Video recordings of the sessions – http://bambuser.com/channel/isoc-za/broadcast IRC – for chat and questions – server: atlantis.zanet.org.za (port 6667) – channel: #isoc Twitter – http://twitter.com/isocza tweet #inetct Agenda – http://wiki.isoc.org.za/INET All welcome! Presentations: Jon McNerney – ISOC welcome Chris Smith – ISOC access development Alan Levin – What next? Stefan Doeblin – Lessons learned Steve Song […]

The Internet Society is pleased to announce INET Cape Town 2010, where experts and laymen will examine just what it will take to enable Internet access at much lower costs and at much higher speeds. Since 1994, the Internet Society has organized INET conferences around the world. Originally staged as annual global conferences, over time […]

ISOC-ZA has a number of initiatives planned for 2010. The aim of the new committee is to encourage the public to become more active in the organisation and take responsibility for protecting their rights as Internet users. Read on for some initiatives that may interest you:

The new 2009/2010 ISOC-ZA committee was elected at the ISOC-ZA Annual General Meeting on the 27th October 2009 in terms of the new ISOC-ZA Constitution. They are: Communications and Youth: Bronwen Kausch Treasurer: Saul Stein Policy: Paul Esselaar Gauteng: Mohammed Ebrahim Immediate past chair: Naresh Dajee Chair: Alan Levin The committee hopes to revitalise ISOC-ZA […]

Location: The Extreme hotel – New Church & Victoria Street, Tamboerskloof Time: 17h30 – 19h00 Date: October 8, 2007 See website: http://www.proteahotels.com/extreme-hotel-cape-town.html (click on location for map).   Download the list of Nominees here

From Lessig From Lessig Prof. Lawrence Lessig addressed all members at the SABC auditorium on the freeculture.co.za topic. It was a super opportunity to be part of the world and hear Prof. Lessig first hand. He delivered a superb life changing presentation. From Lessig Hear the audio (part 1 – 18.3MB mp3 – streaming, part […]

The first Internet Fiesta was held by ISOC-ZA at Belhar Community Centre (Adam Tas Ave) on Saturday-Sunday (March 19-20, through the night) from 11am to 3pm. In order to share our experiences we have created and share the following useful documentations for others to follow: The report Neil Blakeley-Milner’s Blog The initial project plan (.pdf, […]

At the Cape Town International Conference Centre, ISOC-ZA facilitated a joint forum between ICANN and the World Blind Union on Internet Accessibility for the blind. The forum was webcast for those that could not attend. The panel consisted of worlwide experts including: Hein Wagner: International Sales manager for Thawte Consulting, born blind and whose achievements […]

In Cape Town, Karel Rode (Western Cape Security Special Interest Group) and Craig Balfour (CLUG – http://clug.org.za) spoke about more viruses and worms that are worming their way into the majority of desktops.

We were discussing VOIP with a selected panel of industry experts and government decision-makers on this subject. The panel included; Mr. Alan Levin (Renowned African Internet Activist), Envir Fraser from the Department of Communications, Mr. Andre Ferreira (VoIP Networking Specialist) and Richard Heath (Attorney from MWEB and ISPA).