[governance] EVENT 3/26: A Digital Magna Carta : Internet Governance and a New Social Contract

[Deirdre Williams]

Thanks Joly.
Deirdre

On 26 March 2015 at 14:37, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> I'm happy to confirm we will be livestreaming tonight's event
> http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/digitalmagnacarta
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> Please note the Manila Principles <https://www.manilaprinciples.org/>,
> launched earlier in the week. Sure to come up.
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> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
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>> It was the Geneva Declaration
>> <http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html> in 2003 which
>> launched the WSIS process
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Summit_on_the_Information_Society>
>> that led to the formation of the IGF.  Tim Berners Lee, who we will not
>> forget developed the World Wide Web in Switzerland, recently called for a "Digital
>> Magna Carta
>> <http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_a_magna_carta_for_the_web>".
>> Geneva has been rumored
>> <http://domainincite.com/14390-no-icann-isnt-moving-to-switzerland> as a
>> possible future home for ICANN. ISOC already has one of its two global
>> offices there. Lastly, of course the NETmundial Initiative
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetMundial_Initiative> was founded at the
>> WEF in Davos. So it is no small wonder that the Swiss Consulate in NYC is
>> taking an interest in Internet Governance! To talk about it they are flying
>> in some great speakers, including ISOC-NY member George Sadowsky, ISOC
>> Global's Constance Bommelaer, and Diplo's Jovan Kurbalija . Permission to
>> livestream has been requested and I will confirm if it comes through. In
>> person attendees should sign up right away as it's not a big room.
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>>  joly posted: "On Thursday March 26 2015 the Consulate General of
>> Switzerland and the New America Foundation present A Digital Magna Carta :
>> Internet Governance and a New Social Contract. A distinguished panel will
>> discuss the future of the Internet in an increasingly c"
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>> [image: digital magna carta]
>> <http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/>On *Thursday March
>> 26 2015* the *Consulate General of Switzerland*
>> <http://facebook.com/SwissConsulateNewYork> and the *New America
>> Foundation* <http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/> present *A Digital Magna
>> Carta : Internet Governance and a New Social Contract
>> <http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/>*. A distinguished
>> panel will discuss the future of the Internet in an increasingly connected,
>> globalized world. Speakers: *Dr. Jovan Kurbalija*, Director,
>> DiploFoundation, & Author, *Introduction to Internet Governance*
>> <http://www.diplomacy.edu/resources/books/introduction-internet-governance>
>> ; *Constance Bommelaer*, Senior Director for Global Policy Partnerships,
>> Internet Society; *Olivier Sylvain*, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham
>> University;*George Sadowsky*, Member, Internet Governance Forum series,
>> & Member, Board of Directors,  Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
>> Numbers (ICANN); *Stefaan Verhulst*, Co-founder and Chief Research and
>> Development Officer, the Governance Lab. It will be recorded for a New
>> America Foundation audio podcast <https://soundcloud.com/newamerica>.
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>> *What: A Digital Magna Carta : Internet Governance and a New Social
>> Contract <http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/>Where: NAF
>> NYC, 199 Lafayette Street, Suite 3B, New York, NY 10012When: Thursday March
>> 26 2015
>> 6:30pm-8:15pmRegister: http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/
>> <http://www.newamerica.org/nyc/a-digital-magna-carta/>Webcast: t.b.d.
>> (audio podcast <https://soundcloud.com/newamerica>)Twitter: #nanyc
>> <https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23NANYC>*
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