Italian Chapter of Internet Society

Stefano Trumpy

President

Italian ChapterSocietà Internet is the name of the not for profit association isoc.itOur main mission may be summarized like that:

• Following isoc.org activities and evolutions

• Spreading “Internet culture” in the Italian Internet community(LIC)

• Facilitating opinions on issues of interest of the LIC

• Promoting the participation in the standard process formation (IETF)

• Promoting the international co-operation among ISOC chapters

• Information and participation on other international fora (ICANN, WSIS, etc.)

Some numbers•75 individual members as of today•An elected council with 8 members•2 platinum organizational members

Main topics recently discussed•Internet governance

•National ccTLD and users interests•Relations of the private sector with the public sector•Topics in the frame of WSIS

•Pathologies of the network•spam•security•malware

Some recent events organized by isoc.it

•The responsibility of the providers and of the Internet users May

2004

•Working day with the Privacy Authority on spam May 2004

•Internet governance: government regulation(?); role of the LIC May 2003

•Liberty and security in the Internet Nov 2002

•ICANN: where the global governance of the network goes ? June 2002

•The evolution of Internet technologies: the role of research Jan 2002

•IETF day June 2001

•In many other events isoc.it has been invited with presentations