COMMUNITY NETWORKS
AND LOCAL ACCESS

• There are many events happening in September that were already included in the previous newsletter, so please check them out here. Read more.
• The 5th Annual Latin America Spectrum Management Conference will take place on 5-7 September 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and there will be a session on community networks. Read more.
• The 2nd Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology will be held on 9–11 October 2018 in Accra, Ghana. There will be a panel on community networks. Read more.
• The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation ICT Forum 2018 is taking place on 1-3 October 2018 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and some of the key topics will be: broadband planning for digital transformation, the changing nature of universal service funds, over-the top operators, the impact of net neutrality regulations, cybersecurity, the General Data Protection Regulation, blockchain and global opportunities, spectrum management, and youth in ICTs. Read more.
• The 13th International Conference and Exhibition on ICT for Education, Training and Skills Development, taking place on 26-28 September 2018 in Rwanda, will offer the session: “Limited Internet Access? Let's Build Our Own Networks! Offline Teaching and Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Read more.
• The list of approved sessions for the 2018 Internet Governance Forum has been published. Read more. And great news! Three sessions, at least, will be about community networks: 

- WS #428 “Spectrum for Community Networks:A 'Must' That Is Hard to Get”. Read more. 

- WS #308 “Community Networks Meet Blockchains: Friends or Foes?” Read more. 

- And these two merged in a 90-minute session: WS #376 “Innovative Approaches to Connecting Underserved Areas”. Read more. And WS #279 “Investment Strategies to Scale Community Networks”. Read more. 

   2.2 Resources from past events

• Reunión Regional Preparatoria para el Foro de Gobernanza de Internet (FGI LAC):

  - [En español] Video del panel “Desafíos, logros y experiencias de manejo de redes comunitarias en América Latina”, moderado por Valeria Betancourt, directora del Programa de políticas de comunicación e información de APC y conformado por Lilian Chamorro de Colnodo (Colombia), Carlos Baca de Rhizomatica (México), Agustín Garzón de ENACOM (Argentina), Oscar León de CITEL (participación remota), Sebastián Bellagamba de ISOC (Uruguay), Andrés Sastre de ASIET y Ariel Graizer de la Cámara Argentina de Internet (CABASE) en el FGI LAC comenzando en 4:54:00. Video aquí.

  - [En español] Redes comunitarias y el arte del equilibrista: desafíos, logros y experiencias que van más allá del acceso. Leer más. 

  - [In English] Community networks and the art of the tightrope walker: Challenges, achievements and experiences that go beyond access. Read more.

  - [En français] Les réseaux communautaires et l’art du funambule : défis, réalisations et expériences qui vont au-delà de l'accès. Lire la suite.

  - [En español] Redes comunitarias deben ser sustentables para cumplir su objetivo. Leer más.

• CANTO Conference:

  - Internet experts call for more community networks in the Caribbean. Read more.

- Community networks could help strengthen the Caribbean internet. Read more.

• Commons Network in London: What would an alternative Internet look like? Read more.

• APrIGF 2018: Focusing on internet governance in the Asia Pacific region. Includes highlights on the session on community networks that took place there. Read more.

• The WINS Challenge demo day was streamed, with many interesting projects related to community networks presented. Watch here.

• [In German] Summary of Latin American people involved in community networks participating at re:publica 2018 and Deutch Welle conferences. Read more.