<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default">You <u style="font-size:small">know</u> it's important when I give a full 24 hours notice! The U.S. Internet Policy event of the year is upon us Thursday in DC. The wisdom garnered from this, and other national and regional IGFs, plus the Intersessional work on Connecting the Next Billion, will all be aggregated into input to the global 2016 IGF, currently scheduled to take place from 6-9 December in Guadalajara, Mexico. </div><div class="gmail_default"> </div><div class="gmail_default">Note that we are going over and above with remote participation in this one, with streams on both livestream and facebook, 100% captioning, and remote moderators in every room ready to grab and voice your <a tabindex="-1">#igfusa2016</a> tweets and <a tabindex="-1">fb comments</a>.</div><div class="gmail_default"> </div><div class="gmail_default"> </div><div class="gmail_quote"><u></u><div><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 July 14 2016 the USA Internet Governance Forum (IGF-USA) will be held in Washington DC. Thought leaders from civil society, industry, academia, and government will meet in a multistakeholder effort to illuminate issues and cultivate constructi" </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%;height:8px;background-color:#43a4d0" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><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"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-2016/" tabindex="-1"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; background-color: white;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/igf-usa_170x255.png" alt="IGF-USA 2016" border="0"></a>On <strong>Thursday July 14 2016</strong> the <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-2016/" tabindex="-1"><strong>USA Internet Governance Forum (IGF-USA)</strong></a> will be held in <strong>Washington DC</strong>. Thought leaders from civil society, industry, academia, and government will meet in a multistakeholder effort to illuminate issues and cultivate constructive discussions about the future of the Internet. Speakers include: <strong>Catherine A. Novelli</strong> – Under Secretary of State & Senior Coordinator for International Information Technology Diplomacy; <strong>Lawrence E. Strickling</strong> – Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; <strong>Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda</strong> – U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State; <strong>Lee Rainie</strong> – Director of Internet, Science and Technology Research, Pew Research Center; and <strong>David Farber</strong>, Adjunct Professor of Internet Studies and Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. The entire event, including three breakout tracks, will be webcast on the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2106-live-video/" tabindex="-1">Internet Society Livestream Channels</a></strong> and <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/" tabindex="-1">Facebook Live</a></strong>. There will be live captions available.</p><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"><strong>What: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-2016/" tabindex="-1">USA Internet Governance Forum (IGF-USA)</a><br> Where: Washington DC<br> When: Thursday July 14 2016 8:30am-6:30pm EDT | 12:30-22:30 UTC<br> Program: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2016-program/" tabindex="-1">https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2016-program/</a><br> Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2106-live-video/" tabindex="-1">https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2106-live-video/</a><br> </strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​</strong></div><strong style="line-height:19.6px">Twitter: <a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/igfusa2016" tabindex="-1">https://twitter.com/hashtag/igfusa2016</a></strong><p> </p><strong style="color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.6px">Facebook: <a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/" tabindex="-1">https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/</a></strong><p> </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/p2/8574#respond" tabindex="-1">Comment</a></td><td>   <a style="color:#2585b2;text-decoration:underline" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8574#comments" tabindex="-1">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/p2/8574" tabindex="-1">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8574</a><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;height:3px;background-color:#43a4d0" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=8574&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0"></div></div><div><br><br></div><div> </div><div> </div><div class="gmail_signature"> </div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="gc-number-134" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span></span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div></div></div>
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