Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:57:46 +0800 From: "Alan Alegre" <alalegre@fma.ph> Subject: [communication 1041] Fw: Civil Society Speakers To: <apc-wsis@lists.apc.org>, <communication@wsisasia.org> Message-Id: <00c901c3b81b$a2832f80$f901a8c0@fmamartus> X-Mail-Count: 01041Hi. This just in.----- Original Message ----- From: Liliane Ursache To: bureau@geneva2003.org ; ct@wsis-cs.org Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 10:15 PMSubject: Civil Society SpeakersDear Colleagues,Please be informed the Secretary General of ITU, Mr. Utsumi has decided =to select the following speakers for the Summit. Please note that I am =in the process of contacting the speakers for the General Debate to =ensure their availability. Round Tables speakers will be contacted as =of tomorrow.with best regards,Liliane*********************************************************CIVIL SOCIETY PROPOSED SPEAKERS*********************************************************Opening Session - Wednesday 10 Dec. 1.. Ms. Kicki Nordstrom, President of World Blind Union and =International Disability Alliance (Norway) General Debate - Wednesday 10 Dec. PM 1.. Ms. Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki, Executive Director of African Women's =Development and Communication Network, FEMNET (Kenya) 2.. Mr. Shu-Khun Lin, Founder of the Molecular Diversity Preservation =International (China) 3.. Mr. Oluwagbenga Sesan, Co-founder of Paradigm Initiative (Nigeria) = 4.. Mr. Sean O'Siochru, Leader, CRIS Campaign (Ireland) General Debate - Thursday 11 Dec. AM 5.. Mr. Philip Jennings, General Secretary of Union Network =International - UNI (UK) 6.. Ms. Mercedes Bresso, President of World Federation of United =Cities - WACLAC (Italy) General Debate - Thursday 11 Dec. PM 7.. Ms. Jane Lubchenco, President of International Council of =Scientific Unions (USA) 8.. Ms. Liz Burns, President of the International Association for =Volunteer Effort - IAVE (UK) 9.. Ms. Sally Burch, President of Agencia Latinoamericana de =InformaciÏ - ALAI (Ecuador) 10.. Mr. Timothy Balding, Director General, World Association of =Newspapers (UK) General Debate - Friday 12. Dec. AM 11.. Mr. Kamel Ayadi, President, World Federation of Engineering =Organizations (Tunisia) 12.. Ms. Mililani Trask, Pacific representative to the Permanent Forum =on Indigenous Issues (Hawaii) 13.. Mr. Carlos Afonso, President, Rede de Informações para o =Terceiro Setor - RITS (Brasil) 14.. Ms. Deborah Hurley, Director of the Harvard Information =Infrastructure Project at Harvard University (Canada) Round Table 1 : Creating Digital Opportunities 1.. Mr. Manuel Castells, Academic (Spain) (or Mr. Cheick Modibo Diarra, President, Africa Virtual University =(Mali)) 2.. Ms. StñÑhanie Perrin, Electronic Privacy Information Centre - =EPIC (directed the development of Canada's federal privacy law for the =private sector, PIPEDA) (Canada) 3.. Mr. Casio Tanigushi, Mayor of Curitiba (Brasil) 4.. Mr. Richard M. Stallman, President of Free Software Foundation =(USA) 5.. Mr. Lishan Adam, Researcher, Center for Knowledge Dynamics and =Decision Making - Information Science, University of Stellenbosch =(Ethiopia) Round Table 2 : Diversity in Cyberspace 1.. Mr. Lawrence Lessig, Academic, Standford University (USA) 2.. Mr. Daniel Pimienta, Director FUNREDES (Dominican Republic) 3.. Mr. Steve Buckley, World Association of Community Radio =Broadcasters (AMARC) (UK) or/and Mr. Aidan White, General Secretary of the International =Federation of Journalists (UK) 4.. Ms. Susanna George, Executive Director ISIS (Philippines) 5.. Ms. Saida Agrebi, President of ATM, Vice President of WFO =(Tunisia) STAND BY 1.. Mr. Kumi Naidoo, CEO and Secretary General of CIVICUS (South =Africa) 2.. Ms. Dorothy Gordon, Director General of Ghana-India Kofi Annan =Centre of Excellence for Information and Communication Technology =(Ghana) Round Table 3: ICT as a Tool to achieve the MDGs 1.. Ms. Emilienne Lionelle, Leader of SAMNICK and member of Engineers =without Borders (Cameroon) 2.. Ms. Leonel Fernandez Reyna, President, Global Foundation for =Democracy and Development - FUNGLODE (Dominican Republic) 3.. Mr. Law Chi-Kwong, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (China) = 4.. Mr. Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, Professor, Aarhus University (Denmark) = 5.. Mr. Alain Rousset, President of the Aquitaine Region (France) TO BE CONFIRMED - Round Table 4: Empowering All Citizens 1.. Mr. Peter Leuprecht, Dean of Law McGill University (Canada) 2.. Mr. Kumi Naidoo, CEO and Secretary General of CIVICUS (South =Africa) 3.. Ms. Dorothy Gordon, Director General of Ghana-India Kofi Annan =Centre of Excellence for Information and Communication Technology =(Ghana) 4.. Mr. Nestor Busso, Presidente del Foro Argentino de Radios =Comunitarias - ALER (Argentina) 5.. Mr. Mahfuz Anam, Editor "The Daily Star", former UNESCO =Communication Program officer (Bangladesh) STAND BY 1.. Mr. Simon Davies, Director General of Privacy International (UK) 2.. Mr. William Drake, Senior Associate, International Centre for =Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva, and member of Board of =Directors of CPSR (USA) 3.. Mr. Habib Sy, Executive director of Aid Transparency founder, =Professor of Communications and taught in Several African and US universities =(Senegal) 4. Ms. Mary Chenery-Hesse, Vice-Chairman of the National =Development Planning Commission (Ghana) 5.. Ms. Fatma Allo, Founder of Tanzania Media Women's Association =(TAMWA (Tanzania) 6.. John Dada, President FANTSUAM Foundation (Nigeria) 7.. Natasha Primo, Director, WomensNet (South Africa)1041_2.html (attatchment)(tag is disabled)