Markdown Version | Session Recording
Session Date/Time: 23 Jul 2025 09:30
# iabopen
## Summary
The IAB Open meeting covered several topics including upcoming IAB/W3C workshops on age-based restrictions and IP address geolocation, a liaison coordination update, the WISSIS+20 and IGF update, and a presentation from Olympic Broadcast Services on video streaming over the internet. The discussions were centered around improving the technical architecture of the internet and promoting its open and global future.
## Key Discussion Points
* **Age-Based Restrictions Workshop:**
* Discussion around the goals and scope of the upcoming workshop on age-based restrictions.
* Emphasis on identifying potential harms to the internet community and the need to balance technical requirements with policy considerations.
* Concerns were raised regarding the target audience and the need for the output to be consumable by policymakers.
* Chatham House rule concerns about open access were also raised.
* **IP Address Geolocation Workshop:**
* Discussion focused on the goals and scope of the IP address geolocation workshop including gaps and problems.
* Emphasis on current use cases and privacy implications.
* **Liaison Coordination Update:**
* Updates on liaison activities with various standards organizations, including 3GPP, W3C, ITU, IEEE, Broadband Forum, ISO and ECMA.
* Etsy was discussed, with the IAB suggesting an overview of their work in a future meeting.
* Updates on internal processes for liaison management and revised RFCs were discussed.
* **WISSIS+20 and IGF Update:**
* Update on the World Summit of the Information Society 20-year review and the Internet Governance Forum.
* Discussion on IETF's engagement in global internet policy debates and the importance of the technical community's involvement.
* Emphasizing the multi-stakeholder model, and the recognition of the technical community.
* Concerns were raised about whether the technical community was being recognized and the sustainability working group.
* **Olympic Broadcast Services Presentation:**
* Overview of OBS's use of the internet for distributing Olympic multilateral feeds.
* Discussion on the evolution of transmission methods, from satellite to dedicated telecom lines to open internet using SRT.
* Questions were raised about the incentive and the use of IPv4 vs IPv6.
* The IETF was asked to work towards availability, resilience, and redundancy
## Decisions and Action Items
* IAB to consider Etsy for a presentation at a future IAB Open meeting.
* Adjust date of IP Address Geolocation Workshop in light of ACM Konex conference.
## Next Steps
* Co-facilitators to write the zero draft for the WISSIS+20 in the next few weeks and offer written contributions.
* ISOC will analyze those papers and share the analysis in the form of a matrix of issues.
* IAB will have a look at that and also make up their mindset themselves
* Community is to submit papers before August 8th for the age-based restriction workshop.
* Community is to submit papers before early October for the IP address geolocation workshop.