Opening Ceremony 2010

INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM

OPENING CEREMONY


Vilnius, 14 September 2010, 15:00 – 18:00



Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Assistant Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)



H.E. Ms. Dalia Grybauskaite

President of the Republic of Lithuania



H.E. Mr. Eligijus Masiulis

Minister of Transport and Communications, Lithuania






H.E. Mr. Tarek Kamel

Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt

(Video Message)

H.E. Ms. Neelie Kroes

Vice President of the European Commission

Ms. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio

Deputy Secretary General, Council of Europe

Ms. Lynn St. Amour

CEO and President, The Internet Society (ISOC)

Mr. Augusto Gadelha Vieira

Secretary General, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil

Mr. Rod Beckstrom

CEO and President, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Mr. Andrew McLaughlin

Deputy Chief Technology Officer, The White House, United States of America

Mr. N. Ravi Shanker

Joint Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Information Technology, India

Mr. Jānis Kārkliņš

Assistant Director-General, UNESCO

H. E. Ms. Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet

Secretary of State for Forward Planning and the Development of the Digital Economy, France

Mr. Subramanian Ramadorai

Chair, ICC BASIS; Vice Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Mr. Sami Al-Basheer

Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDTITU)

Mr. Jean- Paul Philippot

President, European Broadcasting Union (EBU); CEO, Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF)

H. E. Ms Annemie Turtelbloom

Minister of Internal Affairs, Belgium

Ms. Ginger Paque

Co-Coordinator, Internet Governance Caucus

Hon. James Rege

Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication, Kenya