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When disaster strikes many of us, no matter where we are, want to do something.
The net, with its ability to connect us all, is becoming the tool of choice for digital humanitarians and citizens to lend a hand.
Is it making a difference?
Looking at the After Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake, the Internet became a lifeline.
And while communication is now considered a crucial part of aid and social media is part of the toolset, privacy, power and access are just some of the complex challenges that digital humanitarians must navigate when using these platforms in their...
Date published 15 March 2016
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PacINET 2014 was held in the Rarotonga, Cook Islands from 22-26 September. Organized by the Internet Society Pacific Islands chapter in partnership with Cook Islands Internet Action Group, PacINET 2014 focused on raising understanding within the local community about ISOC, ICANN and innovative development related to Internet users in the Pacific islands.
The event was supported by the Internet Society, ICANN stakeholder engagement and outreach programmes as well as the generous involvement from Internet founder Vint Cert, a strong advocate of Internet development in the Pacific, who...
Date published 31 October 2014
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The Internet has reached a critical juncture and faces challenges that threaten to compromise the freedom and openness upon which it was built. There is a growing need to restore the world’s trust and confidence in the global network, and every stakeholder should be included in the dialogue about its future…precisely because it impacts so many, in so many important ways.
The Internet Society is a strong advocate for an open and free Internet. We believe the multistakeholder approach to Internet governance is the only way to ensure the stability, security, and availability of the global...
Date published 23 May 2014
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Date published 03 April 2014
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INET Armenia - Internet In Armenia: Paving a road to the future...
INET Armenia provided in-depth discussions on the future of the Internet in Armenia. Drawing a diverse multi-stakeholder audience, INET Armenia provided a unique platform for Chapter members, Organization members, the technical community, government, and civil society to network and learn from each other.
Top Internet experts from government, private sector and civil society shared their views, discuss critical topics, and provided a key opportunity for learning. Topics covered included Internet access in...
Date published 24 September 2013
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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Internet Society holds its first global INET conference since 2004. Global INET 2012 carries the theme “Meeting at the Crossroads: Imagining the Future Internet” and, as a prelude, features a collaborative leadership exchange centered on this same topic. The conference serves as the forum for the inaugural inductions into the newly created Internet Hall of Fame and closes with keynote remarks by IHOF inductee and founding president of ISOC Vint Cerf.
Date published 12 July 2013
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In a departure from previous, “global” INETs, INET 2005 is a Middle East and Africa (MEA) regional conference, organized in conjunction with the Second Pan-Arab Regional Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Cairo. In the session entitled 'The Internet: How it works, Why it works, Who makes it work?' representatives of the groups and organizations that enable and support the operation of the Internet infrastructure give first-hand information about just how the Internet coordination processes have evolved and how they work today. Speakers...
Date published 26 June 2013
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In addition to focusing on worldwide issues of Internet networking, INET ’96 places an increased emphasis on the social, cultural, and linguistic impacts of Internet technology. Among the issues examined are the Internet’s potential for social transformation, the Internet’s role in reshaping commerce, and the ways in which new teaching technologies and applications are changing the nature of education. The conference also opens with a primary and second school workshop that brings together kindergarten through secondary school innovators from around the world.
Date published 24 June 2013
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The fifth INET conference carries the theme "The Internet: Towards a Global Information Infrastructure” and takes place during a time of extraordinary growth and change in the Internet, as noted by Internet Society President Vint Cerf in his welcoming remarks. The NSFNET (National Science Foundation Network) had just been decommissioned as the main US backbone of the Internet, and within a few months the NSF will no longer subsidize the registration of most domain names. Against this backdrop, a rapidly increasing number of public and private institutions worldwide depend on the reliability...
Date published 24 June 2013
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INET ‘94 is organized jointly by the Internet Society and Internet Society Charter Member RARE(Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne; now TERENA). In addition to the presentation of technical papers and reports on networking progress, challenges, and approaches from around the world, a number of presentations reflect the growing interest in the World Wide Web at a time when traffic on the Web is doubling every two-to-three months. Topics include an evaluation of the “radically new media” represented by the World Wide Web and HTML, a look at the direction that commercial services are...
Date published 24 June 2013
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