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ISOC Monthly NewsletterSeptember 2009Chapter update: FranceContributed by France Miremont La France du Futur sera numérique! Deux tiers de ces associations amplifient leur mobilisation en signant une déclaration affirmant que le numérique est le grand thème structurantde notre économie. Vingt associations, issues de la diversité des communautés professionnelles, sont représentées au FAN: des normes aux logiciels, en passant par les usages et les métiers du monde du numérique. Fortes d’une dynamique reposant sur leurs adhérents, leurs activités et les valeurs qu’elles défendent, ces organisations sont des lieux d’expertise et de mobilisation. Réunies sur un même stand, le Fan Club, elles proposent au visiteur un large spectre de réflexions et d’actions. Une cartographie dynamique de ce réseau en mouvement est en place sur le stand, afin de montrer les interactions entre les organisations, leurs dirigeants et leurs adhérents. La signature d’une déclaration commune
“Le monde devient numérique. Grâce à une très forte impulsion donnée au numérique, l’emploi, les nouvelles activités lucratives et la création de valeur trouveront l’essor qui contribuera à construire la France de demain” explique Laurent PREVEL, Président de l’Aproged. “L’Isoc France est heureuse de s’associer à cette initiative fédératrice et à la dynamique – forte – qu’elle construit” souligne Odile AMBRY, présidente de l’association. Cette signature a lieu officiellement sur le stand multi-associations le mercredi 30 septembre à 17h00. La clôture de l’événement est donc le lancement d’actions en coopération entre les associations qui veulent que la stratégie de l’économie numérique prenne en compte, tout autant, l’équipement des ménages et des entreprises, la formation tout au long de la vie ainsi que les moyens de création et de communication des contenus. * Aproged: Association des professionnels du Numérique. Internet Society Commends New Framework Announced by ICANN And U.S. Department of CommerceICANN and DOC help move Internet’s domain name and addressing system towards increased transparency and accountability Washington, D.C., USA and GENEVA, Switzerland–30 September 2009–The Internet Society today applauds the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and ICANN’s (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) announcement of a new framework as an historic turning point in how the Internet’s all-important addressing system is governed. “We congratulate the US Government for taking this next step in line with its landmark 1998 Policy on the Management of Internet Names and Addresses. At the same time we salute the efforts of ICANN and it’s many supporters for their dedication to ensuring the transition of the technical coordination and management of the Internet’s domain name system to a private sector led organization,” said Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society. “The Internet Society is particularly pleased that both parties emphasized ICANN’s role as a steward of the public interest. The domain name system ICANN administers is intended to benefit Internet users around the world. We look forward to working with ICANN to ensure it can fulfill the commitments announced today.” The announcement today by DOC and ICANN reflects many points made in the Internet Society’s response in June to the request for public input to the NTIA’s “Assessment of the Transition of the Technical Coordination and Management of the Internet’s Domain Name and Addressing System.” In its submission, the Internet Society (ISOC) called for an end to the Joint Project Agreement that has tied ICANN to the US Government since its inception in 1998. “With commitments like the ones announced today by ICANN and DOC, the hard work begins now. It is vital for ICANN to develop and implement detailed and balanced mechanisms to ensure openness and accountability,” said Bill Graham, leader of Strategic Global Engagement for the Internet Society. “We believe ICANN and people involved in its processes now have the tools and incentives to make it an effective and trusted organization.” In its submission to the DOC, ISOC specifically recommended that ICANN emphasize transparency, stakeholder participation, inclusive dialog, evidence-based decision making processes, complaint/response/dispute resolution and accountability. The Internet Society and many of its members have been consistent contributors to and supporters of the ICANN processes. Additional information is available at: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/community/icann.shtml About the Internet Society Chapter update: Hong KongContributed by Ka Ping Wong In the coming two months, ISOC Hong Kong Chapter will organize a series of large scale events which need your support and participation. InterChallenge 2009 – International Internet Challenge for youth IPv6 World Asia (23 November) and Training Workshop in Hong Kong (24-27 November) For more details, please contact ping@isoc.hk. INET Delhi: Creating and sustaining an enabling Internet access environmentINET Delhi was held at the InterContinental Hotel, Delhi on 17 September with the theme “Towards an Enabling Internet Access Environment”. This was the second INET in Asia under the renewed INET program of regional events in tune with local issues of importance. A South Asian chapters workshop preceded the event on 16 September, as well as a business dinner targeting local community leaders. Organized in collaboration with Digital Empowerment Foundation, INET Delhi was inaugurated by the Hon. Mr. Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner of India. The event brought together regional and international policy and technical experts, government, network operators, the private sector and civil society to discuss and deliberate the current state of play of the Internet access environment in the region. Panelists and contributors included high level representation from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The conference discussed issues in creating and sustaining an enabling Internet access environment, including Internet for development through accessibility, inclusion and growth, multistakeholder participation, online content and local languages; and strategies to ensure the continued growth and evolution of the User Centric Internet through appropriate and consultative policy action. Further information on the event is available online here. Chapter update: ThailandSixth International Conference on eLearning for Knowledge-based Society Thailand Chapter of ISOC with Thailand Chapter of the ACM, Thailand Chapter of the Computer Society of the IEEE and other partners are organizing the Sixth International Conference on eLearning for Knowledge-based Society at Srisakdi Charmonman IT Center in Bangkok Metro, Thailand, on 17-18 December, 2009. Please see the Call for Papers and related information at www.eLearning09.com or www.eLearningAP.com. ISOC Chief Internet Technology Officer discusses future of the InternetLeslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer of the Internet Society took part in a round-table discussion on “The Internet in 2020″ recently. The fledgling DC Chapter-in-Formation sponsored the round table. The event was held in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, and was hosted by US Representative, Edolphus Towns. A video of the event is posted on the DC Chapter website here. Chapter update: AustraliaContributed by Holly Raiche With ISOC Community Grant funds ISOC Australia Chapter Director Gunela Astbrink conducted a five hour workshop at the PacINET 2009 Conference, held from 7-10 September. The first hour of the workshop included presentations and discussion on barriers to accessibility and how these can be overcome. The second part of the workshop continued with discussion on techniques for working towards accessibility, in a regional ICT strategy. The project supported Rakesh Chand, United Blind Persons of Fji, and Soloveni Vitoso, of the Pacific Disability Forum, to participate in the workshop. Following representations to the Australian Government by ISOC Australia Chapter on behalf of the Australian ICT industry, the date for completion of IPv6 implementation has been moved forward by three years, now set for completion in 2012. This represents a major step forward in the IPv6 debate in Australia, because the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) plan provides for all service made available by the Australian Government to be available by IPv6 (as well as IPv4) by that time, apart from some legacy exceptions. On IPv6 issues, our Treasurer Cheryl Langdon-Orr gave a very informative and entertaining presentation to the Australian Seniors computer Clubs Association on IPv6. And finally, our annual summit on IPv6 will be held from 7-9 December in Melbourne. Chapter update: EcuadorSaludos a todos los capitulos de ISOC desde ISOC Ecuador Contributed by Carlos Vera Quintana En esta oportunidad estamos muy complacidos de compartir con ustedes el anuncio de uno de los eventos que ISOC Ecuador ha venido promoviendo y que ha llevado a cabo año tras años con gran éxito. Desde hace 9 años ISOC EC y CORPECE han promovido y realizado el premio LOS MEJORES, que tiene como objetivo dar un reconocimiento a los mejores sitios Web e iniciativas TICS del Ecuador. Donde los ganadores son enviados al WSA para su participación en el concurso a nivel mundial, logrando así ser conocidos en el mundo como las mejores iniciativas TICS del Ecuador. Este año nuestro evento de premiación LOS MEJORES tendrá un motivo mas de celebración ya que estaremos celebrando nuestro décimo año, logro que nos ha llevado a consolidarnos como los mejores en dicha labor. Dentro de este magnifico evento son diferentes las categorias sobre las cuales la comunidad Ecuatoriana puede participar las cuales son:
La convocatoria para LOS MEJORES 2009 iniciará el próximo mes de Octubre, la misma que contará con la siguiente metodología:
Invitamos entonces a ISOC a seguir de cerca nuestro evento en nuestro portal web www.isoc.org.ec esperamos contar con su participación. Pero como participar? Bueno si eres miembro de alguno de los cápitulos de ISOC puedes participar de una de las dos siguientes formas:
Únete y participa. APRICOT 2010 fellowships now openThe annual APRICOT conference is a unique and successful educational forum for Internet builders in the Asia-Pacific region, to learn from their peers and from leaders in the Internet community. Senior practitioners from the Asia Pacific and around the world contribute their time to APRICOT as presenters, teachers and trainers, to produce a non-commercial conference of consistently high quality. Since 2000, APRICOT has incorporated a Fellowship Program to provide opportunities to developing country personnel to participate in APRICOT. The Program provides financial assistance to selected applicants to cover some of the expenses associated with attending the conference. For the year 2010, the APRICOT Fellowship Award Package will include a partial airfare travel subsidy, registration for all tutorial and conference sessions, accommodation and and a daily expense allowance. For more information, including applications, please see the APRICOT web site. The APRICOT 2010 Fellowship Committee is now accepting applications for fellowship funding to participate in APRICOT 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, from 23 February to 5 March 2010. The deadline for this first round of applications is 30 September 2009. A second round of applications may be opened if funding permits. Plans for new Kenyan IXP begin to take shapeEast Africa set to benefit from greater international bandwidth and regional connectivity Two major new submarine cable developments are setting the stage for substantial improvements in Internet service in East Africa. For Kenya, in particular, one of the new cable landings is also providing the opportunity for the country’s second Internet Exchange Point (IXP).  Michuki Mwangi, Senior Education Manager of the Internet Society and CTO of KIXP: ISPs in Kenya and the region have been preparing well in advance to take advantage of the new opportunities for service enhancement and growth. Until recently, the East African coastline had no direct undersea, intercontinental connections. But in recent months, two major projects have arrived to provide much needed impetus to Internet infrastructure development in the region. The East African Marine System (TEAMS) is a project of the Kenyan government, in partnership with the private sector, connecting Mombasa to Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. TEAMS was officially launched on 12 June 2009. SEACOM, which officially launched on 23 July, is a private venture linking sites in Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique, and South Africa to France and India. Together, the two projects will make a significant difference to competition and services in East Africa, as well as reducing reliance on expensive satellite connections. In particular, the SEACOM landing site in Mombasa will play a part in improving local interconnection and service development. The board of the Kenyan ISP Association has now approved development of Kenya’s second IXP in Mombasa (joining KIXP, first launched in Nairobi in 2000). After conducting surveys, the technical committee settled on the SEACOM landing station as the ideal location to host the development. SEACOM was chosen for the quality of its power supply, cooling, and security. It was also important that, as a carrier facility, it is able to serve as a neutral location. Michuki Mwangi, Senior Education Manager of the Internet Society and CTO of KIXP notes that the new cables “represent a huge step for the Internet in East Africa. ISPs in Kenya and the region have been preparing well in advance to take advantage of the new opportunities for service enhancement and growth, and the planned IXP in Mombasa is one such example.” “With an aggregate of close to 50Mbps of traffic per day during peak hours, KIXP was able to register over 300 percent growth in 2008. If we see something similar in the new IXP, the resulting efficiencies will open opportunities for regional content creation and hosting services,” said Mwangi.  The Internet Society recently provided routing training for 18 Network Operators in Kenya in anticipation of the new IXP launch; 29 June – 3 July. The Internet Society sees IXP development as one of the most concrete steps that can be taken to improve Internet infrastructure, services, and access. Particularly in the developing world, ISOC promotes IXP capacity building through hands-on training, policy workshops, and project support. Recently ISOC provided routing training for 18 Network Operators in Kenya in anticipation of the new IXP launch. “Most importantly though,” says Mwangi, “this vital new development is the result of the hard work and dedication of the local Internet community in the true spirit of Internet collaboration and development”. This article originally appeared in HotLINX, issue 19. The International Institute of Communications Annual Conference 2009
Trends in Global Communications: Wrestling with unpredictability An impressive line-up of leading industry thinkers and policy makers will meet in Montreal, Canada, in October as the International Institute of Communications (IIC) hosts its fortieth anniversary Annual Conference.  A retrospective over the forty years since the founding of the IIC illustrates the impact of new technology in the communications field – and, indirectly, on almost every aspect of social and economic life. Many of the best guesses of each generation of communications experts have been confounded by the speed and direction of change. The IIC’s fortieth anniversary Conference will continue its tradition of facilitating the sharing and exchange of empirical data, specialist knowledge and accumulated insights, and of helping to find pointers towards future trends – tent-pegs of probability on a landscape of uncertainty. Location: Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada The Conference will be opened by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. He will be joined by other keynote speakers including:
AfTLD West Africa Francophone ccTLD Workshop 7-12 December in Dakar, SenegalThe African Top Level Domains Association (AfTLD), as part of its programme to build the capacity of ccTLD managers in the Africa region has announced the Francophone West Africa ccTLD workshop in Dakar from 7-12 December 2009. The workshop will be hosted by the Senegal Network Information Centre (NIC-SN) and the Senegal telecommunication regulatory authority, Agence de Regulation des Telecommunication et des Postes (ARTP). Through the workshop, AfTLD intends to contribute to the process of developing and enhancing the technical capacity of francophone ccTLDs in the West Africa sub-region. By organizing this workshop AfTLD will be introducing language diversity to its capacity building program to adequately address the capacity building needs of the francophone African ccTLD community. The workshop will cover the Initial Registry Operation Course (IROC) developed jointly by ICANN/ISOC/NSRC. The course will target most specifically newly re-delegated ccTLDs in the region and will be delivered in French. Subsequent workshops will be organized for the Advanced Registry Operation Course (AROC) and Security Registry Operation course (SROC) in French. The workshop is supported by ICANN, Internet Society, Network Startup Resource Centre (NSRC), AusRegistry International, and other sponsors. For further details, including a detailed event programme, please visit the AfTLD web site. For enquiries, please contact Eric Akumiah, AfTLD Administrative Manager, at email address secretary@aftld.org. Chapter update: Slovenia2nd International conference for ccTLD registriers and registrars of CIS, Central and Eastern Europe Contributed by Borka Jerman-Blažič The ISOC Slovenia Chapter was co-organizer (with the Coordination Center for TLD RU initiative, and with support from ICANN) of the Second International conference for ccTLD registries and registrars of CIS, Eastern and Central Europe, was held on 7-8 September 2009. The conference was located in Bled, Slovenia, where the Bled declaration on the Future Internet was adopted on 31 March. More then 80 participants from 24 countries included world Internet experts, representatives of international organizations such as WIPO, ICANN, and CENTR. Attendees and the ccTLD community evaluated the conference highly. It has been agreed to organizr this conference annually. Borka Jerman-Blažič presented about the Future of Internet and R&D in Europe. She also presented the EU-funded project EIFFEL. Information about the conference is available here. Chapter update: RomaniaISOC Romania Chapter is launching the “Electronic diploma” project Contributed by Eduard Tric Recently, Romanian autorities discovered a huge fraud scheme related to universitay diplomas, with thousands of fake diplomas on the market. The worst example are diplomas of fake Romanian doctors operating in Italy. Another scheme was discovered in France (with fake diplomas for Chinese students). ISOC Romania Chapter believes a simple solution to this problem is to start using electronic diplomas, signed by universities. The main benefits are:
The techical part is easy, so ISOC Romania Chapter is intersted more in the organisational issues (such as how the diplomas are issued in different countries, and other examples of fraud). One of the first international organizations to show interest in the project is Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF). Any ISOC Chapters or individuals interested in joining ISOC Romania Chapter in this project are encouraged to contact Eduard Tric. For other chapters, you may wish to consider applying for funding under the ISOC Community Grants Programme, under the Trust and Identity initiative. Update: ISOC’s Colorado, Slovenia, and Pakistan Chapters have now joined the electronic diploma project. ISOC Roumanie lance le projet « Diplôme électronique » Les autorités roumaines ont découvert récemment des fraudes liées au système de diplômes universitaires, des milliers de faux diplômes ont fait apparition sur le marché du travail. L’exemple le plus récent est celui des faux docteurs roumains opérant en Italie. Une solution simple au problème est l’introduction du diplôme électronique, signé par l’établissement d’enseignement. Les principaux atouts sont :
La partie technique du projet ne pose pas de difficulté majeure, nous sommes donc intéressés par les aspects organisationnels (comment les diplômes sont issus dans différents pays, exemples de fraudes ou confusion de nom sur le diplôme papier) Une première organisation internationale qui s’est montre intéressée est l’AUF (agence universitaire de la Francophonie). Les individus ou chapitres Isoc qui veulent joindre le projet sont priés de contacter Eduard Tric diplome@isoc.ro. Pour les autres chapitres, le financement pourrait être assure par le programme de subventions à la communauté, section « trust and identity ». Community Grants Project Funding – applications now openApplications for the next round of ISOC’s Community Grants Project Funding are now open. New to this November 2009 application round, the Selection Committee will award up to four grants of US$15,000 and the remainder of the awards at a maximum of US$10,000. ISOC will not fund the entire cost of the project – at least 25 percent of the total project budget must be contributed from other sources. The Community Grants Project Fund is designed to enhance the Internet environment around the world, by helping ISOC Chapters and Members establish creative local programs in support of the goal of “Internet is for Everyone.” The deadline for applications is 30 September 2009. Full details on the Project Funding program, including criteria and details of how to apply, are available here. Details of past awards are here. ISOC Member Newsletter. Suggestions, comments, and questions welcome to, newsletter@isoc.org ISOC's key initiatives target the critical issues that affect all aspects of Internet development and growth. They embody ISOC's philosophy that the Internet is for everyone and they provide the organization with a solid foundation from which to positively influence standards development, access, business practices, and government policies. |
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