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After a long hiatus, we are reviving the Hawaii Chapter of the Internet Society. Please be patient as we build out this site. In the meantime, if you are looking for more information about the Internet Society and want to join, membership is free. Also, the first ISOC Hawaii Chapter meeting will take place in […]

The Canadian Internet Society’s Executive Director, Franca Palazzo, recently joined The Honourable Tony Clement on The News Forum’s Boom and Bust program to discuss the future of digital policy in Canada. In this timely conversation, Franca addressed several critical issues shaping the digital landscape, particularly as we approach the upcoming federal election. Highlights from the […]

What can Artificial Intelligence (AI) tell us about ourselves? AI’s impact on society is both inflated and understated. How can this be? Economics tells us there is more than one way to view something. In micro-economics we look towards the individual where in macro-economics we look to a group of individuals (and groups of groups). […]

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On Wednesday December 25 2024 the ISOC-NY TV show features presentations from NYC Mesh‘s November Meetup. Learn about the latest infrastructure upgrades in North America’s largest community-owned Internet access network. What: ISOC-NY TV – NYC Mesh – Hub Updates + 2024 Year in Review Where: Manhattan Neighborhood Network When: Wednesday December 25 2024 2pm-3pm EST […]

New Board, New Year, New Action Welcome to (almost) 2025! We may have a few days to go in 2024 but that isn’t slowing our chapter down! We begin with welcoming our new board members, David Issa and Daveed Benjamin. Both David and Daveed are first time board members in our chapter. David has additionally […]

2025 Annual Meeting We welcome all members to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting. Date: 16-December-2025 Time: 7-8 PM PST Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83002986442?pwd=wA5X0VtSzpG6c8SIJaaWCTjbH8eRl9.1 Passcode: t0g3th3r This years agenda: Welcome 2024 Retrospective 2025 – 2027 Board election and winners announcement Review of Internet Society 2025 Action Plan 2025 Preview and Discussion Conclusion After the end of the public […]

2024 Annual Meeting We welcome all members to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting. Meeting logistics: Date: 16-December-2024 Time: 7-8 PM PST Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83002986442?pwd=wA5X0VtSzpG6c8SIJaaWCTjbH8eRl9.1 Passcode: t0g3th3r This years agenda: Welcome 2024 Retrospective 2025 – 2027 Board election and winners announcement Review of Internet Society 2025 Action Plan 2025 Preview and Discussion Conclusion After the end of […]

RESOLUTION The Election Committee hereby designates the following ISOC-NY unopposed candidates in the current 2024 election, as “elect” officials and board members of the Chapter. Though they are designated as “elect”, they shall not assume the duties of the office until the election is concluded. Officers: Stuart Reid – President Elect Andrea Romaoli Garcia – […]

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Board Candidates Elections 2025-2027 Term We’re hosting our annual board elections next month and are opening the call for applications! There are up to 4 seats open, with several current board members running and room for several new faces. Applications can be submitted here SF Bay Area ISOC Board Application – Google Forms by Nov […]

ISOC-NY is having an election for the Board of Directors and for Officer positions. The Officers and Directors will help to guide the future of ISOC-NY. We need you to contribute your energy and ideas by participating in the upcoming election. To that end, we will have a full Membership Meeting next Tuesday, Nov. 12th at […]

“When you hear the word encryption, what comes to mind? Take a moment…” That was the ask in our prior post (https://www.sfbayisoc.org/2024/09/21/encryption-matters/). The Global Encryption Day event in San Francisco was a tremendous success, with an excellent turnout both in-person and virtually.  Participants in Track 1 gained hands-on experience in encryption technologies at Google Community […]

When you hear the word encryption, what comes to mind? Take a moment. Upon asking this question to others, answers range from nice and clear, such as “safety” to challenging and obtuse, such as “hard to use”. It’s not unexpected to see why such a range of responses come to mind. Encryption is an idea, […]

On Thursday September 26 2024 at 12pm ET (16:00 UTC) WHCR-90.3FM will host the 7th annual Harlem Emergency Preparedness Day at City College NYC. The purpose of this annual event is to give residents of the Harlem community information, skills and tools to prepare them for emergencies and natural disaster. Participating organizations include Harlem Hospital […]

On Wednesday September 11 2024 the ISOC-NY TV show features a webinar from our Internet Society Online Safety Special Interest Group: ‘Strengthening Online Safety: Encryption, Advocacy, and Global Security Practices‘. Cybersecurity expert Nicolas Fiumarelli gives practical tips, and also explores the state of post-quantum cryptography. What: ISOC-NY TV – Strengthening Online Safety: Encryption, Advocacy, and […]

On Wednesday July 31 2024 the ISOC-NY TV show features a webinar, in the wake of the CrowdStrike global Windows outage, on how the Internet itself can be protected from such failures. Referenced in the program: Internet Society Online Safety Special Interest Group |Related blog post – Global Tech Outage Demonstrates Need for Resiliency in […]

On Wednesday July 3 2024 the ISOC-NY TV show show features two NYC Open Data Week sessions focused on mapping the effects of extreme heat on the City’s denizens, the first ‘Aging and Adaptation to Extreme Heat‘ from Cornell, and the second ‘Heat Story‘ from the NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene. What: ISOC-NY […]

Expressions of Interest for 2024 TCIS Board Nominations The post Call for TCIS Board Nominations 2024 appeared first on The Canadian Internet Society.

On Wednesday April 24 2024 the ISOC-NY TV show a session from the NYC School of Data on March 23 2024. NYC Department of Planning officials reveal the new ‘City of Yes‘ policy, a progressive approach to zoning, driven by open data. What: ISOC-NY TV – ISOC-NY TV – City of Yes: Using Data to […]

Small Business and IoT Safety in the Context of Current Global Events The giant leap in connected device adoption among citizens, institutions, and businesses due to COVID-19 response us indeed unprecedented. As informed by McKinsey, “The levels of working remotely have skyrocketed during lockdowns and are likely to remain higher than pre-crisis levels for some […]

On Saturday March 23 2024 BetaNYC hosts NYC School of Data 2024 at CUNY School of Law in Queens. This year’s event celebrates the 12th anniversary of the City’s transformative open data law and concludes NYC Open Data Week 2024. NYC School of Data is a community driven conference with a focus on open data, […]

On Wednesday January 31 2024 the ISOC-NY TV show features excerpts from the Silicon Harlem Inspo Meetup on Jan 18 2024. After CEO Clayton Banks gives his Top Ten Predictions for the year, he sits down with Joshua Breitbart and Jodia Vanel, State and Federal officers responsible for distributing the more than $664 million in […]

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The 2023 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is pleased to announce that the membership has accepted our slate of new and returning board members for the 2024-2026 board. Congratulations to our board (members elected and reelected this cycle bolded): Caitlin Doyle (she/her) Jesus Guerrero (they/them) Fatema Kothari (she/her) April Lat (they/them) Gustavo Ortega (he/him) Ron Petty (he/him) […]

The Nominating Committee is pleased to share the 2024-2026 slate for the membership’s consideration. Votes are due by November 29th, 2023.

Earlier this month we celebrated Global Encryption Day (October 21st this year) a bit early, tabling in downtown Mountain View. There, we hosted a community beta read of “Encryption for Babies,” handing out temporary tattoos and stickers, and engaging the community in conversations about what encryption means to us all. Thank you to the Global […]

We’re hosting our annual board elections next month and are opening the call for applications! There are up to 5 seats open, with several current board members running and room for several new faces. Applications can be submitted here by November 10th 2023. Call for Applications The Internet Society engages in a wide range of […]

The final result of the  Internet Society Chapter of the Greater New York City Metropolitan Area (ISOC-NY) 2023-2024 Election is as follows: 1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BoD) Stuart Reid Danny Glix Dave Burstein Andrea Romaoli Garcia Nayeem Ghori Namra Naseer Phil Davis Doug Frazier Polly Spain Jennie Bourne Greg Shatan Joseph Shraibman Liwayway (Dawn) Arce-Rodriguez […]