You *know* it's important when I give a full 24 hours notice! The U.S. Internet Policy event of the year is upon us Thursday in DC. The wisdom garnered from this, and other national and regional IGFs, plus the Intersessional work on Connecting the Next Billion, will all be aggregated into input to the global 2016 IGF, currently scheduled to take place from 6-9 December in Guadalajara, Mexico. Note that we are going over and above with remote participation in this one, with streams on both livestream and facebook, 100% captioning, and remote moderators in every room ready to grab and voice your #igfusa2016 tweets and fb comments. joly posted: "On Thursday July 14 2016 the USA Internet Governance Forum (IGF-USA) will be held in Washington DC. Thought leaders from civil society, industry, academia, and government will meet in a multistakeholder effort to illuminate issues and cultivate constructi" [image: IGF-USA 2016] <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-2016/>On *Thursday July 14 2016* the *USA Internet Governance Forum (IGF-USA)* <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-2016/> will be held in *Washington DC*. Thought leaders from civil society, industry, academia, and government will meet in a multistakeholder effort to illuminate issues and cultivate constructive discussions about the future of the Internet. Speakers include: *Catherine A. Novelli* – Under Secretary of State & Senior Coordinator for International Information Technology Diplomacy; *Lawrence E. Strickling* – Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; *Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda* – U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State; *Lee Rainie* – Director of Internet, Science and Technology Research, Pew Research Center; and *David Farber*, Adjunct Professor of Internet Studies and Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. The entire event, including three breakout tracks, will be webcast on the *Internet Society Livestream Channels <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2106-live-video/>* and *Facebook Live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/>*. There will be live captions available. *What: USA Internet Governance Forum (IGF-USA) <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-2016/> Where: Washington DC When: Thursday July 14 2016 8:30am-6:30pm EDT | 12:30-22:30 UTC Program: https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2016-program/ <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2016-program/> Webcast: https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2106-live-video/ <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2106-live-video/> * ** *Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/igfusa2016 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/igfusa2016>* *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8574#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8574#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8574 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -