You probably don't need me to tell you the 2020IGF has started, but please find the handy links below. 'Huma resilience' is indeed what one needs to get through the program! To participate via zoom one must 1) register 2) add the session to one's 'personal calendar' on the site. Then the zoom link should appear. What I recommend, as a way of keeping up, is just to open 3 browser windows on the real time text, and let 'em run. Here are some sessions featuring our ISOC colleagues during week 1. I am sure there are more *Tue 3 Nov* 08:00 UTC Room 3 Protecting the Public Core of the Internet: from formulation to implementation Vint Cerf (Former ISOC Chair) Wolfgang Kleinwächter (former Trustee) 11:00 UTC Room 1 Internet Society's Collaborative Leadership Exchange (CLX) Alejandra Prieto, Senior Manager, Youth Fellowship Program https://internetsociety.wufoo.com/forms/igf2020isoc-collaborative-leadership... *Weds 4 Nov* 08:10 UTC Room 2 Dynamic Coalition on Schools of Internet Governance Avri Doria (ISOC-NY) Olga Cavalli (ISOC AR) 10:30 UTC Room 3 Internet in Crisis Management and Renewal Olivier Crépin-Leblond, ISOC UK Alejandro Pisanty, ISOC MX Sebastien Bachollet, ISOC FR 18:20 UTC Room 2 Community Networks at Times of Crises and Pandemics Jane Coffin, SVP, Internet Growth, ISOC *Thurs 5 Nov* 09:10 UTC Room 1 Launch of DC Internet Standards, Security & Safety (DC-ISSS) Olaf Kolkman, Principal - Internet Technology, Policy, and Advocacy, ISOC *Fri 6 Nov* 08:00 UTC Room 1 Promoting Trust on the Internet through Osaka Track Vint Cerf (Former ISOC Chair) Rinalia Abdul Rahim, SVP, Strategy, Communications and Engagement, ISOC 11:30 UTC Room 2 Accessibility - Closing the Gap Muhammad Shabbir Awan, Accessibility SIG Judith Hellerstein, Accessibility SIG Gunela Astbrink, Accessibility SIG 14:20 UTC Room 2 Net Neutrality at times of Covid19 Alejandro Pisanty, ISOC Mexico 17:10 UTC Room 1 The Criticality of the Internet for SIDS in a global crisis Tracy Hackshaw, ISOC TT Maureen Hilyard, PICISOC Cherie Lagakali, PICISOC ISOC Live posted: "Over the next two weeks the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme Internet for human resilience and solidarity. The programme centers around the four main th" [image: vigf2020] <https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/>Over the next two weeks the *Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum <https://www.intgovforum.org/vIGF/>* (IGF) will be hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme *Internet for human resilience and solidarity*. The programme centers around the four main thematic tracks: (1) Data; (2) Environment; (3) Inclusion; (4) Trust. The IGF 2020 pre-events, newcomers sessions, thematic introductory sessions, as well as the Open Forums, NRIs and DC sessions will be hosted on 2–6 November during the meeting's first phase. The meeting will be officially opened on 9 November and closed on 17 November. During this 7-day phase, workshops, main sessions, the high-level leader's track, a parliamentary roundtable, and thematic concluding sessions will be hosted. *LIVESTREAMS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0zf4oI0IsJLh1owvUQSfQ <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0zf4oI0IsJLh1owvUQSfQ> | http://webtv.un.org/ <http://webtv.un.org/>* *SCHEDULE https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/igf-2020-schedule/ <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/igf-2020-schedule/>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration>* *REAL TIME TEXT Room 1 <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=IGF-Room-I> | Room 2 <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=IGF-Room-II> | Room 3 <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=IGF-Room-II>* *TWITTER #IGF2020 <https://bit.ly/2HVKvbU>* *SIMULCAST* *https://www.facebook.com/IntGovForum/live <https://www.facebook.com/IntGovForum/live>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12933/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -