Arida, Christine

Cairo, Egypt - Director of Telecom Planning and Services, National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA)

Since March 2006, Ms. Arida has worked as the director for Telecom Planning and Services at the Egyptian National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA). Prior to her work at NTRA, she worked at the Telecom Strategic and Technical Planning Department of the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology beginning in September 2001. During this period, she was involved in a number of successful initiatives that served Egypt’s national plan, “Building its Information Society”. This includes the Free Internet Initiative (January 2002), the PC for Every Home Initiative (December 2002), and the Broadband Initiative (May 2004).

Ms. Arida started her career as a network engineer at the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center responsible for DNS operation and Internet access, and was a member of the team that introduced the Internet in Egypt.

Ms. Arida is also an active member of the global Internet community. She serves as the co-chair of the Arab Working Group on Arabic Domain Names and is the former chair of the Arabic Internet Names Consortium (AINC). She has been involved in setting up an Arabic domain names test bed in the context of the ADN pilot project. Ms. Arida is also a member of the Egyptian Working Group on Internet Governance and the Internet Society Chapter of Egypt. She has worked on establishing the “AfriNIC mirror center for technical operation” in Cairo, as well as launching a Regional Internet Resolution Server (RISR) in Egypt in cooperation with VeriSign. Ms. Arida holds a bachelor's degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering Cairo University, Egypt.

Betancourt, Valeria

Ms. Valeria Betancourt is an activist in the field of ICTs for development and social justice. Her background is in sociology and political science . She is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Cultural Studies and Communication in the Simon Bolivar University, in Quito, Ecuador. Her work focuses on ICT Policies and Internet Rights in the context of developing countries. Since 2003, she has coordinated the communication and Information Policy Program in Latin America of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). As part of APC's staff, she was involved in both phases of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Process, and the IGF process since its beginning.

Ms Betancourt has extensive experience in facilitating engagement of civil society organizations in ICT policy processes in national, regional and global levels. She worked as a consultant for UN bodies and national ICD networks around communication and Information Policies , as well as ICT policy advocacy. Ms Betancourt speaks in diverse forums and events in Latin America. She also participates in non-governmental and Intergovernmental events related to Information Society, and Information and Communication for Developement matters. Ms. Betancourt is actively involved with eLAC in her capacity of civil society observer.

Cavalli, Olga del Carmen

Buenos Aires, Argentina – Adviser for Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Olga Cavalli is an ICT specialist with extensive experience in Internet and telecommunications regulations and technology. She developed her experience in multistakeholder environments, such as the public, private, academic and civil society sectors of Argentina, and other countries of the LAC region, America and Europe.

Ms. Cavalli is an electronic and electric engineer. She holds master's degrees in Business Administration and Telecom Regulations, and she is a Ph.D. candidate in Business Administration.

Ms. Cavalli is an advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina. She is also the Vice Chair of the GNSO of ICANN, the Argentina Focal Point for the Information Society eLAC 2010 Action Plan, the coordinator of the eLAC2010 Internet Governance Working Group. Previously , she served as the Argentinian representative and negotiator during the World Summit of the Information Society held in Tunis in November 2005. She also served as the Argentinian representative in several international negotiations related with ICTs and the Internet.

Among her academic activities, Ms. Cavalli is the Regional Director of the South School on Internet Governance (www.south-ssig.com.ar), She is a Professor at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and the Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires and Instituto del Servicio Exterior de la Nacion (Diplomatic Career), where she teaches subjects related to technology, the Internet and policy related with technology.

Chung, Edmon

Edmon Chung is serving as the CEO for DotAsia Organisation and as Vice Chair for the Internet Society HK Chapter. Edmon is also an elected member of the Elections Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, an elected councillor of the ICANN GNSO Council, and Secretariat for the ICANN APRALO (Asia Pacific At-Large Organisation). Since 2002, Edmon played a leadership role in the region-wide .Asia initiative, which brings together an open membership of 27 official country-code top-level domain authorities and regional Internet bodies. DotAsia is a not-for-profit organization with a mandate to promote Internet development and adoption in Asia. Since its launch in 2008, DotAsia has contributed significantly to a variety of community projects in Asia, including for example: OLPC.asia, Relief.Asia, Creative Commons. Asia, ISIF.Asia, HKFilm100.Asia, NetMission.Asia and others. Edmon is an inventor of patents underlying technologies for internationalized domain names (IDN) and email addresses on the Internet. He founded Neteka Inc. in partnership with the University of Toronto Innovations Foundation in 1999, and went on to win the Most Innovative Award in the Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurship Award in 2001. In 2000, Edmon was selected by The Globe and Mail as one of the Young Canadian Leaders. Edmon has a Bachelor of Applied Science and Master of Engineering from the University of Toronto, and is a PhD candidate at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Olivier, Crepin

Olivier M.J. Crépin-Leblond is a French national and has been an Internet user since 1988. He received a B.Eng. Honours degree in Computer Systems and Electronics from King’s College, London, UK, in 1990, a Ph.D. in Digital Communications from Imperial College, London, UK, in 1997, and a Specialized Masters Degree in Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management from CERAM Business School in Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, in 2007.

Having founded Global Information Highway Ltd in 1995, he has been involved in many Internet projects, several of which enabled Internet connectivity in developing countries. Current interests range from IPv6 deployment, Network Neutrality, Internet Governance and Green Internet to all aspects of Strategy, Intelligence and Knowledge Management in the 21st Century, as well as several ongoing working groups in IETF.

Whilst attending ICANN conferences in Paris (June 2008), Cairo (November 2008), Mexico City (March 2009) and Sydney (June 2009) he has taken a keen interest in supporting ICANN’s At Large constituency to voice the interests of Internet users worldwide. He is a member of the IET, IEEE and ISOC.

Charles Jonathan

Jonathan Charles presents news bulletins on BBC World News as well as fronting World News Today at 12.00GMT on Fridays.

Jonathan has enjoyed the nomadic life of a foreign correspondent, living abroad in New York, Paris, Brussels and Frankfurt.

During his time as a BBC television and radio correspondent, he covered some of the biggest events of the past two decades including the Iraq/Gulf wars, the war in Afghanistan, the conflict in Chechnya, the school siege massacre at Beslan, the integration of the European Union and the Turkish earthquakes.

After years of travelling as a foreign correspondent, Jonathan is now presenting BBC news bulletins, as well as making longer documentary programmes.

Jonathan studied at Oriel College, Oxford University. He holds an MA(Oxon) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and speaks French and German fluently.

Desai, Nitin

Delhi/Mumbai - Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for Internet Governance, India

In 1993, the then United Nations Secretary-General appointed Mr. Nitin Desai at the Under-Secretary-General level to head the newly created Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development. In 1997, Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Mr. Desai to coordinate, and subsequently head, the consolidation of the three economic and social departments. Mr. Desai is also the convener of the Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs, which brings together the heads of all the UN Secretariat entities directly concerned with economic, environmental and social issues.

Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Desai was the secretary and chief economic adviser of India's Ministry of Finance, and he was the senior economic adviser for the World Commission on Environment and Development (The Brundtland Commission). From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Desai was the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.

Diop Diagne, Ndéye Maimouna

Dakar, Senegal – Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT

Ndéye Maimouna Diop Diagne currently holds the position of the ICT Director at Senegal's Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and ICT. Since 1994, she has been a computer engineer. From 2000 to 2004, she worked as a technical advisor on ICT for the Senegalese Government. Prior to that, she helped to install and administrate the national IP Backbone for the Senegalese Telecommunications Company. She also takes part in activities of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE).

Ndéye Maimouna Diop Diagne is a member of the Observatoire sur les Systèmes d'Information, les Réseaux et les Inforoutes au Sénégal (OSIRIS). She is also the vice chair of the Senegalese Chapter of Internet Society (ISOC) and chair of the Senegalese IPv6 Forum. Ndéye Maimouna Diop Diagne holds a degree in Data Processing, Computer Science Engineering and Technology. She also receives training on Internet Governance with the Diplo Foundation.

Disspain, Chris

Carlton, Australia – Chief Executive Officer, .AU Registry; Chair, Council of Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)

For 14 years, Mr. Disspain was a corporate lawyer in the U.K. and Australia. In addition, he has held executive management positions and directorships in private and public companies in the U.K. and Australia for over ten years. In October 2000, he was appointed CEO of auDA, which is the self regulatory body governing the .au domain name space and managing the domain name system in Australia.

In addition, Mr. Disspain serves as the chair of the Country Code Name Supporting Organisation (ccNSO), a body that represents the interests of and sets global policy and best practice for country code top level domains within ICANN. He is also a director of the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD), which represents country codes in the Asia Pacific region.

Drake, William

Geneva, Switzerland – Senior Associate Centre for International Governance at the Graduate Institute of Interrnational and Development Studies.

William J. Drake is a Senior Associate of the Centre for International Governance at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. In addition, he is co-editor of the MIT Press book series, The Information Revolution and Global Politics, and a consultant on global information and communication technology governance issues. Previously he has been the President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and has taught at Georgetown University and the University of California, San Diego. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. Among his recent publications are, Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All---The Fourth Internet Governance Forum, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, 15-18 November 2009, United Nations, 2010 (editor); Governing Global Electronic Networks: International Perspectives on Policy and Power, The MIT Press, 2008 (co-editor); and, Reforming Internet Governance: Perspectives from the UN Working Group on Internet Governance, UNICT Task Force, 2005 (editor).

Echeberria, Raúl

Montevideo, Uruguay - Executive Director/CEO, Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC)

Raúl Echeberría is a member of the Uruguayan Government Ad Hoc Advisory Council in Electronic Commerce and a member of the Uruguayan Government Ad Hoc Advisory Council in Internet 2 projects. He has authored many published articles covering topics related to Internet issues. He is a regular speaker at the international fora, including the Internet registry meetings in all of the regions (ARIN, APNIC, RIPE NCC, LACNIC, AFRINIC), the WSIS regional and global meetings, and the Internet Society Workshop at WSIS 2003.

Mr. Echeberría served as a member of the Name Council of ICANN. He also was a founding member of the Non Commercial Domain Name Holders Constituency of ICANN and a co-writer of the first Charter. Mr. Echeberría holds a master's degree in Information Technologies from the Universitario Autónomo del Sur, Uruguay. He completed his postgraduate studies in Top Level Business Management at the Universidad de Montevideo in Uruguay.

Fältström, Patrik

Stockholm - Distinguished Consulting Engineer, Office of the CTO, Cisco; Liaison of from IETF to ITU-T; Member, Swedish Government IT Advisory Group.

Patrik Fältström is currently a Senior Consulting Engineer with Cisco Systems in the team Strategic Alliances. He was also a technical specialist in the Internet Strategies and Coordination group at Tele2, systems manager at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, researcher at Bunyip Information Systems in Montreal and a programmer in the Swedish Royal Navy. He has been working with UNIX since 1985, and involved in Internet-related standardization since 1989. Fältström is active in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), was one of two area directors of the applications area for five years. He was also a member of the IAB between 2003 and 2006. He is a member of the Swedish Government IT Policy and Strategy Group, and ISOC Board of Trustees. Fältström holds a M.Sc. degree in mathematics from the University of Stockholm.

Fatani Rafid

Rafid Fatani has been involved in the ‘Information Technology’ industry in a variety of roles since 1991. He is the founder and director of SASIconsult – Saudi Arabian Strategic Internet Consultancy. SASIc is a leading Saudi ICT consultancy that offers an innovative portfolio of Internet related research and services.

As well as being involved in the industry through the company, Fatani is in the final stages of his interdisciplinary PhD, at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, looking at Global Internet governance and its implications on state actor policy formation. Fatani did an MA in International Affairs and his dissertation topic was on “The Global Governance of the Internet: Context, ICANN and the Case Study of the Chinese Alt Domain Name System Root”. Fatani’s academic interest started when he studied Internet Engineering at an undergraduate level, giving him a greater understanding on the technicalities of the broader topic.

Fatani has actively participated in the global scene since the start of the IGF process, including previously working with the United Nations Internet Governance Forum Secretariat. Since May 2010, Fatani joined the UK IGF, and is now very active in the national IGF process. His current focus is on ICT for development, public policy surrounding the Internet, access policy, ICT development (particularly in the MENA and Gulf region), Internet empowerment mechanisms, and being one of the youngest IGF participant, Fatani has often had to give the youth a voice in this and other global events

Franz, Liesyl

Liesyl Franz is Vice President for Information Security and Global Public Policy at TechAmerica, working with industry and government leaders on such issues as cyber security, critical infrastructure protection and Internet Governance. In this role she leads TechAmerica’s strategic and tactical efforts on public policy in these areas with the Administration, Congress, and international organizations. In addition, she represents TechAmerica in the Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council (IT SCC) under the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), where she currently serves on the Executive Council.

Liesyl joined TechAmerica (previously ITAA) from the Department of Homeland Security, where she served as deputy director for outreach and awareness and director for international affairs and public policy at the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD). She led programs in the areas of global affairs, public policy, communications and messaging as well as stakeholder outreach, including building international partnerships, coordinating public relations for key events such as the Cyber Storm National Cyber Exercise and conferences, and managing events for National Cyber Security Awareness Month held annually in October.

Prior to her service at DHS, Liesyl was director for global government affairs at EDS Corporation working on cyber security, privacy, financial services, and trade issues, and she worked with the Coalition of Service Industries where she managed industry’s participation and input into services trade negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Liesyl was recognized in 2005 by the Women's High Tech Coalition with the Women in Cyber Security Award for her contribution to public-private partnerships and international collaboration in cyber security. She holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.

Frank La Rue

Guatemala – Director Centro-American Institute for Social Democracy Studies, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

Frank La Rue is a lawyer and current Director of the Centro-American Institute for Social Democracy Studies (DEMOS) in Guatemala. He holds a degree in law from the University of San Carlos, Guatemala, and a postgraduate degree in U.S. foreign policy from Johns Hopkins University. He was also a professor of human rights at the University of Rafael Lavinder de Guatemala. Mr. La Rue has worked extensively for the freedom of expression of the press and as founding member and Director of the Centre for Legal Human Rights Action (CALDH), he was involved in presenting the first Guatemalan human rights case before the Inter American Court for Human Rights. Mr. La Rue also brought the first case of genocide against the military dictatorship in Guatemala. As a human rights activist, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.

Mr. La Rue has previously served as a Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights in Guatemala (2004 – 2008), as a Human Rights Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, as President of the Governing Board of the Centro-American Institute of Social Democracy Studies and as a consultant to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Mr. La Rue has been serving as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression since August 2008.

Gatto , Raquel

Raquel Fortes Gatto, Brazilian lawyer currently working at the Brazilian Network Information Center – NIC.br and an assistant professor in States Theory and Political Sciences at the Law School in the PUC-SP. Obtained a Master Degree at International Law focusing on “Internet Governance mechanisms under the sovereignty principle”. Member of Global Internet Governance Academic Network - GigaNet, IGF Remote Participation Working Group and Youth Dynamic Coalition on Internet Governance. Participant at IGF Brazil (2007), IGF India (2008), IGF Egypt (2009) and ICANN Brussels Meeting (June 2010). Lecturer about Internet Governance in Brazil. Articles published about international aspects of Internet Governance and Brazilian structure.

Hassan, Ayesha

Paris, France - Senior Policy Manager, E-Business, IT, and Telecoms, Executive in charge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Ms. Ayesha Hassan manages the ICC Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms. She is in charge of ICC’s initiative, Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS). She managed the Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI), which was established to mobilize and coordinate involvement of the world business community in the process leading to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Summits of 2003 and 2005. She also served on the UN Secretary-General’s Task Force on Financial Mechanisms, and currently serves on the multistakeholder advisory group for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

Ms. Hassan represented the ICC on numerous occasions, participating and speaking at international and regional events, including the G8 Dot Force, the UN Information and Communication Technologies Task Force and other events hosted by the OECD, the WTO, ITU Telecoms and the EU Commission.

Ms. Hassan is an experienced lawyer with a background in dispute resolution, international policy and e-commerce issues. She is the former head of online dispute resolution services at SquareTrade. Ms. Hassan obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago in political science. She also holds a law degree from the University of San Diego and a master's degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University.

Horner, Lisa

Lisa Horner is Head of Research and Policy at Global Partners & Associates, a social purpose company based in the UK that works on human rights, democracy and governance. Lisa is currently coordinating the Freedom of Expression Project: a major international research and policy initiative which is examining how to build a global digital communications environment that is open, empowering and that supports human rights. She has worked in an advisory capacity on human rights and internet issues for a range of initiatives and has authored a number of papers, including a recent report on ICTs and Human Rights for the European Parliament. Lisa also chairs the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles, an international multi-stakeholder network of individuals and organisations working to uphold human rights in and through internet governance.

Lisa Horner is Head of Research and Policy at Global Partners & Associates a social purpose company based in the UK that works on human rights, democracy and governance issues. Lisa’s expertise lies in human rights and communications from an international development perspective. She is currently coordinating the Freedom of Expression Project: a major international research and policy initiative which is working to ensure that digital communications protect and advance human rights to the fullest extent possible. This has included research into the social dimensions of digital communication issues, developing principles to guide internet policy, and fostering collaboration between different stakeholders to build open and empowering communications environments at national and international levels. Lisa is also chair of the Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition, an international multi-stakeholder network of people and organizations that are concerned with human rights and internet governance.

Hoffman, David

David A. Hoffman is Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer at Intel Corporation.

Mr. Hoffman joined Intel in 1998 as Intel’s eBusiness attorney, in which capacity he managed the team providing legal support for Intel’s Chief Information Officer. In 1999, he founded Intel’s Privacy Team, and in 2000 was appointed Group Counsel of eBusiness and Director of Privacy. In 2005, Mr. Hoffman moved to Munich, Germany, as Group Counsel in the Intel European Legal Department, while leading Intel’s Worldwide Privacy and Security Policy Team. Mr. Hoffman served on the US Federal Trade Commission’s Online Access and Security Advisory Committee.

Mr. Hoffman was a founding member of the BBB Online Steering Committee. Mr. Hoffman served on the TRUSTe Board of Directors from 2000-2006, where he was Chair of the Compliance Committee of the Board. Also, in 2005 Mr. Hoffman was appointed to the Department of Homeland Security’s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, on which he is Chair of the Data Sharing and Use Subcommittee. Mr. Hoffman is also on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Privacy Professionals, on which he is the Board’s Treasurer. Mr. Hoffman holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional Certification. Mr. Hoffman has lectured at law schools in the US, Europe and China.

Mr. Hoffman has a JD from The Duke University School of Law, where he was an Editor on the Duke Law Review. Mr. Hoffman also received an AB from Hamilton College.

Hofman, Jeanette

London, United Kingdom and Berlin, Germany - Senior Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Social Science Research Center Berlin

Ms. Jeanette Hofmann holds a Ph.D. in political science. She is a senior researcher for Internet Governance at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), and occasionally teaches at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She was the co-coordinator of the WSIS Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus from 2004 until 2006, and represented civil society in the German Government Delegation to the WSIS. Ms. Hofmann served as a voting member of the 2004 and 2005 ICANN Nominating Committee. In 2003, she was a member of the editorial group of the IETF's "problem statement" working group.

Since 2002, Ms. Hoffman has been a member of the academic advisory board of the Federal Agency for Civic Education in Germany, and a member of the Committee for Communication and Information of the German Chapter of UNESCO.

Kummer, Markus

Geneva, Switzerland – Executive Coordinator, Secretariat for the Internet Governance Forum

Markus Kummer is the Executive Coordinator of the Secretariat supporting the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Previously he headed the Secretariat of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG). Before joining the United Nations in 2004, he held the position as eEnvoy of the Swiss Foreign Ministry in Berne. Mr. Kummer was a member of the Swiss delegation during the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) where he chaired several negotiating groups, including the group on Internet governance. He served as a career diplomat in several functions in the Swiss Foreign Ministry and was posted in Lisbon, Vienna, Oslo, Geneva and Ankara.

Masango, Chengetai

Mccarthy , Kieren

Kieren McCarthy is ICANN's general manager of public participation and is responsible for its websites and communicating with the general community of Internet users. Prior to ICANN, Kieren was a UK-based journalist covering Internet issues for a range of publications including The Guardian and The Register. He is based in Los Angeles and runs a blog at http://kierenmccarthy.com

Muriel Herrero, Sebastián

Sebastián Muriel Herrero is a Telecommunications Engineer from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSIT-UPM) and Executive MBA in IESE. Since December 2006 is the General Director of Red.es, institution of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce for the development of the Information Society.

He is a member of the Patronato de FUNDETEC and of the Business School EOI.

Since April 2007 is the President of the Asociación XBRL España

His professional carreer has been related with ICT in the private sector. He started in Hewlett Packard, and before starting with Red.es, he was part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers team.

Munyua, Alice

Alice Munyua works on Information Communication, policy, regulation and internet governance. She convenes the East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EA-IGF) and the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) and is leading Kenya's bid to host the 2011.

Alice is a member of the board of directors of the communications regulatory authority the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), the vice chair of the Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC) the organization that manages Kenya's ccTLD, a member of the Kenya National Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) task force. She represents Kenya on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Government Advisory Committee (ICANN-GAC),

Alice Munyua is an experienced advocate for African civil society and is currently conducting research on ‘women and cybercrime in Kenya.

Mpisane, Vika

Vika Mpisane is the General Manager of the .za Domain Name Authority (.za DNA), which is the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) Manager for South Africa’s domain name. He has broad experience in policy development in areas such as trade and industry, economic policy, labour, education, development and ICT development.

In addition to his role at .za DNA, Vika is a member & Treasurer of the Executive Committee of African Top Level Domains (AfTLD) since June 2006. In October 2008, he was elected into ccNSO Council with his term commencing in March 2009. Prior to his involvement in the Internet domain name space, he worked as Manager for Public Sector Marketing at Cortell International (a business software consulting firm), where he was responsible for developing and implementing its public sector marketing and sales strategy. Before Cortell, he opened up his consultancy focusing on socio-economic research and policy development. He also worked as Programmes Director of NEDLAC (National Economic Development & Labour Council), a statutory body established to provide a negotiation platform for the SA government and its social partners (organized labour, organized business and civil society). His overall responsibility was to manage and oversee all the negotiation chambers, research and development, projects, processes, and financial and general management. He also worked as a Transformation Officer at the University of Natal in SA, where he coordinated and managed transformation processes and business remodeling initiatives as part of opening up higher education access to previously disadvantaged people. He studied at the same University, and served as a member of the Students Representative Council and as a branch executive committee of the SA Students Congress. He graduated with a B.Proc (undergraduate law) and LLB (Honours law) degrees from the same University in 1998.

RODRIGUEZ, KATITZA

San Francisco – International Rights Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Rodriguez Katitza is International Rights Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( http://www.eff.org ). She concentrates on comparative policy and legal analysis of international privacy issues, with special emphasis on law enforcement, government surveillance, and cross border data flows. Her work in EFF's International Program also focuses on cyber security at the intersection of privacy, freedom of expression, and copyright enforcement. She is an advisor to the UN Internet Governance Forum (2009-2010), and a member of the Advisory Board of Privacy International. Before joining EFF, she was the Director of the International Privacy Program at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington D.C., where she was responsible for coordinating and organizing the participation of global civil society in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Meeting in 2008. That effort resulted in the creation of the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC), a landmark achievement for civil society representation at the OECD. Katitza served as the liaison for CSISAC at the OECD from 2009 - April 2010. She was the Research Editor of Privacy and Human Rights Report, an international survey of privacy law and developments in 78 countries. She monitors international policy developments at various international venues, including the OECD, the privacy sub-group of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum, the Data Protection Commissioners’ Meeting and the Ibero-American Data Protection Network.

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Shanker N, Ravi

New Delhi, India – Joint Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Communications and Information technology, Department of Information Technology

Mr. Shanker's current responsibilities include policy planning on e-infrastructure, e-learning and Internet governance. Mr. Shanker holds a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He also holds an AMP (Advanced Management Programme) Certificate from IESE Barcelona. In addition, he is a member of the Indian Administrative Service with 27 years of experience in public administration and public policy.

Taylor, Emily

Oxford United Kingdom – Consultant

Taylor Emily is an Internet law and governance consultant, providing advice to domain name registries and other clients in connection with the new gTLD evaluation process.  She is a director of Oxford Information Labs Ltd, which specialises in website accessibility for people with visual impairment and cognitive difficulties, and whose client base includes a major British broadcaster and other public sector clients.  Prior to this, Emily was Director of Legal and Policy at Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, where she spent 10 years.

Tabone V, Joseph

Joseph V. Tabone joined the Government of Ontario in 1963, over 30 years he held different managerial positions in education, social services and information systems.

In 1989 he was seconded for one year to the Government of Malta to lead the public service reform which included the introduction of ICT systems for Government as part of a long term national ICT strategy for Malta. Between 1997 and 1999 Mr. Tabone was retained as adviser by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.

In 2000 he was appointed to set up the Malta Communications Authority, until 2009 he was the Executive Chairman thus responsible for the oversight of the liberalization process of the local telecommunications market.

He is ICT advisor to Government and represents Malta on Internet Governance on the EU’s High Level Group (HLIG), as well as the Government Advisory Committee of ICANN.

As Chairman of COMNET Foundation for ICT Development, he represents Malta on the Steering Committee of the Commonwealth’s Connects Programme on the Digital Divide and Chairman of the Commonwealth Internet Governance Forum.

Quaynor, Nii

Accra, Ghana - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Network Computer Systems; President, Internet Society of Ghana

Mr. Nii Quaynor served as a member of the ICANN Advisory Committee in 1998 and 1999. He is a member of the Council of the University of Ghana, the Ghana Frequency Registration and Control Board, and a member of the Board of the Ghana News Agency. Mr. Quaynor worked as a UNDP consultant to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, where he established Network Computer Systems to provide technology solutions.

Mr. Quaynor taught at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy and China. He holds a Ph.D. and a master's degree in computer science.

Esterhuysen, Anriette

Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director of the Association for Progressive Communications

Anriette is the Executive Director of the Association for Progressive Communications, an international network established in 1990, of organizations working with ICTs to support social justice and development. Prior to joining APC as a staff member, Anriette was executive director of APC member SANGONeT, an internet service provider and training institution for civil society, labour and community organizations in South Africa from 1993 to 2000. From 1987 to 1992 she did information and communication work in development and human rights organizations in South Africa and Zimbabwe. She is a founder of Women'sNet in South Africa and has served on the African Technical Advisory Committee of the UN's Economic Commission for Africa's African Information Society Initiative and was a member of the United Nations ICT Task Force from 2002 to 2005. Currently she serves on the boards of GeSCI (Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative) and Ungana-Afrika. Anriette has published extensively on ICTs for development and social equality.

Hoferichter, Sandra

Sandra Hoferichter is project manager at the Medienstadt Leipzig e.V., a recognized At Large Structure under ICANN Bylaws. She became involved in the Internet Governance process during the ICA-IAMCR Expert Meeting in Rathen/Germany in July 2006 which paved the way for the establishment of the "Global Internet Governance Academic Network" (GIGANET) and initiated the establishment of Summer Schools in Internet Governance (SSIG). Since 2007 she coordinates the European Summer School on Internet Governance (Euro-SSIG) which takes place every year in Meissen/Germany. She is also the manager of the ICANN Studienkreis and was key organizer of various Internet conferences, including an EURO-NF Expert Meeting on the "Governance and Privacy Dimension of the Internet of Things" (Leipzig, July 2009). She is also the administrative coordinator of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG), the European IGF. Sandra holds a degree in Architecture of the Academy of Technique, Culture, and Business of Leipzig (HTWK).

Oueichek, Ibaa

Advisor to the minister of communications and technology, Ministry of communications and technology, Syria.

Scientific degrees: Engineering degree in Informatics from ENSIMAG, France (1990), PhD. In Computer Science from INPG, France (1996).

Worked as a researcher and assistant professor at HIAST from 1996 to 2006. Moved to Syrian Telecom Establishment on 2006 as director of data communications. Became Advisor the minister of communications and technology on 2008. My main activity in the ministry is related to participation in drafting strategies and policies related to the telecom sector in Syria.

Activity in Internet Governance and related fields: Joined the Arab Team for Domain names since its creation in 2005, the main goal was to promote the use of Arabic language to write domain names and to explore the possibilities to use the IDN standards developed by IETF and adopted by ICANN. The Arab team was renamed as Arab team for domain names and Internet issues with a focus on the IGF process in 2007 and I was named chairman of the team on 2008.

I contributed to several reports and activities regarding the implementation of IDN standards for Arab users, and participated in the authoring of IETF RFC 5564 describing the set of characters which could be used

Olivier M.J. Crépin-Leblond

Olivier M.J. Crépin-Leblond is a French national who has been an Internet user since 1988. He received a B.Eng. Honours degree in Computer Systems and Electronics from King’s College, London, UK, in 1990, a Ph.D. in Digital Communications from Imperial College, London, UK, in 1997, and a Specialized Masters Degree in Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management from SKEMA Business School (ESC Lille & CERAM) in Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, in 2007. Having founded Global Information Highway Ltd in 1995, he has been involved in many Internet projects, several of which enabled Internet connectivity in developing countries. Current interests range from IPv6 deployment, Network Neutrality, Internet Governance and Green Internet to all aspects of Strategy, Intelligence and Knowledge Management in the 21st Century. Whilst attending all ICANN conferences in person since the Paris (June 2008) meeting, he has taken a keen interest in supporting ICANN’s At Large constituency to voice the interests of Internet users worldwide. He is also on the 2010 ICANN Nominating Committee (NOMCOM) and since ICANN Brussels, is Secretary of ICANN’s European At Large Organization (EURALO). Whilst on the Lead Team of ISOC England, he is also a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Last, but not least, he has been a Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) affiliate since the early nineties. Full details available on: http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

Osafo, Frank Charles

Frank-Charles Osafo is co-founder, Executive Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer. Frank brings unique expertise in combining information technology, business processes, and analytics to provide cohesive and strategic solutions to business problems. He manages system design and implementation, product selection, and all phases of system delivery and support. Prior to co-founding Patrina, Frank was the director of information systems, product planning and development at Towne Oller. Frank also served as the director of research consulting and analytics at SAMI, a syndicated research company wholly owned by Time Inc.. Frank was the founder and president of Oxicron Systems Corporation, which specialized in the development of Enterprise Resource Planning and Analysis software and provided Decision Support Consulting services to the consumer packaged goods industry. Frank received his Master of Liberal Arts degree in Information Technology from Harvard University. Frank also holds Master and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Illinois where he served as a lecturer and an adjunct professor of Systems Engineering.

Pepper, Robert

Robert Pepper leads a team driving Cisco’s global agenda for advanced technology policy in areas such as broadband, IP enabled services, wireless, security and privacy and ICT development including working with governments across the globe on developing national digital and broadband strategies.

He joined Cisco in July 2005 from the FCC where he served as Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy and Chief of Policy Development beginning in 1989 where he focused on issues cutting across traditional boundaries and led teams implementing telecommunications legislation, planning for the transition to digital television, designing and implementing the first U.S. spectrum auctions, and developing policies promoting the development of the Internet.

Before joining the FCC, he was Director of the Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy. His government service also included Acting Associate Administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and initiating a program on Computers, Communications and Information Policy at the National Science Foundation.

His academic appointments included faculty positions at the Universities of Iowa, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, and as a research affiliate at Harvard University. He serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), advisory boards for Columbia University and Michigan State University, and is a Communications Program Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He is a member of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Spectrum Management Advisory Committee and the UK’s Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board.

Pepper received his BA. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Reilly, Arthur

Arthur K. Reilly, Senior Director, Strategic Technology Policy at Cisco Systems, has been a leader in improving interoperability and quality in networks through telecommunications standards for more than 20 years. As Cisco's principal representative to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and many other UN activities on policy matters, he provides leadership in Cisco's global technology policy and standards management activities.

Reilly has successfully led national, regional, and global efforts to promote open, voluntary, private-sector-led, market-driven standardization and to harmonize standards development. From 1984 to 1996, he held various leadership positions, including Chairman in the ANSI-accredited telecommunications networks standards committee sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). He was an architect of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) process that began in 1990, which annually brings together telecom standards leaders from the North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has been selected to Chair the July 2008 GSC hosted by ATIS in Boston. On behalf of the Information Technology Industry (ITI) Council and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), Reilly has represented the US IT and telecommunications industry in annual US-China workshops on technology standards.

As the business Vice Chair of the UN ICT Task Force, he provided leadership in promoting the achievement of the UN Millennium Declaration Goals (improving the quality of life for people around the world) through the use of information technology. Reilly was a private sector leader in preparations for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

Reilly chairs the US Council for International Business's (USCIB) ICT Policy Committee. The USCIB is the US affiliate of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). He is also a leader in the ICC and its Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) representing these groups in such venues as the UN Commission on Science, Technology and Development, and the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Reilly is also currently a member of the Strategy Council for the UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development. He is also a frequent speaker and moderator at forums convened by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). At present, he is also a member of the Board of the US ITU Association.

Since 1992, he has also served each of the Network Reliability and Interoperability Councils (NRIC) in advising the Federal Communications Commission in these areas as well as on topics such as interconnection, Y2K, and homeland security. Reilly is also a past member of the Standards Board for the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the IEEE's Charles Steinmetz Awards Committee.

His awards include: 2000 American National Standards Institute's Richard Finegan medal for extraordinary leadership in the development and application of voluntary standards. In 2004, the IEEE presented him the Communications Quality and Reliability President's Award. In 2006, he was the inaugural recipient of the ATIS President's Award.

Reilly was appointed to the National Science Board in 2006 and chairs the Committee on Audit and Oversight.

Tabone V. Joseph

Joseph V. Tabone joined the Government of Ontario in 1963, over 30 years he held different managerial positions in education, social services and information systems.

In 1989 he was seconded for one year to the Government of Malta to lead the public service reform which included the introduction of ICT systems for Government as part of a long term national ICT strategy for Malta. Between 1997 and 1999 Mr. Tabone was retained as adviser by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. In 2000 he was appointed to set up the Malta Communications Authority, until 2009 he was the Executive Chairman thus responsible for the oversight of the liberalisation process of the local telecommunications market.

He is ICT advisor to Government and represents Malta on Internet Governance on the EU’s High Level Group (HLIG), as well as the Government Advisory Committee of ICANN.

As Chairman of COMNET Foundation for ICT Development, he represents Malta on the Steering Committee of the Commonwealth’s Connects Programme on the Digital Divide and Chairman of the Commonwealth Internet Governance Forum.

Touray, Katim

Katim S. Touray is an independent development consultant based in Gambia. A follower of the early Internet, he is a well-known advocate for the network and its uses across a range of media and to a wide variety of audiences for over 15 years.

With a B.Agric, an MS, and PhD degrees in Soil Science (from the universities of Nigeria, Montana State and Wisconsin-Madison, respectively), Dr Touray was a researcher for the Ministry of Agriculture in The Gambia, and served as Chairman of the National Agricultural Development Agency (NADA). He has conducted consultancies on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the media, strategic planning, project evaluations, HIV/AIDS, and other subjects for non-governmental organizations, as well as government and UN agencies.

Dr Touray has significant experience as a producer and host of African music, educational, and public affairs talk shows on community radio in the US, and national radio in Gambia. He also served on the Board of Directors of a public access cable TV channel in the US. Dr. Touray has written articles about the Internet and ICT, and helped found the Consumer Protection Association of The Gambia (CPAG). Largely self-educated about the Internet and ICT in general, Dr. Touray has been an Internet user since the early 1990's, and an advocate for leveraging ICTs for development. He is also a free and open source software enthusiast, and serves on the Council of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA).

Katim S.Touray was selected for the ICANN Board by the Nominating Committee. His current term, which started after the 2008 annual meeting, will end after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2011.

Xue, Hong

Hong Xue is a Professor of Law and the Director of the Institute for the Internet Policy & Law at Beijing Normal University (BNU). Prof. Xue specializes in intellectual property law, information technology law and the Internet governance. Before joining BNU, she was the associate professor of Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong. Prof. Xue is the fellow of Yale Information Society Project. Prof. Xue was elected as one of the Ten Nationally Distinguished Young Jurists by the China Law Society. She works in many governmental and non-governmental organizations. She is the only Asian Scholar in the Executive Committee of the International Association for Promotion of the Advanced Teaching and Research of Intellectual Property (ATRIP), the Editorial Board of World Intellectual Property Journal, the Expert Advisory Board of Diplo Foundation, and United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (UNNExT). She is the Chair of Asia-Pacific Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO), after serving as a founding member and then the founding IDN Liaison of the ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee. She is on the ICANN President’s Advisory Committee on Internationalized Domain Names. She is a Member of ICANN Nomination Committee, Fellowship Committee and At-Large Board Director Candidate Evaluation Committee. She is the Chair of Council of Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance and a Founding Member of Chinese Domain Names Consortium (CDNC).

Jamil, Zahid

Practicing mainly corporate and commercial law in Pakistan with one of his areas of expertise being IT law. Drafted the Electronic Transactions Ordinance 2002. Currently drafting the Confidentiality legal framework for Pakistan. Expert in Legal aspects of Online Banking and Electronic Money . Expert in Cyber crime and legal aspects of cyber security as well as training of investigators and forensic experts in Pakistan. Deals with cases and advises on policy issues relating to Anti-Terrorism as well as Money Laundering. Councilor elected onto ICANN's GNSO Council. Founding Chairman of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center in Pakistan.

Maciel, Marília

Marília Maciel works as a professor of Intellectual Property Law and also as a researcher at the Center for Technology and Society of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (CTS/FGV), in Brazil. She leads project Cultura Livre (Free Culture), which investigates how new media reshapes intellectual property and impacts cultural production and distribution. She also represents FGV at the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Marília has a Masters degree on Latin American Integration from the Federal University of Santa Maria and a Law degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco. She has been a tutor in the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme, organized by DiploFoundation since 2008. She is also a member of the Remote Participation Working Group, composed by individuals from different countries who have joined together with the concern to enhance remote attendance in the Internet Governance Fórum.