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<p style="text-align:center;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%"><strong>Conference on Technical Innovation for Digital Policy</strong><br>
<span style="color:#b22222"><span style="font-weight:400">Monday, 25th April, from 8:00 UTC</span> </span></p>

<p style="color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><span style="font-weight:400">Data protection, freedom of information, and cybersecurity are increasingly in the focus of digital policy. Can technology provide adequate solutions to important policy issues? What are the options? The conference on <a href="http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=1d5b6a0ae5&e=bc0aff4eba" style="color:#008191;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">Technical Innovation for Digital Policy</a> will gather leading Internet innovators and policy experts to discuss technical innovation and potential solutions to critical areas affecting Internet users worldwide. Speakers include:</span></p>

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        <li>Louis Pouzin from Open Root, inventor of the datagram</li>
        <li>Phil Zimmerman from Silent Circle, father of Pretty Good Privacy</li>
        <li>Adrian Perrig from ETH Zurich</li>
        <li>Michael Hausding from Switch</li>
        <li>Richard Hill from <span>Internet</span> Society Switzerland</li>
        <li>Christophe Blanchi from DONA Foundation</li>
        <li>Bjoern Christian Wolf from DiploFoundation</li>
        <li>Jovan Kurbalija, DiploFoundation director</li>
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%"><strong>Webinar: Internet governance in April 2016</strong><br>
<span style="color:#b22222">Tuesday<span style="font-weight:400">, 26th April, at 11:00 UTC</span> </span></p>

<p style="color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Security, cyberterrorism, and sustainable development, were on the agenda of the G7 meeting in Japan, while the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers adopted the <span>Internet</span> <span>Governance</span> Strategy for 2016-2019. Following the Apple/FBI controversy last month, an increasing number of mobile apps and online services have turned on end-to-end encryption, while in Europe, the long-awaited General Data Protection Regulation was approved by the EU Parliament. What were the main <span>Internet</span> <span>governance</span> updates in <span>April</span>, and how will they shape future developments? Join us for <a href="http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=8494071336&e=bc0aff4eba" style="color:#008191;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">our next monthly briefing</a>; local hubs in Rio de Janeiro and Jakarta will also share regional perspectives. <a href="http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=d9cdd31be6&e=bc0aff4eba" style="color:#008191;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word!important" target="_blank">Register to join the webinar</a>.<br>
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E-see you soon,<br>
Diplo's IG Team</p>

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