ISOC Pakistan Chapter marks September 2009 with its Participation at INET Delhi

CHALLENGES FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOMENT OF THE FUTURE INTERNET AS IDENTIFIED BY THE EIFFEL THINK TANK
By Borka Jerman-Blažič ISOC, Slovenia and ECC and Dirk Trossen, BT Innovate And Design. U.K
Members of EIFFEL THINK-TANK

Isoc Mali à l'instar de la communauté internationale célébré la fête de l'internet en organisant une conférence débat sur la carte mère d'un PC.

The main objective and desire of the Internet Society of Mauritania is
to promote development of Internet services in Mauritania. That can be
achieved by improvements in the fundamental parameters - connectivity,
communication, price and speed.

علينا جميعا المشاركة فالإتصال بالأنترنت حق مشروع لكل فرد .....

"Connecting Persons with Disabilities: ICT Opportunities for All"

ISOC Peru, together with other organizations like INICTEL-UNI, APEC Learning Community Builders (ALCoB Peru), Peruvian Academic Network (RAAP) and IPv6 Task Force Peru, organized on May 19th a conference that include lectures and round tables on how telecommunication and information technologies, specially Internet, can help to include people with different abiities.

Along with OneWebDay and the Information Law Institute @ NYU, as part of Internet Week NY , ISOC-NY presents a discussion on how technology in general, and the Internet in particular, affects the democratic process.

This forum brings together a variety of renowned scholars, thinkers, and activists to provide their perspectives on political engagement on the Net.

Join us as we talk about, democracy, politics, and participation online, as we gear up for a politically-minded OneWebDay on September 22, 2008.

Date: Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008
Time 6pm - 7.30pm
Location: NYU Law School, 40 Washington Square South, New York NY

More info: isoc-ny.org

NEW YORK, NY, May 21— theMechanism, a multi-disciplinary design agency with offices in New York, London and Durban, South Africa, announces the election of Dave Fletcher, founding partner / creative director of theMechanism to the board of the New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-NY)—the leading advocate of the Internet as a global communications infrastructure.

Sierra Leone's ICT Policy on Course
CIO - Framingham,MA,USA
By Olusegun Abolaji Ogundeji The Sierra Leonean chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC) is spearheading an effort to create a comprehensive national ...

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ISOC Ecuador has a new virtual house! ISOC Ecuador inaugurates its new website based on the e107 content management system (CMS).

The new site includes diverse functions that will enhance the presence of ISOC Ecuador and its permanent program of DIGITAL INCLUSION .

Dr Vinton G. Cerf, a co-founder and creator of the Internet, has urged Pacific islanders to rise to the challenges and opportunities that the Internet provides to the Pacific and the world.

"The Internet is one of the most valuable contemporary tools for linking to the world-wide community for business, education, cultural exchange and travel. No one has a "corner" on creativity and the Pacific Island populations should have equal footing in the cyber world where they can leverage their own, unique talents.", said Dr Cerf.

His message, now available on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHO9VWUXDlA), comes ahead of this year’s PacINET, the Pacific’s leading annual I CT conference organised by the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC).

PacINET 2008 is scheduled to kick off in Cook Islands in September (www.picisoc.org).

The Internet Society, Colorado Chapter (aka CO ISOC) was formally recognized on 19 February, 2008.

On January 12, 2008. ISOC Québec announced the results of a determining study on the
protection of the young Internet users and the control of Internet audio-visual content.

Planning has commenced for OneWebDay 2008
http://www.onewebday.org/

The idea behind OneWebDay is to encourage people to think of themselves as responsible
for the internet, and to take good and visible actions on Sept. 22 that (1) celebrate the positive
impact of the internet on the world and (2) shed light on the problems of access and information flow.

Sierra Leone's State House News Reports
Awareness Times - Freetown,Sierra Leone
Earlier in the week, President Koroma met with the executive and members of the Internet Society Sierra Leone Chapter (ISOC.SL) followed by a delegation of ...

Netherlands war against Microsoft advances on two fronts
BetaNews - USA
"The Consumers' Association and the association for Internet professionals ISOC are fighting together for the principle that consumers should be able to