List of IGF 2012 Resource Persons

 

Workshop organizers can invite resource persons to attend their workshop as panellists.The resource persons list is provided to assist workshop organizers to reach a balance among their workshop panellists, in terms of multi-stakeholder participation, geographical representation and gender balance. The resource persons can also be invited to join a workshop in the instance that a panellist withdraws from the panel.

If you would like to invite a resource person to your workshop please contact the IGF Secretariat at [email protected]

Please note that the list of IGF 2012 Resource Persons has been sorted in the following orders

• Access and Diversity
• Emerging Issues
• Internet Governance for Development [IG4D] cross cutting priority
• Managing Critical Internet Resources
• Security, Openness and Privacy
• Taking Stock and the Way Forward
• Other

[NEW] Workshop organizers who are looking for  panellists from the private sector can contact Ms. Constance Weise at  constance[dot]weise[at]iccwbo[dot]org for suggestions.

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Access and Diversity

Resource Persons	Gender	Stakeholder Group	Region
Malcolm Jeremy (Mr), Consumers International, Malaysia	Male	Civil Society	Asia Pacific
NKURUNZIZA Jean Paul (Mr), Consultant, Burundi	Male	Civil Society	Africa
York Jillian (Ms), Electronic Frontier Foundation, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Kivuva Mwendwa (Mr), ISACA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, Kenya	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Akoh Ben (Mr), International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada	Male	Civil Society	Africa
SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN (Mr), CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTURE, CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Boujemi Hanane (Ms), Consultant, MOROCCO	Female	Civil Society	Africa
MARCUS J Scott (Mr), WIK, Germany	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Kulabako Deborah (Ms), DiploFoundation, UGANDA	Female	Private Sector	Africa
Hamilton Stuart (Mr), Director of Policy and Advocacy, Netherlands	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Neves Ana (Ms), Government liaison, PORTUGAL	Female	Government	WEOG
Babu, Satish (Mr), Director of the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), India	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Badran Hosein (Mr), Chief Technology Officer, MEA, Cisco Systems, Egypt	Male	Private Sector	Africa
Kelly Sanja (Ms), Project Director, Freedom House, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Ndonnang Victor (Mr), ICT Consultant, Cameroon	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Radsch Courtney (Ms), Freedom House, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Kende Michael (Mr), Partner at Analysys Mason Limited, Switzerland	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Selli Claudia (Ms), EU Affairs Director, AT&T, Belgium	Female	Private Sector	WEOG
Fayez Mariam (Ms), AFS Egypt	Female	Civil Society	Africa
Biaou Sourakatou Ramanou (Mr), ICT engineer, Benin	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Kabani Asif (Mr), Ministry of Finance, Pakistan	Male	Government	Asia-Pacific
Nair Abhilash, Northumbria University, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Miles Peggy (Ms),President, InterVox Communications, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Haq Naveed, Telecommunication Authority, Pakistan	Male	Government	Asia-Pacific
Gunduz Osman (Mr), Editor-in-Chief, Internet news portal, Azerbaijan	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Elbert Monika (Ms), Consultant,  Electronic Information for Libraries, Italy	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Ludwig Wolf (Mr), EURALO and EuroDIG Secretariat, Switzerland	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Kiden Sarah (Ms), Christian University, Uganda	Female	Civil Society	Africa
Prakash Pranesh (Mr), Centre for Internet and Society, India	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Novak Matej (Mr), IREX, Bibliomist, Ukraine	Male	Civil Society	Eastern Europe
Ashton-Hart Nick (Mr), Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), Switzerland	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Sesan 'Gbenga (Mr), Paradigm Initiative, Nigeria	Male	Civil Society	Africa
White Aidan (Mr), Ethical Journalism Network, Belgium	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Flynn Iarla (Mr), Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google, Australia	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Emerging Issues

Resource Persons	Gender	Stakeholder Group	Region
Davies Timothy (Mr), University of Southampton, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Malcolm Jeremy (Mr), Consumers International, Malaysia	Male	Civil Society	Asia Pacific
Opsahl Kurt (Mr), Electronic Frontier Foundation, US	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
York Jillian (Ms), Electronic Frontier Foundation, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Kivuva Mwendwa (Mr), ISACA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, Kenya	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Vixie Paul (Mr), Internet Systems Consortium, US	Male	Technical Community	WEOG
MARCUS J Scott (Mr), WIK, Germany	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Kulabako Deborah (Ms), DiploFoundation, UGANDA	Female	Private Sector	Africa
Neves Ana (Ms), Government liaison, PORTUGAL	Female	Government	WEOG
Badran Hosein (Mr), Chief Technology Officer, MEA, Cisco Systems, Egypt	Male	Private Sector	Africa
Kelly Sanja (Ms), Project Director, Freedom House, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Ndonnang Victor (Mr), ICT Consultant, Cameroon	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Radu Roxana (Ms), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Radsch Courtney (Ms), Freedom House, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Fernández Juan (Mr), Senior Advisor, Ministry of Informatics and Communications, Cuba	Male	Government	GRULAC
Kende Michael (Mr), Partner at Analysys Mason Limited, Switzerland	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Ige Olugbenga Adedayo (Mr), Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Amosun Peter Adewale (Mr), University of Ibadan, Nigeria	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Ondiek Japheth (Mr), ICT monitoring and evaluation, Kenya	Male	Private Sector	Africa
Ryan Patrick (Mr), Global Policy Counsel, Open Internet, Google Inc., US	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Nair Abhilash, Northumbria University, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Atici Bunyamin (Mr), Assoc.Prof.Dr., Firat University, Turkey	Male	Civil Society	Eastern Europe
Miles Peggy (Ms),President, InterVox Communications, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Haq Naveed, Telecommunication Authority, Pakistan	Male	Government	Asia-Pacific
Hackshaw Tracy (Mr), Chief Solution Architect, National Information & Communication Technology Company, Trinidad and Tobago	Male	Technical Community	GRULAC
Schneider Thomas (Mr), Deputy head of international affairs, Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM), Switzerland	Male	Government	WEOG
Saraswat Mohit (Mr), KPMG, United Arab Emirates	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific
Kikonyogo Robert (Mr), IT Technician/Website Assistant, Kyambogo University, Uganda	Male	Government	Africa
Prakash Pranesh (Mr), Centre for Internet and Society, India	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Tomaszewski Maciej (Mr), European Commission, DG CONNECT, Belgium	Male	Inter-Governmental Organisations	WEOG
Ashton-Hart Nick (Mr), Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), Switzerland	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Harris Michael (Mr), Index on Censorship, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Flynn Iarla (Mr), Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google, Australia	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific
Sadowsky George (Mr), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, US	Male	Technical Community	WEOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Internet Governance for Development [IG4D] cross cutting priority

Resource Persons	Gender	Stakeholder Group	Region
Davies Timothy (Mr), University of Southampton, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Cavalli Olga (Ms), Advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Argentina	Female	Government	GRULAC
McGinnis Tim (Mr), Internet Systems Consortium, Kenya	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Kivuva Mwendwa (Mr), ISACA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, Kenya	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Akoh Ben (Mr), International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Kulabako Deborah (Ms), DiploFoundation, UGANDA	Female	Private Sector	Africa
Hamilton Stuart (Mr), Director of Policy and Advocacy, Netherlands	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Neves Ana (Ms), Government liaison, PORTUGAL	Female	Government	WEOG
Badran Hosein (Mr), Chief Technology Officer, MEA, Cisco Systems, Egypt	Male	Private Sector	Africa
Fernández Juan (Mr), Senior Advisor, Ministry of Informatics and Communications, Cuba	Male	Government	GRULAC
Kende Michael (Mr), Partner at Analysys Mason Limited, Switzerland	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Tewfik Nevine (Ms), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt	Female	Government	Africa
Sidiqi Parwiz (Mr), Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Afghanistan	Male	Government	Asia-Pacific
Ondiek Japheth (Mr), ICT monitoring and evaluation, Kenya	Male	Private Sector	Africa
Ryan Patrick (Mr), Global Policy Counsel, Open Internet, Google Inc., US	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Nwakanma Nnenna (Ms), The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa, Cote d'Ivoire	Female	Private Sector	Africa
Biaou Sourakatou Ramanou (Mr), ICT engineer, Benin	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Haq Naveed, Telecommunication Authority, Pakistan	Male	Government	Asia-Pacific
Gunduz Osman (Mr), Editor-in-Chief, Internet news portal, Azerbaijan	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Kikonyogo Robert (Mr), IT Technician/Website Assistant, Kyambogo University, Uganda	Male	Government	Africa
Kiden Sarah (Ms), Christian University, Uganda	Female	Civil Society	Africa
Prakash Pranesh (Mr), Centre for Internet and Society, India	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Sesan 'Gbenga (Mr), Paradigm Initiative, Nigeria	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Harris Michael (Mr), Index on Censorship, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Rahman Ahm Bazlur (Mr), NGOs Network for Radio and Communication, Bangladesh	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Flynn Iarla (Mr), Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google, Australia	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific
Sadowsky George (Mr), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, US	Male	Technical Community	WEOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Managing Critical Internet Resources

Resource Persons	Gender	Stakeholder Group	Region
Mueller Milton (Mr), Syracuse University School of Information Studies, US	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Kleinwaechter Wolfgang (Mr), University of Aarhus, Germany	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Komakech Brians (Mr), Software Architect, Uganda	Male	Inter-Governmental Organisations	Africa
McGinnis Tim (Mr), Internet Systems Consortium, Kenya	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Kivuva Mwendwa (Mr), ISACA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, Kenya	Male	Technical Community	Africa
SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN (Mr), CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTURE, CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Vixie Paul (Mr), Internet Systems Consortium, US	Male	Technical Community	WEOG
MARCUS J Scott (Mr), WIK, Germany	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Smith William(Mr), Paypal, US	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Badran Hosein (Mr), Chief Technology Officer, MEA, Cisco Systems, Egypt	Male	Private Sector	Africa
Ndonnang Victor (Mr), ICT Consultant, Cameroon	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Fernández Juan (Mr), Senior Advisor, Ministry of Informatics and Communications, Cuba	Male	Government	GRULAC
Ngnoulaye Janvier (Mr), University of Yaounde, Cameroon	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Selli Claudia (Ms), EU Affairs Director, AT&T, Belgium	Female	Private Sector	WEOG
Ryan Patrick (Mr), Global Policy Counsel, Open Internet, Google Inc., US	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Biaou Sourakatou Ramanou (Mr), ICT engineer, Benin	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Thimmesch Peter (Mr), Chief Executive Officer, Denuo, Inc., US	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Gunduz Osman (Mr), Editor-in-Chief, Internet news portal, Azerbaijan	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Schneider Thomas (Mr), Deputy head of international affairs, Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM), Switzerland	Male	Government	WEOG
Hasret Azer (Mr), Chairman, CASCFEN (Central Asian & Southern Caucasian Freedom of Expression Network, Azerbaijan	Male	Civil Society	Eastern Europe
Kikonyogo Robert (Mr), IT Technician/Website Assistant, Kyambogo University, Uganda	Male	Government	Africa
Ashton-Hart Nick (Mr), Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), Switzerland	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Flynn Iarla (Mr), Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google, Australia	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific
Sadowsky George (Mr), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, US	Male	Technical Community	WEOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Security Openness and Privacy

Resource Persons	Gender	Stakeholder Group	Region
Davies Timothy (Mr), University of Southampton, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Malcolm Jeremy (Mr), Consumers International, Malaysia	Male	Civil Society	Asia Pacific
Bollow Norbert (Mr), Self-employed consultant - Systems analyst and technologist – FOSS (Free and Open Source Software), Switzerland	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Guerra Robert (Mr), University of Toronto, Canada	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Opsahl Kurt (Mr), Electronic Frontier Foundation, US	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
York Jillian (Ms), Electronic Frontier Foundation, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Omondi Daniel Otieno (Mr), IT manager, Kenya	Male	Inter-Governmental Organisations	Africa
Kivuva Mwendwa (Mr), ISACA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, Kenya	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Vixie Paul (Mr), Internet Systems Consortium, US	Male	Technical Community	WEOG
MARCUS J Scott (Mr), WIK, Germany	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Hamilton Stuart (Mr), Director of Policy and Advocacy, Netherlands	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Smith William(Mr), Paypal, US	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
SAMUELS Carlton (Mr), Consultant, Jamaica	Male	Civil Society	GRULAC
Badran Hosein (Mr), Chief Technology Officer, MEA, Cisco Systems, Egypt	Male	Private Sector	Africa
Kelly Sanja (Ms), Project Director, Freedom House, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Radsch Courtney (Ms), Freedom House, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Meijer Roelof (Mr), CEO, SIDN, Netherlands	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Seeburn Krishna (Mr), University of Technology, Mauritius	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Ngnoulaye Janvier (Mr), University of Yaounde, Cameroon	Male	Technical Community	Africa
Selli Claudia (Ms), EU Affairs Director, AT&T, Belgium	Female	Private Sector	WEOG
Adeleye Peter Olugbenga (Mr), Youth Crime Watch of Nigeria	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Ondiek Japheth (Mr), ICT monitoring and evaluation, Kenya	Male	Private Sector	Africa
Ileleji Poncelet (Mr), President Information Technology Association, Gambia	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Wangue David Brice (Mr), National Centre for Information Technology Development, Cameroun	Male	Government	Africa
Nair Abhilash, Northumbria University, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Kshetri Nir (Mr),  Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, US	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Miles Peggy (Ms),President, InterVox Communications, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Gunduz Osman (Mr), Editor-in-Chief, Internet news portal, Azerbaijan	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Olugbile Olusegun (Mr), Information Technology Association, Nigeria	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Schneider Thomas (Mr), Deputy head of international affairs, Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM), Switzerland	Male	Government	WEOG
Saraswat Mohit (Mr), KPMG, United Arab Emirates	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific
Kikonyogo Robert (Mr), IT Technician/Website Assistant, Kyambogo University, Uganda	Male	Government	Africa
Bockel Jean-Marie (Mr), Senator of the Haut-Rhin, French Senate	Male	Government	WEOG
Hughes Kirsty (Ms), CEO of Index on Censorship, United Kingdom	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Prakash Pranesh (Mr), Centre for Internet and Society, India	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Ashton-Hart Nick (Mr), Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), Switzerland	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Sesan 'Gbenga (Mr), Paradigm Initiative, Nigeria	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Harris Michael (Mr), Index on Censorship, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Omojowo Taiwo (Mr), Health Informatics Society, Nigeria	Male	Private Sector	Africa
Flynn Iarla (Mr), Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google, Australia	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Taking Stock and the way Forward

Resource Persons	Gender	Stakeholder Group	Region
Malcolm Jeremy (Mr), Consumers International, Malaysia	Male	Civil Society	Asia Pacific
Souter David (Mr), ICT Development Associates, UK	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Kivuva Mwendwa (Mr), ISACA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, Kenya	Male	Technical Community	Africa
MARCUS J Scott (Mr), WIK, Germany	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Neves Ana (Ms), Government liaison, PORTUGAL	Female	Government	WEOG
Radsch Courtney (Ms), Freedom House, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Kende Michael (Mr), Partner at Analysys Mason Limited, Switzerland	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Selli Claudia (Ms), EU Affairs Director, AT&T, Belgium	Female	Private sector	WEOG
Ryan Patrick (Mr), Global Policy Counsel, Open Internet, Google Inc., US	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Nair Abhilash, Northumbria University, UK	Male	Civil Society	WEOG
Fatani Rafid (Mr), Director for Policy and Research - SASIconsult, UK	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Miles Peggy (Ms),President, InterVox Communications, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Schneider Thomas (Mr), Deputy head of international affairs, Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM), Switzerland	Male	Government	WEOG
Saraswat Mohit (Mr), KPMG, United Arab Emirates	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific
Ashton-Hart Nick (Mr), Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), Switzerland	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Sesan 'Gbenga (Mr), Paradigm Initiative, Nigeria	Male	Civil Society	Africa
Ang Peng Hwa (Mr), Internet Research Centre, Singapore	Male	Civil Society	Asia-Pacific
Flynn Iarla (Mr), Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google, Australia	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Others

Resource Persons	Gender	Stakeholder Group	Region
York Jillian (Ms), Electronic Frontier Foundation, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Filip Ondrej (Mr), Consultant, CZECH REPUBLIC	Male	Technical Community	Eastern Europe
Neves Ana (Ms), Government liaison, PORTUGAL	Female	Government	WEOG
Radsch Courtney (Ms), Freedom House, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Ryan Patrick (Mr), Global Policy Counsel, Open Internet, Google Inc., US	Male	Private Sector	WEOG
Miles Peggy (Ms),President, InterVox Communications, US	Female	Civil Society	WEOG
Flynn Iarla (Mr), Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google, Australia	Male	Private Sector	Asia-Pacific