Members of the newly emerging interdisciplinary Network of Internet and Society Centers (NoC) came together in May 2013 for the first gathering since the network’s inaugural event the previous December. Held in Istanbul, Turkey, this first NoC regional event involved a daylong public symposium that focused on “ICT, Law, and Innovation: Recent Developments, Challenges, and Lessons Learned”, with a particular emphasis on the Turkish context. The public symposium was followed by a day of working meetings for NoC participants and presentations from representatives of Microsoft Turkey. With the aim of strengthening the network’s human layer, the event also kicked off a series of regional and networkwide events under development for 2013/2014.