Dear colleagues, For those of you who don't know me, my name is Michael Oghia. I am a young professional who entered the Internet governance community a little less than two years ago, largely thanks to the Internet Society awarding me an ambassadorship to the 2015 Internet Governance Forum. Since then, I have dedicated myself to sustainable accessibility (including writing <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20170321_shedding_light_on_how_much_energy_internet_and_ict_consume/> about the relationship between sustainability and the Internet, as well as speaking about it). Now, I am organizing and moderating my first roundtable as a community member: Workshop 11 <https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/WS_11_2017> at the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) next week. Especially given the current political climate, the timely workshop will focus on sustainable access and digital pollution, specifically how *we cannot legitimately address Internet access without addressing sustainability*. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Mike Hazas of the University of Lancaster, a sustainable ICT researcher and one of the people who originally inspired me to start investigating the relationship between the Internet and sustainability. *We are also going to have on-site e-waste recycling bins available in case anyone has e-waste they need to discard but are unsure of how or where to do so, so please bring it with you to Tallinn if you are traveling to EuroDIG.* In case any of you are interested in this session, join us either in person in Tallinn or online on *Wednesday, June 7 at 2:00 PM (GMT+3) *(details in the attached photo). You can also check out our wiki page at: https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/WS_11_2017 Many thanks to Chris Buckridge of the RIPE NCC for all of his support, and to EES-Ringlus <http://eesringlus.ee/>, a local Estonian e-waste recycling organization. And thank you to everyone who continues to encourage me to be part of this community and help keep the Internet open, free, and sustainable. Warmest regards, -Michael __________________ Michael J. Oghia EuroDIG 2017 focal point (WS 11 <http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/WS_11_2017>) Independent #netgov consultant & editor Belgrade, Serbia Skype: mikeoghia Twitter <https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia> *|* LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia>
