Ms. Olga Kyryliuk has a PhD in International Law and is currently a Chair of SEEDIG - South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance covering 20 countries from South Eastern Europe and the neighbouring area (SEE+). In her daily job, she is a Program Manager at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative in charge of the regional Internet freedom advocacy program in South-Eastern Europe.
Since 2019, SEEDIG runs a multilayered programme for engagement of youth in its processes. This includes a dedicated school on Internet governance for youth hosted in conjunction with the annual meeting and guidance for effective participation in the annual meeting as well as in the intersessional work long-term.
Myriam is currently at the Office of the Prime Minister advising on efforts in transitioning Ethiopia to a
Sandra Hoferichter is Secretary General of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG), the European IGF. She is also Chair of Medienstadt Leipzig e.V., a German non-profit organisation that, among other things, coordinates the European Summer School on Internet Governance (EuroSSIG) since 2007.
Wolfgang Kleinwaechter is a Professor Emeritus from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, Commissioner in the Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace (GCSC) and former ICANN Board member. He is involved in Internet Governance issues since the early 1990s.
Stage 1: Initial Screening
Why: Remove proposals that do not satisfy minimum criteria
Who: IGF Secretariat
When: Completed within 1 week after proposal deadline
All proposals must meet the minimum criteria listed below. Proposals that do not will be removed from consideration for the IGF programme.
Desiree Miloshevic Evans is an active connector, Internet public servant and a member of the global Internet governance community. She served as Special Adviser to the UN Under-Secretary and Chair of the Internet Governance Multistakeholder Advisory Group, as Trustee of the Board of Internet Society and on the Board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
She is currently co-chair of the RIPE Cooperation Working Group and Generic Name Supporting Organisation Councillor at Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Liesyl Franz is the acting deputy coordinator in the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the U.S. Department of State, coordinating international engagement and policy, strategic planning efforts, and work across the regional and functional elements of cyber issues. Ms. Franz represents the office in external engagements, bilateral and regional fora, and interagency coordination processes. She is the State Department’s lead for cyber discussions with the European Union institutions as well as many Member State bilateral and sub-regional engagements.
High Representative of the Prime Minister for European Digital Policy
Republic of Poland Plenipotentiary for UN IGF 2021
President of the Management Board of NCBR Investment Fund ASI S.A.
Chemical Engineer, University of America 1984 - Bogotá Colombia, with more than twenty five years of experience in environmental and information and communication technologies - ICTs.