This is under way. Very good high level overview of how far we've come in 25 years, and how we may progress. joly posted: "Today Thursday May 11 2017 the Internet Society and Royal Institute of International Affairs present A Brave New World: How does the Internet Affect Societies? at Chatham House in London UK. Part of the Internet Society's 25th Anniversary program, a round" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chatham>Today *Thursday May 11 2017* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/>* and *Royal Institute of International Affairs <https://www.chathamhouse.org/>* present *A Brave New World: How does the Internet Affect Societies? <https://www.internetsociety.org/25th/roundtable-may11>* at Chatham House in London UK. Part of the *Internet Society's 25th Anniversary program* <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/institutional/2017/01/2017-internet-societys-25th-anniversary-year>, a roundtable will examine the question: *Is the Internet eliminating divisions in society, or is it accentuating them? *. Keynote: *Prof. Dr. Erik Huizer*, CTO SURFnet. Speakers: *Dr. Ismail Syed Shah*, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunications Authority;* Mr. James Arroyo*, OBE, Director for Data, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; *Ms. Unoma Ndili Okarafor*, Ph.D. Founder & CEO at *Herbal Papaya*, WAAW Foundation; *Ms. Rebecca MacKinnon*, Director of the Ranking Digital Rights project at New America. Moderator: *Ms. Kathryn Brown*, President and CEO, Internet Society. The event will be webcast live on the* Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chatham>* and *YouTube <https://youtu.be/nCpaptHX0II>*. London is 5 hours ahead of NYC. *What: A Brave New World: How does the Internet Affect Societies? <https://www.internetsociety.org/25th/roundtable-may11> Where: Chatham House, London When: Thursday May 11 2017 12:30-14:00 BST | 11:30-13:00 UTC | 07:30-9:00 EDT Webcast 1: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chatham <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chatham> Webcast 2: https://youtu.be/nCpaptHX0II <https://youtu.be/nCpaptHX0II> Twitter: #thenext25 https://twitter.com/hashtag/thenext25 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/thenext25>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9181#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9181#comments> *​Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9181 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -