Centre for Internet & Society

CYFY 2014 Brochure

by Prasad Krishna

The brochure of the event.

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Report on ICANN 50

by Jyoti Panday

Jyoti Panday attended ICANN 50 in London from 22-26 June. Below are some of the highlights from the meeting.

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WSIS +10 High Level Event: Open Consultation Process Multistakeholder Preparatory Platform: Phase Six: Fifth Physical Meeting

by Jyoti Panday

The fifth physical meeting of the Multistakeholder Preparatory Platform (MPP-WSIS+10), was held from 28-31 May 2014 in Geneva as part as part of the sixth phase of the WSIS +10 High Level Event Open Consultation process. The meeting was aimed at developing draft agreed texts for the WSIS+10 Statement on Implementation on WSIS Outcomes and the Vision Beyond 2015.

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CIS@IGF 2014

by Geetha Hariharan

The ninth Internet Governance Forum (“IGF2014”) was hosted by Turkey in Istanbul from September 2 to 5, 2014.

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Big Data and Positive Social Change in the Developing World: A White Paper for Practitioners and Researchers

by Nishant Shah

I was a part of a working group writing a white paper on big data and social change, over the last six months. This white paper was produced by a group of activists, researchers and data experts who met at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Centre to discuss the question of whether, and how, big data is becoming a resource for positive social change in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

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