As a senior in-house lawyer of African-European descent, registered as a solicitor in England & Wales and as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany, with more than 10 years strategic and hands-on experience in global contractual, regulatory and corporate hi-tech business I believe that I can add value to this alliance.

My commitment to ICT development in Africa is reflected in numerous inititatives I have undertaken to promote investment in the continent through the multinational companies I have been working for including Canon, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks and now Amadeus.

For many years, I have been involved in structuring and implementing joint venture, outsourcing, manufacturing, technology transfer, licensing and distribution activities between European, U.S. as well as African, Latin American and Asian companies. As a private attorney and business facilitator I have been assisting African and European businesses to be successful in their ventures across borders.

Last year, I designed, co-organized and contributed to a 2-day-workshop at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of IT Excellence in Accra sponsored by the German government and titled "The Internet and Communication Landscape in Ghana". This workshop brought together various local and multinational companies, banks, academia and the government to discuss regulatory, technological, economical and practical issues surrounding the development of ICT infrastructure in Ghana. For your information, I attach copies of the workshop report, a communique issued as a result of the workshop and of the list of resource persons. I am supporting African ICT students in their pursuit for internships in multinational companies. I am also engaged with cross-border Software development initiatives that are aimed at bringing benefits of Open Source Software projects into the wider ICT development frame.

Mr. Addy is a lawyer with extensive experience in the area of ICT and with a genuine interest in how best IT can contribute to development.

He would certainly be an asset to the council.

• Founder & International Coordinator – External Affairs and Partnerships, ICOM. Now nominated for the prestigious and inaugural malaria awards organised by the Malaria Foundation International - University Student of the Year category and the Malaria Project Pioneer of the Year category (see: http://www.malaria.org/mac/6janpress.html). Have over 5,000 hours of project work under my belt

• Have addressed audiences from the University of Ghana to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on broad issues concerning development (Malaria, Millennium Development Goals, and Advocacy)

• Alumnus, Global 21 Online Campus - where I just completed the "Consultancy as a professional option" course

• Semi-finalist, 2006 Annual Youth Action Awards by Nokia/IYF - finalists to be announced soon

• e-Health expert for the Nigerian World Summit Awards Advisory board , WSIS 2005 e-Content awards. Representative of the International Young Professionals Foundation on the Nigerian WSIS Youth National Campaign working team

• Expertise in partnerships, ecommerce, ICT4D (currently working on developing the most innovative, adaptive, integrative online real estate portal for Nigeria - to serve as a hybrid model for Africa), public health, consulting

I am Professor of IS at a top ranking B-School of India and Chief Editor of prestigious Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce (JIBC).

I am associated with Diplo foundation and GKP for spreading the ICT4D/IG in South Asia. I am young academician representing the educated & concern youth of asia.

Dr. Nikhil Agarwal is a young and bright academician working in the field of IG and ICT4D. I would highly rate his knowledge skills. He has become youngest Chief Editor of Journal of Internet Banking & Commerce (JIBC) in 2004. Under his able leadership JIBC has become one of the most respected journal in area of Business & Intnernet. He has taken pedeogic initiatives to develop curriculum in IG area. He has extensively published papers in leading journals and conferences worldwide. His views are expressed in various print/visual media like CNBC, Zee Business, Financial Express to name a few. Currently, he is serving as Professor at a top ranked B-School of India.

I would nominate him for membership of Global Alliance. I firmly believe that he would be able to contribute substantially towards this very important initiative. To best of my knowledge he is creative and suitable for the position.

On softer side he is a extermely good communicator, very popular among students and a good human being.

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/bios/lagatstein.htm

Izumi Aizu is well known as one of the Asia Pacific's Internet pioneers. He has been helping people understand and use the Internet in the region since the early 1990s.

Aizu helped establish two well known Japanese research institutes: the Institute for Hypernetwork Society, which promotes local and regional development through the use of ICTs; and GLOCOM, an academic research institute studying information and network society.

Through his work with GLOCOM he was a member of the G8 Dot Force, organized civil society participation on the WSIS Asia Pacific Region meeting in January 2003, and the WSIS thematic meeting "Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Conference". He was an active contributor in WSIS preparatory conferences and the Geneva and Tunis Summits.

In the late 1990s he was Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Internet Association, and led regional Y2K preparedness activities. He was part of an international team that organized a number of meetings around the world that led to the formation of ICANN, and is now a member of ICANN's At Large Advisory Committee, which helps individuals contribute to and participate in ICANN.

In addition to his work on ICT policy activities, he has collaborated with the UNDP's Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) and IDRC's PAN Asia Networking on ICT for development activities.

AKINSANMI Titilayo is one of two Program Managers of the Global Teenager Project. She has experience spanning the private and public sector working in the broadcasting industry Radio and TV and in mobile telecommunications. She has a passion for connecting people ideas and resources as evidenced in her work with the Youth Caucus of the World Summit on the Information Society, work on ICT and Education and Gender issues. She works towards being a valuable part as concerns not just building a viable information society but in contributing to the development of each life on earth one at a time. She has been an active part of the World Summit on the Information Society over the past five years, serving in the role of Volunteer Global Facilitator in the second phase.

Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:

From ‘words to action’ has been my personal motto as evidenced in my continued participation in the work of the WSIS Youth Caucus (National Youth Campaigns amongst others) - the Global Alliance mandate presents a continuing medium to build on the work that has been initiated from both phases of the WSIS by young people like myself around the world not as a separate entity within the Information Society but as an integral part of the web that makes the Society itself.

AKINSANMI Titilayo is one of two Program Managers of the Global Teenager Project. She has experience spanning the private and public sector working in the broadcasting industry Radio and TV and in mobile telecommunications. She has a passion for connecting people ideas and resources as evidenced in her work with the Youth Caucus of the World Summit on the Information Society, work on ICT and Education and Gender issues. She works towards being a valuable part as concerns not just building a viable information society but in contributing to the development of each life on earth one at a time. She has been an active part of the World Summit on the Information Society over the past five years, serving in the role of Volunteer Global Facilitator in the second phase.

Vision of their contribution to the GA Strategy Council

From 'words to action' has been my personal motto as evidenced in my continued participation in the work of the WSIS Youth Caucus (National Youth Campaigns amongst others) - the Global Alliance mandate presents a continuing medium to build on the work that has been initiated from both phases of the WSIS by young people like myself around the world not as a separate entity within the Information Society but as an integral part of the web that makes the Society itself.

As deputy chairman of Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS), I have participated in the WSIS as part of the civil society. I have joined and worked in many caucuses in WSIS such as the Internet Governance Caucus, The Follow-Up Group, the Privacy and Security Group, and The Arab Caucus. Being a specialist in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the participation in WSIS allowed me to build a better understanding for the role of ICT in the society, advancement of humanity, sustainable development and other issues like the Internet governance. It provided me with the understanding and the scope of the bigger ICT role toward building the information society and our responsibilities to it rather than looking only at the technical side of it. This allowed me to participate in reshaping the role of KITS, focusing not only toward the professionals in the field of ICT but extending it to the social responsibility of using ICT and utilizing it for the benefit of the society and the country. As part of my participation with the privacy and security group, I have delivered their intervention in prepcom II of the WSIS pahse II which took place in Geneva February 2005.

Through the exchange of knowledge, experiences and best practices, my participation in the WSIS reflected in being a consultant to several stakeholders in the Arab World (Governments, Private sectors and Civil Society) on the issues related to Information Society. Part of that was convincing them on the importance of the Civil Society role in the WSIS and making them adopting many positions like supporting the WGIG report as a base for a position on Internet Governance, Supporting the Digital Solidarity fund and giving more attention to the follow-up process. As a result of a team effort, Civil Society became a key player in drafting Information Society strategies in Arab countries. A step that was unprecedented before. One of the recent accomplishments which is considered a result of the participation in the WSIS, was the creation and launch of the Gulf Information and Communication Technology Forum. KITS took the initiative to launch this forum and organized its first meeting in April 17, 2006. The members of the forum are the ICT NGO's that is based in the Gulf States.

On the professional level, I am a senior ICT consultant with more that 15 years of experience. On national Level, I have worked with both government and private sector to improve the Internet service and increase the Internet penetration level, thus allowing more people to access the Internet by reducing service cost, providing higher bandwidth and open the market for several ISPs. I have participated in lobbying and raising awareness on copyright issues, an effort that successfully concluded with passing the copyrights law in Kuwait. I have participated in organizing the management of Kuwait TLD and establishing regulatory procedures for it. Furthermore, I have been a member and served in several ICT related committees on national level and organization level aimed to provide expertise and consultation to the stakeholders.

Vision of their contribution to the GA Strategy Council

In the spirit of Article 4 of the WSIS Geneva declaration of Principles which stated that "Communication is a fundamental social process, a basic human need and the foundation of all social organization", we should concentrate on utilizing ICT for the good of humanity and building and inclusive information society. We should focus our attention on the right of all for equal access to knowledge and information, bridging the digital divide and evolve it into digital inclusion. We should help the developing countries in building their capacity on all levels in the field of ICT with orienting them more toward building the information society. It is important to help developing countries to use ICT as tool for sustainable development. Values and rights like the freedom of expression, gender equality and poverty reduction should be addressed. We should ensure that the poor, the disadvantaged and the disabled will be able to benefit from the progress made in the ICT field. We should reduce the gap between the advanced and less advanced in ICT and create the right social and economical mechanisms for this purpose. Issues such as capacity building, enabling environment, security and confidence should be looked on for the benefit of all. We should ensure that cultural diversity will be dealt with in an equal fair manner in all aspects with the goal of bringing the world together. It is important for us to share, contribute, learn and exchange our knowledge, information, experiences and best practices with the ability to reflect them on our societies, countries and regions. It is in that spirit that I view my participation in the GA strategy council.

Participating in the WSIS process and being exposed to the world community allowed me to build experience and knowledge in the area of Information Society and role of ICT in it. While many (governments and private sector) in my part of the world lacked the proper understanding of issues related to Information Society, I was committed to raise awareness and build the necessary background to understand the issues related to ICT and Information Society. I have been committed to multi stakeholder involvement as well as an advocate for evolutionary build up process in issues related to ICT and Information Society. Furthermore, I have been committed to the free flow of information and the freedom of access to knowledge and information. I have lobbied against attempts to harm these rights. I have the capability to handle the workload of the GA Strategy Council.

Mr. Kamel Ayadi served as Minister of State in the Tunisian government from 2004 to 2006. He is also the President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations .He served as President of the Tunisian National Authority of Regulation of Telecommunications from 2001 to 2004.

Since 1999, he has also been Vice President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) and President of WFEO's Committee on Information and Communication. He is an expert in information and communication technologies (ICT) and in particular, the regulatory issues of ICT. He wrote and authored more than 50 papers in several issues ,particularly ICT,science and technology ,education ,capacity building etc. He has organized, and lectured in, more than 60 congresses and conferences on ICT and environment issues. He is a member of the United Nations Task Force for Science and Innovation. He has been closely involved in the preparation of the World Summit on the Information Society. He has organised more than 10 international events within the frame work of the WSIS and was elected in 2002 as a member of the WSIS Civil Society Bureau representing the Science and technology family. He carried out several international studies on telecommunication pricing .As the president of the regulatory authority he settled several disputes between telecommunications operator.

Kamel Ayadi was formerly Head of the International Cooperation Department at the Waste Water Department (ONAS) and Director of Technical

Cooperation at ONAS. He served as President of the Tunisian Order of Engineers from 1998-2002 and as Secretary-General from 1990-1998

Mr. Kamel Ayadi used to be Minister of State in the Tunisian government from 2004 to 2006. He is also the President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations .He served as President of the Tunisian National Authority of Regulation of Telecommunications from 2001 to 2004.

Since 1999, he has also been Vice President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) and President of WFEO's Committee on Information and Communication. He is an expert in information and communication technologies (ICT) and in particular, the regulatory issues of ICT. He wrote and authored more than 50 papers in several issues, particularly ICT,science and technology, education, capacity building etc. He has organized, and lectured in, more than 60 congresses and conferences on ICT and environment issues. He is a member of the United Nations Task Force for Science and Innovation. He has been closely involved in the preparation of the World Summit on the Information Society. He has organised more than 10 international events within the frame work of the WSIS and was elected in 2002 as a member of the WSIS Civil Society Bureau representing the Science and technology family till 2004. He carried out several international studies on telecommunication pricing .As the president of the regulatory authority he settled several disputes between telecommunications operator.

Kamel Ayadi was formerly Head of the International Cooperation Department at the Waste Water Department (ONAS) and Director of Technical Cooperation at ONAS. He served as President of the Tunisian Order of Engineers from 1998-2002 and as Secretary-General from 1990-1998

Vision of their contribution to the GA Strategy Council

As the president of the world wide engineering organisations leadership, Mr Ayadi’s contribution to the “Strategy Council” of the Global Alliance will consists of mobilizing the engineering community towards the achievement of the Alliance’s goals. He is in position to help create and encourage partnership between engineering organizations to promote ICT4D projects. He will contribute to the debate within the alliance actors and provide input from engineering and scientific perspective. He is able to mainstream the global ICT agenda into the global agenda of engineering organizations by taking advantage of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations’ networks. He will seek to contribute to the identification of technological solutions to help achieve the global vision of ICT for development.He will help disseminate the findings of the Alliance at a global level, encourage interaction between civil society actors and seek partnership between them.

My experience has shown me that Africa particularly Sub-Saharan Africa is almost totally non-participative in the Global arena of ICTs. I want to bring onboard the issues from this part of the world of which I am part and know quite intimately and raise them on the agenda of the Council. We cannot talk about high principles and rhetoric without meaningful involvement and intergration.

Besides as part of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) I represent over one hundred members of the Federation and hence a large and critical constituency in the civil society movement. The voice, networks and resources of the Federation would be a valuable addition to the Strategy Council.

Additionally, the experience I have and the work we are carrying out in East Africa on the MDGs does present important experiences ands examples that can be shared for the benefit of especially the Developing World.

As a member of the African Caucus and having participated in the various national, regional and international fora, I have picked useful experiences and information that would richly enrich the Council work.

Our (UNA Uganda) exposed me to the dire gaps that grossly disadvantage the rural youth. This is a constituency that I want to bring to the fore of the agenda of the Council because they constitute hundreds of millions of people and critical to the realisation of the MDGs or the failure thereof. I also do interact with young people particularly as a lecturer and since this is in the media sector, I would share my experiences with the other Council members on how to mobilise the media effectively to promote our objectives and activities.

Finally, I enjoy the confidence and have been supported by all the members of the WFUNA Task Force on WSIS.

Ma. Victoria 'Mavic' C. Balleza is a development worker from the Philippines who has worked mainly on media, information and communication issues and how they impact on women. She's been active in lobbying and advocacy work at the national, regional and international levels to effect change on policies that concern women, media and the new information and communication technologies. She has produced radio programs and other broadcast materials for community radios, as well as government and private commercial radios. She initiated the peacebuilding cyberdialogues project of the International Women's Tribune Centre that combines the power of ICTs with the broad reach of community radio to promote women's participation in decision-making on peace and security issues. She also edits and writes for a number of international publications.

Mavic co-coordinated the work of the NGO Gender Strategies Working Group during the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. She was also active in the Community Media Working Group in the Geneva and Tunis phases of WSIS.

Mavic is a Senior Programme Associate of the International Women's Tribune Centre where she is in-charge of producing radio programs, print and online publications and other media and ICT materials to highlight women and peace building issues. She is also the Vice President of AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) representing the Women's International Network. Concurrently, she is a member of the Steering Committee of the Working Group on Gender Issues of the International Telecommunication Union, board member of the Asian Communication Network, and a member of the Oversight Panel for UNDP's Information Disclosure Policy.

Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:

My specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council will be coming from a gender and Global South perspective and analysis in ICT for development. This will be informed by my extensive experience in using the combination of community media and ICTs to facilitate women's participation in policy and decision making at all levels. I will also bring in my organization's (IWTC) excellent track record in using ICTs to support grassroots women's initiatives in poverty alleviation. My active involvement with different multilateral organizations working on ICT policy development such as the International Telecommunication Union and UNDP as civil society representative, will also help ensure ICT policy coherence.

I have been working in the field of ICT and Development for over ten years now. For your kind information, I was the Research Coordinator for the UNDP Regional Human Development Report 2005 entitled “ICT and Human Development: Realizing the Millennium Development Goals”. I have also published a number of papers in leading international books and journals on the impact of ICT on various aspects of human development.

I am currently the Secretary-General of the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), which has carried out a number of projects and initiatives in the field of ICT and Development. AMIC also administers the unique Pan Asia ICT R&D Grants programme which has been supporting cutting edge and innovative ICT R&D projects across the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr Barker specializes in attaining practical and successful results for early stage enterprises, with a keen emphasis on research, marketing & leadership - while enjoying life to the full. Relevant ICT projects include (1) leadership position with an international satellite company that aims to provide cheap wireless broadband access to the world's poor, (2) deploying leading edge internet technologies to farmers in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia, (3) facilitating early stage growth in print & media enterprises- including mid sized conferences, (4) applying intellectual horse power and a wide range of entrepreneurial skills towards radio station start-ups and, (5) delivering and promoting aid organization's programs that benefit some of the poorest communities in South East Asia.

While promoting the UN Global e-schools and e-community initiative, UN General-Secretary, Kofi Annan, stated: "While education unlocks the door to development, increasingly it is information technologies that can unlock the door to education."

ICI -> ICT -> Education -> Capacity Building -> Development -> Sustainable Development.

If Mr Barker's nomination is approved, his strength might focus on (but not be limited to) these stated outcomes: (a) helping to identify technological solutions that specifically meet MDGs, (b) helping to forge strategic partnerships and (c) backing innovative business models that empower people who presently live in poverty.

A journalist by profesion, Roberto Bissio, is the executive director of The Third World Institute, a non-profit organization committed to promote South-South information exchange and the access of communities and citizen organizations to information. He is chief editor of the reference book "The World Guide", published every two years in English, Spanish, Italian and Portyuguese with a development perspective on international relations. Under his direction, the Third World Institute started in 1989 the first Internet Service Provider in Uruguay and also UruguayTotal, the most visted "portal" and directory of the country.

The Institute sued the Uruguayan government in 1991, forcing it to change monopolistic regulations that made Internet access difficult for the public, it initiated projects to provide access for blind people and has actively promoted the use of ICT tools by international civil society organizations and campaigners.

Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:

Roberto Bissio can contribute to the council a Southern perspective, and one based on years of experience in monitoring governmental policies by civil society organizations.

A journalist by profesion, Roberto Bissio, is the executive director of The Third World Institute, a non-profit organization committed to promote South-South information exchange and the access of communities and citizen organizations to information. He is chief editor of the reference book "The World Guide", published every two years in English, Spanish, Italian and Portyuguese with a development perspective on international relations. Under his direction, the Third World Institute started in

1989 the first Internet Service Provider in Uruguay and also UruguayTotal, the most visted "portal" and directory of the country.

The Institute sued the Uruguayan government in 1991, forcing it to change monopolistic regulations that made Internet access difficult for the public, it initiated projects to provide access for blind people and has actively promoted the use of ICT tools by international civil society organizations and campaigners.

Vision of their contribution to the GA Strategy Council

Roberto Bissio can contribute to the council a Southern perspective, and one based on years of experience in monitoring governmental policies by civil society organizations.

Renate Bloem, a Swiss national born in Germany, completed her studies in Medicine, Languages and Literature at the Universities of Bonn, Munich and New York (Columbia University) and started her academic career by teaching at international schools and cultural institutions worldwide.

Since 1985 she dynamically engaged in the NGO work. As a strong advocate for human rights, in particular for the human rights of women and children, she was actively involved in the Drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, (Art. 37d) and, after its adoption, in the promotion of children's rights.

As UN Representative for the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women, she led her organization to the World Conferences on Human Rights (Vienna 1993), the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995) and the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (Stockholm 1996) in 1997. After being elected President of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women (Geneva) and Co-ordinating Committee Member of the NGO Forum for Health, she also served as Member of the Management Team of the Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children.

Ms. Bloem engaged in many national and international seminars and consultations, amongst which: "Gender and Health" in 1998 (in collaboration with the WHO), "Seoul International Conference of NGOs" in 1999 and numerous others, being heavily involved in lobbying, advocacy and caucuses set-up within UN meetings.

In January 2000, together with her Committee on the Status of Women, she organized the NGO Working Session, preceding the ECE Regional Preparatory Meeting for Beijing+5, largely hailed as a model for NGO/UN partnership, and got actively involved in the whole review process of Beijing and Copenhagen+5.

Elected CONGO President at the General Assembly in November 2000 and re-elected in December 2003, she has been involved in numerous UN meetings, led CONGO delegations to the World Conference against Racism, to the World Summit on Sustainable Development and organized through the CONGO Working Group on Asia the Asian Civil Society Forum 2002 and 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand and, together with Latin American NGO networks, the NGO Seminar in Santiago, Chile. Together with her CONGO Team she has been at the forefront of supporting Civil Society in the process of the World Summit of the Information Society (Geneva and Tunis).

Vision of their contribution to the GA Strategy Council

I have been involved both outside and within my functions at the Conference of NGOs in supporting the UN development agenda. In particular I have been supporting the role of NGOs and civil society entities in their advocacy towards stronger international commitments and for more effective and coherent implementation processes.

The organisation of NGO fora on themes related to the achievement of the MDGs and the other internationally agreed development goals made me fully part and support of the development community at the UN.

Within the Global Alliance, I see an opportunity to develop a strong and efficient movement for achieving the MDGs through ICT4D policies. The global and multi-stakeholder nature of the Alliance will develop an innovative framework in a cross sectoral manner for the first in the UN development agenda. This opportunity is also a challenge at the scale of the over development efforts of the UN system.

After the Millennium+5 review Summit in September 2005, I see the Global Alliance as an innovative framework to improve the NGO input in the definition of development orientation and policies. It must also become of model for cooperation between actors at the local level, in the regions, and within the international institutions.

My role within the Global Alliance Strategy Council would therefore be around the crystallisation of development oriented NGOs and the expression of their concerns and expectations, taking into account the specific problems of NGOs working directly within the UN and of those working in the field.

ST Foundation develops, coordinates, and sponsors projects that through the use of modern sciences and/or high technology can contribute to improve the living conditions of less privileged communities around the world. Priority areas of intervention are education, health, environment and sustainable development.

ST Foundation operates in one or both of the following geographical regions: in developing countries in which there is a need to overcome social, economic, and technological inequalities to achieve human progress and economic growth; in countries where STMicroelectronics has a strong presence, including specific areas of developed countries where economic distress still persist.

ST Foundation wants to share and build on values of social and environmental responsibility amongst corporations and individuals operating in an ever shrinking global village.

ST Foundation seeks to encourage the culture of non-profit, of donation and of volunteerism amongst STMicroelectronics employees, through actions such as the creation of gift matching campaigns and the involvement of volunteer participation of STMicroelectronics employees worldwide in ST Foundation's projects.

ST Foundation also supports selected projects of deserving NGOs in the field of sustainable development and ICT for development, and in exceptional cases contributions for emergency relief aid.

ST Foundation has chosen not to fund or sponsor the following:

• individual scholarships or other forms of individual financial assistance

• political or lobbying groups, candidates, or campaign

• sport-related sponsorships

• fund-raising events, dinners, conferences, or receptions.

Steve was engaged in the WSIS process from the initial opening to representatives of civil society and he is broadly considered to have been a driving force in it. His understanding of the critical role that communications play in contemporary social formations is exceeded only by his commitment to espousing the interests of those who are too often excluded from the table. Even a cursory glance at the attached biographical gloss gives one a sense of Buckley's global knowledge of the communications landscape from the grassroots to the highest policy levels. During his tenure as president of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), significant strides were made in developing community media in Asia, ICT infrastructure was provided for many of our African member stations, and the organization integrated communication rights and human rights generally into its mandated work program. His capacity to imagine is matched by his capacity to actualize, his individual energies by his skills in developing consensus.

British journalist, based in Ecuador since 1983. At present Executive Director of ALAI. Co-coordinator of the CS Content and Themes group during the Geneva phase of the WSIS. Writer on issues relating to ICTs, globalization and social organizations; co-author of three books on these issues. Coordinator of the global APC Women´s Networking Support Program (1993-1995); founding president of the first e-mail network in Ecuador (Intercom-Ecuanex: 1990-2).

Visión de su contribución especifica al consejo de la Alianza Global/Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:

Will emphasize social aspects; technology at the service of peoples; a communication rights focus. Can bring inside knowledge of how rural, indigenous, women´s and other organized groups in Latin America are approaching communication and ICTs. Has developed a critical focus on the conventional discourse and approach to the digital divide and development issues.

British journalist, based in Ecuador since 1983. At present Executive Director of ALAI. Co-coordinator of the CS Content and Themes group during the Geneva phase of the WSIS. Writer on issues relating to ICTs, globalization and social organizations; co-author of three books on these issues. Coordinator of the global APC Women´s Networking Support Program (1993-1995); founding president of the first e-mail network in Ecuador (Intercom-Ecuanex: 1990-2).

Vision of their contribution to the GA Strategy Council

Will emphasize social aspects; technology at the service of peoples; a communication rights focus. Can bring inside knowledge of how rural, indigenous, women´s and other organized groups in Latin America are approaching communication and ICTs. Has developed a critical focus on the conventional discourse and approach to the digital divide and development issues.

Member, World Summit Award 2003 & 2005 Experts Panel

Member, World Summit Award (WSA) Grand Jury 2003

Member, Digital Divide Network / Philippine Computer Society (5-time Board Director) / Phil. Society of It Educators (former VP-Internal)

Teacher/Educator/Administrator for 30 years now

Andy Carvin is coordinator of the Digital Divide Network, an online community of more than 8,000 activists, policymakers, business leaders and researchers in over 130 countries working to find solutions to the digital divide. Andy is the author of the pioneering online education resource EdWeb: Exploring Technology and School Reform, launched in 1994. Named by NetGuide magazine as "One of the Top 50 Places to Go Online," EdWeb was one of the first websites to advocate the use of the World Wide Web in education. Andy is the founder and moderator of WWWEDU, the Internet's oldest and largest email forum on the role of the Web in education, and DIGITALDIVIDE, the Internet's premiere discussion group for examining digital divide issues. He also served as creator and moderator of SEPT11INFO, one of the most successful online communities created in the hours following terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Andy has been featured in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Harvard Educational Review, Education Week, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Village Voice, Wired, San Jose Mercury News, The Industry Standard and the second edition of The Internet Unleashed, published by Sams/MacMillan. Before coming to the Benton Foundation, Andy served as New Media Program Officer for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, where he developed Internet-related grant programs for the public broadcasting community.

In October 2005, Andy was chosen as a member of the Technology Review 35, an annual list of leading technology advocates under the age of 35. In December 2001, he was named by District Administration magazine as one of America's top 25 edtech advocates. Andy received similar honors from eSchoolNews in 1999 when they named him a member of its Impact 30 list of edtech leaders. He is a former member of the board of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), which advocates policies advancing the role of information technology in schools. From 1999 to 2001, he served on the Board of Directors for the Asia/Pacific Center for Justice and Peace, a consortium of NGOs that promotes democracy, freedom of speech and freedom of religion across Asia.

Andy holds a bachelor of science in rhetoric and a master of arts in telecommunications policy from Northwestern University, where he received the prestigious Annenberg/Washington graduate fellowship. While living in Illinois, he was co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Chicago-area arts weekly, Art+Performance.

As you know I have been a member of the ICT TF for the last four years, as well as a member of the ICT Indicators and MDG Mapping Working Group. While working for the vice-presidency of Bolivia as Director of the Agency for the Development of the Information Society I represented Bolivia in the entire WSIS process up to Geneva.

I also like to point out that I was able to include Bolivia in the Global e-schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI), an ICT Task Force initiative. I hope to be involved in this program in the near future. Finally I have been doing consulting work for ICC/WTO/UNCTAD as a Bolivian expert in e-commerce for SMEs.

ORBICOM is the international network of UNESCO Chairs in communication. Its purpose is to foster co-operation between academics, scientists, professionals and industrialists specialized in the field of communication. ORBICOM has some 250 members in 71 countries.

I am an Internet Policy, Law & Advocacy Consultant having a long and rich experience of working with the stakeholders of the Internet Community – the Government, Industry, NGOs and the academic sector in the internationally with specific focus on South Asian region. My multidisciplinary and multistakeholder experience will be immensely helpful for the Internet Governance Forum. In my personal capacity and through various stakeholders I have been involved in various issues relevant to the Internet Governance Forum – like Internet Law & Policy development, Cyber crime and security, Regulating SPAM, Privacy issues, e-advocacy, capacity building of the Civil Society, Egovernance projects, Democracy projects,ICT For Development, outreach activities, Consumer protection, Bridging the digital divide through legal and policy reforms, Human rights on the Internet etc. Having a good networking among the Civil Society organisations enable me to have access to these organisations and understand their requirements. Further I can contribute to the Global Alliance by holding regional consultations and feeding into the main consultations. I will be able to give the developing country’s perspective and the regional perspective from the South Asian region as well as a multidisciplinary perspective to the Global Alliance.

As the country co-ordinator of the project Global Internet Policy Initiative it is one of my objective to encourage the penetration of the Internet in South Asian region specifically India with the involvement of the Non profit sector, Academic organisations, Civil Society organisations etc. To achieve this goal I have been involved in the e- Capacity building of the NGO sector towards use of Internet in their activities.

As the Advisor & Trustee of Center for Communications Law & Policy Research, I am involved in the research and analysis of the Internet Law & Policy and awareness of these issues. I am involved in the capacity building of the stakeholders regarding the Internet Law & Policy Issues through advocacy, lecturing, writing, holding seminars, workshops etc.

Relevant Non Profit Leadership Roles held

• Honoray Policy & legal Director of National Internet Exchange of India and .IN Registry

• Policy Advisor, Center for Communications Law & Policy Research. Also Convener of Internet Governance Task Force

• Advisor to the Diplo Foundation Malta for the Internet Governance Capacity Building Project

• Member Managing Committee Computer Society of India, New Delhi Chapter

• Secretary Action Group, a civic welfare organization in Delhi

• Founding Member & President of Internet Society, ISOC New Delhi Chapter

Accomplishments in the Internet Community

I have been an active advocate for consensus based reforms of laws and regulations governing the Internet particularly in India so that Internet reaches the masses. Some examples of my achievements include :

• Facilitated the setting up of the Internet Exchange in India www.nixi.in by providing legal, technical and policy support to the stakeholders and convincing them of the need of Internet exchange(s) for the betterment of Internet in India.

• Successfully advocated the opening up of Internet Telephony in India by bringing together the Civil Society and campaigning for the same - continuing to advocate for the complete opening of Internet Telephony in the interest of the users, Advocated De-licensing of ISM Band, thus promoting Internet through wireless (WiFi & WiMax).

• I have been instrumental in liberalising of the .IN cctld policy in India and involved in the drafting and implementation of the Sunrise Policy, .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and selection of Arbitrators and Regisrars.Also involved in the IDN implementation in India.

• Involved in the ammendments of the Information and Communications Act of India with special focus to make the Act technology neutral and introducing a much liberal safe harbour provision for the ISPs.

• Organised ICT Policy Capacity Building Workshop for the Civil Society - the first such workshop in the South Asian region to strengthen the civil society's participation in the ICT policy making at the national and international levels, Organised various events to educate the stakeholders about the need for reforms in the regulations governing the Internet, Editor of www.ictpolicy.org - a comprehensive website pertaining to ICT Policies & Laws ; moderator of the electronic discussion group on ICT Polices ictpolicy@yahoogroups.com ; I have spoken at various national and international forums and suggested policy initiatives and regulatory reforms to maximise Internet growth such as the ITU's Telecom User Group's meeting in Thailand, Computer, Privacy and Freedom Conference at San Francisco, APRICOT in Taiwan, CAN conference in Kathmandu, Nepal; Workshop on National Internet Policies held in Geneva.

Rishi Chawla is a young and dynamic ICT professional working in the field of ICT Policy, ICT Laws, Capacity Building of Civil Society, Advocating ICT Policy & Law reforms in the developing countries, promotion of Egovernance, ICT For Development etc. He has been instrumental in creating the National Internet Exchange of India and the .IN Registry and serves as a Founding Director on the board safeguarding the interests of the Civil Society and the Internet Users.

Rishi is a multidisciplinary professional having good qualifications, experience and knowledge of Technolgy, Laws, ICT Policies, Management and the Non Profit Sector.

He has been sensitising the Civil Society and other stakeholders on the issues of ICT Laws and Policies through www.ICTPolicy.org and the discussion group ictpolicy@yahoogroups.com

He has several presentations to his credit and has authored several papers on ICT Policies and laws.

Rishi will bring along with him a diverse experience and an extensive social network resulting from his memberships of various Professional and Non Profit organisations. He is the Managing Trustee of Center for Communications Law & Policy Research and serves as President on the governing council of Internet Society New Delhi Chapter, Secretary on the governing board of Action Group (a civic welfare society in India), Life Member and member governing board on the Computer Society of India, Member All India Management Association,International Bar Assocation, National Bar Associations.

Rishi Chawla is a young and dynamic ICT professional working in the field of ICT Policy, ICT Laws, Capacity Building of Civil Society, Advocating ICT Policy & Law reforms in the developing countries, promotion of Egovernance, ICT For Development etc. He has been instrumental in creating the National Internet Exchange of India and the .IN Registry and serves as a Founding Director on the board safeguarding the interests of the Civil Society and the Internet Users.

Rishi is a multidisciplinary professional having good qualifications, experience and knowledge of Technolgy, Laws, ICT Policies, Management and the Non Profit Sector.

He has been sensitising the Civil Society and other stakeholders on the issues of ICT Laws and Policies through www.ICTPolicy.org and the discussion group ictpolicy@yahoogroups.com

He has several presentations to his credit and has authored several papers on ICT Policies and laws.

Rishi will bring along with him a diverse experience and an extensive social network resulting from his memberships of various Professional and Non Profit organisations. He is the Managing Trustee of Center for Communications Law & Policy Research and serves as President on the governing council of Internet Society New Delhi Chapter, Secretary on the governing board of Action Group (a civic welfare society in India), Life Member and member governing board on the Computer Society of India, Member All India Management Association, International Bar Assocation, National Bar Associations.

His profile is available at http://www.connect-world.com/Articles/2006/AP_I-11-RishiChawla.htm

He has been actively involved in the capacity building of civil society organisations so as to improve their participation in the ICT Policy processes at the national and international level.

He was instrumental in the opening up of internet telephony and ISM Band in India.

Mr. Chawla has a very co-operative nature and has excellent communications skills and works very closely with the ICT stakeholders in India.

Rishi Chawla is a young and dynamic ICT professional working in the field of ICT Policy, ICT Laws, Capacity Building of Civil Society, Advocating ICT Policy & Law reforms in the developing countries, promotion of Egovernance, ICT For Development etc. He has been instrumental in creating the National Internet Exchange of India and the .IN Registry and serves as a Founding Director on the board safeguarding the interests of the Civil Society and the Internet Users.

Rishi is a multidisciplinary professional having good qualifications, experience and knowledge of Technolgy, Laws, ICT Policies, Management and the Non Profit Sector.

He has been sensitising the Civil Society and other stakeholders on the issues of ICT Laws and Policies through www.ICTPolicy.org and the discussion group ictpolicy@yahoogroups.com

He has several presentations to his credit and has authored several papers on ICT Policies and laws.

Rishi will bring along with him a diverse experience and an extensive social network resulting from his memberships of various Professional and Non Profit organisations. He is the Managing Trustee of Center for Communications Law & Policy Research and serves as President on the governing council of Internet Society New Delhi Chapter, Secretary on the governing board of Action Group (a civic welfare society in India), Life Member and member governing board on the Computer Society of India, Member All India Management Association, International Bar Assocation, National Bar Associations.

Mr. Chawla has rich experience and knowledge of working for the promotion of ICTs. He knows all the concerned stakeholders (Government, Business, NGOs and Users.) He is not only dynamic, intelligent and experienced but is very co-operative and likes to share his knowledge and experience with the youngsters. He is a very good communicator and motivator.

Mr. Chawla has rich experience and knowledge of working for the promotion of ICTs. He knows all the concerned stakeholders (Government, Business, NGOs and Users.) He is not only dynamic, intelligent and experienced but is very co-operative and likes to share his knowledge and experience with the youngsters. He is a very good communicator and motivator.

The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit operating foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in schools. Since that time, we have been documenting, disseminating, and advocating for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools to help these practices spread nationwide. We are starting to work internationally, ..i

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I am a woman or a lady. I am matured. I have twenty years of experience in socio-economic development issues. Since the last eight years I have been commited to ICT for the socio-economic growth and development of Malawi.

Noting inaptly low output of graduates in ICT from Malawi's tertiary education/training institutions, in 1998, I spearheaded expansion of the then computer training centre from an annual output capacity of 20 diploma graduates to 200 diploma graduates and 20 degree graduates by year 2004.

Noting lack of ICT policy and startegy in the Civil Service, in year 2000, I negotiated for financial resources from both Govenment and Donors/well wishers/cooperating partners to enhance ICT awareness among top public servants and to develop ICT policy and startegy for the Civil Service.

I am the CEO of a South African company that has for that last 8 years pioneered the use of technology to deliver electronic payments to developing economies.

We are motivated by the fact that we are Africans resolving African issues. If we are successful our solutions can result in substantial GDP growth in the countries where we operate.

We created solutions that are currently being used in Rwanda, Cote D'Ivoire, Nigeria, Namibia, Lebanon and South Africa.

Our solutions are innovative in that we use mother tongue interaction and minimal infrastructure to achieve our goals.

I believe that I have the practical and technical experience in electonic commerce that would be of benefit to the Task Force.

Since 1999 he has directed the award-winning Collaboratory on Technology Enhanced Learning Communities (Cotelco), a social science research lab investigating the social and technical factors that influence geographically distributed collaborative knowledge work, particularly between developed and developing countries. Cogburn's research focuses on exploring the socio-technical infrastructure required to enhance the participation of developing countries and civil society organizations in global governance processes in information and communication policy. He worked with the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC), as Africa regional director, and Founding Executive Director of GIIC Africa. He was an active participant in tboth phases of WSIS, starting with Prepcom II of WSIS - Geneva and is a partner in the Internet Governance Project.  He is the co-author of A Global Alliance for ICT: Bringing Policy Making to the Public and the Public to Policy Making. Professor Cogburn received his Ph.D. in political science (International Relations, Political Economy, and Comparative Politics) from Howard University in 1996 where he was a W.K. Kellogg doctoral fellow at the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center.

John Dada, Programs Director, Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria. Founded in 1996 in Jos, Nigeria, Fantsuam Foundation is a non profit organization aimed at pioneering gender and youth focused micro finance and ICT services and development in rural communities of Nigeria.

Poverty alleviation is our goal through a multi sectoral approach. Our basic objective is to empower women in rural areas of the country to work their ways out of poverty, promoting the use of ICT in support of traditional Governance in rural development, education, rural-urban-rural and rural-rural connectivity, eCommerce, IT transfer for the manufacture of tropical solar-powered computers in our rural areas, accessibility. These are just a few of what we do.

John's background is in academic research, nursing and rural community development, a trained nurse. Fantsuam Foundation is sharing and building information for rural development, facilitating the achieving of MDGs in rural Nigeria through ICT-enabled community development. He has served as Chair of the African Technical Advisory Committee of the UN's Economic Commission for Africa, member of PICTA, membership committee of the Global Knowledge Partnership and Executive Board of the Association for Progressive Communications. Fantsuam Foundation's efforts has been profiled on CNN's Global Challenges and BBC World (www.fantsuam.org)

Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:

Providing a reality check of what ICTs are doing, can do and cannot do, to facilitate grassroots development

In sum I have two major attachments to your work.

1. as an executive director of an NGO that collects, refurbishes and sends computers to needy schools

2. as a teacher, trainer and manager of ICT for education projects - specifically for UNESCO.

I am qualified for participation through my educational background with a doctorate in international development education and experienced in the fields of ICT for education and development.

My major area is Capacity Building at the programme level to achive the vision of the NeGP.

I have been a fellow at the United Nations- Working Group on Internet Governence in Geneva and have been a part of WGIG consultations. Contributed towards the final report of the WGIG process. (www.wgig.org)

With over 7 years of professional experience, I have been an academician and a researcher. I am a Ph.D in e-Business process transformations for developing new business models, an MBA by training, and have international publications to conceptualize "offline empowerment". I am also a Certified Programmer and Certified Solution Developer.

Presently, I am tutoring the Internet Governence Capacity Building Programme of the Diplo Foundation, Geneva, for Asia region.

I wish to contribute substantially towards this global movement of envisioning the ICT and development together. Hence submitting my nomination for the Global Alliance Strategy Council.

More than 25 years in various fields as:

• education, literacy, training, related to employment, environment, entrepreneurship, migration and Development in general;

• ICTs and development in Africa and the world, with a specific accent on development of human resources and access to infrastructures

More than 25 years in various fields as:

• education, literacy, training, related to employment, environment, entrepreneurship, migration and Development in general;

• ICTs and development in Africa and the world, with a specific accent on development of human resources and access to infrastructures

Kunda Dixit is a Nepali journalist and graduate of Columbia University. He worked as news reporter for the BBC at UN Headquarters in New York from 1985-86, and then as Asia-Pacific director of Inter Press Service from 1987 to 1995. He returned to Nepal in 1996 to head Panos Institute South Asia, and is currently editor and publisher of Nepali Times and the Himal magazine in Kathmandu and co-publisher of Himal Southasian Magazine, to find out how Nepalese journalists have managed to break out of the silence. He is also author of the book, Dateline Earth: Journalism As If The Planet Mattered).

Vision of their specific contribution to the GA Strategy Council:

Kunda Dixit is commiited to addressing the issue of digital divide globally and within countries including issues of ensuring localisation of computers for the Internet, etc. and promioting the use of IT in spreading literacy in Nepal and countries in similar levels of development.

Pavan Duggal is a practising Advocate in the Supreme Court of India at New Delhi, having specialized in the newly emerging field of Cyberlaw & E-Commerce law in the last few years. An internationally renowned expert and authority on Cyberlaw, Pavan has also the credit of having done pioneering work in the field of Convergence Law.

He is the Founder President of Cyberlaw Asia, Asia’s pioneering organization committed to the passing of dynamic cyberlaws in the Asian continent. Cyberlaw Asia is engaged in the process of creating greater awareness about Cyberlaws in different countries of Asia. Pavan has been associated with UNESCO on Ethical, Legal, and Societal Challenges of Cyberspace in Asia and the Pacific.

Pavan is a member of the ICANN Nominating Committee representing the Asia Pacific region.

He is Member of Membership Advisory Committee of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He is also member of the Membership Implementation Task Force (MITF) of ICANN and is involved in the legal issues of At Large Membership of this global body.

He is an Expert on the Board of Experts of European Commission’s Dr. ECommerce.

Pavan is the Member of the Public Interest Registry’s. Org Advisory Council.

Pavan is a member of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre Panel of Neutrals. He has taken an active part in the regional deliberations at Hyderabad relating to the Domain Names Policy formulation undertaken by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

He is the consultant to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on the Asia Pacific Conference on Cybercrime and Information Security 2002.

Pavan is the member of AFACT Legal Working Group of UN/CEFACT. Pavan is associated with EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Centre) as an Indian expert for the preparation of its Privacy and Human Rights, 2003 Report.

Pavan has been associated with International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO, Geneva as the Cyberlaw expert for conducting seminars on legal aspects relating to E-commerce in Mumbai and Bangalore.

Pavan has vetted and reviewed the e-primer on Cyberlaw prepared by an e-Asian Task Force as an expert authority.

Pavan has been invited to be an Associated fellow of the Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law and Policy (CAPTEL) at Singapore.

He is a member of Panel of Arbitrators of the Regional Centre for Arbitration, Kuala Lumpur.

Pavan has been invited to join Indian Chapter of the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance.

Pavan is the President of Cyberlaws.Net, The Cyberlaw Consultancy, which is Internet's unique and first ever consultancy dedicated exclusively to the new field of Cyberlaws. He is engaged in providing online consultancy relating to various issues of Cyberlaws and E-commerce.

He is advising the Controller of Certifying Authorities, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India on issues concerning the Indian Cyberlaw namely, The Information Technology Act, 2000. He is also the Member of the IT Act Legal Advisory Group constituted by the Controller of Certifying Authorities.

Pavan Duggal has testified before the Indian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, on the Communication Convergence Bill, 2001.

At present, he is handling various newly emerging Cyberlaw litigations and disputes.

Pavan is the Founder of The Cyberlaw Association, Internet’s pioneering association dedicated to the growth of Cyberlaws in cyberspace.

He has been associated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP).

He is the Founder of Cyberarbitration, an online system of alternative dispute resolution.

He is the Founder of CyberlawIndia, an organization committed to the passing of dynamic cyberlaws in India. Cyberlawindia is membership based and is engaged in the process of creating greater awareness about Cyberlaws in India.

Pavan Duggal is also the exclusive contributor on India’s only vortal on Cyberlaw in India being Cyberlaw India at www.cyberlawindia.com.

He is member of Inter-Ministerial Working Group of Cyber Law and Cyber Forensics of Government of India.

He is associated with Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India on legal issues of Electronic Governance.

He is the author of the book entitled “Cyberlaw – The Indian Perspective”.

Pavan is the visiting faculty for Cyberlaw at the National Police Academy, Hyderabad, SEMCOM, Gujarat and Indian Law Institute, Delhi.

He has conceptualize and taught a comprehensive course on Cybercrime, for the Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Pavan is associated with NASSCOM, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Indo German Chambers of Commerce (IGCC), All India Management Association (AIMA) on various Cyberlaw and E-Commerce law issues.

He is the Cyberlaw correspondent for the Global Legal Publication JURIST: The Legal Education Network.

He is a prolific writer and speaks at numerous International Cyberlaw Forums.

In addition, Pavan is the only Cyberlaw content provider and columnist with the leading Indian IT Portal being ZDNETINDIA at www.zdnetindia.com . He is regularly contributing special articles on Cyberlaw in his monthly column on the website ITSpace.com. Pavan has a weekly column “Cyberlaw and You” at www.indiainfoline.com. He is already contributing interactive features on the subject in various leading newspapers of the country. Pavan writes the weekly Sunday interactive cyberlaw column entitled ”Brief Cases” in The Economic Times. He also writes for The Financial Express, The Telegraph and others.

Pavan has been interviewed by various television channels on Cyberlaw, like The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Star Television, Star News, ZeeNews, Sahara TV and Doordarshan. He has also given an exclusive interview on Cyberlaw to BBC Radio.

He has been invited as a distinguished speaker on various issues of Cyberlaw at numerous International Internet Fora, conferences and exhibitions like India Internet World, 1998, 1999 & 2000 at New Delhi, E-biz-2000, E-BizIndia-2000, E-Governance Conference, Apricot 1999 at Singapore and Regional Meeting of Infoethics (UNESCO), 2000 at Beijing.

Pavan was invited as a speaker to speak on Cyberlaw at Regional Seminar on Ecommerce organized by the Asia Pacific TeleCommunity (APT). Pavan has been invited as a speaker on Cyber Terrorism at the 11th Annual AMIC conference in Perth, Australia. He was also plenary speaker at the Regional Seminar on the Root Causes of Terrorism and the Role of Youth organized by the World Youth Foundation on the subject of Cybercrime and Cyber Terrorism. He was invited by the Mauritian Management Association to conduct the first of its kind seminar on Cyberlaw in Mauritius in August 2002.

Mr. Pavan Duggal is the Chair Person of the Expert Sub Committee on legal, regulatory and taxation aspects relating to electronic business formed by FICCI.

Mr. Pavan Duggal is also an associated with ASSOCHAM Association of the associated chamber of electronic and industry of India on issues relating to business process out sourcing.

Prof Clement Dzidonu of Ghana is an academic who has been involved in ICT4D Policy and Plan development in number of African coutries for the past 7 years and has won the World Technology Award for Policy in 2003 as a result of his work.

Tatiana Ershova is a founder and permanent General Director of the first Russian NGO that has been strongly promoting and practically contributing to the Information Society development in Russia since 1998 - the Institute of the Information Society (IIS).

IIS led by Ms. Ershova conducts R&D concerning the issues of developing the Information Society and Knowledge Economy, drafts legislation and conducts expert analyses of bills and regulations, develops the political, socio-economic, scientific and technical forecasts, implements programs and projects, disseminates knowledge, facilitates the international cooperation in this field. IIS has conceptualized the national contest "Best Region in the ICT Field" within the E-Russia Program, developed and implemented quite a number of integrated information systems at the national and regional levels. IIS also has delivered 4 comprehensive analytical reports assessing Russia's e-Readiness: those of 2001 (the first attempt to consolidate disorganized data about Russia's e-Development and to add the expert opinions to these data regarding the building of the Information Society in this country), of 2003 (a comparative analysis of e-Readiness of 6 Russian regions completed within E-Russia Program), of 2004 (part of the project "ICT Infrastructure and e-Readiness Assessment Project" of the infoDev Program), of 2005 (Index of Russian Regions' E-Readiness, which made the basis of the report to the meeting of the Russian State Council of February 16, 2006 chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin). IIS also has elaborated and implemented the monitoring system of Moscow's advancement to the Information Society and now is the holder of a methodology that can be adopted to Russian regions to make their e-development efforts more effective.

Ms. Ershova personally coordinated the preparation of the Concept of Moscow's Advancement towards the Information Society (approved on July 20, 2001 by the Moscow Mayor's Resolution No. 715-РМ); she was one of the key developers of the Comprehensive Program of Moscow's Advancement towards the Information Society (E-Moscow Program, approved by the Directive of the City of Moscow # 367-PP of May 13, 2003); she also coordinated the preparation of draft e-Strategies for Chelyabinsk, Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Perm, Tula regions and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area - Yugra.

Since 2001 she also has been managing the creation of the Russia Development Gateway Portal, which in 2003 became the core component of the Network of Development Gateways of the Russian Federation established within the federal E-Russia Program under support provided by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and a number of regional governments of Russia.

Ms. Ershova is devoting much of her time to public activities. She was a member of standing committees of IFLA - the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (1991-2001); she has been a member of the Moscow City Duma (Council) High-Level Expert Group on the Information Society Development (1998 - present time), international jury of the Global Junior Challenge (2002- present time), international jury of the Stockholm Challenge (2005 - present time). She initiated in 2001 and has been coordinating the activity of the Russian e-Development Partnership (PRIOR) - a network of organizations and individuals putting together their efforts and resources to facilitate dynamic and comprehensive development of the Information Society and to build the Knowledge Economy in Russia.

Since April of 2002 Ms. Ershova has been coordinating the activity of the Moscow Node of the UN ICT Task Force Regional Network for Europe and Central Asia - a pusher of Information and Knowledge Economy development in Russia and CIS. The Moscow Node was an active participant of the Pan European Regional Conference in preparation of WSIS (Bucharest, Romania, November 2002). Since 2004 Ms. Ershova has been preparing and publishing the series of bilingual publications "UN ICT Task Force EuCAS Series", which comprises 3 issues. She was an active participant of the UN ICT Task Force meetings and was involved in the UN ICT Task Force ICT Policy and Governance Working Group.

Ms. Ershova has widespread professional contacts with Russian and foreign colleagues. She has been both a speaker and an organizer of multiple national and international conferences and workshops. Some of them wer