<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default">It was the <a href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html">Geneva Declaration</a> in 2003 which launched the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Summit_on_the_Information_Society">WSIS process</a> that led to the formation of the IGF.  Tim Berners Lee, who we will not forget developed the World Wide Web in Switzerland, recently called for a "<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_a_magna_carta_for_the_web">Digital Magna Carta</a>". Geneva has been <a href="http://domainincite.com/14390-no-icann-isnt-moving-to-switzerland">rumored</a> as a possible future home for ICANN. ISOC already has one of its two global offices there. Lastly, of course the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetMundial_Initiative">NETmundial Initiative</a> was founded at the WEF in Davos. So it is no small wonder that the Swiss Consulate in NYC is taking an interest in Internet Governance! To talk about it they are flying in some great speakers, including ISOC-NY member George Sadowsky, ISOC Global's Constance Bommelaer, and Diplo's Jovan Kurbalija . Permission to livestream has been requested and I will confirm if it comes through. In person attendees should sign up right away as it's not a big room.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666666;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:#dddddd"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "On Thursday March 26 2015 the Consulate General of Switzerland and the New America Foundation present A Digital Magna Carta : Internet Governance and a New Social Contract. A distinguished panel will discuss the future of the Internet in an increasingly c" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto;background-color:#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><p style><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-7658" style="border: 1px solid #eeeeee; float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 98%; height: auto;" src="http://i0.wp.com/isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/digital_magna_carta.png?resize=350%2C68" alt="digital magna carta" width="350" height="68"></a>On <strong style="font-weight:bold">Thursday March 26 2015</strong> the <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://facebook.com/SwissConsulateNewYork"><strong style="font-weight:bold">Consulate General of Switzerland</strong></a> and the <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/"><strong style="font-weight:bold">New America Foundation</strong></a> present <strong style="font-weight:bold"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/">A Digital Magna Carta : Internet Governance and a New Social Contract</a></strong>. A distinguished panel will discuss the future of the Internet in an increasingly connected, globalized world. Speakers: <strong style="font-weight:bold">Dr. Jovan Kurbalija</strong>, Director, DiploFoundation, & Author, <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/resources/books/introduction-internet-governance"><em style="font-style:italic">Introduction to Internet Governance</em></a>; <strong style="font-weight:bold">Constance Bommelaer</strong>, Senior Director for Global Policy Partnerships, Internet Society; <strong style="font-weight:bold">Olivier Sylvain</strong>, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University;<strong style="font-weight:bold">George Sadowsky</strong>, Member, Internet Governance Forum series, & Member, Board of Directors,  Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN); <strong style="font-weight:bold">Stefaan Verhulst</strong>, Co-founder and Chief Research and Development Officer, the Governance Lab. It will be recorded for a New America Foundation <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="https://soundcloud.com/newamerica">audio podcast</a>.</p><p style><strong style="font-weight:bold">What: <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/">A Digital Magna Carta : Internet Governance and a New Social Contract</a><br>Where: NAF NYC, 199 Lafayette Street, Suite 3B, New York, NY 10012<br>When: Thursday March 26 2015 6:30pm-8:15pm<br>Register: <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/">http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/</a><br>Webcast: t.b.d. (<a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="https://soundcloud.com/newamerica">audio podcast</a>)<br>Twitter: #<a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23NANYC">nanyc</a></strong></p><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"> </p></div><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:#666666;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7657#respond">Comment</a></td><td>   <a style="color:#2585b2;text-decoration:underline" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7657#comments">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#dddddd;background-color:#efefef" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#f3f3f3;color:#888888;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:#efefef"><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"> </p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​Permalink</strong></div><br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7657">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7657<br></a><p> </p><div> </div><div class="gmail_signature"><div> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span id="gc-number-32" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>WWWhatsup NYC - <a href="http://wwwhatsup.com" target="_blank">http://wwwhatsup.com</a><br> <a href="http://pinstand.com" target="_blank">http://pinstand.com</a> - <a href="http://punkcast.com" target="_blank">http://punkcast.com</a><br> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - <a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div>
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