Monthly VPN Community Gatherings
Monthly VPN Community Gatherings bring together technologists, academics, providers and frontline defenders working within and around the VPN ecosystem on a monthly basis in order to:
- Create a space for open dialogue and discussion around current issues and challenges in the VPN ecosystem;
- Provide an opportunity for community members to share news and updates about their respective work; and
- Facilitate collaboration and mutual support among community members that furthers improvement of the VPN ecosystem for end users.
Next Events
March Monthly Gathering
Join us for the February VPN Community Initiative Gathering with the Operator Foundation team.
Dr. Brandon Wiley, President of Operator Foundation, will present on the topic of how to respond to incidents of escalated blocking of VPNs and other core Internet services. Dr. Wiley will be presenting Operator’s incident response methodology, as well as discussing the new Incident Response Working Group.The incident response methodology is a framework for handling escalated blocking through information gathering, analysis, and the development and deployment of mitigations to the escalated blocking measures. Operator’s methodology guide includes a step-by-step process that organizations can follow, as well as concrete case studies of the process in action.
Date: March 30, 2023
Time: 13 UTC
RSVP https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/monthly_vpn_03_22
Notes from Past Meetings
February 23 2022, VPN Community Gathering
December 15 2022, VPN Community Gathering
October 13 2022, VPN Community Gathering
September 22 2022, VPN Community Gathering
August 25 2022, VPN Community Gathering
July 28 2022, VPN Community Gathering
