[isoc-ny] Internet Society Global Policy Engagement Alert for February 2018.

[ISOC-NY announcements]

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*Upcoming policy papers or surveys for release or out for comment*
*Internet Scoping Study on Timor Leste*
The APAC Bureau is finalizing  a report on the progress of Internet
development in Timor Leste, identifying bottlenecks and offering guidelines
for improvement through best practices. More information available soon.

*Internet Scoping Study on Nepal*
The APAC Bureau is finalizing a study on the state of Internet development
in Nepal. This will include infrastructure and regulatory issues, and
solutions to support further adoption and usage in the country. More
information available soon.



*Upcoming submissions and Applications*
*U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Request
for Comment - *12 February
The Internet Society will provide a submission to the U.S. National
Telecommunications and Information Administration's RFC
<https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr-botnet_report_rfc_01112018.pdf>Promoting
Stakeholder Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats
<https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr-botnet_report_rfc_01112018.pdf>.
The submission will be available for community preview on 6 February.
Submissions to the RFC are due on 12 February.

*AUC- ISOC Privacy Guidelines Experts Meeting** -* 21-23 February, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
Internet Society and African Union Commission will hold an Expert workshop
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to gather views from African Privacy experts. The
workshop is part of the AUC- ISOC  project that will result in the
development of Personal Data Protection & Privacy Guidelines for Africa,



*Engagements (Conferences, National IGFs, etc.) *
J*ordan Internet for All Initiative Working Group-  *7-8 February, Amman,
Jordan
Middle East Regional Bureau will participate in the second round of Working
Group meetings  organized jointly by the World Economic Forum and the
Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.  The meeting will
take place at the VBC Business Center, Khalda, Amman.

*4th IEEE World Forum on the Internet of Things - *5-8 February, Singapore
The 4th World Forum on IoT has adopted the theme 'Smart Cities and
People'.  ISOC's Steve Olshansky will speak on the challenges and
opportunities in IoT Security & Privacy, and will take part in a panel on
best practices and standards. For more information, go to:
http://wfiot2018.iot.ieee.org/

*Capacity Building Workshop on Satellite Communications *6 - 8 February,
Nairobi, Kenya
African Telecommunications Union will be holding a Capacity Building
Workshop on Satellite Communications focusing on Regulations, Licensing and
Latest Developments, from 6 - 8 February 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya. The
objective of this workshop is to build capacity of experts dealing with
satellite communications in the areas of applicable regulations, trends and
best practices in licensing and latest developments.

*Highlights of Recent *

*Activities*
*CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation*: *Fifth **Meeting *- January
29-31, Geneva, Switzerland
The group's fifth meeting discussed  the reporting of the Working Group to
the twenty-first session of the Commission on Science and Technology for
Development in 2018. Following three days of discussions, the group
did not find
a consensus on recommendations to further implement enhanced cooperation
due to diverging views on the role of non-governmental stakeholders and the
need for new institutional mechanisms.

*G20 Think tank (T20) Meeting* - 1-2 Feb, BA, Argentina
Argentina convened a think tank to discuss G20 priorities, Constance
Bommelaer, Raquel Gatto and Agustina Callegari participated to share ISOC's
views on the digital agenda. ISOC also co-authored a shared blog post with
The Web Foundation and Mozilla to push for a collaborative approach to
governance, including to support and develop Internet infrastructure
solutions (incl. Community Networks) and IoT security approaches.
https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/02/time-g20s-first-digital-agenda/

*Canada Multistakeholder Consultation on IoT Security** - *January 10,
Ottawa, Canada
The Canadian Government is developing a framework for a Multistakeholder
Consultation on Internet of Things to help shape a national policy on IoT
in Canada. An Oversight Committee with representatives from the Internet
Society's North America Regional Bureau, the Ministry of Innovation,
Science, and Economic Development (ISED), and the Canadian Internet
Registration Authority (CIRA) will oversee the process.  The Committee held
its kickoff meeting on January 10th in Ottawa.  The next steps are to
establish a website, conduct outreach to key stakeholders, and firm up
logistics surrounding the first multistakholder meeting, tentatively
scheduled for mid-March.

For more information please contact Tom Stark, Project Manager (
stark at isoc.org), or Mark Buell, Regional Bureau Director, North America (
buell at isoc.org).


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Joly MacFie
President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)
http://isoc-ny.org          218 565 9365
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