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One Web Day Celebrations, Washington Square, New York

Posted in icann jpa, one web day, owd2008 | Posted on: October 18th, 2008 by | No Comments

OneWebDay is an Earth Day for the internet. The idea behind OneWebDay is to focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy), focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills), and create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet. So, think of OneWebDay as Read more…


Strategic Global Engagement ITU WTSA

Posted in icann jpa, Internet governance ., isoc, ITU, WTSA | Posted on: October 17th, 2008 by | No Comments

from the ISOC website The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, along with the Global Standards Symposium (GSS), which precedes the WTSA, from 20-30 October, 2008. The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly is the regular event that defines the topics to be studied in the next Read more…


Remembering Jon: Looking Beyond the Decade

Posted in icann jpa, internet society, isoc, jon postel, Vint Cerf | Posted on: October 3rd, 2008 by | No Comments

Dr Vinton Gray Cerf, hailed as the Father of the Internet, now Chief Internet Evangelist and Vice President of Google remembers Jon Postel in this article that appeared in CircleID, reproduced here with permission from Vint Cerf and CircleID A decade has passed since Jon Postel left our midst. It seems timely to look back Read more…