On 15 March 2010, the ISOC NGL will open up three calls for applications for the following components:  the ISOC Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the ISOC Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Ambassadors programme, and the new ISOC …

Following on a very successful event in January 2009 (videos and slides of the sessions are still available), which was supported by funding from the ISOC Community Grants Programme, the Irish National IPv6 Task Force is hosting another all-day summit …

Call for Presenters
ARIN XXV, Hosting Providers & ARIN
18 April 2010
Toronto, Canada

Deadline: 19 March 2010

The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is pleased to announce its call for presenters at the ARIN XXV hosting providers session, 18 April 2010, in Toronto, …

[Ukunda, Kenya, February 27, 2010] For the first time, a Rural Internet Kiosk (RIK) has been installed for rural youth empowerment in Africa. Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development (VOA4SD) is building the capacity of local youth to empower themselves …

There are several key openings at ICANN this year and we highly encourage you to apply yourself or recommend someone who you feel will serve the Internet community well. Whatever your thoughts on ICANN, they are a very important organization within the Internet ecosystem and proper guidance is crucial. The best way to ensure that they help to maintain the open framework that has served the Internet so well thus far is to participate. Details are below in the press release.

ISOC is now accepting applications for its Community Grants Programme.  The application cycle will be open until 26 March 2010.
Full details about the programme, available here.

In November, we published the Rough Guide to IETF 76’s Hot Topics. Here now is the follow up to the meetings highlighted in that guide.
For IETF 76, which was held in Hiroshima, Japan, we focused our attention on working groups, …

Paper submitted for expert group convened by French Minister of Internet Economy

GENEVA–26 February 2010–The Internet Society this week submitted a paper on “Open Inter-networking” to a Net Neutrality expert group convened by French Minister of Internet Economy, Nathalie Kosciusko MorizetI. …

Report on recent trip to South Africa
Contributed by Giandomenico Massari
The Internet Society Nigeria Chapter, The Nigerian Society of Engineers Port Harcourt Branch, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Rivers State and the Rivers State Government, Nigeria have been in  …

The eLearning Africa 2010 Photo Competition
Communicating with friends all over the world, putting business ideas into practice via the Internet, learning any time and any place – Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS) have permanently changed life all over the planet.
To …