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 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 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, 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
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Michael J. Oghia
EuroDIG 2017 focal point (WS 11)
Independent #netgov consultant & editor

Belgrade, Serbia
Skype: mikeoghia