IEEE 3I - Mission and GoalsReview of Previous ETAP ForumsGoals for ETAP Namibia

30 May 2017 – Windhoek, Namibia

Maike Luiken

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IEEE at a Glance

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IEEE Internet Initiative MissionConnecting the Global Technology, Industry and Policy Making Communities for a Safe, Secure, Trusted, Affordable Internet for All.

Providing a collaborative platform for advancing solutions and informing global technology policymaking through a consensus of sound technical and scientific knowledge in the areas of internet governance, cybersecurity, privacy, and inclusion.

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Meeting Stakeholder Needs

The IEEE Internet Initiative facilitates the engagement of technology, industry, and policy experts in an open, collaborative environment for the collective benefit of all stakeholders.

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IEEEINTERNET

INITIATIVE

POLICY EXPERTS

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS

INDUSTRY EXPERTS

IEEE Internet Initiative Benefits

Active community members have access to

Dialogue with experts working in technology and public policy – Both face-to-face and online (ITP Community on Collabratec)

Resources and information on internet governance, cybersecurity, privacy, and inclusion–Weekly IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor– Bi-monthly IEEE Internet Policy Newsletter– IEEE Policy Documents, Whitepapers– Event reports

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ETAP Forums: Local Conversations on a Global Scale

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San Jose Tel Aviv Washington DC

Delhi

Beijing

IEEE Experts in Technology and Policy (ETAP) Forums

The ETAP Forums are a series of events that bring together technology developers and policy makers to debate current and future internet technology issues that impact everyone on a global, national, and local level.

Six previous ETAP Forums:– San Jose, USA, May 2015– Tel Aviv, Israel, August 2015–Washington DC, USA, February 2016–Delhi, India, March 2016– Beijing, China, May 2016– Tel Aviv, Israel, June 20167

Summary of Top Identified Issues from Previous ETAP Forums

Threats and opportunities in data analytics

Algorithmic decision making that exacerbates existing power balances and ethical concerns

Multi-stakeholder internet governance

Technology-policy development process

Protecting internet traffic, managing meta-data analysis, and how to implement both security and privacy at scale

End-to-end security and privacy by design

Fragmentation of the internet, and data localization due to local policies

User assessment of trustworthiness of devices, enterprises and governments

Machine-readable privacy agreements, and who enforces them

Educating users about characteristics of information society and ethics

Options and challenges in providing universal access for social and economic inclusion

What biometric data is appropriate for what circumstances8

ETAP Forums Outcomes and Follow-up

Working Groups explored some of the priority issues and produced white papers on:

–Options and Challenges in Providing Universal Access– Protecting Internet Traffic: Security Challenges and

Solutions– Internet of Things (IoT) Security Best Practices– Algorithmic Decision Making

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Goals for ETAP Namibia

Engage ‘local’ government officials, organizations, business and industry in sharing and discussing the issues, barriers, successes and opportunities to achieve a ‘Safe, Secure, Trusted, Affordable Internet for All’

Foster interaction between the stakeholder communities

Arrive at an understanding of the ‘local’ priorities

Determine Next Steps and form Working Groups

Provide a Forum Report to the participants and stakeholders

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ETAP Forum – AfricaCybersecurity: Combatting cybercrime

while advancing internet inclusion for all

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