effectiveness of the IGF and the IGF-USA in addressing key issues highlighted during the WCIT, but which are clearly in the IG space.
Topics:
What are the key implications from WCIT for Internet Governance, and the IGF?
Roadmap of upcoming events of relevance that will revisit IG issues
Will the Improvements to the IGF just agreed by the UN GA suffice?
What is needed to strengthen the IGF to address key issues?
Moderator: Marilyn Cade
Speakers:
Diana Galperin – Researcher, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Philip L. Verveer – U.S. Coordinator for International Communications & Information Policy:
Michael Nelson – Bloomberg Government
Harold Feld – Public Knowledge
Francis Urbany – President Urbany Associates
Chip Sharp – Director, Technology Policy and Internet Governance, Cisco Systems
Iren Borissova – Director, International Public Policy, Verisign
Chris Hemmerlein – International Telecommunications Policy, NTIA
Paul Brigner – Director, North American Bureau, Internet Society
Andrew Reynolds – Foreign Service Specialist, U.S. Department of State
Seth Bouvier – Internet Policy, U.S. State Department
Dan O’Neill – Executive Director, Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC)
Clovis Baptista Neto – Executive Secretary, Inter-American Telecommunications Commission (CITEL)
On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 the Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC) presented a WCIT Post Mortem to contemplate the recent  World Conference on International Telecommunications  in Dubai and the new International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) that were drafted there, leading to a lack of consensus among the attending member states. The event was webcast live via the Internet Society Chapters Webcasting Channel and is archived on the ISOC DC YouTube Channel and can be seen below.
Moderator:  Laura DeNardis, Ph.D. – Professor, Author, Internet Governance Scholar Panel:
The Honorable Terry Kramer – U.S. Ambassador, Head of Delegation, World Conference on International Telecommunications at U.S. Department of State
Sally Wentworth – Senior Manager of Public Policy, The Internet Society
Harold Feld – Senior Vice President, Public Knowledge
J. Beckwith Burr – Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Neustar, Inc.
As the WCIT gets underway in Dubai, the United States has issued the following statement.
The Necessity of an Inclusive, Transparent and Participatory Internet
On the eve of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), we believe that it is the right time to reaffirm the U.S. Government’s commitment to the multistakeholder model as the appropriate process for addressing Internet policy and governance issues. Â The multistakeholder model has enabled the Internet to flourish. Â It has promoted freedom of expression, both online and off. Â It has ensured the Internet is a robust, open platform for innovation, investment, economic growth and the creation of wealth throughout the world, including in developing countries.
There are those who may suggest next week in Dubai – and in future venues where Internet policy is discussed – that the United States controls the Internet. Alternatively, they may suggest that in the future governments alone should run the Internet. Â Our response is grounded in the reality that this is simply not the case. Â The Internet is a decentralized network of networks and there is no one party – government or industry – that controls the Internet today. Â And that’s a good thing.
The Internet’s decentralized, multistakeholder processes enable us all to benefit from the  engagement of all interested parties. By encouraging the participation of industry, civil society, technical and academic experts, and governments from around the globe, multistakeholder processes result in broader and more creative problem solving.  This is essential when dealing with the Internet, which thrives through the cooperation of many different parties.
The global community has many serious topics to discuss with respect to the Internet. Â Collectively, we need to ensure that these matters are taken up in suitable multistakeholder venues so that these discussions are well informed by the voices of all interested parties.
Our commitment to the multistakeholder model is based on the fact that transparency, inclusion and participation are the 21st century standards governing discussions related to modern communications. Â This is a view shared by many around the world and was most recently reiterated by a statement of civil society members and groups from around the world who participated in the “Best Bits” pre-Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting held earlier this month in Baku, Azerbaijan. Â The U.S. Government wishes to lend its support to the spirit of the recommendations contained in the statement.
We have and will continue to advocate for an Internet that is not dominated by any one player or group of players, and one that is free from bureaucratic layers that cannot keep up with the pace of change. Â We will work with everyone to ensure that we have a global Internet that allows all voices to be heard.
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Lawrence E. Strickling, Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Phillip L. Verveer, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, State Department
Considering how many ways our own government has been trying to control information and spy on us for the last 12 years, I found this amusing, but still something I can support the spirit of 😉 …. in the same vein as “The U.S. Government wishes to lend its support to the spirit of the recommendations contained in the statement.” 🙂
Future Tense is a joint effort of Arizona State University, the New America Foundation, and Slate that looks at emerging technologies and their implications for policy and for society. Today morning Thursday, Nov. 29, Future Tense will host an event Who Should Govern the Internet? in Washington, D.C. on the future of Internet Governance, as the WCIT approaches in Dubai. Participants include Milton Mueller, Rebecca MacKinnon, and Sascha Meinrath. There will be a live webcast.
On Monday September 24 2012 the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) hosted State of Telecom 2012 at Columbus Business School NYC. This year this annual conference was presented jointly with European analyst group IDATE and billed as a ‘transatlantic dialog’. The theme is ‘Over the Top: New Business Models with New International Telecom Rules?‘ The event was webcast live via the Internet Society Chapters Livestream Channel and is archived here or below.
1. Welcome
Speakers:
• Robert C. Atkinson – Director of Policy Research, CITI
• Eli Noam – Director, CITI
• Yves Gassot, CEO, Digiworld byIDATE
2. Business Models for Network Operators in an OTT World
Moderator:
• Raul Katz – Director, Business Strategy Research, CITI
Speakers:
• Vincent Bonneau, Head of the Internet Department, IDATE (France)
• Jacquelynn Ruff, VP International Public Policy,Verizon (USA)
• Stephane Dufour, CSO, Swisscom (Switzerland)
• Paul Budde, Managing Director, BuddeCom (Australia)
• Yu-li Liu, Professor, National Chengchi University (Former NCC Commissioner) (Taiwan)
• Simon Wilkie – Former Chief Economist, FCC
3. Sen. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Member of the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development (Australia)
4. The Impact of OTT on Traditional National Networks and Media
Moderator: Judith D. O’Neill – COO, CMAS Holdings
Speakers
• Gabrielle Gauthey, EVP Alcatel Lucent (France)
• Emmanuel Rochas, SVP & Head of the Strategy, Telecom France Orange (France)
• Henning Schulzrinne, Chief Technologist, FCC (USA)
• Richard S. Whitt, VP, Public Policy & Government Relations, Motorola Mobility (USA)
• Matthias Kurth, former President, Federal Network Agency (Germany)
5. Hon. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator, National Telecommunications & Information Administration (USA)
6. Regulation of Over-the-Top Services: Should National Regulation and the ITRs Be Expanded Beyond Networks to Include Applications?
Moderator: Robert Pepper, Senior Managing Director of Advanced Technology Policy, Cisco
Speakers:
• Roland Doll, VP International Governmental Affairs, Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
• Amb. David Gross, Wiley & Rein (former U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, Department of State) (USA)
• Leonard J. Cali, SVP, Global Public Policy, AT&T (USA)
• Chris Libertelli, Head of Global Public Policy, Netflix (USA)
• Carlos Raul Gutierrez, President of the Council – SUTEL (Costa Rica)
• Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
• Sally Wentworth, Senior Manager of Public Policy, Internet Society
• David J. Farber, Trustee, Internet Society
Today, Wednesday September 19 2012, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a discussion “Long Term Challenges for Internet Governance” in Washington DC. Speakers include Internet Society Senior Manager of Public Policy Sally Shipman Wentworth, and Veni Markovski of ISOC Bulgaria. CSIS webcast the event live, the archive is below.
What: Long Term Challenges for Internet Governance Where: CSIS B1 Conference Center, 1800 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006 When: Wednesday September 19 2012 9am-noon EDT | 1300-1600 UTC Webcast: See below Twitter: #WCIT | @CSIS
As the WCIT approaches the ETNO (the former state telco’s in Europe) have issued  ‘contribution 109′ arguing that they should be compensated by content owners for carrying their traffic – an end run around net neutralirty. The European chapters of the Internet Society have reacted with this statement (below  or PDF)
The 2012 East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EA-IGF) begins today. A live webcast from Nairobi is live now on the Internet Society Chapters Webcasting Channel. The 5th such annual event, the EA-IGF is a two day conference covering a wide range of Internet Governance issues issues including WCIT & ITRs, Consumer organization, E-Government, ICANN matters, Intermediary Liability, and the future of the Internet. The webcast should also work on mobile devices.
ITU: “last week’s debates about the UN taking over Internet Governance were both ridiculous and most unfortunate. These two worlds need to work together to make the world a better place.” http://www.itu.int/en/osg/speeches/Pages/2012-06-06-2.aspx #WCIT
The Internet Society (ISOC) participated in the CEPT Com-ITU meeting in Copenhagen on 22-25 May 2012. The CEPT is coordinating the european regional preparations for the 2012 World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) as well as the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA).
The objective of this meeting was to prepare the CEPT submission to the next ITU Council Working Group on WCIT and to move forward with European Common Proposals (ECPs) for WCIT and WTSA.
Please find at the following link a report of the ISOC team’s observations at the meeting: CEPT ComITU May2012 report
The Internet Society, RIPE NCC and ICANN made a joint submission to this meeting regarding Calling Line Identification proposals for the ITRs, which resulted in a revised European Common Proposal explicitly ruling out IP addresses from the scope of the article. The CEPT also took on board a suggestion made by ISOC on cybersecurity, which resulted in the inclusion of the notion that the ITU should cooperate with all relevant stakeholders on cybersecurity frameworks and issues (revised WTSA Resolution 50).
The next CEPT preparatory meeting is scheduled for 10-14 September, and should be held in Copenhagen.
Earlier today Thursday, May 31, at 10:15 am ET, Internet Society’s Sally Wentworth was a witness before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce at a hearing on “International Proposals to Regulate the Internet.” Below is video of Sally’s testimony, along with that of Vint Cerf, and David A. Gross, Former U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy.
In a New York Times Op-Ed today, Keep the Internet Open Vint Cerf expands on one of the themes of his keynote earlier in the week at the F2C:Freedom to Connect Conference (see video below). He notes the increasing tendency of governments to censor the Internet, and that Russia and several other countries intend to use the upcoming ITU WCIT meeting in Dubai in December to push for new regulations that will severely impact the Internet’s independence, and the freedoms of its users. Vint notes that this new regulatory regime is being constructed clandestinely and will be voted by countries, not netizens. He concludes:
The decisions taken in Dubai in December have the potential to put government handcuffs on the Net. To prevent that — and keep the Internet open and free for the next generations — we need to prevent a fundamental shift in how the Internet is governed.
I encourage you to take action now: Insist that the debate about Internet governance be transparent and open to all stakeholders.
On Thursday June 20 2013 the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) will host The Future Of Internet Governance After Dubai: Are We Heading To A Federated Internet? at Columbus Business School NYC. Keynote speakers include Larry Strickling and Dr. Hamadoun Tourè. The event will be webcast live via the Internet Society Chapters Livestream Channel. No registration needed for the webcast. No live captions.
Future Tense
joly 4:57 pm on 06/21/2013 Permalink |
The webcast is archived at http://www.livestream.com/internetsocietychapters/folder?dirId=c56b19fa-71bb-43be-bf85-dd5bb57fbb7a
It will be posted in HD on YouTube in a few days.
I am enquiring about slides.