<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">This event was a little touch and go due to Belize taking <a href="http://www.sanpedroscoop.com/2016/08/hurricane-earl-belize-nightmare-ambergris-caye-caulker.html">a battering</a> from Hurricane Earl. Kudos particularly to the local A/V & network team on pulling together a feed out. Already we've had very good presentations from Shernon Osepa (IoT) and John Curran (IPv6).</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><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-image: ; 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><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/cigf16/"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cigf2016_170x255.png" alt="Livestream" border="0"></a>This week, <strong>Wednesday-Friday August 10-12 2016</strong> the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.ctu.int/12th-caribbean-internet-governance-forum">12th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum</a> (CIGF)</strong> is taking place in Belize. Organized by the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://ctu.int/">Caribbean Telecomunications Union</a></strong>, this year's CIGF has the them '<strong>Accelerating Caribbean Internet Development</strong>'. It will address areas of high priority, including Cybersecurity, CcTLD Operations, Local Digital Content Development, Broadband Access and Affordability, and Net Neutrality. It will focus on establishing national structures to support the work of the CIGF; continue the work of policy development and finalise the Regional Internet Governance Policy Framework (Issue 3.0). The event is being webcast live via the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/cigf16/">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>. Belize time runs two hours behind NYC.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>What: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.ctu.int/12th-caribbean-internet-governance-forum">12th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum</a> (CIGF)<br> Where: Radisson Fort George Hotel and Marina, Belize City,Belize<br> When: Wednesday-Friday August 10-12 2016<br> Agenda: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.ctu.int/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/12th-CIGF-Provisional-Agenda-v4.pdf">http://www.ctu.int/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/12th-CIGF-Provisional-Agenda-v4.pdf</a><br> Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/cigf16/">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/cigf16/</a><br> Twitter: #12cigf <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://twitter.com/hashtag/12cigf">http://twitter.com/hashtag/12cigf</a></strong></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#666;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;width:auto;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:0em;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-left:0"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;background-color:#2585b2;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0;white-space:nowrap" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8610#respond">Comment</a></td><td> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8610#comments">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></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:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:#efefef"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 10px 0px"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px"> </p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>Permalink</strong></div><br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8610">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8610</a><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 100%; background-image: ; background-color: #43a4d0; height: 3px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=8610&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0"></div></div><div><br><br></div><div> </div><div> </div><div class="gmail_signature"> </div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Joly MacFie</div><div>President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a> </span><span><span id="gc-number-22" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span></span></div></div></div>
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