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<div class=""><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 80.5pt; width: 442.2pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 19pt 3pt 11pt;">In March, we started a project at the Internet Society to look ahead and think about future scenarios </span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 92pt; width: 76.1pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 385pt 3pt 11pt;">for
the Internet. </span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 126.5pt; width: 443.7pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 17pt 3pt 11pt;">We received hundreds of responses from around the globe and have used </span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 138pt; width: 451.1pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 10pt 3pt 11pt;">this
input to build a list of issues on the horizon that could change the Internet as we know </span><span class="tx" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; word-spacing: -0.03pt; top: 149.5pt; width: 37.8pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 423pt 3pt 11pt;">it today. </span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 172.5pt; width: 446.3pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 15pt 3pt 11pt;">We
would appreciate your participation in a survey to understand how these forces of change may evolve </span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.14pt; top: 184pt; width: 115.5pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 0px 3pt 11pt;">over the next 5 to 7 years.</span><span class="tx f9" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; top: 184pt; left: 125.5pt; width: 2.9pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 0px 3pt;"> </span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 218.5pt; width: 442.3pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 19pt 3pt 11pt;">Your
responses will help us to craft multiple creative scenarios (or mini-stories) for what the Internet </span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 230pt; width: 450.2pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 11pt 3pt;">could look like in the future,
and to better understand the implications of different paths that the global </span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 241.5pt; width: 88.4pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 373pt 3pt 11pt;">Internet might take. </span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="tx" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; word-spacing: -0.06pt; top: 264.6pt; width: 113.9pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 1pt 0px 4pt 11pt;">You can participate here: <a href="http://fotiinvite.isoc.org/" class="">http://fotiinvite.isoc.org</a> </span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 264.6pt; left: 244.4pt; width: 206.6pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 1pt 20pt 4pt 0px;">The survey is available in English, French and </span><span class="tx" style="top: 277.9pt; width: 41.6pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 419pt 3pt 11pt;">Spanish.
It</span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 300.9pt; width: 435.1pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 26pt 3pt 11pt;"> should take approximately 25 minutes to complete, and you are welcome to save your </span><span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.14pt; top: 312.4pt; width: 435.5pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 26pt 3pt 11pt;">responses
to finish at a later date. </span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="word-spacing: 0.18666666746139526px;">All responses should be submitted no later than 26 June 2016. </span><span style="word-spacing: 0.14pt;">Further information about our future Internet scenarios project is located at: </span><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/future-internet" class="" style="word-spacing: 0.14pt;">http://www.internetsociety.org/future-internet</a></div>
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<span class="tx" style="word-spacing: 0.06pt; top: 385.9pt; width: 353pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 0px 17pt 11pt;">Many thanks for your participation! If you have questions, you can contact us at </span><span class="tx" style="letter-spacing: 0pt; top: 385.9pt; left: 363pt; width: 68pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 0px 17pt;"><a href="mailto:FOTI@isoc.org" class="">FOTI@isoc.org</a></span><span class="tx" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; top: 385.9pt; left: 431pt; width: 5.7pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 35pt 17pt 0px;">. </span></div>
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<div><span class="tx" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; top: 385.9pt; left: 431pt; width: 5.7pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 35pt 17pt 0px;">Dawit Bekele</span></div>
<div><span class="tx" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; top: 385.9pt; left: 431pt; width: 5.7pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 35pt 17pt 0px;">Director, African regional Bureau</span></div>
<div><span class="tx" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; top: 385.9pt; left: 431pt; width: 5.7pt; height: 9.3pt; border-width: 0px 35pt 17pt 0px;">Internet Society</span></div>
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