Opening Ceremony IGF 2011

Internet Governance Forum

Opening Ceremony

Nairobi, 27 September, 14:30 - 17:30

Ms. Sahle-Work Zewde

Director General, United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON)

Mr. Thomas Stelzer

Assistant Secretary-General, UNDESA

Ms. Alice Munyua

Chair, Kenya Internet Governance Steering Committee,Republic of Kenya

Dr. Bitange Ndemo

PhD, CBS, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Republic of Kenya

Hon. Mr. Samuel Poghisio

CGH, MP, Minister of Information and Communications, Republic of Kenya

Dr. Hamadoun Touré

Secretary-General, International Telecommunications Union

H.E. Kalonzo Musyoka

Vice President, Republic of Kenya

Opening Session

Mr. Gytis Liaugminas

Lithuania Representative

Hon. Dr. Ignace Gatare

Minister of Information and Information Technology, Rwanda

H.E. Ms. Neelie Kroes

Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda

Ms. Grace Githaiga

Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTAnet), Civil Society Representative

Mr. Piotr Kolodziejczyk

Under Secretary of State of the Polish Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Poland (EU Presidency Representative)

Hon. Mr. Edward Vaizey

Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, U.K.

Mr. Jānis Kārkliņš

Assistant Director-General, UNESCO

Mr. Larry Strickling

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S.A.

Mr. Jean- Paul Philippot

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

Mr. Vinton Cerf

Internet Pioneer

Mr. Tom Omariba

Chair, Telecommunication Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK)

Ms. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio

Deputy Secretary General, Council of Europe

Ms. Lynn St. Amour

CEO and President, ISOC

Mr. Masahiro Yoshizaki

Director-General for Policy Evaluation, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

Mr. Rod Beckstrom

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

Mr. Adiel Akplogan

CEO, African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC)

Mr. Francis Wangusi

Ag. Director General, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK)

Mr. Subramanian Ramadorai

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

Ms. Jasna Matic

State Secretary for the Digital Agenda at the Ministry of Culture, Media and Information, Republic of Serbia

Mr. Elmir Valizada

Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan