2nd Annual Internet Caucus State of the Net Conference
Feb. 8, 2006, Washington DC
Hosted by the Internet Caucus Advisory Committee in conjunction with the Congressional Internet Caucus (CIC). Topics covered included Net Neutrality, Internationalization of the Internet, Broadband Reform, and others.
The CIC is a bi-partisan group of 170 members of the U.S. House and Senate. The Advisory Committee is "a diverse group of public interest, non profit and industry groups that works to educate the Congress and the public about important Internet-related policy issues." Read Julie Rones' Internet Caucus Conference Summary Report
Appreciation Evening for Vint Cerf & Bob Kahn
Tuesday, May 10, 2005, 7 - 9:30 p.m., Tysons Corner VA
Our own Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf have been named winners of the Association for Computing Machinery's prestigious Turing Award (story below).
The Turing Award will be presented at the ACM Awards Banquet in San Francisco, in June.
Since we all can't get to the ACM meeting in San Francisco, the chapter will hold a meeting to express our gratitude for everything Bob and Vint have done, not just for the industry but for ISOC as well.
The evening will start with a social hour, with time to say hello to Vint and Bob. Several speakers (including Dennis Doughty, President, Booz-Allen-Hamilton Worldwide Technology Business) will touch briefly on the monumental changes the Internet has brought to the world. Internet pioneer Steve Crocker will ask Bob and Vint to share their thoughts, looking back on three decades of remarkable change and to the future.
We will have available replica copies of historical (Internet) documents which Vint and Bob may be so kind as to autograph for us.
During the evening, leaders of ISOC chapters around the world will be joining the meeting via the Internet to congratulate Vint and Bob, and thank the two for their key roles in the start and growth of the Internet, as well as in creating ISOC. Booz-Allen-Hamilton Conference Center, 8283 Greensboro Drive (Tysons Corner) McLean, VA 22102.
More at: [ACM Announcement] [NY Times article (registration required, free)]
[Report-PDF]
[Report-DOC]
Links to photos taken on tours: Tour Mon. Nov. 8, 2004 - Petrescu (5 images) Tour Mon. Nov. 8, 2004 - Evans (7 images) Tour Wed. Nov. 10, 2004 - Harrington, Claise (21 images) Tour Wed. Nov. 10, 2004 - Vainshtein (1 image) Capitol, Rotunda, National Mall, maps - Gaines (19 images)
Tours sponsored by: ISOC Chicago Chapter, ISOC South Central Texas Chapter, ISOC Los Angeles Chapter, ISOC Washington DC Chapter, ISOC New York Chapter, ISOC of Puerto Rico.
On Saturday, August 23, 2003 at the CIT Building in Dulles
VA, the Capital Area Wireless Network Group and the Internet Society of
Greater Washington sponsored an all-day event to promote and explore
all facets of wireless networking.[DETAILS]
Feb. 8, 2006, Washington DC
Hosted by the Internet Caucus Advisory Committee in conjunction with the Congressional Internet Caucus (CIC). Topics covered included Net Neutrality, Internationalization of the Internet, Broadband Reform, and others.
The CIC is a bi-partisan group of 170 members of the U.S. House and Senate. The Advisory Committee is "a diverse group of public interest, non profit and industry groups that works to educate the Congress and the public about important Internet-related policy issues." Read Julie Rones' Internet Caucus Conference Summary Report
Appreciation Evening for Vint Cerf & Bob Kahn
Tuesday, May 10, 2005, 7 - 9:30 p.m., Tysons Corner VA
Our own Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf have been named winners of the Association for Computing Machinery's prestigious Turing Award (story below).
The Turing Award will be presented at the ACM Awards Banquet in San Francisco, in June.
Since we all can't get to the ACM meeting in San Francisco, the chapter will hold a meeting to express our gratitude for everything Bob and Vint have done, not just for the industry but for ISOC as well.
The evening will start with a social hour, with time to say hello to Vint and Bob. Several speakers (including Dennis Doughty, President, Booz-Allen-Hamilton Worldwide Technology Business) will touch briefly on the monumental changes the Internet has brought to the world. Internet pioneer Steve Crocker will ask Bob and Vint to share their thoughts, looking back on three decades of remarkable change and to the future.
We will have available replica copies of historical (Internet) documents which Vint and Bob may be so kind as to autograph for us.
During the evening, leaders of ISOC chapters around the world will be joining the meeting via the Internet to congratulate Vint and Bob, and thank the two for their key roles in the start and growth of the Internet, as well as in creating ISOC. Booz-Allen-Hamilton Conference Center, 8283 Greensboro Drive (Tysons Corner) McLean, VA 22102.
Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn winners of the Turing Award
Feb. 16, 2005 -- ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn the winners of the 2004 A.M. Turing Award, considered the "Nobel Prize of Computing," for pioneering work on the design and implementation of the Internet's basic communications protocols. The Turing Award, first awarded in 1966, and named for British mathematician Alan M. Turing, carries a $100,000 prize, with financial support provided by Intel Corporation. Cerf and Kahn developed TCP/IP, a format and procedure for transmitting data that enables computers in diverse environments to communicate with each other. We are proud that Bob and Vint are long-standing members of this chapter of The Internet Society.More at: [ACM Announcement] [NY Times article (registration required, free)]
Report on ITAC Meeting, WSIS II, held in DC Dec. 8, 2004
Julie E. Rones, Attorney/Consultant and member of the DC Chapter of ISOC, has provided us her report on the U.S. State Department meeting of the U.S. International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) held in Washington DC on Dec. 8, 2004 to discuss matters related to the Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS Phase II). She reports on the meeting in some detail, provides background on WSIS Phase I, Phase II and PrepCom-3 (to be held Sept. 2005), covers the new UN working group on Internet Governance (WGIG), and lists WGIG participants by name/country.DCISOC Conducts Tours of U.S. Capitol for IETF61
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) met in Washington, DC the week of November 7-12, 2004. DCISOC organized six Internet Society chapters to sponsor free VIP tours of the U.S. Capitol for IETF61 participants and their families. Gene Gaines, DCISOC VP, managed the tours, assembling people in small groups, traveling underground by the Senate subway or House tunnel to the Capitol building, and visiting the major ceremonial and museum rooms while describing their history.Links to photos taken on tours: Tour Mon. Nov. 8, 2004 - Petrescu (5 images) Tour Mon. Nov. 8, 2004 - Evans (7 images) Tour Wed. Nov. 10, 2004 - Harrington, Claise (21 images) Tour Wed. Nov. 10, 2004 - Vainshtein (1 image) Capitol, Rotunda, National Mall, maps - Gaines (19 images)
Tours sponsored by: ISOC Chicago Chapter, ISOC South Central Texas Chapter, ISOC Los Angeles Chapter, ISOC Washington DC Chapter, ISOC New York Chapter, ISOC of Puerto Rico.
CAWNet and DCISOC Sponsor WiFi Play Day
On Saturday, August 23, 2003 at the CIT Building in Dulles
VA, the Capital Area Wireless Network Group and the Internet Society of
Greater Washington sponsored an all-day event to promote and explore
all facets of wireless networking.[DETAILS]
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