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TERENA Networking Conference 2001 Session 1B

TERENA Networking Conference 2001 Session 1B. Update on the Internet Society. Stefano Trumpy VicePresident for Policy - ISOC Advisory Council. ISOC: the four pillars. 1. Standards 2. Public Policy 3. Education & training 4. Membership. 1. Standards.

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TERENA Networking Conference 2001 Session 1B

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  1. TERENA Networking Conference 2001Session 1B Update on the Internet Society Stefano Trumpy VicePresident for Policy - ISOC Advisory Council

  2. ISOC: the four pillars 1. Standards 2. Public Policy 3. Education & training 4. Membership

  3. 1. Standards A) Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) B) Internet Architectural Board (IAB) C) Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) D) Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)

  4. 1B IAB • The IAB provides oversight of the architecture for the protocols and procedures used by the Internet • The IAB acts as representative of the interests of the Internet Society in liaison relationships with other organizations concerned with standards and other technical and organizational issues relevant to the world-wide Internet • Unique DNS route • International character sets and their incorporation in the DNS: technical and political issues

  5. 2. Public Policy • Censorship/freedom of expression • Taxation • Internet governance • High-Level Panel on Internet Self-Regulation Stockholm, Sweden. The Internet Society announced that a panel discussion entitled "Quest for Global Self-Regulation ? Lessons Learned" will be a featured component of the INET 2001 Conference to be held in Stockholm from 5-8 June 2001. The panel brings together some of the leading figures in the Internet community to examine issues related to self-regulation. Participants include Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, and Marc Rotenberg, Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). The panel will be moderated by Hans Klein, Chair of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. • Intellectual property • Internet Societal Task force

  6. ISTF • Active working groups: • Accessibility • Privacy and security • Public software • Proposed formation of the Cyberspace Research Instiutte • Recognition of ISOC as an NGO by UNESCO

  7. 3. Education & training • INET • NDSS • Network training workshops • Sustainable Internet training centers • Internet fiesta

  8. 4. Membership • Individual members • Organizational members • Chapters

  9. Individual members • Last count: about 8000 • The individual members elect the 14 members of the ISOC Board of Trustees

  10. Organizational members • Last count: 172 • Organizational members contribute large part of the ISOC budget • They are represented in the ISOC Advisory Council; they elect 7 officers which attend, with no voting rights, to the BoT meetings

  11. Chapters • Last count: • Active chapters: 65 • Chapters in formation: 77 • Chapters of the Internet Society serve the Society's purposes by serving the interests of a segment of the global Internet community through a local presence, focus on local issues and developments, including cultural, commercial and use of local languages.

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