[governance] Speakers for IGF

[Adam Peake]

Here are some ideas for speakers. There's of course an element of my 
personal preference, but I've also been asking a few others for 
suggestions about names for a while.

I've mentioned when I remember if someone was a panelist in Athens. 
But, we should consider:

There will be 5-7 people on panels, it's a 2000 seat room and last we 
heard about attendance the room is likely to be full.  An open 
format, whoever is selected is going to have to be expert on a broad 
range of topics related to the theme, and a confident speaker able to 
respond to (potentially) a stream of questions. We have no money to 
bring anyone, the meeting starts in 8 weeks.  Suggest only 
recommending people who are going to be there (or have a very good 
chance of being there.)

So we need experts, who will be in Rio, and gender and geographic 
diversity. And the list below is very bad on Gender. There are two or 
three people I know of who would be great to add to the list but need 
to confirm if they will be in Rio or are willing to speak.

Please, let's not suggest a name unless we know they will be in Rio, 
or, at least you have already started to find out.

Thanks,

Adam


Opening Ceremony

Monthian Buntan (Thailand). President, Thailand Association of the Blind.

Anriette Esterhuysen (was a panelist in Athens)

Delphine Nana


Critical Internet Resources

Milton Mueller (USA). Professor, Director, Master of Science in 
Telecommunications and Network Management, Syracuse University.


Access

Mike Jensen (South Africa), independent consultant with experience in 
more than 30 countries in Africa assisting in the establishment of 
information and communications systems over the last 15 years. 
<http://www.acacia.org.za/mike_jensen.htm> (*strong preference*)

Sean o Siochru (Ireland). Access and financing.


Diversity

Monthian Buntan (Thailand). President, Thailand Association of the 
Blind. (*strong preference*)

Ronaldo Lemos (Brazil). Digital culture, Creative Commons.

Anriette Esterhuysen (was a panelist in Athens)

(I think Adama Samassekou from Mali might be picked up -- he is 
president of the African Academy of Languages. Was a panelist in 
Athens.)


Openness

Sisule Musungu (Kenya). Policy analyst based in Geneva, consults on 
intellectual property and free expression issues. (*strong 
preference*)

Georg Greve (Germany). Free Software Foundation Europe 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_C._F._Greve> (was a panelist in 
Athens)

Michael Geist (Canada)

Pedro Paranagua Moniz (Brazil) Professor of Law at Fundacao Getulio 
Vargas (FGV) School of Law in Rio de Janeiro, A2K Brazil.


Security

Ralf Bendrath (Germany). University of Bremen, The Collaborative 
Research Center (Dynamic Coalition on Privacy)

Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza (Brazil). A2K Brazil, lawyer privacy issues.

Thiago Tavares Nunes de Oliveira (Brazil). Head of SaferNet Brazil: 
cybercrime and privacy issues.

(Security is difficult, I think we need someone who can speak to 
civil society issues around privacy and rights, but also be able to 
respond well on security, which I think will be the main bulk of the 
session. Carlos Afonso can comment more on the two Brazilian people.)


Taking Stock and the way forward

William Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and 
Global Governance Graduate Institute for International Studies 
Geneva, Switzerland.


Emerging Issues

No definite suggestion.  I am trying to find out if Mark Shuttleworth 
can attend.   South Africa, Internet security entrepreneur and Ubuntu 
supporter <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth>

(Some stakeholders are suggesting "emerging issues" should be a very 
forward looking session, young entrepreneurs would be interesting, 
futurists etc. Thoughts?)


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