ISOC UK England Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2024

ocl / November 8, 2024

The ISOC UK England Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2024 took take place as a hybrid meeting, both online and in person.

Also in person at:

The Wheatsheaf
25 Rathbone Pl, W Central St, London W1T 1JB, United Kingdom

Google Map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jq6vRgd8cvxHcSQM7

The Wheatsheaf is a historic Pub a couple of minutes away from Tottenham Court Road Station. (*)

In person participation allowed participants to meet members of the Leadership Team and to network with other members of the Chapter.… Read more ...

Events, News

ISOC UK England Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022

ocl / April 24, 2023

Please join us on 15 May 2022 for the Chapter’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will take place in a hybrid fashion, both online and face to face. the location of the face to face meeting is to be announced soon.

ISOC UK England AGM 2022 Draft Agenda

Hybrid meeting (both Face to Face & Online)
Monday 15 May 2023, 18:00-20:00 BST

Remote participation: Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86516135879

Also face to face
Important: Register here for in person participation.

London School Of Economics, Silverstone Room, Department of Media and Communications – but in order to gain access you absolutely need to register here.… Read more ...

Events, News

ISOC UK England Annual General Meeting (AGM)

ocl / December 4, 2021

Please join us on 21 December 2021 for the Chapter’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). This year the AGM will take place online due to Pandemic restrictions.

Date and Time

Tuesday 21st December 2021, 16:00 – 18:00 UTC

Calendar Entry – meeting-85763291633 Download

Provisional Agenda:

16:00-18:00 (120 minutes)

Part 1 – 16:00-16:45 – Internet Society UK Limited

Welcome, Roll Call, Introduction by the Chair (5 minutes)
1. Approval of Agenda
Internet Society UK Limited (40 minutes)
1. Financials of ISOC UK England
2. Confirmation of FY2020 Accounts filed
3. Approval of FY2021 preliminary Accounts
4. Appointment of Accountants
5. Elections Process

Part 2 – 16:45-18:00 – ISOC UK England

Chair’s Report of Chapter Activities since last AGM (10 minutes)
Working Groups (15 minutes)
1. Addition/Reduction/Renewal
Future Activities for 2022 (30 minutes)
IPv6 Matrix update (10 minutes)
Any other Business (10 minutes)

Connection Details

References

Time: Dec 21, 2021 16:00 Universal Time UTC
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Events, Policy

.UK Internet Governance Forum Overview

ocl / September 27, 2021

in collaboration with Nominet

.UK Registry Nominet is organising a one hour Webinar “.UK Internet Governance Forum Overview” at 13:00-14:00 BST on 30th September 2021 and ISOC UK has partnered with long time IGF experts to answer the questions you might have about the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the UK IGF.

Introduction — Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ISOC UK England Chair
A primer on IG, setting the stage, — Louise Marie Hurel, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics
Story of the IGFs (why, when, purpose etc.)

Events, News

Webcast of Lord Renwick Memorial Lecture with Vint Cerf is now available

ocl / September 13, 2021

If you have missed the Inaugural Lord Renwick Memorial Lecture, which will took place online on Thursday 9th September 2021, you can watch its recording here, thanks to the ISOC Live service.

The Digital Policy Alliance (DPA) welcomed guest speaker Vint Cerf, the American Internet pioneer recognised as “one of the fathers of the Internet”.

Wrestling with Alligators: Delivering on the Digital Promise
The benefits of digital technology have been broadly demonstrated and acknowledged but the same benefit of lowering barriers to access to digital technology, the Internet and the World Wide Web have enabled harmful behaviours ranging from individuals to nation states.

Events, Policy

The threat to DNS ( Pan-national Infrastructure) a joint BCS/ISOC Panel

ocl / July 23, 2021

The BCS (British Computer Society – The Chartered Institute for IT) and the UK Chapter of the Internet Society organised a joint meeting discussing the threat to DNS. This roundtable included Bill Woodcock, Executive Director of the Packet Clearing House (PCH) and Dr. Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the UK Chapter of the Internet Society. Together we discussed the multiple threats to the DNS – whether technical and political – in an open discussion with participants. Olivier focussed on activities that ICANN is undertaking and in particular from the At-Large perspective of end users at ICANN and Bill was able to share real world examples of challenges to the DNS that he had encountered.… Read more ...

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