[Chapter-delegates] FYI - Advance Notice - ISOC news release announcing Olaf Kolkman as commissioner on Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace

[Veni Markovski]

Great news! Congratulations to Olof - well deserved!!

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 22:55 Dan York <york at isoc.org> wrote:

> Chapter leaders,
>
> On Saturday, 18 Feb 2017, there will be an announcement issued from the
> Munich Security Conference about the establishment of the Global Commission
> on the Stability of Cyberspace ("GCSC"). Among the list of commissioners
> making up the GCSC will be our own CITO Olaf Kolkman.
>
> There will be an official news release about the GCSC issued from Munich
> by the Dutch Foreign Ministry and the East West Institute. We at the
> Internet Society will also be issuing a news release announcing Olaf's
> participation in the GCSC.
>
> When our announcement goes live on Saturday, it will be on our site at:
>
> https://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-joins-gcsc
>
> We will also promote the announcement on our @InternetSociety social media
> channels. We do not know the specific time as we are waiting for the
> publication of the official news release first.
>
> For your information in advance, I am including a copy of our ISOC news
> release below. Please contact my colleague Allesandra de Santillana at
> adesantillana at isoc.org if you have any questions.  More information about
> the GCSC can be found at https://cyberstability.org/
>
> Congratulations to Olaf on this recognition and new role with the GCSC!
>
> Dan
>
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>
>
> *Internet Society Joins Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace*
>
>
> *18 February 2017 [Geneva, Switzerland]* – Reflecting the increasing
> importance of cross-border collaboration in addressing cybersecurity
> issues, the Internet Society today announced that is has joined the Global
> Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC). The goal of this global
> body is to develop proposals for norms and policy initiatives to improve
> stability and security in cyberspace.
>
> Olaf Kolkman, Chief Internet Technology Officer for the Internet Society,
> has been named commissioner to the GCSC.  He joins 23 other Commissioners
> from government, industry, business, civil society and the technical
> community.
>
> Commissioners of the GCSC include co-chairs Michael Chertoff, former U.S.
> Secretary of Homeland Security, Latha Redd, former Deputy National Security
> Adviser of India in addition to Willam Saito, Special Advisor to the
> Cabinet Office for the Government of Japan, Marietje Schaake, member of the
> European Parliament from the Netherlands and Virgilio Almeida, former
> Secretary for Information Technology Policy of the Ministry of Science,
> Technology and Innovation of Brazil.
>
> “Traditionally, dialogues on cross-border topics such as international
> security have been the sole realm of diplomats.  The GCSC is the first
> group of its kind to bring together new stakeholders to these critical
> conversations,” explains Olaf Kolkman, Chief Internet Technology Officer of
> the Internet Society.
> “As cyberspace continues to rapidly evolve, it offers distinct advantages
> to our way of life while also posing specific threats,” added Marina
> Kaljurand, GCSC Chair. “It is for this reason that this body was devised as
> a means to ensure the exchange of knowledge and ideas between governments,
> the business community, academia and concerned citizens. Each is affected
> by, and has a contributing role to play, in shaping cyberspace.”
>
> The GCSC will convene over a three-year period to formulate policy
> recommendations for action—applicable to both governments and the private
> sector. Based in The Hague, the Commission will bring together different
> stakeholders to develop a shared understanding and advance cyber security
> by supporting information exchange and capacity building, research,
> and advocacy.
>
> *About the Internet Society*
> Founded by Internet pioneers, the Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit
> organization dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use
> of the Internet. Working through a global community of chapters and
> members, the Internet Society collaborates with a broad range of groups to
> promote the technologies that keep the Internet safe and secure,
> and advocate for policies that enable universal access. The Internet
> Society is also the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task
> Force (IETF).
>
> *Media Contact:*
> Allesandra de Santillana
> adesantillana at isoc.org
>
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== Sent from my phone, so any spelling mistakes are caused by the
touchscreen keyboard. Also, that's the reason for using short words and
phrases.
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