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SUMMARY - Preliminary Report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI isoclive.substack.com/p/un-ai-report First UN-mandated global assessment of AI. Evidence dilemma, agentic step change, AI divide. @unodet.bsky.social @yoshuabengio.bsky.social #AIGovernance

SUMMARY - Frugal Voice: Offline Community–Governed Speech Models for the Soliga Tribe in Karnataka isoclive.substack.com/p/frugal-voice 5 hours of audio, sub-$50 hardware, recordings that never leave the community, a data council with veto power. #FrugalAI #DataSovereignty

WEBINAR 20 AUG 17:00 UTC - The Limits of Human Oversight in the Age of AI Agents isoc.live/21703 @datasociety.bsky.social on its primer 'The Oversight Fallacy', with Ranjit Singh, Samir Passi, @mmitchell.bsky.social & Madeleine Clare Elish. #AIAgents #HumanOversight #AIGovernance

HYBRID 31 JUL - 1 AUG 10:00 UTC - 3rd Small Island Developing States Internet Governance Forum isoc.live/21700 CTU and DC-SIDS convene the 3rd SIDS IGF in Mauritius with Halley Movement — cyber resilience, AI, climate. #SIDSIGF2026 #SIDS #IGF#InternetGovernance

WEBINAR 30 JUL 16:00 UTC - FBA Presents – From Funding to Foundation: Building Future-Ready Broadband Infrastructure for Tribal Nations isoc.live/21697 FBA hosts Lumen's Tzeitel Buchanan & Steve Kalomas on middle-mile & workforce. #FiberBroadband #TribalBroadband #DigitalEquity

RECAP/RECORDING - Can You Trust the Story? Thinking Critically with AI and NYC Open Data isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/thinking-c... Dr. Cecilia Dones uses NYC 311 data to show how AI can overstate what the numbers support. #civictech #opendata #nycsodata @beta.nyc

SUMMARY - Internet Resilience Frameworks for Coordinated Global Action isoclive.substack.com/p/marconi-re... Phase 1 from @marconisociety.bsky.social's Internet Resilience Institute: a "Life of a Packet" dependency map, plus a continuity guide for SMEs. #InternetResilience

A presentation-style cover graphic features a nighttime satellite view of Europe, Africa, and Asia illuminated by city lights and overlaid with glowing white network links representing global Internet connectivity. The Marconi Society and Internet Resilience Institute logos appear at the upper left against a dark blue panel. Centered across the image is the large white title, "Internet Resilience Frameworks for Coordinated Global Action," followed by the italic subtitle, "A Supply Chain and Operational Resilience Assessment of Global Internet Infrastructure," and a smaller "Phase 1 Report" label. The date, "June 25, 2026," appears in the lower left, while an "AN ISOC LIVE SUMMARY" badge sits in the lower right. The overall design conveys a global, technical focus on Internet infrastructure and resilience.

RECAP/RECORDING - Transitioning to Quantum-Safe Cryptography isoclive.substack.com/p/intc-pqc-t... Encryption has to be quantum-safe now; authentication can wait — and why "migrate everything at once" is the wrong answer. #PQC #PostQuantum #QuantumSafe #Cryptography #IETF

SUMMARY - India - Draft RPwD (Amendment) Rules, 2026 - Digital Accessibility Framework isoclive.substack.com/p/india-pwd Mandatory public Accessibility Conformance Reports in human- and machine-readable formats for any ICT product available in India. 30-day comment window. #a11y

A title card with a muted olive-gold overlay over the front page of the Gazette of India. The Indian national emblem and the large bilingual "Gazette of India" masthead remain faintly visible in the background. Centered across the slide in large white serif text with a subtle drop shadow is the title: "India – Draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules, 2026 – Digital Accessibility Framework." At the bottom center is a small white rounded rectangle containing the ISOC LIVE branding, reading "AN ISOC LIVE SUMMARY," with "ISOC LIVE" highlighted in red. The overall design is clean, formal, and presentation-style, conveying an official government policy document on digital accessibility.

WEBCAST SEP 1 7:30pm EDT / 23:30 UTC - A11yNYC - Building Slack's simplified layout mode isoc.live/21691 A11yNYC hosts Slack engineers Chris Xu, Lena Wang and Kaili Liang on Simplified Layout Mode, a single-column Slack that is easier to navigate. #A11yNYC #A11y #disability #Slack

RECAP/RECORDING - FCC IP Transition Workshop isoclive.substack.com/p/fcc-ip-tra... Session-by-session video / summary / transcripts on the sunsetting of traditional telecom interconnection #IPTransition #FCC #Telecom @haroldfeld.bsky.social @publicknowledge.bsky.social

A clean title slide for the FCC's **IP Transition Workshop**. Against a dark navy background, the Federal Communications Commission seal appears prominently on the left, balanced by the event title in large gold lettering on the right with the dates **July 15–16, 2026** beneath in white. The lower-right corner carries the **Archived by ISOC.LIVE** branding. The minimalist layout uses strong contrast and generous spacing to emphasize the event identity without additional session information.

WEBINAR 29 JUL 17:00 UTC - AFRALO - Understanding the ICANN Policy Development Process (PDP) and Effective Participation in Public Comment Proceedings isoc.live/21679 How to engage with ICANN policy work, with AFRALO, EURALO and APRALO speakers. #AFRALO #AtLarge #ICANN #PublicComment

WEBINAR 28 JUL 15:00 UTC - INTC - Transitioning to Quantum-Safe cryptography isoc.live/21672 Third talk in INTC's Quantum Series: the post-quantum primitives NIST has standardized, plus migration challenges. With Dr. Vadim Lyubashevsky, IBM Research Zurich. #QuantumSafe #PostQuantum #PQC

WEBINAR 28 JUL 15:00 UTC – INTC – Transitioning to Quantum-Safe cryptography

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Tuesday, 28 July 2026 at 15:00–16:00 UTC, the Industry Network Technology Council (INTC) will host a webinar ‘Transitioning to Quantum-Safe cryptogra…

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SUMMARY - Universal Broadband Summit Report isoclive.substack.com/p/georgetown... Stephanie Weiner reports for @georgetownlaw.bsky.social on four remaining barriers: permitting, affordability, workforce & default risk. 95.5% covered; only 71.3% subscribe. #broadband #BEAD #digitalinclusion

SUMMARY - CTU REPORT - Toward Harmonized AI Policies and Recommendations for the Caribbean isoclive.substack.com/p/caitf2026r... CARICOM is the only comparable bloc with no collective AI instrument. LAC captures just 1.12% of global AI investment. Launched at #CAIF2026 #AI #AIGovernance #Caribbean

WEBINAR 1 AUG 05:30 UTC - ISOC Mumbai - Women in tech Leadership VIII - Beyond the Hype isoc.live/21655 ISOC Mumbai hosts WITL-VIII featuring Rakshita Kulshrestha (Meta) on building a durable tech career through AI, layoffs, and constant change. #ISOCMumbai #WomenInTech #AI #TechCareers

RECAP/RECORDING - EURALO ICANN86 Read-Out isoclive.substack.com/p/euralo-ica... Multilingual read-out from Sevilla: GAC, GNSO, ccNSO, Board, NextGen & Internet trust. #ICANN86 #EURALO #InternetGovernance #DNS #AtLarge

WEBINAR 22 JUL 15:00 UTC – Software-Defined Future Networks: A Platform Engineering Approach isoc.live/21649 IEEE Future Networks hosts Vishwanath Gorti (VP & Lead Engineer, Deutsche Bank) on platform engineering for resilient, scalable software-defined networks. #SDN #FutureNetworks

Dark navy webinar title slide with a clean, technology-focused design. Large white headline dominates the left side, with a bright cyan subtitle beneath and the event date in bold white below. IEEE and IEEE Future Networks logos are stacked in the upper-right corner. The lower-right features a glowing blue digital globe with interconnected network nodes and lines extending upward across the background, reinforcing a theme of global connectivity and next-generation networking.

WEBINAR 04 AUG 14:00 UTC – Nominet Internet Safety Programme 2026 Funding Webinar isoc.live/21643 Nominet introduces its upcoming Internet Safety Programme funding call: the research behind it, what it wants to fund, and how non-profits can apply. #InternetSafety #OnlineSafety #Nominet

A clean event graphic with a warm golden-yellow background. On the left, the event title is set in bold black sans-serif type above a thin horizontal divider, with the date beneath. On the right, a large metallic medieval-style shield is overlaid on angular magenta and purple chevron shapes, creating a strong visual association with protection and security. The layout is spacious and balanced, with high contrast and minimal decorative elements.

RECAP/RECORDING - PLUTO and City of Yes: How NYC Planning turns legislation into data isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/pluto-and-... How NYC Planning turns City of Yes into new PLUTO data fields — transit zones & Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. #civictech #opendata #NYC #urbanplanning #GIS @beta.nyc

A bold event graphic features a deep indigo background with oversized three-dimensional white lettering angled across the top, accented with cyan, purple, and orange shadow effects for a retro, layered appearance. Centered below, large light-blue sans-serif text dominates the composition, while a row of organizational logos anchors the bottom edge. The layout is clean and minimalist, using generous spacing, strong typography, and a high-contrast blue-and-white color palette with subtle neon accents to create a modern civic technology aesthetic.

HYBRID 23-24 JUL 13:00 UTC – 1st CTU Caribbean AI Forum (CAIF 2026) isoc.live/21636 Two-day CTU forum launching the Caribbean AI Task Force Final Report - 'AI for Caribbean Transformation: Governance, Innovation and Resilience for a Shared Digital Future' #AI #CaribbeanAI #CAIF2026

A wide promotional graphic uses a dark navy-blue background with a glowing map of the Caribbean overlaid by sweeping network connections linking islands and the surrounding mainland. On the right, a luminous wireframe brain in blue and white with a bright orange core symbolizes artificial intelligence. The left side features bold, geometric typography in white and orange, with institutional logos aligned across the top. Orange accent bars frame the theme section, while the overall design combines digital-network imagery, clean modern typography, and a cool blue palette with vivid orange highlights to convey technology, regional collaboration, and innovation.

RECAP/RECORDING - AI for Good. AI for All isoc.live/21588 Will AI benefit humanity as a whole, or deepen digital, economic & societal divides? The IGF Dynamic Coalitions panel on AI, the SDGs & inclusive governance. #AI #IGF2026 #WSIS20 #DigitalCooperation #AIGovernance

Two Internet Governance Forum logos appear centered near the top of a purple gradient background. Beneath them, a small "Webinar" label sits above the large white title, "AI for Good. AI for All." A dark translucent banner in the lower left contains the date, while a compact ISOC.LIVE archive mark is positioned in the lower right. The overall design is clean, balanced, and minimalist with high-contrast typography.

RECAP/RECORDING - eco/ICANN86 Readout: Highlights & Take-Aways from the Policy Forum isoclive.substack.com/p/eco-icann86 Speakers from across the ICANN community on DNS abuse PDPs, SSAD, human rights, ICP-2, universal acceptance & AI. #ICANN86 #ICANN #DNS #UniversalAcceptance #InternetGovernance

SUMMARY - International Advisory Body on Submarine Cable Resilience: Report of the Working Groups isoclive.substack.com/p/iab-report ITU & ICPC's final report: voluntary steps to protect subsea cables carrying 99%+ of global Internet traffic. @internetsociety.bsky.social #subseacables

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RECAP/RECORDING - WSIS 2026 - Operationalizing Digital Resilience isoclive.substack.com/p/wsis2026-235 Turning WSIS+20 & the Global Digital Compact into practice across critical infrastructure. #WSIS #InternetResilience #DigitalCompact #WSIS2026 #DNS