ISOC-E Events
Recent Events
An ISOC-E event took place in London in September
2008.
One Web Day
22nd September 2008 / The Royal Exchange. We all celebrated OneWebDay together, a day to celebrate the Internet and to reflect on what it meant to all of us.
The idea behind OneWebDay is to:
- focus attention on a key Internet value (this year, online participation in democracy)
- focus attention on local Internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills)
- create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the Internet
A small group of people met at the Royal Exchange's Courtyard Bar and conversations ranged from IPv6 deployment to Domain Names, ICANN, and of course, ISOC-E's future plans. We had the chance of having Dr. Peter Kirstein among us, one of the fathers of the Internet in the UK, and he shared some of his wisdom with everybody.
Celebrating One Web Day. Left to right: Ram Mohan, Tricia Drakes, Desiree Miloshevic, Mark Reece, Peter Kirstein, Rex Wickham, Alan Barnett.
The group dispersed at around 21:00 after having shared several bottles of wine and many Internet stories from years gone by.
For those people that did not find us: our most sincere apologies. We did advise the (unhelpful) staff of our gathering and post a "One Web Day" shirt in evidence on one of the chairs - next time we'll make sure at least one contact number is sent to participants in case they can't find the location.
Future Events
We are currently planning future meetings, both in London and at other locations around the UK. If you wish to suggest a location, please email us (address below). With membership spanning all of the UK, it would be great to organise a meeting close to where you live.
Several people in the ISOC-E lead team will be attending the ICANN Cairo Conference on 2nd-7th November 2008. We will be representing ISOC-E in the ISOC Chapter meetings which will be organised simultaneously. So if you are going to Cairo, we would like to hear from you!
Please e-mail us on contact@isoc-e.org
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