ISOC-BOT presentation

Presentation to the ISOC Board of Trustees about ISOC SG.

Transcript

1. Internet Society Singapore Chapter Harish Pillay President, ISOC SG February 15 2015 https://isoc.sg, h.pillay@ieee.org
2. Brief History • Established in June 2011 • It is registered as a society under the Societies Act of Singapore. • Membership growth has been slow but steady and it stands at about 50
3. Seminars, Advocacy • Participated and commented on: • Licensing of blogs and online commentaries • The sharing economy issues around “archaic” regulations • IoT – Standards making with the IT Standards Committee and building awareness • Changes to the Singapore Copyright Act – came into force in January 2015: • CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/trade-association-aims- to/1586388.html • SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/official938live1/digital-privacy
4. IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) • ISOC SG participated in the bidding process for the creation of the ICG Secretariat for the transistion of IANA in September 2014 • After many rounds of discussions and presentations, we were awarded the ICG Secretariatship role • We are particularly proud of this appointment
5. Activities for 2015/2016 • “Emergency Internet Toolkit” or “Internet In A Box” (name/meme being worked on) contest to get teams of people to create a self-sustaining Internet when all established connections are “destroyed” - March • “Issues around harassment in a online realms” seminar - tba • “Duty of Care” seminar - March • IoT Asia conference - April • Tamil Internet conference – May/June
6. Thank You! Harish Pillay h.pillay@ieee.org