<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><div>Dear IGC Nominating committee:</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to put forward my name to be endorsed as a civil society member of the IGF Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group .</div><div><br></div><div>I have been actively involved as a civil society participant at the Internet Governance Forum and its predecessor the UN Word Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).</div><div><br></div><div>I believe my experience and knowledge of key Internet Governance issues, proven track record to support the active participation and involvement of civil society from developing countries, and ability to effectively work in multi-stakeholder fashion will allow civil society to be effectively and strategy represented on the MAG.</div><div><br></div><div>If selected for the MAG, I would commit to maintain close engagement with CS constituencies, including and especially the IGF. This engagement would include keeping CS constituencies and the IGF informed about MAG proceedings and related matters as well as present their positions on the MAG. I would also strive to identify funding to be able to support civil society participation at the IGF and related regional and national level consultations.</div><div><br></div><div>Should you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>My details, including a short Bio is below for the nominating committee to review & consider:</div><div><br></div><div>Name: Robert Guerra</div><div>email: <a href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.ca">rguerra@privaterra.ca</a></div><div>URL : <a href="http://citizenlab.org/people/">http://citizenlab.org/people/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Nationality : Canadian & European (Spain)</div><div><br></div><div>Languages: Fluent in English, Spanish and French</div><div><br></div><div>Affiliation(2) : Special Advisor, The Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto & Director and Founder, Privaterra</div><div><br></div><div>Issues of Interest: Human Rights, Privacy, Cyber Security, Cyber warfare, Censorship, Social Networking, Civil Society participation, Cloud Computing, Corporate Social Responsibility</div><div><br></div><div>Internet Governance Caucus: Involved since 2004 (7 years)</div><div><br></div><div>Previous IGF's attended: 2006 (Greece), 2007 (Brazil), 2008 (India), 2009 (Egypt), 2010 (Lithuania), 2011 (Kenya)</div><div><br></div><div>Brief Bio:</div><div>----------</div><div><br></div><div>I am a Civil Society expert specializing in issues of Internet Freedom, Internet Governance and Human Rights. I am currently a special adviser to the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. </div><div><br></div><div>The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, Canada focusing on advanced research and development at the intersection of digital media, global security, and human rights. The CitizenLab is a “hothouse” that combines the disciplines of political science, sociology, computer science, engineering, and graphic design. Its mission is to undertake advanced research and engage in development that monitors, analyses, and impacts the exercise of political power in cyberspace. It achieves its mission through collaborative partnerships with leading edge research centers, organizations, and individuals around the world, and through a pioneering “fusion” methodology that combines technical reconnaissance, field investigations, and data mining, analysis, and visualization.</div><div><br></div><div>The Citizen Lab’s ongoing research network includes the Information Warfare Monitor, the OpenNet Initiative, OpenNet Eurasia, and Opennet.Asia.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>I have given numerous media interviews and am often invited to speak at events to share the challenges being faced by social justice organizations in regards to surveillance, censorship and privacy. I advise numerous non-profits, foundations, governments and international organizations, including Taking IT Global and DiploFoundation's Internet Governance and Policy Capacity Building Program. </div><div><br></div><div>In regards to involvement on Internet Governance Issues, I have been involved with ICANN as a general participant and a member of the ICANN's ALAC and Security and Stability Advisory Committee, I have actively served on the US IGF Steering Committee since 2009 and, I have attended and actively participated at all the meetings of the IGF as well as the two UN World Summits on the Information Society. My role at the latter involved being a member of the civil society bureau, the Internet governance caucus, and the NGO adviser to the Canadian government's delegation. </div><div><br></div><div>Further details can be found on my online bio at: <a href="http://goo.gl/kkShd">http://goo.gl/kkShd</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">--<br>R. Guerra</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/netfreedom">twitter.com/netfreedom</a> <br>Email: <a href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org">rguerra@privaterra.org</a></div></span></div></span></div></span></span>
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