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<div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This has just kicked off. Plenty of goodness!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;direction:ltr;margin:5px 15px 0px 0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:691.818px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:671.818px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfbb2018" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-10432" src="https://i0.wp.com/isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F465929282F2085773481922F12Foriginal.jpg?resize=300%2C150" alt="livestream" width="300" height="150" style="border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 98%; height: auto;"></a>The 2nd<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://igf.bb/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Barbados Internet Governance Forum</a></strong><span> </span>(IGF) was held on July 19-20 2018 in St Michael. A multistakeholder initiative, led by the Internet Society Barbados Chapter, the IGF provides Barbadians from all sectors of society with a platform to discuss how they use the internet and the most pertinent issues affecting them. The entire event will be restreamed today August & 2018 on the<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfbb2018" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-weight:bold">View on Livestream:<span> </span><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfbb2018" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfbb2018</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-weight:bold">Schedule (all times EDT/AST | UTC-4)</strong></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:00 Tribute to Charles Leacock</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:05 Opening Remarks</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:10 Objectives of BIGF 2018</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:15 Barbados IGF 2017 Report</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">09:35 Barbadians in Internet Governance</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">10:15 Child Online Protection</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">11:30 Disaster Recovery and Network Resilience</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">12:20 Barbados’ Cybersecurity Landscape</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">13:20 Social Media, Privacy and Fake News</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">14:20 The Internet – Reflecting our Society</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">15:20 The Internet as a platform for Economic Growth</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">16:10 Blockchain society? Digital Identity, Services and Payments</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">17:10 Towards a Smart Barbados – Strategies for building and governing a Digital Society</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">18:10 Brainstorming Session</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">18:40 Open Forum</strong><br><strong style="font-weight:bold">19:20 Closing Remarks</strong></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-weight:bold">More info:<span> </span><a href="http://igf.bb/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">http://igf.bb</a><br>Twitter: #igfBarbados<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/igfbarbados" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">http://bit.ly/igfbarbados</a></strong></p><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><p style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><strong></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>Permalink</strong></div><font color="#888888" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"> </span></font><br><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10431" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10431</a><br><p style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" 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 style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></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=9709&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"></div><div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">

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