<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br class="">Our October IG webinar is taking place tomorrow, Tuesday at 12h GMT, and will address an important issue:<span class=""> </span><b>Evidence and measurement in IG: What sort of data and numbers are we talking about?</b><br></div><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Although the Internet is an engineering artefact, we have very little data relevant for IG. In cybersecurity, for example, we are still in doubt about the number of threats and the size of the losses incurred. The same applies in other IG fields. Without understanding the scope of the problem, it is difficult to discuss possible solutions. What can be done to bring more evidence in IG, using what concrete tools and techniques? How should an IG observatory, which would gather and prepare such evidence, function?</i><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">To join in, read the announcement below or at<span class=""> </span><a href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-measurement-and-evidence-ig" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-measurement-and-evidence-ig</a>, and follow the link to the registration page.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Hope to see many of you tomorrow!<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(77,77,73)"><center><table style="border-collapse:collapse;margin:0px;padding:0px;height:1364px;width:942.667px;background-color:rgb(77,77,73)" height="100%" width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse;padding:20px;border-top-width:0px;border-top-style:none;height:1324px;width:902.667px" valign="top" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;border:0px none" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;border-top-width:0px;border-top-style:none;border-bottom:2px solid rgb(242,242,242);background-color:rgb(43,45,46)" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding-top:9px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="600" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:Helvetica;margin:0px;padding:9px 18px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(192,192,192);font-size:11px;line-height:22px;text-align:left" valign="top">Is this email not displaying correctly?   <a href="http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=302e57607e&e=330e500107" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(61,168,182);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important">View this email in your browser</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;border-top-width:0px;border-top-style:none;border-bottom:2px solid rgb(242,242,242);background-color:rgb(32,32,32)" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><t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n:none;word-wrap:break-word!important">how to overcome policy silos</a>, and<span class=""> </span><a href="http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=0d3d541711&e=330e500107" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,129,145);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important">avenues for addressing IG issues.</a><span class=""> </span>The outcomes of the thematic discussions will feed into the Geneva Internet Conference.</p></div></div></div>E-see you on Tuesday!<br>Diplo's IG webinars team<br><br>PS. For a monthly round-up of the main IG-related events and developments, join us for<span class=""> </span><a href="http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=b0b47c651e&e=330e500107" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,129,145);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important">our next Geneva Briefing on 4 November</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;border-top-width:0px;border-top-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;background-color:rgb(43,45,46)" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding-bottom:9px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:9px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px;border-collapse:collapse" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-right:9px;padding-left:9px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top" align="center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:5px 10px 5px 9px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="middle" align="left"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="middle" width="24" align="center"><a href="http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=887d1ebda2&e=330e500107" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);word-wrap:break-word!important"><img src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-48.png" class="" style="display: block; border: 0px none; line-height: 12.8px; outline: medium none; text-decoration: none;" height="24" width="24"></a></td><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding-left:5px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="middle" align="left"><a href="http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=8aab2b7efd&e=330e500107" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(61,168,182);font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal;line-height:11px;text-align:center;word-wrap:break-word!important">Like us on FaceBook</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse:collapse" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:9px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:5px 10px 5px 9px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="middle" align="left"><table style="border-collapse:collapse" width="" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;border-collapse:collapse" valign="middle" width="24" align="center"><a href="http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=166917dcf1&e=330e500107" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);word-wrap:break-word!important"><img src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/col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