<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">This has just kicked off. It will be streamed in 4 segments, am and pm, Day 1 and Day 2. See <a href="https://isoc.live/18323/">ISOC.LIVE</a> for real time text links.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div class="msg2485242173796533941"><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;background-color:rgb(246,247,247);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(16,21,23);line-height:1.7"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_2485242173796533941body" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:956px"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2485242173796533941container" style="margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;font-size:16px;display:block;max-width:832px;width:832px;padding-top:24px"><div class="m_2485242173796533941content" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><table role="presentation" class="m_2485242173796533941main" style="border-collapse:collapse;background:rgb(255,255,255);width:832px;border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2485242173796533941wrapper" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:24px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:784px"><tbody><tr><td><div class="m_2485242173796533941open-post-links-mobile" style="color:rgb(100,105,112);display:block;margin-bottom:24px;font-size:12px"><br></div><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:784px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom:24px"><div style="margin-bottom:24px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c39cf8c7c96d05d033e52fd2c2d6aec52fc1714659d260fd24eef286dd57fe67&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18323&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=ef6bf837ecd3e67cab5fdeb74fb20d92&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9pc29jLmxpdmUvMTgzMjM" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)"><img role="button" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/pacigf2024-300x169.png" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 24px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Monday - Tuesday 2-3 September 2024</strong> the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4174b8142c02f6dd66d89ff856bebe6cf69ddf3d490707df423ee2519ae1b3b5&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18323&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=06fc18e5258a740a743e2f8651407b5c&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9wYWNpZmljaWdmLm9yZy9wYWNpZmljLWlnZi0yMDI0" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">Pacific Islands Internet Governance Forum</a></strong> (PacIGF2024) will be convened with the theme: "<strong>Strengthening Digital Governance and Resilience in the Pacific Islands</strong>". PacIGF 2024 is co-locating with <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=bdd4af8aa3576b3b9d6a524c3dd3efafd4e6d68237d37cc39401a8314d85eb63&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18323&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=ce2a55754f3e9d3fe68eb62a5f150540&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9jb25mZXJlbmNlLmFwbmljLm5ldC81OC8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">APNIC58 conference</a></strong> at Takina Convention Centre, Wellington NZ , and is organized by the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d8d942f4b6f433bf059f1861f4d1c2da200b38895b15199c77c64e2ffd4346b2&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18323&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=e7da9ded68c8e3c29d85f8a4491224cf&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9waWNpc29jLm9yZy8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">Pacific Chapter of the Internet Society</a></strong> (PICISOC) in partnership with various key stakeholders. It focuses on local issues and Internet Governance developments in the Pacific slands region ,and seeks to provide impartial advice to governments and the public on Internet-related matters that are relevant to Pacific Island people. The Pacific Internet Governance forum will ensure a human-centric design thinking process to create new and innovative ideas to deal with the challenges faced by our members in the Pacific.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>PROGRAM <a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=30b8a7cc69613111b430db72532d9fa8d844402da0bc145b4b55ce160c84676f&blog_id=151329629&post_id=18323&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=f868b12880e78040bdbd127ed5d6e312&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9wYWNpZmljaWdmLm9yZy9wYWNpZmljLWlnZi0yMDI0LXByb2dyYW0" target="_bla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