<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">Apologies for the slightly delayed notice on this. Hands full setting up 4 rooms! Highlight this morning was Geoffrey Starks' maiden speech as an FCC Commissioner, after which he was duly grilled by Gigi Sohn. Also speaking were Avi Gillis from the UK DCMS, and Hopeton S. Dunn from Jamaica. Be sure to tune in Friday morning for Larry Irving and Vint Cerf. </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">And big thanks to Vint & Google for sponsoring the live captioning.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div class="gmail-m_-7508339529166412993subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:590.08px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_-7508339529166412993subscribe-body" style="width:570.08px;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_-7508339529166412993subscribe-wrapper" style="width:570.88px;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_-7508339529166412993subscribe-header-wrap" style="width:570.88px;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:570.88px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:530.56px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7508339529166412993the-post"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:530.56px"><tbody></tbody></table><div class="gmail-m_-7508339529166412993post-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/ppdd2019" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" class="gmail-m_-7508339529166412993size-medium gmail-m_-7508339529166412993wp-image-11077" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ppdd2019-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" 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><strong><a href="http://www.ppdd.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide</a> </strong>(PPDD) is the only academic professional organization in the world focused solely on the digital divide and on connecting research to policymaking and practice to strategize actions and catalyze solutions to this pressing societal concern. The academic research, policymaker, and practitioner community represented by PPDD stands ready to advance the agenda on broadband and the digital divide, to address the many challenges and opportunities presented by the digital world, and to further evidence-based policymaking and practice so that all citizens can participate fully in the digital, networked age.</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">On <strong>May 21-23 2019</strong> the interdisciplinary <strong><a href="http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide 2019 International Conference</a></strong> brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners for an extended, in-depth dialogue about key issues that inform information and communication technologies and the digital divide around the world. The Conference works to identify new areas of necessary, productive focus, foster greater understanding, advance research, and enlighten policy and practice going forward.</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">PPDD 2019 is particularly significant as it marks the 25th anniversary of the recognition of the digital divide through social scientific research. And, within PPDD 2019, we plan to have the largest worldwide gathering of experts on technology, disability, and the digital divide ever.</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">The plenary sessions and breakouts will be webcast live on the <strong><a href="https://livestream.com/int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