“Why is the UN trying to take over the Internet?”.... A Diverse, Global Membership. 6. Over...
29
www.internetsociety.org “Why is the UN trying to take over the Internet?” Eva Frölich Chair Internet Society Board of Trustees
Transcript of “Why is the UN trying to take over the Internet?”.... A Diverse, Global Membership. 6. Over...
www.internetsociety.org
“Why is the UN trying to take over the Internet?”Eva Frölich Chair Internet Society Board of Trustees
www.internetsociety.org
Internet Society
2
Vint Cerf Bob Kahn
www.internetsociety.org
How We Work
3
www.internetsociety.org
Internet Engineering Task Force
4
www.internetsociety.org
Educational & Leadership Programs
5
• Internet access for blind & visually impaired in Armenia
• IPv6 training in Zimbabwe for university & engineers
• IT-related vocabulary for preservation of the Niue language
• Empower youth in Somalia with Internet skills through training
centers
• Solar powered Internet for remote school in Micronesia
• Improve infrastructure in Nigeria to extend technical training to
school of 700 girls
www.internetsociety.org
A Diverse, Global Membership
6
Over 55,000 individual members
Over 90 Chapters worldwide
More than 130 Organisation members
www.internetsociety.org
Chapters Play a Key Role
7
www.internetsociety.org 8
www.internetsociety.org
Sweden #1
9
www.internetsociety.org
Internet Leader
10
Web ReadinessWeb Use
Impact of the Web
www.internetsociety.org
Global Internet User Survey
11
85%
60%
87%
80%
11,000 people from 20 countries
Improved lives
Internet many times a day
Email every day
Solving global topics/issues
www.internetsociety.org
World Conference on International Telecommunications - WCIT
12
3–14 December 2012
www.internetsociety.org
International Telecommunication Regulations
13
www.internetsociety.org
International Telecommunication Regulations
14
Proposals could impact: IndividualsBusinesses
Developing-market economiesMulti-stakeholder process of
Internet governance
www.internetsociety.org
Foundation of the Internet
15
Global reachAccessibility
No gatekeeperGeneral purpose network
Sharing, open access, and choice
www.internetsociety.org
Open Internet Supports Creativity
16
www.internetsociety.org
Internet’s Impact
17
$4.2 trillion G-20 economies by 2016
667 million wireless broadband connections in the OECD, December 2011
Top 5 if the Internet economy were a national economy
www.internetsociety.org
Innovation without Permission
18
From Consumers To Creators
www.internetsociety.org
Flipkart
19
www.internetsociety.org
World Conference on International Telecommunications
20
3–14 December 2012
www.internetsociety.org
Open Multi-stakeholder Process
21
www.internetsociety.org
The Internet and Human Rights
22
www.internetsociety.org
Human Rights Council
23
Resolution on the “promotion, protection, and enjoyment of
human rights and theInternet”
www.internetsociety.org
Internet Protocol version 6 – IPv6
24
www.internetsociety.org
DNSSEC Sweden
25
www.internetsociety.org
IPv6 Sweden
26
www.internetsociety.org
IPv6 Sweden
27
35%
30%
20%
15%
10%
5%
25%
0%2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Sweden
All countriesRIPE region
Source: RIPE NCC --This graph shows the percentage of networks (ASes) that announce an IPv6 prefix for a specified list of countries or groups of countries.
www.internetsociety.org
The Internet’s Future
28
www.internetsociety.org
Thank you!
