6 September 2022

DE-CIX International CEO Ivo Ivanov to Participate in the Internet Society’s ‘Community Week’

Ivo Ivanov to share insights about Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Internet Solutions with speakers from Amazon, SpaceX and StarLink

New York, 6 September 2022: DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchanges (IX) operator, announces that its International CEO, Ivo Ivanov, will join representatives from Amazon, SpaceX and StarLink at the Internet Society’s (ISOC) ‘Community Week 2022’ taking place September 6-7, 2022 virtually, worldwide.  ISOC’s Community Week marks the 30th anniversary of the global nonprofit organization which is focused on empowering people to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy.

Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX International is an industry visionary that recognizes the possibilities of enabling the Internet in space. In early 2022, Ivo wrote an article titled “To the stars: Opportunities and limitations of the (modern) satellite Internet”, which shares insights to DE-CIX’s vision on the Internet’s next frontier.

On September 6 and 7, 2022, Ivo Ivanov will join panelists from Amazon’s Project Kuiper, SpaceX and Starlink to discuss the future of the Internet in Space, where speakers will share their thoughts on the Internet space race and the deployment, operational, security and privacy concerns associated with operating the Internet, anywhere.

WHAT:  ISOC Community Week LEO Satellite Internet Service Discussion

WHERE: Online: https://www.internetsociety.org/events/community-week/2022/

WHEN:  September 6th, 2022; Time: 10:55 - 11:40 EDT | 7:55 - 8:40 PDT 
              September 7th, 2022; Time: 2:15 - 3:00pm EDT | 11:15am – 12pm PDT

WHO: Speakers from Amazon’s Project Kuiper, DE-CIX, SpaceX, and Starlink