Diplo has released a report about Technology and Diplomacy in the Bay Area. The report discusses how tech diplomacy can be developed, and more specifically, how countries approach the Bay Area tech industry. The report is available here.…
Chapter Member Anna Loup has been awarded a Fellowship to the Cyber South School on Internet Governance (SSIG) taking place in Washington D.C., April 30 – May 2. Anna is an active member of the SF Bay Area Internet…
Join the SF-Bay Area Internet Society Chapter and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for this exciting ‘read-out’ webinar. Grab a sandwich and put your lunch hour to good use by tuning into this informative and…
Around 25 people attended the ICANN60 Policy Readout Webinar on December 5, 2017. Hosted by ICANN’s Chris Mondini, Vice President, Global Business Engagement, and Joe Catapano, Stakeholder Engagement Program Manager, North America, attendees were given a high level overview of the key…
Nicolas Seidler is Senior Policy Advisor at the Internet Society. He joined the organization in February 2010 and currently leads ISOC’s work on Internet and Human Rights issues. He also engages in key global Internet governance issues and processes. Here…
Mark your calendars! ICANN’s Chris Mondini, Vice President, Global Business Engagement, and Joe Catapano, Stakeholder Engagement Program Manager, North America, will give a high level overview of the key policy discussions that took place at the recent ICANN60 Policy Meeting. Register now…
Brandie M. Nonnecke is the Working Group Chair for the SF-Bay ISOC’s Working Group on Internet Governance. She is a postdoc at CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Berkeley. Here she writes an opinion post on the risks of lowering the barriers…
Leah Symekher, Project Leader and Advisor to the Board, and Susannah Gray, Chapter President & Chair, spent two days in Sacramento, California, in August to meet with farmers, AgTech and rural infrastructure experts and the “Bridging California’s Rural/Urban Digital…
The IGF-USA took place in Washington D.C on July 24, 2017. Chapter Chair Susannah Gray and Vice Chair Fatema Kothari helped organize the panel on Promoting a More Inclusive Internet. This session looked at current barriers to an inclusive Internet…