On May 15th, ISOC Switzerland Chapter hosted the Public Policy Sessions 2024 including a diverse set of introductory talks and a very interesting panel on the topic of disinformation online, organized by Bernie Hoeneisen, co-founder of ISOC-CH. You can watch the recorded live stream here: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-ch-public-policy2024 First, Markus Kummer (ISOC-CH Chapter Advisory Council Representative) introduced... The post Public Policy Sessions 2024 (summary) appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter.

The ISOC Switzerland Chapter is proud to be one of the partners of the Horizon Europe project NGI0 Commons Fund, which started on January 1st 2024. The project is part of the NGI0 NGI Zero coalition, led by NLnet Foundation, which uses a very flexible cascading funding scheme that enables a large number of carefully... The post ISOC-CH is a partner of the NGI0 Commons Fund appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter.

The ISOC’s General Assembly 2022 took place online on December 15, 2022 The draft minutes of AGM 2022 are available here: GA-2022-minutes_DRAFT.pdf The approved minutes of the AGM 2021 are available here: GA-2021-minutes_APPROVED.pdf The post General Assembly 2022 [https://www.isoc.ch/general-assembly-2022/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

The Internet has now become essential for all aspects of life and business. Thus it is not surprising that more and more people, including people who don’t understand much about technology, express thoughts about how the Internet, and its governance, should evolve in the future. There is a tendency in some quarters to take the... The post A vision for the future of the Internet [https://www.isoc.ch/a-vision-for-the-future-of-the-internet/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

The ISOC Switzerland Chapter launches a new web site with modernized, and simplified design, together with a new series of posts on learning, imagining, sharing. Stay tuned! The post New web site for ISOC-CH Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch/new-web-site-for-isoc-ch-chapter/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

Background The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was an outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held in Tunis in 2005. The Internet was the most controversial issue of the Summit – the main point was whether or not governments should be in charge of the Internet. There were those who argued that... The post The Swiss IGF [https://www.isoc.ch/the-swiss-igf/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

The Beyond the Net Grant supporting this event series has now successfully ended. You can read here a short review of the events in 2021 (available as a printed booklet at L200). But the 7at7 series continues, since everything is in place already and additional funding from ISOC will be pursued soon! You can see... The post The Beyond the Net Grant ended, but the 7at7 series continues! [https://www.isoc.ch/the-beyond-the-net-grant-ended-but-the-7at7-series-continues/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

Digital sustainability was one of the first topics addressed in the 7at7 series, on September 7, 2020. Six months later, Panayotis Antoniadis and Nana Karlstetter (one of September 7at7 keynote speakers) joined Rahel Estermann and Laura Hagen to create the Digital sustainability working group at Digitale Gesselschaft, which presented itself for the first time in... The post Digital sustainability and sustainable digitalization [https://www.isoc.ch/digital-sustainability-and-sustainable-digitalization/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

Elliot Vaucher “What scarce objects provide is a straightforward basis for implementing, in an intuitively secure way, the anonymous commodity exchange economies formalised in microeconomics in a P2P fashion on the Internet.” Nick Szabo. Attending “Internet ways of networking” seminar Thanks to the Internet Society, I had the chance to attend a series of webinars... The post Bitcoin : a form of electrical matter [https://www.isoc.ch/bitcoin-a-form-of-electrical-matter/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

Since April 2020, ISOC-CH is part of a coalition of organizations in Switzerland and beyond that are slowing developing the 7at7.digital concept, which has recently upgraded its visual identity and framing. Every 7th of the month at 7pm, there is a short news programme (“alternative news from the digital world”) and a special topic on... The post 7at7.digital as a communication platform and a hybrid infrastructure [https://www.isoc.ch/7at7-digital-as-a-communication-platform-and-a-hybrid-infrastructure/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].