Internet Society / Community Week 2021

The Internet ecosystem – including infrastructure, devices, applications and services, and relevant policies and regulations – is in a constant state of flux. Governments and businesses are increasingly making decisions that could adversely affect the Internet. This session will feature community members from different regions who will explain how the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit helps them evaluate the effect of specific policies on the Internet.

Speakers: Emmanuel C. OGU, Verengai Mabika

Community Networks are a way to bridge the connectivity gap. They happen when people come together to build and maintain Internet infrastructure to connect on their own terms. Internet by the community, for the community. In this session, community members from Pakistan to Hawaii will showcase their success stories and experiences in facing a range of different challenges related to community networks. We'll look at concrete examples of how you can get engaged and help grow the Internet locally.

Speakers: Kristine Gyonjyan, Ucha Seturi, Talant Sultanov, Max Stucchi

This session looks at what is at stake in the global encryption debate, what some of the threats to encryption are, and how you can join the effort to promote and defend strong encryption. As part of the discussion, members of the Internet Society and Global Encryption Coalition communities will outline how they advocate for strong encryption around the world, and how you can too.

Speakers: Frédéric Taes, Theorose Elikplim, Olaf Kolkman, Jose Legatheaux

The Internet relies on trust and collaboration between the people who build and maintain it. During this session, representatives from different continents will share how they’ve fostered the growth of Internet exchange points (IXPs) and technical communities, such as network operator groups (NOGs), in their respective regions. It will be an opportunity to celebrate successes, and to discuss challenges faced by local communities and the practical ways they overcame them.

Speakers: Luca Cicchelli, Yousef Torman, Jean-Baptiste Millogo

The Internet Society Pulse platform curates data from trusted sources to help everyone understand the health, availability and evolution of the global Internet. As part of this session, we'll have a look at the insights available on Pulse. We'll also hear from community representatives, the data partners who collect data, and those who use that data to support their work and policy positions, notably when it comes to Internet shutdowns.

Speakers: Mat Ford, Maria Xynou, Dieudonné Munganga, Harold Adjaho, Susannah Gray

The Internet ecosystem – including infrastructure, devices, applications and services, and relevant policies and regulations – is in a constant state of flux. Governments and businesses are increasingly making decisions that could adversely affect the Internet. This session will feature community members from different regions who will explain how the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit helps them evaluate the effect of specific policies on the Internet.

Speakers: Amrita Choundhury, Neeti Biyani

Community Networks are a way to bridge the connectivity gap. They happen when people come together to build and maintain Internet infrastructure to connect on their own terms. Internet by the community, for the community. In this session, community members from Pakistan to Hawaii will showcase their success stories and experiences in facing a range of different challenges related to community networks. We'll look at concrete examples of how you can get engaged and help grow the Internet locally.

Speakers: Bikram Shrestha, Aamer Hayat Bhandara, Naveed Haq

This session looks at what is at stake in the global encryption debate, what some of the threats to encryption are, and how you can join the effort to promote and defend strong encryption. As part of the discussion, members of the Internet Society and Global Encryption Coalition communities will outline how they advocate for strong encryption around the world, and how you can too.

Speakers: Prasanth Sugathan, Apar Gupta, Amrita Choundhury, Neeti Biyani

The Internet relies on trust and collaboration between the people who build and maintain it. During this session, representatives from different continents will share how they’ve fostered the growth of Internet exchange points (IXPs) and technical communities, such as network operator groups (NOGs), in their respective regions. It will be an opportunity to celebrate successes, and to discuss challenges faced by local communities and the practical ways they overcame them.

Speakers: Gazi Zehadul Kabir, Achie Atienza, Anupam Agrawal, Waqas Hassan

The Internet Society Pulse platform curates data from trusted sources to help everyone understand the health, availability and evolution of the global Internet. As part of this session, we'll have a look at the insights available on Pulse. We'll also hear from community representatives, the data partners who collect data, and those who use that data to support their work and policy positions, notably when it comes to Internet shutdowns.

Speakers: Kevin Chege, Maria Xynou, Dieudonné Munganga, Harold Adjaho, Amreesh Phokeer

Now more than ever, we need a more resilient Internet. Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) is a global initiative, supported by the Internet Society, that provides crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats. In this session, past and current MANRS Ambassadors and Fellows, in their role as leaders and emerging leaders in the routing security ecosystem, will have a conversation about the importance of the MANRS actions and programs to help the Internet to be stronger and more secure.

Speakers: Anirban Datta, Naveen K. Lakshman, Ben Scott, Ram Krishna Pariyar, MD Zobair Khan

Community Networks are a way to bridge the connectivity gap. They happen when people come together to build and maintain Internet infrastructure to connect on their own terms. Internet by the community, for the community. In this session, community members from Pakistan to Hawaii will showcase their success stories and experiences in facing a range of different challenges related to community networks. We'll look at concrete examples of how you can get engaged and help grow the Internet locally.

Speakers: Mark Buell, Marcelo Saldanha, Monica Sanders, Burt Lum

This session looks at what is at stake in the global encryption debate, what some of the threats to encryption are, and how you can join the effort to promote and defend strong encryption. As part of the discussion, members of the Internet Society and Global Encryption Coalition communities will outline how they advocate for strong encryption around the world, and how you can too.

Speakers: Anna Higgins, Austin Ruckstuhl, Michel Souza, Luiza Brandao, Bryan Short

The Internet Society Pulse platform curates data from trusted sources to help everyone understand the health, availability and evolution of the global Internet. As part of this session, we'll have a look at the insights available on Pulse. We'll also hear from community representatives, the data partners who collect data, and those who use that data to support their work and policy positions, notably when it comes to Internet shutdowns.

Speakers: Ben Rachad Sanoussi, Juan Peirano, Maria Xynou, Dieudonné Munganga, Kenneth Olmstead