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Universal, Affordable Internet Access: From ‘Why? To ‘How?’ | engadget
27 October 2016 - Not long ago, the focus of conversation about universal, affordable Internet access was "why?" Why should extending access to billions more people around the world be considered a matter of much importance…?

Upcoming Workshop Explores How to Connect Billions of People to the Internet | IEEE The Institute
4 October 2016 - Technology and policy leaders will convene on 5 and 6 October in Washington, D.C., for Internet Inclusion: Global Connect Stakeholders Advancing Solutions, a workshop tackling one of the top economic, social, and technical challenges of our time: connecting everyone to the internet. The workshop is organized by the IEEE Internet Initiative in collaboration with the Internet Society, People Centered Internet, and the World Bank Group.Members can view the live stream on IEEE.tv…

Report Card on India’s Internet Inclusion | The Week
27 September 2016 - Of the next billion users of the internet, more than 500 million will be from India. A day-long event in Delhi—Internet Inclusion: Advancing Solutions hosted by IEEE, saw a rare coming together of government officials and leaders from development bans, industry, the technical community, NGOs and others, to explore collaborative development, discuss synergies and overlaps…

Amending the IEEE Constitution: Two Sets of Views | IEEE The Institute
19 September 2016 - IEEE annual election ballots are due 3 October, and an amendment being presented by the IEEE Board of Directors is hitting headwinds. Several individual members and a number of IEEE societies and sections have publicly opposed the proposed amendment. To provide some context to the debate, The Institute interviewed two proponents and two opponents. And IEEE President Barry Shoop addresses some concerns about those proposed revisions…

Connecting the Unconnected | SmartCitiesWorld
2 September 2016 - It is estimated that the percentage of unconnected people is higher in the South Asia region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) than worldwide. IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity hosted an event in Dehli, India, which looked at how collaboration can bring affordable, universal network to the 60 per cent of the world’s population who remain unconnected…

IEEE Forums in China, India, and Israel Focus on Local Internet Concerns | IEEE The Institute
29 August 2016 – Editor Kathy Pretz highlights areas of discussion, including universal access, protecting against cyberattacks, and securing biometric data…

European regulators approve data-sharing deal with US | The New York Times
12 July 2016 - European officials have approved the EU-US Privacy Shield, an agreement to allow more than 4,000 companies to move digital data freely between the US and the EU. The pact is particularly important for tech companies, and as much as $260 billion in commerce depends on the agreement…

President Obama institutionalizes Global Connect for 5 years – extending universal, affordable global connectivity | The White House Briefing Room
27 June 2016 - At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Silicon Valley, President Obama announced an Executive Order that institutionalizes the Global Connect initiative for the next 5 years. IEEE, in conjunction with the World Bank, held the first Global Connect Stakeholders: Advancing Solutions in April in Washington, D.C., to expand broadband globally and promote economic development…

‘Innovation, Growth and Social Prosperity:’ IEEE at the OECD Ministerial Meeting | IEEE The Institute
22 June 2016 - Consensus has gathered globally that collaboration among all stakeholders—across government, industry, international organizations, academia, civil society and others—will be crucial to spurring additional innovation, growth and social prosperity in the digital economy around the world…

IEEE Takes a Lead Role at World Summit on the Information Society Forum | IEEE The Institute
17 June 2016 - IEEE raised its visibility at this year’s annual World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, held from 2 to 6 May in Geneva. IEEE was a contributing sponsor through its Internet Initiative…

Advancing IEEE’s Internet Initiative | Converge! Network Digest
25 May 2016 - Karen Bartleson, President-elect of the IEEE, discusses her involvement with the IEEE's Internet Initiative, which is tackling tough problems in cybersecurity, privacy, and governance at the Women In Engineering (WIE) Conference in San Jose, CA.

Global Privacy Goal Complicated by Multiple Players | Bloomberg Law: Privacy & Data Security
13 May 2016 - Too many institutional cooks may spoil the globally harmonized privacy broth. Nevertheless, international data privacy policymakers told Bloomberg BNA that ceding power to some centralized forum isn't the answer…

IEEE joined global leaders at the WSIS Forum 2016 | IEEE Internet Initiative
11 May 2016 - The annual World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum brings together the largest gathering of the Information and Communications Technologies community that focuses on making the information society accessible to all…

Interview at WSIS FORUM 2016 with Oleg Logvinov | Bloomberg BNA
6 May 2016 - During this year’s WSIS Forum in Geneva, nearly 2,000 participants from across the globe generally discussed ways to bridge the digital divide between those nations that have and those nations that lack comprehensive connectivity to the Internet.

Internet Governance, Security, Privacy and the Ethical Dimension of ICTs in 2030 | GIP Digital Watch
5 May 2016 - The session looked into the social consequences of emerging technologies and the Internet of Things and People, such as ethics, privacy, surveillance, and security. The session moderator, Justin Caso…