<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The Geneva Internet Platform remind us that today Feb 9  is Safer Internet Day 2016. See <a href="http://www.saferinternetday.org/" tabindex="-1">http://www.saferinternetday.org/</a> for more info. Meanwhile they are hosting ISOC's Sally Wentworth and Olaf Kolkman for a look forward at 2016.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;background:#ddd;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666;text-align:center;margin:0;padding:0"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "The next 3 days January 26-28 2016 provide multiple opportunities for Internet Society members to participate in online events. First and foremost is our Q1 Community Forum on Wednesday, where Kathy Brown will define 2016 as the Year of Member Action, and" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;background-color:#fff;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0 auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%;background-color:#43a4d0;height:8px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:#555555;line-height:18.2px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/policy2016" tabindex="-1"><img class="alignright" style="border: 1px solid #eeeeee; float: right; padding: 2px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; display: block; clear: none; vertical-align: top; max-width: 98%; height: auto;" src="http://i1.wp.com/img.new.livestream.com/events/00000000004942a0/6bdcce21-e72b-4663-b241-322d78f1215f_170x255.png?resize=170%2C255" alt="" width="170" height="255"></a>Today <strong>Tuesday February 9 2016 at 7am EST (12:00 UTC)</strong> the <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://isoc.org/" tabindex="-1">Internet Society</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://giplatform.org/digitalwatch" tabindex="-1">GIP Digital Watch</a> will present a <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://bit.ly/gipdw2016" tabindex="-1">Webinar: Digital policy and technological challenges in 2016 – What to expect?</a> 2015 has been a busy year in the digital policy arena. At a global level, the review of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, the adoption of the Agenda for Sustainable Development and the intensive debates on the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) stewardship transition were some of the major topics. At national level, access, cybersecurity and digital human rights were among the most debated issues. We have also seen throughout the year technological developments in areas such as the Internet of things, big data and cloud computing. What will 2016 look like? What can we expect in terms of digital policy and technological evolutions for this year? And what will be the related challenges? SPEAKERS:<strong> Sally Wentworth</strong>, Vice President of Global Policy Development, Internet Society; <strong>Jovan Kurbalija</strong>, Director of DiploFoundation and Head of the Geneva Internet Platform; <strong>Olaf Kolkman</strong>, Chief Internet Technology Officer, Internet Society.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:#555555;line-height:18.2px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong>What: <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="http://giplatform.org/digitalwatch" tabindex="-1">Webinar: Digital policy and technological challenges in 2016 – What to expect?</a><br>When: Tuesday February 9 2016 at 7am EST (12:00 UTC)<br>Where: Geneva & Online.<br>View on Livestream: <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/policy2016" tabindex="-1">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/policy2016</a><br>Twitter: #theGIP + #isoc <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#3478e3" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23theGIP%20%23isoc" tabindex="-1">https://twitter.com/search?q=%23theGIP%20%23isoc</a></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;background-color:#efefef;text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #ddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top:1px solid #f3f3f3;color:#888;font-family: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