Today's Events -- Please Join Us
***For those of you in the Boston area who usually attend our Tuesday luncheon series events, please note that we will not be hosting a luncheon series event today. Stay tuned for next week.... If you would like to be notified of our luncheon series events, please send an email to amichel AT cyber.harvard.edu.***
2pm Washington Post Live Chat: Rebecca MacKinnon on Internet Censorship in China
Rebecca MacKinnon, Berkman fellow and former CNN Bureau Chief in Beijing, will participate in a Washington Post chat on Internet censorship in China. If you have been following news of the proposed "Global Online Freedom Act of 2006," Google's decision to open a censored Google.cn, or the OpenNet Initiative's research, you can direct your questions to MacKinnon. To submit questions before or during the chat, go here. For more information, go here. To catch up on Rebecca's work in this area, please read her latest blog post.
6:15 Meeting: Internet Governance 101 with David Isenberg
Berkman Fellow David Isenberg will host Internet Governance gurus Desiree Miloshevic and Harvard's Scott Bradner. Desiree and Scott will give an historical overview of Internet governance, including how and why organizations like ICANN, IANA, IETF, ISOC and other organizations began, and what's behind some recent attempts to change Internet governance structures.
From David Isenberg: "If you don't know your ISOC from your ISHOE, if you wonder why ICANN CANNT (or wONNT), if you WSIS it would all go away, if you can't remember why they took IANA toothpaste off the shelves, and if you wonder what the FCC is going on, this evening is for you."
For those in the Boston area, the meeting will be held in the Berkman Center's conference room. If you would like to attend, please rsvp by emailing isen AT isen.com.
We will make the meeting available by podcast. Please check the BerkmanAudio page.
2pm Washington Post Live Chat: Rebecca MacKinnon on Internet Censorship in China
Rebecca MacKinnon, Berkman fellow and former CNN Bureau Chief in Beijing, will participate in a Washington Post chat on Internet censorship in China. If you have been following news of the proposed "Global Online Freedom Act of 2006," Google's decision to open a censored Google.cn, or the OpenNet Initiative's research, you can direct your questions to MacKinnon. To submit questions before or during the chat, go here. For more information, go here. To catch up on Rebecca's work in this area, please read her latest blog post.
6:15 Meeting: Internet Governance 101 with David Isenberg
Berkman Fellow David Isenberg will host Internet Governance gurus Desiree Miloshevic and Harvard's Scott Bradner. Desiree and Scott will give an historical overview of Internet governance, including how and why organizations like ICANN, IANA, IETF, ISOC and other organizations began, and what's behind some recent attempts to change Internet governance structures.
From David Isenberg: "If you don't know your ISOC from your ISHOE, if you wonder why ICANN CANNT (or wONNT), if you WSIS it would all go away, if you can't remember why they took IANA toothpaste off the shelves, and if you wonder what the FCC is going on, this evening is for you."
For those in the Boston area, the meeting will be held in the Berkman Center's conference room. If you would like to attend, please rsvp by emailing isen AT isen.com.
We will make the meeting available by podcast. Please check the BerkmanAudio page.