The Internet Ecosystem

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1 Internet Week Philipsburg, St. Maarten 28 October 2016 The Internet Ecosystem Shernon Osepa, Manager Regional Affairs Latin America & the Caribbean Presentation title Client name Internet Society

2 Agenda What is the Internet Society (ISOC) How is the Internet governed? Main actors (Internet ecosystem) The future of the Internet & what really matters Questions? 2

3 Internet Society Founded in 1992 by Internet pioneers Not for profit international organization 150+ organizational members individual members 130 local chapters worldwide Offices: Africa, Asia, Europe, LAC, USA Three key areas: Chapters: the people who USE the Internet Organizations: the people who BUILD and RUN the Internet IETF: the people who INVENT, REFINE and ensure an INTEROPERABLE Internet 3

4 Internet Society (con t) Vision: The Internet is for everyone ISOC s mission is "to assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world We do this by working in the areas of technical standards, policy development and education/capacity building 4

5 The Internet Society is operating on a world stage to help all of the stakeholders of the Internet to understand what the implications of the technology are, what policies are beneficial, and what right and freedoms need to be preserved in the use of this system. Vint Cerf 5

6 What Made Internet Society Unique? Almost 25 years of leadership at the intersection of Internet technology, development, and public policy Organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which sets global Internet Standards Trusted reputation as neutral and unbiased advocates for the Internet Broad engagement across stakeholders including industry, government, universities, and civil society Expert contributors to the World Economic Forum, United Nations bodies, Internet Governance Forum(IGF), OECD, etc. 6

7 Internet s Three Opera.ng Layers Content and applications standards (HTML, XML, Java) Promotes creativity and innovation in applications leading to , World Wide Web, ebanking, wiki, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, YouTube and much more Internet protocols and standards (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL) TCP/IP, controls traffic flow by dividing and web data into packages before they are transmitted on the Internet Telecommunications infrastructure! Physical network made up of underwater cables, telephone lines, fiber optics, satellites, microwaves, wi-fi, and so on Facilitates transfer of electronic data over the Internet 7

8 How is the Internet governed? Some facts regarding the Internet Thousands of autonomous networks connected 250 million domain names registered (>100 million.com, >100 million cctlds) No central control body (chaos???) Initial focus was not on control but to create something that could grow to a much larger scale Multi-stakeholder model (openness, collaboration and consensus-oriented decision-making) Governments, Businesses, Civil Society, Technical Community Power is gained by merits not hierarchy Effectiveness How it has grown and how stable it is 8

9 The Internet Ecosystem Two different worlds Traditional telecoms/circuit-switched technology The Internet/packet-switched technology 9

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18 The Future of The Internet: What Really Matters? Major discussions going on that could change the Internet that we know today but what really matters? Global reach, integrity; General purpose; Supports innovation without requiring permission (by anyone); Accessible it s possible to connect to it, build new parts of it, and study it overall; Based on interoperability and mutual agreement; Collaboration; Technology reusable building blocks; There are no permanent favourites (AltaVista search service in the 90s..) 18

19 Thank you. Shernon Osepa Manager Regional Affairs Latin America & the Caribbean Visit us at Follow Galerie Jean-Malbuisson 15, CH-1204 Geneva, Switzerland Wiehle Avenue, Suite 201, Reston, VA USA

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