Advisory Group

Mr. Desai, Nitin
The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Adviser for Internet Governance: Delhi/Mumbai.

Mr. Akplogan, Adiel
Port Louis - CEO, Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa - AfriNIC

Mr. AlShatti, Qusai
Kuwait City - Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Information Technology Society

Ms. Arida, Christine
Cairo - Director of Telecom Planning Services, National Telecom Regulatory Authority, Egypt

Mr. Bayramov, Ayaz
Baku - Head of Department for International Relations and Cooperation with NGOs, Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies, Azerbaijan

Ms. Betancourt, Valeria
Quito - Coordinator of the Communication and Information Policy Programme in Latin America, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)

Ms. Cavalli, Olga del Carmen
Buenos Aires - Adviser for Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina

Mr. Clarke, Trevor
Geneva - Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Mr. Daftardar, Abdullah M.
Riyadh - Senior Executive, Communications and Information Technology Commission, Saudi Arabia

Mr. Dardailler, Daniel
Nice - Associate Chair for Europe, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Ms. Diop Diagne, Ndeye Maimouna
Dakar - Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ndeye Maimouna Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT, Senegal

Mr. Disspain, Chris
Carlton, Australia - Chief Executive Officer, AU Registry; Chair, Council of Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)

Ms. Dryden, Heather
Ottawa - Senior Advisor, International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination, Telecommunications Policy Branch, Industry Canada, Canada

Mr. Echeberría, Raúl
Montevideo - Executive Director/CEO, Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC)

Mr. Ermolaev, Artem 
Russia - Deputy Director Scientific, Technical and Strategy Development Department, Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications

Mr. Fältström, Patrik
Stockholm - Consulting Engineer, Cisco Systems; Member, Board of Internet Society; Member, Swedish Government IT Advisory Group

Mr. Filip, Ondrej
Prague - Chief Executive Officer, CZ.NIC

Mr. Graham, Bill
Ottawa - Global Strategic Engagement, Internet Society (ISOC) 

Ms. Gross, Robin D.
San Francisco, CA - Executive Director, IP Justice

Mr. Hansem, José Vitor  Carvalho
Brasilia - Deputy Head, Division of Science and Technology, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil

Ms. Hassan, Ayesha
Paris - Senior Policy Manager, E-Business, IT, and Telecoms, Executive in charge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Mr. Hellmonds, Peter
Munich – Head, Corporate Social Responsibility, Nokia Siemens Networks

Mr. Hilali, Aziz 
Rabat - Professor, Institut Supérieur des Télécommunications de Rabat ; President, Internet Society Morocco

Ms. Hofmann, Jeanette
London - Senior Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) / Social Science Research Center Berlin

Mr. Jamil, Zahid Usman
Karachi - Senior Partner and Barrister-at-Law, Jamil and Jamil, Chairman, Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center

Mr. Kārkliņš, Jānis
Paris - Ambassador of Latvia to France and Permanent Representative to UNESCO

Mr. Katoh, Masanobu
Tokyo - Corporate Vice President; President of the Law and Intellectual Property Unit and Security Export Control Headquarters, Fujitsu Limited

Mr. Katundu, Michael
Nairobi - Assistant Director, Information Technology Communications Commission, Kenya

Mr. de La Chapelle, Bertrand
Paris - Special Envoy for the Information Society, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

Mr. Lau, Stephen K.M.
Hong Kong - Chairman, Electronic Data System (EDS)

Mr. Lohento, Ken-Gemma Brice
Dakar - Panos Institute West Africa, Coordinator, Center for International ICT Policies for Central and West Africa (CIPACO)

Mr. Matulis, Aurimas 
Vilnius - Director of the Information Society Development Committee, Lithuania

Mr. Moedjiono, Sardjoeni
Jakarta - Senior Adviser to the Minister of Communication and Sardjoeni Information Technology of the Republic of Indonesia for International Relations and Digital Divide, Indonesia

Mr. Oliver, Colin
Canberra - Assistant Secretary, International Branch, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Canberra, Australia

Mr. Papadatos, George
Geneva - Minister-Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Ms. Park, Youn Jung
Delft - Senior Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology

Ms. Piñeiro, Lorena
Santiago - Head of International Affairs Department, Undersecretariate of Telecommunications, Chile

Mr. Pisanty, Alejandro
Mexico City - Director of Computing Academic Services, Universidad Autónoma de México; Director, ISOC Mexico

Ms. Primo, Natasha
Johannesburg – National ICT Policy Advocacy Coordinator, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)

Mr. Quaynor, Nii
Accra - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Network Computer Systems; President, Internet Society of Ghana

Mr. Riehl, Frédéric
Bienne - Deputy Director, Head of International Relations Service, Federal Office of Communications, Switzerland

Ms. Rionge, Njeri
Nairobi - Chief Executive Officer; Ignite Consulting Limited

Mr. Sambrook, Richard
London - Director, Global News Division, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); Vice President, European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Mr. Seadat, Peiman
Tehran – Deputy Director for International Specialized Agencies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran

Ms. Selaimen, Graciela
Rio de Janeiro - Executive Coordinator, Núcleo de Pesquisas, Estudos e Formação (NUPEF)

Mr. Sha'ban, Charles
Amman - Executive Director, Regional Office, Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property

Mr. Shanker, N. Ravi
New Delhi - Joint Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Communications and Information technology, Department of Information Technology, India

Ms. Swinehart, Theresa
Marina del Rey, CA - Vice President, Global and Strategic Partnerships, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Mr. Tang, Zicai
Beijing - Deputy Director for International Organizations, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China

Ms. Taylor, Emily
Oxford - Nominet.UK, Director of Legal and Policy

Ms. Warren, Jennifer A.
Alexandria, VA - Vice President, Technology Policy & Regulation,Lockheed Martin Corporation

Mr. Yahaya, Issah
Accra - Head of Policy Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation/Telecoms, Ministry of Communications, Ghana

Glaser, Hartmut
Director of NIC.br: São Paulo

Kleinwächter, Wolfgang
Professor, International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus: Aarhus

Kurbalija, Jovan
La Valetta - Director, DiploFoundation: Geneva

Miloshevic, Desiree
Afilias, ISOC Board Member: London

Sadowsky, George
Executive Director, Global Internet Policy Initiative: Stamford, CT

Shaw, Heather
Vice President, ICT Policy, United States Council for International Business: New York, NY