Just as 2019 marked 50 years since the first message crossed the APRPANET, it also marked 25 years since the realization that the Internet and its associated technologies were now so vital that they needed to be ubiquitous. It was Larry Irving, then leading the NTIA, who coined the term 'Digital Divide', and Laura Breeden who led the staff effort to ameliorate it. Our stream today kicks off with Lee Rainie providing facts and figures, and includes Vint Cerf, who needs no introduction, but marked the occasion by sporting a 1994 Internet Society pin. <https://twitter.com/JolyMacfie/status/1131925748267118592> ISOC Live posted: "Today, Tuesday December 31 2019, at 7pm EST (00:00 UTC) in the sixth installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, we feature three streams that celebrated the 50th anniversary of first message sent across the" <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/arpanet> [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ppdd>Today, *Thursday January 2 2020*, at* 7pm EST* (00:00 UTC) in the 8th installment of the *Internet Society Livestreaming* <https://isoc.live/>‘s ‘*12 Days of Streams <https://isoc.live/tag/12-streams/>*‘‘ annual highlights, we feature the *Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide 2019 International Conference <https://bit.ly/ppddagenda>*, held in Washington in May, which marked the 25th anniversary of the recognition of the digital divide through social scientific research. This was a 3 day 4 track conference, so there were many more speakers than the four we feature today who are, *Lee Rainie*, Director of Internet and Technology Research, Pew Research Center; *Laura Breeden*, former Program Director for Public Computing and Broadband Adoption, N.T.I.A; *Vint Cerf*, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google; and *Larry Irving*, President and CEO, Irving Group. A brief Q&A session with Vint Cerf and Larry Irving is also included. *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ppdd <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ppdd>* *ORIGINAL STREAM: https://bit.ly/ppddlive <https://bit.ly/ppddlive>* *TWITTER: #12Streams <http://bit.ly/2t8HX2J> #ppdd2019 <https://bit.ly/ppdd2019> #digitaldivide* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11662/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -