[Chapter-delegates] press release: Internet poised for significant changes in 2009, says Vint Cerf

[Gerard Ross]

Hi Christopher

Thanks for your thoughts on this - I do agree with your sentiments,  
but this press release is based on the statements Vint made in his  
fairly short speech, so I can't really slip those other issues in there.

However, I'm happy to report that Vint generously made time last night  
to do several one-on-one interviews with journalists from press, web,  
and radio outlets. They were quite broad ranging interviews and  
covered quite a lot of the things you've mentioned.

In a week or so, I'll put together a list of coverage from the event  
and make it available to the chapters for your own reference. In the  
meantime, we already know of one interview published online this  
morning:

<http://www.swisster.ch/en/news/science_tech/audio-father-of-internet-spreads-the-word_118-1208877 
 >

Many thanks for the inputs!

Regards
- Gerard





On 27/02/2009, at 12:56 PM, christopher.wilkinson at skynet.be wrote:

> Good morning: Thankyou. Very interesting. I suggest that the Press  
> Release should say more about what ARE the challenging prospective  
> developments. They are not just DNS and IDN. I think Vint Cerf would  
> agree. The public should be hearing fom ISOC about Social Networks  
> and Privacy; IPv6 and "Internet of Things"; How to respond to  
> challenges to open and neutral access to and use of the Internet;  
> Global progress in Broad Band.
>
> Just to mention a few thoughts.
>
> Regards to you all,
>
> CW (in Mexico City)
>
>
> Hello everyoneFor your reference, here is a press release that we  
> will be issuing shortly.Regards-  
> Gerard-------------------------------------------Press release - for  
> immediate distribution------------------------------------------- 
> INTERNET POISED FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN 2009, SAYS VINT  
> CERFInternet pioneer optimistic for Internet's future at opening of  
> new Internet Society officeGeneva, Switzerland - 27 February 2009 -  
> The Internet in 2009 i s undergoing the most significant set of  
> changes of its entire history, according to one of the men who  
> helped create it, Dr. Vint Cerf. At the official opening of the  
> Internet Society's (ISOC) new offices in Geneva, Dr Cerf explained  
> that technical developments in the Internet's addressing system and  
> the introduction of internationalised domain names are significant  
> milestones.Such statements carry weight, coming from the man who, in  
> 1972, was one of the inventors of the Transmission Control Protocol  
> (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), two critical technologies that  
> remain at the heart of the Internet today. In addition to his  
> technical achievements, Dr. Cerf was also one of the founders of  
> ISOC, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to ensuring  
> the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the  
> benefit of people throughout the world.Jon McNerney, ISOC's Chief  
> Operating Officer, paid tribute to Dr. Cerf: "As ISOC reaches out to  
> bring t he next billions of users online, we can be sure that the  
> Internet they join will be bigger, more mobile, and more  
> multilingual than ever before. This is very much thanks to the  
> visionary decisions of Vint and his contemporaries to aim for open  
> architectures, open standards, and an inclusive model of  
> development."Despite the technical challenges, Dr Cerf spoke of his  
> great optimism for the future of the network and Internet  
> applications. "We've now had 35 years of Internet development. It's  
> been an exciting ride, but it's not over yet."As the Internet  
> expands, nothing is more important than getting the policy right,"  
> said Dr. Cerf. While noting that, as in other fields, abuses of the  
> technology do happen, Dr. Cerf explained that technical measures  
> cannot always stop the bad things, which is why governance is so  
> important."The Internet Society's role as a policy commentator and  
> influencer is central," he said.About the Internet  
> Society---------------------------The Intern et Society is an  
> international, non-profit organisation founded in 1992 to provide  
> leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy.  
> With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is  
> dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of  
> the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.Further  
> details----------------Gerard RossSenior Communications Manager,  
> Internet SocietyE-mail: ross at isoc.orgTelephone: +41-228-071-444  
> x22614, rue des FalaisesCH-1205- 
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