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ISOC Member Newsletter - June 2010
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS’11) Issues Call for Papers
28 June 2010 – The 2011 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
(NDSS’11) has issued a Call for Papers. Submissions are solicited on a wide
range of network and distributed system security topics.
NDSS, sponsored annually by the Internet Society, presents peer-reviewed
research in such areas as distributed systems and networks, web security and
privacy, intrusion detection and attack analysis, anonymity and
cryptographic systems, security protocols and policies, languages and
systems security, malware and spam. The three-day event, which brings
together leading researchers and practitioners from academia, government and
industry, will be held February 6-9 in San Diego, California.
The deadline for paper titles and abstracts is Friday, 6 August, 2010. More
details are at: www.isoc.org/ndss11
New Sierra Leone Internet Exchange Point Established to Promote Internet Development
25 June launch builds on sustained Internet Society efforts to expand and improve Internet access in Africa
In a significant development for the Internet and Internet users in Sierra Leone, leaders from business, government, and the national Internet community gathered in Freetown last week to launch a new Internet exchange point (IXP). The new facility, known as the Sierra Leone Internet Exchange, or SLIX, will allow Internet service providers to interconnect and exchange local data traffic within the West African country rather than over international links. This will promote more efficient, resilient, and less costly connectivity by improving local Internet performance and reducing international bandwidth costs.
“The launch of SLIX is an important milestone for the Internet in our country,” said Ms Michala Mackay, President of the Sierra Leone Chapter of the Internet Society. “In addition to the technical benefits SLIX will bring to service providers and users, it also marks a key success in the sustained efforts by Internet stakeholders to work collaboratively in achieving our goals to extend the development and availability of the Internet for all Sierra Leoneans.”
As a result of making Internet traffic flows more efficient, IXPs can also help stimulate the broader information technology sector by encouraging the development of local content, web hosting, and related services. IXPs also stimulate general economic development by enabling individuals and organizations to access more cost-effective Internet service.
“Sierra Leone is the 19th African country to establish an Internet exchange point,” said Michuki Mwangi, Regional Development Manager for Africa at the Internet Society. “Well developed and maintained IXPs are an essential component in building a robust Internet access ecosystem, and the Internet Society is committed assisting their growth in Africa. We are pleased to have been a part of this community partnership effort.”
The development of SLIX was facilitated by the Internet Society’s African Interconnection and IXP Programme, which aims to promote more robust Internet connections within and between countries in Africa. The four-pronged programme combines routing skills and technical capacity workshops, facilitation and assistance with new IXP deployment, the implementation of value added services at existing IXPs, and the development of regional communities of practice to promote information exchange and joint problem solving. Supplemental funding for SLIX was provided through the Internet Society’s Community Grants Programme.
The Internet Society is currently working with six African countries at various stages of IXP development and last month announced the creation of the African Peering and Interconnection Forum, to address key interconnection opportunities and challenges in the region.
The Internet Society’s Interconnection and IXP Programme is supported by the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX); the Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (DE-CIX), the German Internet exchange; and Netnod, the Swedish Internet exchange provider.
Further information about the role of interconnection and exchange points in Internet development can be found on ISOC’s resource pages at: http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/resources/ixp.shtml
Internet Society Embraces Domain Name Security Technology
ISOC.org is the first .ORG domain to put into production domain name “tamper proof packaging”
BRUSSELS, Belgium – 23 June 2010 – The Internet Society today announced that it has deployed DNSSEC, a set of extensions to the domain name system that provides a level of assurance, for its ISOC.org domain. The announcement builds on today’s announcement by the Public Interest Registry that they have implemented DNSSEC for the entire .ORG top-level domain.
Leslie Daigle, ISOC CITO with Alexa Raad, PIR CEO (on left), and Lynn St.Amour, ISOC CEO (on right) during signing of ISOC.org
“We are pleased to be among the first organisations in the .ORG top level domain to deploy DNSSEC, as DNSSEC provides an important building block for increasing user confidence in the Internet”, said Lynn St.Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society. “Implementing DNSSEC for the .ORG top-level domain is an important step in ensuring the global Internet serves as a trusted channel for communication and collaboration and we applaud the Public Interest Registry’s efforts in this area”.
DNSSEC ensures the integrity of domain name data, complementing technologies such as SSL, which ensures the integrity of the content of a webpage’s transmission.
“DNSSEC acts like tamper-proof packaging to make sure that when you type in the website name of your bank you actually get the server IP address your bank wants you to use, ” said Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer of the Internet Society. “In this way, DNSSEC allows us to have more confidence in the online activities that are increasingly becoming a part of our lives at work, home, and school.”
DNSSEC technology used today is the result of careful protocol engineering and standardisation within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the premier Internet standards body in the world; implementation by various DNS vendors; and operational trials by DNS operators. In addition to .ORG, DNSSEC is currently implemented by several country-specific top-level domains: Brazil (.br), Bulgaria (.bg), Czech Republic (.cz), Puerto Rico (.pr), and Sweden (.se).
Internet Society Announces New Board of Trustees
Leaders from academia, industry, and Internet community to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy
RESTON, VA, USA and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – 21 June 2010 – The Internet Society today announced its new Board of Trustees, comprised of leaders from industry, academia, and the global Internet community. The diverse and distinguished board membership reflects the Internet Society’s mission of providing global leadership in promoting the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
Members of the Board with terms beginning this year are:
- Narelle Clark, Independent consultant and Vice-President of the Australian Chapter of the Internet Society
- Eva Froelich, Co-founder of Frobbit!
- Bob Hinden, Check Point Fellow at Check Point Software
- Lawrence Lessig, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Raul Echeberria, the Executive Director of LACNIC (the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean) was reelected as the chair of the Board.
“The incoming Board of Trustees continues the Internet Society’s tradition of bringing together diverse individuals around a shared passion for ensuring the Internet remains an open, global platform for innovation, economic development, and social progress,” said Raul Echeberria, Chair of the Internet Society’s Board of Trustees.
During its first meeting held 19-20 June, the new Board formally thanked outgoing board members Hiroshi Esaki, Ted Hardie, Desiree Miloshevic, and Patrick Vande Walle for their service.
Other continuing Members of the Board of Trustees are:
- Eric Burger, Independent consultant
- Daniel Karrenberg, Co-founder and Chief Scientist of RIPE NCC
- Khaled Koubaa, Founder of the Arab World Internet Institute
- Alejandro Pisanty, Professor at the National University of Mexico
- Philip Smith of the Internet Architectures Group of Cisco Systems
- Lynn St.Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society
- Bert Wijnen, Research Engineer at RIPE NCC
- Jonathan Zittrain, Co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Professor of Law at Harvard University
“The deep experience and expertise of the Internet Society Board of Trustees continues to provide a unique, strategic perspective on and guidance for the global community of members and Chapters working to ensure the Internet is accessible for everyone, everywhere,” said Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society.
The Board of Trustees appointed Eva Froelich as Treasurer, and Scott O. Bradner was re-appointed as Secretary.
Trustees serve in the interest of the Internet Society as a whole, and are appointed or elected by the following groups: Chapters, Organization members, and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). More information, including biographical details of all Board members and details of the Board selection process are available at:
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees
Internet Society Forum to Enable African Internet Leaders Unlock the Continent’s Potential
New regional community to address key interconnection opportunities and challenges in Africa
[Nairobi, Kenya, 15 June 2010] – The Internet Society (ISOC), today announced the launch of the African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF), established to help address the operational, regulatory, and business challenges facing the growing African Internet industry.
Organized by the Internet Society, in partnership with the Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK), the inaugural meeting of the forum, entitled “Unlocking Africa’s Regional Interconnection”, will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 11-12 August 2010 and is expected to attract some of Africa’s key business leaders, technical experts, policy makers, and infrastructure builders. Until now, Internet growth in the region has been slow, hampered by poor infrastructure and low levels of investment. But the signs of change are now on the horizon.
“To date, gradual, ongoing policy and regulatory changes have made a positive impact on the region, where we are seeing many new opportunities for regional and global connectivity,” said Michuki Mwangi, Regional Development Manager for Africa at the Internet Society, and recipient of the 2010 African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) Network Information Infrastructure Junior award.
“Supporting the recent momentum in Africa by facilitating these positive discussions plays a vital role in delivering against one of the Internet Society’s key strategic initiatives; enabling access in emerging markets,” added Mwangi. “Africa has also seen major investments in submarine cables, terrestrial fiber infrastructures, and mobile and wireless data technologies, all of which are addressing some of the challenges that previously restricted Internet growth in the region.”
Critically, the new infrastructure developments create the opportunity for much higher levels of local and regional interconnection. This exerts a multiplier effect on the economic and technical performance of regional networks, as well as opening the door to higher levels of local content production, all of which are necessary elements in enabling Internet access to Africans across the continent.
The African Peering and Interconnection Forum will create a regional community to address the key cross-border Interconnection opportunities and challenges in Africa and discuss global and regional insights on maximizing regional development.
In addition to local and regional support provided by TESPOK, the event has received international sponsorship from expert organisations including the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), the Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (DE-CIX), the German Internet exchange, and Netnod, the Swedish Internet exchange provider,
For more information, details about sponsorship opportunities, and to register for this event, see:
https://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/africanforum2010/
Chapter update: Côte d’Ivoire
Contributed by Alain Didier Kla
Le chapitre de la Côte d’Ivoire souhaite vous informer de la tenue d’un forum national sur la gouvernance de l’Internet en Côte d’Ivoire du 07 au 09 juillet. Ce forum est organisé par IGICI, l’Initiative pour la Gouvernance de l’internet en Côte d’Ivoire, dont ISOC Côte d’Ivoire chapitre est membre. Ce forum est soutenu par l’ATCI, l’organe de régulation des télécommunications. Ce forum qui se veut annuel sera l’occasion de débattre des questions de la gouvernance de l’Internet et de sensibiliser les autorités sur ces questions. Au nom d’IGICI, j’invite ceux d’entre vous qui seront disponibles à participer ces travaux.
Chapter update: Finland
Contributed by Tommi Karttaav
The Finnish Internet Forum to be organised Sept. 20 – 21, 2010 in Helsinki, is the first national Internet Governance meeting in Finland. It takes place after the conclusion of the 5th international Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Vilnius the week before, and many participants of the latter are also going to attend the Finnish forum. The main organizers of the Finnish Internet Forum are the Committee of the Future and the Information Society Group of the Parliament, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transport and Communications, ISOC Finland Chapter and The Finnish Information Society Development Centre (TIEKE). The event is by invitation only and will be held in the Auditorium of the “Little Parliament”, the new annex of the Parliament building. Those who would like to be invited to this event are kindly requested to contact the organisers using the contact form: http://internetforum.fi/feedback.html
More information: http://internetforum.fi
Chapter update: Nigeria
Contributed by Giandomenico Massari:
The ISOC Nigeria Chapter, in partnership with The Nigerian Society of Engineers and NEPAD Rivers State, organized an “ICTForALL” awareness seminar in Holy Rosary Secondary School, Port Harcourt on 5 May, 2010. The forum is also preparing to carry out another “ICTForAll” awareness seminar in Baptist High School, Port Harcourt on Tuesday 15 June, 2010.
Also in the area of ICT-in-Agriculture, preparations, consultations and negotiations are still underway as to launch the pilot project. The project is made in collaboration with the Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Rivers State NEPAD Agency. The ICT-in-Agriculture team had a meeting on the 28th of May, 2010 on how to execute two pilot projects. The first will be located to Rivers State University of Science and Technology, faculty of Agriculture, when the second one will be in a location of Ikwerre Local Government, Rivers State. Land has been already apportioned for the two projects.
Chapter update: Ecuador
ISOC Ecuador participara en el World Summit Award 2010
Contributed by Carlos Vera
Nuevamente la organizacion responsable del World Summit Award, ha confirmado la participacion de nuestro capitulo como la organizacion local para el concurso de los mejores e-contenidos del 2010.
El email al respecto firmado por Peter Bruck el Presidente del Comite organizador indica que por unanimidad el Directorio ha resuelto establecer como el experto nacional en el tema al Director de ISOC EC, Carlos Vera Quintana.
El WSA es el premio mundial de los mejores e-contenidos y es una iniciativa que ISOC Ec ha organizado desde el 2000 cumpliendo ya 10 años en la misma como responsable de seleccionar los mejores contenidos ecuatorianos en la red.
Desde el 2004, el evento de ISOC EC se junto con el WSA que es una iniciativa internacional y de nivel mundial en la cual ISOC participa activamente a nivel internacional y en Ecuador se trabaja a traves de nuestro Director Internacional.
Este año tendremos nuevas categorias y nuevos procesos para asegurar que el 11vo concurso de los mejores sitios web e iniciatvias TICs del Ecuador, logren cada vez mayor presencia y relevancia a nivel mundial.
Chapter update: Australia
Contributed by Holly Raiche
The National Broadband Network is still a focal point for ISOC Australia Chapter activities. We received an ISOC Community Grant to look at what the Government is proposing from an Internet user perspective. And we have project money from the peak telecommunications consumer body ACCAN to develop a Consumer Handbook on consumer issues arising from the NBN – really a translation from the many technical documents that underpin the NBN’s design and roll out into friendly user speak. Planning for our next IPv6 Summit continues apace (from 18-20 October – see www.ipv6.org.au/summit/) with both national international speakers lined up and significant support already from one of our IPS members. We also participated in the Government’s cyber-security awareness week and some final deliberations on proposals developed on issues for further amendments to the RAA – the report is being delivered at the ICANN meeting. Finally, our Vice President Narelle Clark, attended her first meeting as one of the new members of the ISOC Board of Trustees.
Chapter update: Kolkata
Contributed by Anupam Agrawal
The ISOC India Kolkata Chapter organized an event titled “IPv6 – Current State and Way Forward” on Friday, 4 June 2010, in Kolkata at the DPSC Auditorium. The event opened up with the speech of Anupam Agrawal, Chair, Internet Society Kolkata Chapter. The inaugural session saw Mr. Rajnesh Singh, Regional Bureau Manager, Asia, Internet Society wherein he briefed about ISOC and elaborated on the IPv6 issues at policy level options ahead of us; Mr. Manjit Nayak, Jt. Director, STPI, Kolkata gave the government perspective and mentioned that IPv6 capacity building and deployment is one of the thrust areas of government; Mr. Suparno Moitra, Regional Manager – East, NASSCOM said about the cost model for IPv6 deployment and requested the industries to come up together on the issue; Mr. Ajay Kumar, Technical & Public Information Officer, National Internet Exchange of India briefed about the state of readiness of India. Followed was a Presentation of Mr. Partha Sengupta, Vice President, IT Services, ITC Infotech India Limited wherein he said about the Building Blocks of IPv6 and touched on the User Perspective. He brought out one of the key concern area for industries like impact on IDS systems and transformation of legacy systems.
The technical session saw a presentation on “Supporting Internet growth and evolution: The Transition to IPv6″ by Mr. Srinivas Chendi, Senior Community Engagement Specialist, APNIC and a presentation on “IPV6 and its Applications” by Mr. V Venkatadri, Senior Manager, Afilias India Pvt. Ltd.
The last and final session was an open house wherein on the dais were Mr. Srinivas Chendi, Senior Community Engagement Specialist, APNIC, Mr. Niel Hirjee, Vice Chair, Internet Society – Kolkata Chapter, Mr. Suparno Moitra, Regional Manager – East, NASSCOM. The session was moderated by Mr. Rajneesh De, Associate Editor, DATAQUEST. Mr. De brought out the key questions of capacity building, alternatives and Industry Participation. The audience also participated in the open house with full enthusiasm. The summarization of entire proceedings was done by Mr. Leslie D’Gama, VP Programs, Internet Society India Kolkata Chapter and Vote of Thanks was given by Mr. Hemant Sampat, VP Membership, Internet Society, India Kolkata Chapter. The event ended with a sumptuous lunch and a lot of networking among the members, participants and discussions on the sidelines.
The first ever event on IPv6 in Kolkata was preceded by training by APNIC which also saw a full house. The event seems to have been very timely for the ICT community. There have been many queries for repeat of the seminar and training especially. The ISOC Kolkata Chapter thanks to all the speakers and participants for taking out their time and coming together for a common cause.
Chapter update: Hong Kong
Contributed by Yannis Li
Hosted by the Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter and other organizations, both the APrIGF Roundtable and the Hong Kong IGF Conference have successfully come to an end on June 18 after a four-day agenda at Cyberport, Hong Kong. Over 50 honourable speakers representing different stakeholders such as government, domain registry, NGOs, civil society and corporates, etc from different countries/ economies came. The most delighted fact was receiving continual support from the HKSAR government by having Mr. Jeremy Godfery, the Government Chief Information Officer, OGCIO to officiating the APrIGF opening. With the tremendous support from the community, the events had attracted beyond 350 participants from local as well as over 20 countries around Asia Pacific to engage in a multi-stakeholder discussion of Internet governance issues. For more recap of the events.
Chapter update: Mexico
Contributed by Alejandro Pisanty
1. Policy intervention
The ISOC Chapter in Mexico played a leading role in the public discussion and repeal of two law initiatives presented to the country’s Legislature. One of the measures seeks to incentivate Internet service and hosting providers to actively inspect content for intellectual-property violations and to impose “graduated response” penalties on users, without intervention of judiciary or any other authorities. The other measure seeks to impose a surcharge (transferrable to the collection societies of authros, musicians, etc.) on all goods able to copy digital content.
An active campaign using the Internet, mostly Twitter and blogs, attracted the attention of the Representative who authored the law initiatives, who then called for an open hearing on them. The arguments presented by ISOC members and others revealed that the measures would be damaging to the Interntet, cost the final users, and affect privacy, to a degree enough that the Representative, Armando Baez-Pinal, has seen fit to retire the initiatives and try to establish an open forum where the problems the authors want solved can be discussed and solutions sought with a broad participation. The ISOC Mexico Chapter is seen as a credible partner in this process. The ISOC Mexico Chapter expresses recognition to Mr. Baez-Pinal for his prompt and open response.
2. Annual meeting
The ISOC Mexico Chapter held its annual symposium on 12 May in collaboration with Centro Cultural del Mexico Contemporaneo. The meeting brought together several hundred people at the venue and online. Presentations and discussions by some 40 speakers showed a cross section of the state of the Internet in Mexico, from the diffusion of basic network technology to higher-level policy initiatives. The ISOC Mexico Chapter was able to call upon both established and young, emerging participants in a wide variety of fields, including health, arts, and education, and to start or attract discussions that will be taken forward in other venues with a better-informed technical and philosophical grounding.
Chapter update: Bulgaria
Contributed by Julia Velkova
On June 1 in Sofia, Bulgaria ISOC Bulgaria Chapter’s coordinator, Julia Velkova, presented the EU funded project Pandora which is about creating an open online platform on Risk Management for SMEs. The presentation was made as part of the European SME week in front of managers and high-level employees of different Bulgarian companies. The participants demonstrated a substantial interest on the topic and declared their wish to attend the next conference on the topic which will be held in September in Sofia.
Chapter update: Colorado
Contributed by Chris Grundemann
The RMv6 Summit was a great event and a huge success for the Internet Society Colorado Chapter. There were more than 250 registered attendees and based on the seat availability in the hall, they all showed up for just about every session.
There were some excellent talks covering many high level aspects of IPv6 and the impending transition from IPv4 to IPv6. The caliber of speakers was high and the content was great.
Perhaps even more valuable to the Colorado Chapter, as a sponsor of the event, was the enthusiastic attendees and fabulous hallway conversations. We were able to talk to a large number of key players in the Colorado IT and ISP industries including folks from many of Colorado’s leading universities. We also gained a dozen new members at the event.
Chapter update: New York
Contributed by Joly MacFie
The Internet Society New York Chater is acting as fiscal sponsor for HackNY, a project to steer NYC computer science students into software internships rather than financial services over the summer.
Funding for the project, originally titled “Keep Kids off the Street”, is provided by the Kauffman Foundation, a Kansas City-based nonprofit that encourages entrepreneurship.
Project co-manager NYU Professor Evan Korth is also the ISOC-NY Vice President.
Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294740285039332.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
New Internet leaders take to the global stage
[Geneva, Switzerland and Washington D.C., 8 June 2010] – As the Internet rapidly evolves into a truly global medium central to all aspects of human affairs, the need intensifies for future leaders to be drawn from all regions of the world and all walks of life. The Internet Society, uniquely positioned to meet this need, today announced the list of potential leaders joining its programmes for 2010.
The Internet Society’s Next Generation Leaders programme blends coursework, practical experience, and mentorship to help prepare young professionals from around the world to become the next generation of Internet technology, policy, and business leaders.
“We are pleased to have 24 promising students currently in the eLearning phase of our programme,” said Bill Graham, responsible for strategic global engagement at the Internet Society. “Five of those will also join 32 others in the coming months, expanding their leadership skills while they learn about the Internet and the Internet Society’s principles, either as Fellows to the Internet Engineering Task Force meetings or Ambassadors to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).”
The current participants in the programme come from 39 economies highlighting the universal reach of the Internet and the diverse impacts it has around the world.
With continuing sponsorship from Nominet Trust into next year, and the patronage of European Commission, the Next Generation Leaders programme seeks to identify potential Internet leaders and help them accelerate their careers.
Lina Sipson, Trust Officer at Nominet Trust agrees: “We are very pleased to continue to support ISOC and work with such a great organization to help prepare young professionals who will become the next generation of Internet technology, policy and business leaders.”
Full details of the Next Generation Leaders programme are available here:
Details of the Internet Society Ambassadorships to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and Fellowships to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) are at:
IGF: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/igfambassadors/
IETF: http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship/
Further support of this year’s Fellowships to the IETF has been secured through a partnership with the Internet Society’s Israel Chapter, which will help send an Israeli citizen to the IETF 78 meeting in Maastricht.
Afilias, Google, Intel, and Microsoft sponsor the ISOC Fellowships to the IETF. For more information on how to become a programme partner, visit http://www.isoc.org/leaders or e-mail leader-sponsor@isoc.org.
Participants in the 2010 eLearning component of the Next Generation Leaders programme
- Rajendra Prasad Poudel (Nepal)
- Nthabiseng Pule (Lesotho)
- Towela Jere (Malawi)
- Sorina Teleanu (Romania)
- Dmitry Epstein (Israel, Russia)
- Filiz Yilmaz (Turkey)
- Freddy Linares Torres (Peru)
- Paul Muchene (Kenya)
- Fernando Gont (Argentina)
- Bünyamin Atıcı (Turkey)
- Ebenezer Dadzie (Ghana)
- Grace Mutung’u (Kenya)
- Fouad Bajwa (Pakistan)
- Eswari Prasad K. Sharma (Nepal)
- Rahat Sabyrbekov (Kyrgyztan)
- Ricardo Patara (Brazil)
- Stenio Fernandes (Brazil)
- Mohibul Hasib Mahmud (Bangladesh)
- Karim Attoumani Mohamed (Comoros)
- Anupam Agrawal (India)
- Cedrick Adrien Mbeyet (Congo)
- Maria Casey (Ireland)
- Maduka Attamah (Nigeria)
- Srimal Andrahennadi (Sri Lanka)
Internet Society Fellows for IETF 78, Maastricht, 25-30 July 2010
(First-time Fellows)
- Hassen Redwan Hussen (Ethiopia)
- Sharon Yalov Handzel (Israel)
- Humberto Silva Galiza de Freitas (Brazil)
- Bilal Zafar (Pakistan)
- Fahd A. Batayneh (Jordan)
- Ernest Brown (Ghana)
(Returning Fellows)
- Subramanian Moonesamy (Mauritius)
- Alejandro Acosta (Venezuela)
- Vinayak Hegde (India)
Internet Society Fellows for IETF 79, Beijing, 7-12 November 2010
(First-time Fellows)
- Syed Kazim Baqeri (Afghanistan)
- Khoudia GUEYE SY (Senegal)
- Abade Elisha Odira (Kenya)
- Yoon-Kit Yong (Malaysia)
- Jeronimo Bezerra (Brazil)
(Returning Fellows)
- Baasansuren Burmaa (Mongolia)
- Sandra Céspedes U. (Colombia)
- Pedro Rodrigues Torres Júnior (Brazil)
- Dorcas Muthoni (Kenya)
- Fernando Gont (Argentina)
- Haris Shamsi (Pakistan)
- João Marcelo Ceron (Brazil)
- Carlos Alberto Watson Carazo (Costa Rica)
Ambassadors to the Fifth Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Vilnius, Lithuania, 13-17 September 2010
(First-time Ambassadors)
- Bünyamin Atici (Turkey)
- Vanessa Cravo (Brazil)
- Andrew Cushen (New Zealand)
- Maria Dolores Puy (Argentina)
- Arnoud van Wijk (Netherlands)
- Siranush Vardanyan (Republic of Armenia)
- Charles Kanlah Gaye (Liberia)
- Dmitry Epstein (Israel, Russia)
- Maria Casey (Ireland)
- Grace Mutung’u (Kenya)
(Returning Ambassadors)
- Olga Cavalli (Argentina)
- Ceren Ünal (Turkey)
- Olivier Crepin-Leblond (France/UK)
- Tracy Hackshaw (Trinidad & Tobago)
- Cristos Velasco (Mexico)
Community Grants Programme: Project showcase
Project Title: Educative Internet Service Provider (EISP) project
Contributed by Pablo León (May 2009 grantee)
The Educative Internet Service Provider (EISP) project is an effort to reduce the digital gap in the Amazon region of Bolivia and to promote the use of the Internet in one of the most remote places in the country: Cobija – Pando, Bolivia. The team is implementing a wireless network to reach eight schools as the Internet has become an important source of information and is seen as a necessary tool for the development of the country’s education system. Additionally, another goal is to include a local university – Universidad Amazónica de Pando (UAP) – to bring services to the schools so that the university and schools may build a stronger relationship to improve the quality of education. There is hope that, little by little, the team can help build a better country and reduce poverty by helping the people to get in touch with ICTs.
So far the team has conducted a propagation signal analysis and completed the wireless network design; the participating schools have been chosen. The first portion of the equipment was bought and is being installed in SEDUCA (Servicio Departamental de Educación). It was then decided to buy another kind of equipment and give the schools an independent network and to use services from the university as an enhancement to the online experience, like e-learning. The second equipment shipment is expected in the coming weeks and work will continue to connect the schools.
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