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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi. This just in.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=liliane.ursache@ties.itu.int
href="mailto:liliane.ursache@ties.itu.int">Liliane Ursache</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=bureau@geneva2003.org
href="mailto:bureau@geneva2003.org">bureau@geneva2003.org</A> ; <A
title=ct@wsis-cs.org href="mailto:ct@wsis-cs.org">ct@wsis-cs.org</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 01, 2003 10:15 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Civil Society Speakers</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear Colleagues,<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>with best
regards,<BR><BR>Liliane<BR><BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: =
16pt"><BR><BIG>*********************************************************<=
BR></BIG></SPAN><BIG><BIG><BIG><BIG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">CIVIL SOCIETY PROPOSED
SPEAKERS</SPAN></BIG></BIG></BIG><BR></BIG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: =
16pt"><BIG>*********************************************************</BIG=
><BR><U></U></SPAN>
<P class=MsoTitle><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: =
16pt"><U></U><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><BIG><B><U><BIG><BIG>Opening Session – Wednesday =
10
Dec.</BIG></BIG><O:P></O:P></U></B></BIG></P>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Kicki Nordstrom, President of World Blind =
Union and
International Disability Alliance (Norway) </LI></OL>
<H1><B>General Debate – Wednesday 10 Dec. PM<O:P></O:P></B></H1>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki,<SPAN> =
</SPAN>Executive
Director of African Women$BCT(B Development and Communication Network, =
FEMNET
(Kenya) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=2>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Shu-Khun Lin, Founder of the Molecular =
Diversity
Preservation International (China) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=3>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Oluwagbenga Sesan, Co-founder of Paradigm =
Initiative
(Nigeria) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=4>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Sean O$BC4(Biochru, Leader, CRIS Campaign =
(Ireland)
</LI></OL>
<H1><B>General Debate – Thursday 11 Dec. AM<O:P></O:P></B></H1>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=5>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Philip Jennings, General Secretary of Union =
Network
International - UNI (UK) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=6>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Mercedes Bresso, President of World =
Federation of
United Cities - WACLAC (Italy) </LI></OL>
<H1><B>General Debate – Thursday 11 Dec. PM<O:P></O:P></B></H1>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=7>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Jane Lubchenco, President of International =
Council of
Scientific Unions (USA) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=8>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Liz Burns, President of the International =
Association
for Volunteer Effort - IAVE (UK) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=9>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Sally Burch, President of Agencia =
Latinoamericana de
InformaciÏ - ALAI (Ecuador) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=10>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Timothy Balding, Director General, World =
Association
of Newspapers (UK) </LI></OL>
<H1><B>General Debate – Friday 12. Dec. AM<O:P></O:P></B></H1>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=11>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Kamel Ayadi, President, World Federation of
Engineering Organizations (Tunisia) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=12>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Mililani Trask, Pacific representative to =
the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Hawaii) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=13>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Carlos Afonso, President, Rede de =
Informações para o
Terceiro Setor - RITS (Brasil) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=14>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Deborah Hurley, Director of the Harvard =
Information
Infrastructure Project at Harvard University<SPAN> =
</SPAN>(Canada)
</LI></OL>
<H1><B>Round Table 1 : Creating Digital =
Opportunities<O:P></O:P></B></H1>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Manuel Castells, Academic =
(Spain)<SPAN>
</SPAN></LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: yellow 0% 50%; moz-background-clip: initial; =
moz-background-inline-policy: initial; moz-background-origin: =
initial">(or
Mr. Cheick Modibo Diarra, President, Africa Virtual University
(Mali))</SPAN></P>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=2>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. StñÑhanie Perrin, Electronic Privacy =
Information
Centre – EPIC (directed the development of Canada$BCT(B federal =
privacy law for
the private sector, PIPEDA) (Canada)
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Casio Tanigushi, Mayor of Curitiba (Brasil) =
</LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=4>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Richard M. Stallman, President of Free =
Software
Foundation (USA) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=5>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Lishan Adam, Researcher, Center for =
Knowledge Dynamics
and Decision Making - Information Science, University of Stellenbosch
(Ethiopia) </LI></OL>
<H1><B>Round Table 2 : Diversity in Cyberspace<O:P></O:P></B></H1>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Lawrence Lessig, Academic, Standford =
University (USA)
</LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=2>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Daniel Pimienta, Director FUNREDES =
(Dominican
Republic) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=3>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Steve Buckley, World Association of =
Community Radio
Broadcasters (AMARC)
(UK)<SPAN>
</SPAN></LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: yellow 0% 50%; moz-background-clip: initial; =
moz-background-inline-policy: initial; moz-background-origin: =
initial">or/and
Mr. Aidan White, General Secretary of the International Federation of
Journalists<SPAN> </SPAN>(UK)</SPAN></P>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=4>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Susanna George, Executive Director ISIS =
(Philippines)
</LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=5>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Saida Agrebi, President of ATM, Vice =
President of WFO
(Tunisia) </LI></OL>
<H3>STAND BY </H3>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Kumi Naidoo, CEO and Secretary General of =
CIVICUS
(South Africa) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=2>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Dorothy Gordon, Director General of =
Ghana-India Kofi
Annan Centre of Excellence for Information and Communication =
Technology
(Ghana) </LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P>
<H1><B>Round Table 3: ICT as a Tool to achieve the =
MDGs<O:P></O:P></B></H1>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Emilienne Lionelle, Leader of SAMNICK and =
member of
Engineers without Borders (Cameroon) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=2>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Leonel Fernandez Reyna, President, Global =
Foundation
for Democracy and Development - FUNGLODE (Dominican Republic) =
</LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=3>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Law Chi-Kwong, The Hong Kong Council of =
Social Service
(China) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=4>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, Professor, Aarhus =
University
(Denmark) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=5>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Alain Rousset, President of the Aquitaine =
Region
(France) </LI></OL>
<H1><B><SPAN style="COLOR: red"></SPAN></B> </H1>
<H1><B><SPAN style="COLOR: red">TO BE CONFIRMED - Round Table 4: =
Empowering All
Citizens<O:P></O:P></SPAN></B></H1>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: red">Mr. Peter =
Leuprecht,<SPAN>
</SPAN><SPAN>Dean of Law McGill University</SPAN> (Canada)<O:P></O:P> =
</LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=2>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: red">Mr. Kumi Naidoo, CEO and =
Secretary
General of CIVICUS (South Africa)<O:P></O:P> </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=3>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: red">Ms. Dorothy Gordon, =
Director General of
Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence for Information and =
Communication
Technology (Ghana)<O:P></O:P> </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=4>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: red">Mr. Nestor =
Busso,<SPAN>
</SPAN>Presidente del Foro Argentino de Radios Comunitarias - =
ALER<SPAN>
</SPAN>(Argentina)<O:P></O:P> </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=5>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: red">Mr. Mahfuz Anam, =
<SPAN>Editor "The
Daily Star",</SPAN> former UNESCO Communication Program officer
(Bangladesh)<O:P></O:P> </LI></OL>
<H2><U></U><BR></H2>
<H2><U>STAND BY<O:P></O:P></U></H2>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Simon Davies, Director General of Privacy
International (UK) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=2>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. William Drake, Senior Associate, =
International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva, and member of Board =
of
Directors of CPSR (USA) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=3>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Mr. Habib Sy, Executive director of Aid =
Transparency
founder, Professor of<BR>Communications and taught in Several African =
and US
universities (Senegal) </LI></OL>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: =
-18pt">4.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-stretch: normal; =
font-size-adjust: none">
</SPAN>Ms. Mary Chenery-Hesse, Vice-Chairman of the National Development =
Planning Commission<SPAN> </SPAN>(Ghana)</P>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=5>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Ms. Fatma Allo, Founder of Tanzania Media =
Women's
Association (TAMWA (Tanzania) </LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=6>
<LI class=MsoNormal>John Dada, President FANTSUAM Foundation =
(Nigeria)
</LI></OL>
<OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1 start=7>
<LI class=MsoNormal>Natasha Primo, Director, WomensNet (South =
Africa)
</LI></OL><BR></BODY></HTML>