<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Anyone who watched last week's <a href="https://archive.org/details/renwick2021">Renwick Lecture</a> will have heard Vint Cerf refer to this important stage in the Internet's development. Today we will learn more!<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div class="gmail_default"></div><br><u></u><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:748px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:748px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="8" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:8px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody></tbody></table><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/i2internethistory" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/i2internethistory-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>Today, Tuesday 14 September 2020, at 13:00 EDT (18:00 UTC) <strong><a href="https://internet2.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Internet2</a></strong> hosts an Internet History Webinar: '<strong><a href="https://internet2.edu/internet2-internet-history-webinar/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">How the US NS<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">F</span>NET Regional Academic Networks Evolved to Become the Global Internet (1985 — 1995)</a></strong>'.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation_Network" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">NSFNET Program</a></strong> (partially) funded a range of (academic) regional networks1, starting in 1985/86. Over a relatively short period of time, the regional networks developed their customer base and funding models and became Internet service providers (ISPs). Connections to the Federal Internet Exchange(s) (FIXs) and the Commercial Internet eXchange(s) (CIXs) were developed, and some of the regional networks evolved to become global ISPs.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">The webinar will feature short presentations from some of the Regional Network / ISP pioneers, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>PANEL</strong><br><strong>Glenn Ricart</strong>, SURAnet<br><strong>Elise Gerich</strong>, NSFNET National Backbone<br><strong>Susan Estrada</strong>, CERFnet<br><strong>MODERATOR</strong> <strong>Steve Wolff</strong>, NSF Networking Division Director (1986-1995)</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/i2internethistory" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://livestream.com/internetsociety/i2internethistory</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM <a href="https://bit.ly/398Itjk" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://bit.ly/398Itjk</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",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