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[ISOC-CH Ann] Reminder: Values of Internet Technology workshop on 25 Jan - Join us!
by Roxana Radu ISOC-CH 17 Jan '18

17 Jan '18

Dear ISOC-CH members, This is a kind reminder about our upcoming workshop in Bienne/Biel on 25 January. We still have a few places available, please sign up at your earliest convenience if you can attend. https://www.isoc.ch/events/vit Looking forward to seeing many of you there, Roxana --- Roxana Radu Chair, Internet Society-Switzerland -------ISOC-CH------ Website: http://www.isoc.ch/ Follow ISOC-CH on Twitter: ISOCSwitzerland <https://twitter.com/ISOCSwitzerland> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Roxana Radu ISOC-CH <chair(a)isoc.ch> wrote: > Dear ISOC-CH members, > > > Together with p≡p foundation, we are starting an 18-month long series of > workshops as of January 2018 around the Values of Internet Technologies > <https://www.isoc.ch/archives/3017> (VIT). This series of six workshops > represents a platform for discussions and hands-on training to privacy, > anonymity and security online. Concrete tech approaches will be presented > and analyzed against bigger socio-political implications and the broader > picture for each topic, with insights into current and upcoming Free and > Open Source Software (FOSS). Expert speakers and experienced trainers will > propose scenarios and working solutions for policy as well as tech > approaches to adopt privacy, respect anonymity and enhance security. > > Among the issues under investigation are the digital societal values and > the technological specifications that can respond to the needs of modern > society. Among the cross-cutting issues to be addressed, the workshops will > look at the structure of new developments, e.g. how well are they able to > interoperate, do they support federated development, are they > decentralized, can they be used easily? The workshops will also examine how > to strengthen Human Rights using certain technological approaches. The > solutions proposed will draw on a wide range of expertise and will not rely > on any single central infrastructure that users must adopt. Each workshop > covers a different subject which we find important for how to design, > implement and deploy current and future digital developments. > > The first workshop <https://www.isoc.ch/events/vit>, taking place on 25th > of January in Biel/Bienne at Berner Fachhochschule (BFH), will focus on > Decentralization. Privacy, trust and security are at stake ‒ in a pure > technical sense as well as economically and socially. Decentralization is a > significant feature for more agility, justice and resilience in our > societies and their digital infrastructure. Expert speakers will elaborate > on different aspects of the subject, followed by a hands-on session. > > Early registration (free of charge) is recommended: https://www.isoc. > ch/events/vit > > The workshops are organized by Internet Society Switzerland (ISOC-CH) and > p≡p Foundation in the framework of the project entitled 'Implementing > Privacy via Mass Encryption', which received a 'Beyond the Net' grant from > Internet Society. The first workshop in this series will be hosted by > Berner Fachhochschule (BFH) and benefits from the support of Digitale > Gesellschaft Switzerland (DigiGes) and CCC Switzerland (CCC-CH). > > The workshops are open to policy-makers, technologists, journalists, > researchers, programmers, activists, students and interested users. We > particularly encourage ISOC-CH members to participate and discuss with us. > The agenda for the workshops will be prepared in close alignment with the > demand-side, meaning that we need your presence and input! For us, this > workshop series is a precious opportunity to hear from you, answer your > questions and get feedback in terms of migration strategies for > organizations, ease of use, ideas for specific features or other challenges > that a resilient and future-proof Free and Open Source Software tech > development can meet. > Preliminary program: > > 1. Setting the scene for a digital future: What's important and how > can it be achieved? 25th of January 2018 > 2. p≡p's Internet-Drafts and its implementations for digital > communication technologies. Planned for April 2018 > 3. Human Rights and present / future ICT ‒ Why and how are they > related? Planned for September 2018 > 4. How can digitalization mitigate current challenges of humanity? > Planned for November 2018 > 5. Migration towards new and responsible IT ‒ Pathways for enterprises > and public organizations. Planned for January 2019 > 6. "A network of networks" ‒ What are the most important requirements > for spreading diverse and Human-Rights-solid Free and Open Source digital > communication? Planned for April 2019 > > For more details, please visit: https://www.isoc.ch/events( > @ISOCSwitzerland <https://twitter.com/ISOCSwitzerland>) > > We look forward to seeing many of you there on 25 January! > --- > Roxana Radu > Chair, Internet Society-Switzerland > > -------ISOC-CH------ > Website: http://www.isoc.ch/ > Follow ISOC-CH on Twitter: ISOCSwitzerland > <https://twitter.com/ISOCSwitzerland> >

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[ISOC-CH Ann] Events in January
by Roxana Radu ISOC-CH 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Dear colleagues, Happy new year! may this be a better year for the Internet! In January, we will have two events: - ISOC-CH & DigiGes <https://www.isoc.ch/events/afterwork-drinks-isoc-digiges-in-geneva> afterwork drinks, 12 January, 19.00 at Brasserie des Halles de l’ile <http://www.brasseriedeshallesdelile.ch> in Geneva. Please register here <https://www.isoc.ch/events/afterwork-drinks-isoc-digiges-in-geneva> before 8 January.. - Launch of the Values of Internet Technologies workshop series - first discussion <https://www.isoc.ch/events/vit> 25 January, 10.00-16.00, *Biel/Bienne - * in the framework of the Beyond the Net project 'Implementing Privacy via Mass Encryption' in partnership with the pEp Foundation Our next General Assembly will be in mid/late-April 2018 in Bern and we will confirm the date shortly. Looking forward to seeing many of you at our events, Roxana --- Roxana Radu Chair, Internet Society-Switzerland -------ISOC-CH------ Website: http://www.isoc.ch/ Follow ISOC-CH on Twitter: ISOCSwitzerland <https://twitter.com/ISOCSwitzerland>

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