<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">This is underway. It follows 3 days of the Kenya School of Internet Governance Workshops, so a well focused group of participants. In previous years the KIGF has often highlighted topics only just looming on other national agendas, and their conclusions have wide influence. This year the emphasis is on Internet and Elections.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:766px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803subscribe-body" style="width:746px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="8" class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803subscribe-header-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:8px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803the-post"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody></tbody></table><div class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/kigf2017" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803size-full gmail-m_6962478357404429803wp-image-9270" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kigf2017_170x255.png" alt="Livestream" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>Today, <strong>Thursday 6 July</strong>, the 2017 <strong><a href="http://kigf.or.ke/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Kenya Internet Governance Forum</a></strong> (KIGF) takes place in Nairobi. The Kenya IGF is a unique platform for all stakeholders to openly exchange perspectives and concerns on key issues that may affect the future of the Internet for millions of Kenyans, and the outcomes will feed into the <strong><a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Global IGF</a></strong> slated for December 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. The global theme for this year’s IGF is “<strong>Shape Your Digital Future!</strong>” while the local theme is "<strong>Internet and Elections</strong>". Today's event event will be webcast live on the <strong><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/kigf2017" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>, with a simulcast on the <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KenyaIGF/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">IGF Kenya facebook group</a></strong>. Nairobi is 7 hours ahead of NYC.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>What: <a href="http://kigf.or.ke/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Kenya Internet Governance Forum</a><br>Where: Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi<br>When: Thursday 6 July 2017 08:00-18:00 EAT | 05:00-15:00 UTC<br>Agenda: <a href="http://kigf.or.ke/front-page-features/kenya-igf/kigf-program/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://kigf.or.ke/front-page-<wbr>features/kenya-igf/kigf-<wbr>program/</a><br>Webcast: <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/kigf2017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://livestream.com/<wbr>internetsociety/kigf2017</a><br>Simulcast: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KenyaIGF/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>KenyaIGF/</a><br>Twitter: #KIGF2017 <a href="http://bit.ly/kigf2017" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://bit.ly/kigf2017</a></strong></p></div><p class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803subscribe-action-links" style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"></p><table class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803auto-width" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:auto"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9269#respond" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:10em;border:1px solid rgb(17,114,158);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:rgb(37,133,178);padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap">Comment</a></td><td> <a class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803subscribe-action-link" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9269#comments" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803subscribe-wrapper-sub" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803subscribe-content" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"><br></p><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><strong></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>Permalink</strong></div><br><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9269" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9269</a><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" class="gmail-m_6962478357404429803subscribe-footer-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:3px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=9269&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"></div></div><br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie <span title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div></div></div>
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