Hi
Got a note from Karen Banks of APC (who is in Geneva) sharing the news
that the IGF MAG was announced yesterday afternoon. (It is also on: from
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sga1006.doc.htm )
quite a number of government (ITU actors, IT/communication ministries),
almost 50%?...
A few mainstream CS, certainly less than expected, but with some good ones
though (e.g., Robin Gross of IP Justice, Ken Lohento of Panos, Adam
Peake--congrats Adam!)...
Many--more than expected--from the traditional ICANN/tech community...
(comment from Bret Fausett of the IG caucus: 'Make no mistake, the change
from "lurker" to "full, open participant in a leadership role" marks one
huge turn in ICANN's approach to the U.N. and the I.G.F.')
Very few (7 of 46?) women...)
Of the 4-5 CS nominees from Asia, only Adam made it...but a few
governments from Asia:
China
India
Pakistan
Singapore
+ Saudi Arabia (West Asia)
Here is the alphebetical listing
_______________________________________________
SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES ADVISORY GROUP TO ASSIST HIM IN CONVENING
INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today established an Advisory
Group to assist him in convening the Internet Governance Forum, a new
forum for a multi-stakeholder dialogue on Internet governance. The Group
includes 46 members from Government, the private sector and civil society,
including the academic and technical communities, who represent all
regions of the world (see list below). It is chaired by Nitin Desai, the
Secretary-General$BCT(B Special Adviser for the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS), who may also select special advisers to assist
him.
The Advisory Group will meet on 22 and 23 May in Geneva, following an open
consultation on 19 May, also in Geneva. Its main task is to prepare the
substantive agenda and programme for the first meeting of the Internet
Governance Forum, which is to be held in Athens from 30 October to 2
November. Decisions on how to prepare subsequent meetings and on any
future structure and working methods of the Forum will be taken in light
of the experiences gained during the preparatory process for the Athens
meeting.
The Internet Governance Forum is an outcome of the Tunis phase of the
WSIS, which took place in November 2005. In the Tunis Agenda for the
Information Society, Governments asked the Secretary-General to convene
the Forum, giving it the mandate to discuss the main public policy issues
related to Internet governance, in order to foster the Internet$BCT(B
sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development.
Governments called for the Forum to be convened in an $BEP(Bpen and inclusive
process”. Accordingly, the Advisory Group will carry out its work in an
open, inclusive and transparent manner, and will seek to make the best
possible use of electronic working methods, including online
consultations.
List of members
Chairman
Desai, Nitin
Delhi/Mumbai - Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Members
Agrawala, Pankaj
Delhi - Joint Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology
Akinsanmi, Titilayo
Johannesburg - Programme Manager, SchoolNet Africa; Global Facilitator of
the WSIS Youth Caucus
Akplogan, Adiel
Port Louis - Chief Executive Officer, Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for
Africa - AfriNIC
Al-Shatti, Qusai
Kuwait City - Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS)
Bayramov, Ayaz
Baku - Head of Department for International Relations and Cooperation with
NGOs, Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies
Bicalho, José
Brasilia - Member of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee; Advisor to
the Board of Directors of the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel)
Clarke, Trevor
Geneva - Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations Office
at Geneva
Daftardar, Abdullah M.
Riyadh - Senior Executive, Communications and Information Technology
Commission
Dardailler, Daniel
Nice - Associate Chair for Europe, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C);
Member, Board of Directors, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN)
D$BC$(Bosta, Valerie
Singapore - International Director, Info-Communication Development
Authority, Singapore
Diop Diagne, Ndeye Maimouna
Dakar - Directrice des NTIC, MinistïÓe des Postes, TñÍñÄommunications et
Nouvelles Technologies de l$BC*(Bnformation et de la Communication (NTIC)
Disspain, Chris
Carlton - Victoria, Chair, Country Code Names Supporting Organization
(ccNSO) Council; Chief Executive Officer, .au Registry
EcheberrùÂ, RaÍ
Montevideo - Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Latin America and
Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC)
El-Nawawy, Mohamed
Cairo - Chairman and Managing Director, TE Data
FçÍtstr Î, Patrik
Stockholm - Consulting Engineer, Cisco Systems; Member, Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF); Member, Swedish Government Information
Technology Policy and Strategy Group
Gallagher, Michael D.
Washington D.C. - Chairman of the Communications Group, Perkins Coie LLC
Graham, Bill
Ottawa - Director, International Telecommunication Policy and
Coordination, Industry Canada
Gross, Robin D.
San Francisco, California - Executive Director, IP Justice
Hassan, Ayesha
Paris - Senior Policy Manager, e-Business, Information Technology, and
Telecoms, Executive in charge of Information and Communication Technology
Policy, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Hellmonds, Peter
Munich - Vice President, Public and International Affairs, Siemens AG
Hofmann, Jeanette
Berlin - Researcher, Social Science Research Center
Iriarte, Erick
Lima - Executive Director, Alfa-Redi
Kafi, Abdullah
Dacca - Managing Director, J A N Associates Limited; former President,
Bangladesh Computer Society
Kārkliņš, Jānis
Geneva - Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations Office
at Geneva
Katoh, Masanobu
Tokyo - Corporate Vice President; President, Law and Intellectual Property
Unit and Security Export Control Headquarters, Fujitsu Limited
Katundu, Michael
Nairobi - Principal Officer, Information Technology Communications Commission
Khan, Masood
Geneva - Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Office
at Geneva
KováÄs, KáÍmáÏ
Budapest - Minister of Informatics and Communications
Lohento, Gemma Brice (Ken)
Dakar - Panos Institute West Africa, Coordinator, Center for International
information and communication technology Policies for Central and West
Africa (CIPACO)
Markovski, Veni
Sofia - Chair of the President$BCT(B Information Technology Advisory
Committee; Member, Board of Directors, ICANN
Oliver, Colin
Canberra - General Manager, International Communications, Department of
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Papadatos, George
Athens – Minister Plenipotentiary, Department of International
Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Peake, Adam
Tokyo - Executive Research Fellow/Associate Professor, Center for Global
Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan
Pisanty, Alejandro
Mexico City - Director of Computing Academic Services, Universidad
AutÏoma de MñÙico; Director ISOC Mexico; Vice Chair, Board of Directors,
ICANN
Quaynor, Nii
Accra - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Network Computer Systems;
President, Internet Society of Ghana
Sha'ban, Charles
Amman - Executive Director, Regional Office, Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual
Property (AGIP)
Shears, Matthew
Copenhagen - Director of Public Policy, Internet Society (ISOC)
Sierra, Colombo
Buenos Aires - Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Singer, Christian
Vienna - Head of Division, Federal Ministry of Transportation
Slizen, Vitaliy
Moscow - Head of Department, Information and Communication Ministry
Swinehart, Theresa
Marina del Rey, California - Vice President, Global and Strategic
Partnerships, ICANN
Taylor, Emily
Oxford - Nominet (.uk), Director of Legal and Policy
Wessberg, Arne
Helsinki - President, European Broadcasting Union (EBU); President,
International Institute of Communication
Xiaokun, Yang
Geneva - First Secretary, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations
Office at Geneva
Zangl, Peter
Brussels - Deputy Director-General, Directorate General for Information
Society and Media, European Commission
For further information, please visit www.intgovforum.org or contact
Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator, Secretariat of the Internet
Governance Forum, tel.: +41 0 22 917 54 88, e-mail: mkummer@unog.ch.