IGF 2015 Opening Ceremony and Opening Session

IGF 2015 Opening Ceremony

15:00 - 15.30

Mr. Lenni Montiel, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Mr. André Figueiredo, Minister of Communications, Ministry of Communications of Brazil

Mr. Ricardo Coutinho, Governor of the State of Paraíba, Brazil

IGF 2015 Opening Session

 15.30 - 18.00

    [The speaking order was decided by public ballot.] 

Mr. Ömer Fatih Sayan, Chairman of the Board, Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey

Mr. Bambang Heru Tjahjono, Deputy Minister of ICT Applications, Ministry of Science, Information and Technology of Indonesia

Ms. Ellen Blackler, Vice President for Global Public Policy, The Walt Disney Company

Mr. Tian Lin, Head of Delegation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of China

Mr. Andrus Ansip Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the Digital Single Market

Ms. Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize, Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services of South Africa

Mr. Hossam Elgamal, Board Member & Treasurer, African Information & Communication Technologies Alliance (AFICTA)

Mr. Shola Taylor, Secretary General, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

Mr. Fadi Chehadé, CEO of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Ms. Joana Varon Ferraz, Researcher and Project Coordinator, Centre for Technology and Society, Fundação Getulio Vargas

Mr. Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, United States Department of Commerce

Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu,  Minister of Information, Ministry of Information of Bangladesh

Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Mr. Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, Inc.

Mr. Ali M. Abbasov, Minister of Information and Communications Technologies, Republic of Azerbaijan

Ms. Kathryn Brown, President and CEO, Internet Society (ISOC)

Mr. Joseph Cannataci, Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, United Nations

Mr. David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, United Nations

Mr. Jean-Paul Philippot, President, European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Mr. Yasuo Sakamoto, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan