Today Thursday May 11 2017 the Internet Society and Royal Institute of International Affairs present A Brave New World: How does the Internet Affect Societies? at Chatham House in London UK. Part of the Internet Society's 25th Anniversary program, a roundtable will examine the question: Is the Internet eliminating divisions in society, or is it accentuating them? . Keynote: Prof. Dr. Erik Huizer, CTO SURFnet. Speakers: Dr. Ismail Syed Shah, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunications Authority; Mr. James Arroyo, OBE, Director for Data, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Ms. Unoma Ndili Okarafor, Ph.D. Founder & CEO at Herbal Papaya, WAAW Foundation; Ms. Rebecca MacKinnon, Director of the Ranking Digital Rights project at New America. Moderator: Ms. Kathryn Brown, President and CEO, Internet Society. The event will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel and YouTube. London is 5 hours ahead of NYC.

What: A Brave New World: How does the Internet Affect Societies?
Where: Chatham House, London
When: Thursday May 11 2017 12:30-14:00 BST | 11:30-13:00 UTC | 07:30-9:00 EDT
Webcast 1: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chatham
Webcast 2: https://youtu.be/nCpaptHX0II
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