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].

According to a blog post from the EFF, the European Union (EU) might be changing directions regarding encryption, perhaps influenced by the Five Eyes. This is not a new discussion and public safety is given as the reason to weaken encryption. However, any weakening of encryption will inevitably allow illegal activity, so the disadvantages outweigh... The post Statement: ISOC Switzerland Chapter Concerned over Reports that EU Plans to Weaken Encryption [https://www.isoc.ch/statement-isoc-switzerland-chapter-concerned-over-reports-that-eu-plans-to-weaken-encryption/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

Internet Society European Chapters Workshops are interactive, collaborative spaces for Chapter members with the aim to share knowledge and experience, and to strengthen the capacities necessary to support our mission and vision. Workshops are open to Chapter members who wish to learn and contribute to the development of their local Chapter. Past Chapter Workshops took... The post 2020 European Chapters Workshop Recordings [https://www.isoc.ch/2020-european-chapters-workshop-recordings/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].