[governance] final list of nominees on behalf of IGC for IGF

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David, Parminder, Michael, Dan, Norbert, Avri;

Good-Job! All great choices from a world full of wonderful people.

Please find below links too bio information with regard to the Speakers.
Only a few have blogs, if you find a link please post a ref.

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speakers on behalf of IGC for IGF:
 
--- Critical Internet Resources

Paul Wilson - Asia Pacific
http://www.circleid.com/members/731/


Carlos Alfonso - South America

CARLOS ALFONSO: Information Network for the Third Sector
Carlos Afonso has participated in the evolution of the new ICTs since their
introduction in LAC region by promoting and defending the interests of the
third sector.  He has a broad knowledge of ICT issues, and his experience is
transversal to most of the issues related to ICTs: free software, digital
inclusion, intellectual property, Internet governance, etc. Carlos Afonso is
part of the RITS team, a NGO-oriented services and capacity building network on
information and communication technologies using the Internet as its main
medium. In the late 60's he was an important person fighting against the
dictatorship in Brazil.  
He was in exile in Chile, Panama and Canada. This last country adopts him as a
Canadian citizen.  During the re-democratisation process, Mr. Afonso worked for
democratising the access to communications. The amnesty allowed him to return
to Brazil.  Carlos Afonso and Herbert de Souza (known as Betihno) founded one
of the most important Brazilian NGOs, the Brazilian Institute for Social and
Economic Analysis, IBASE.  Mr Afonso designed, implemented and managed the
AlterNex project, the first computer-based communications and information
system in Latin America dedicated to serve civil society organizations. He is a
co-founder of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). In
1991-1992, Mr Afonso proposed and coordinated the "UNCED Information Strategy
Project in Rio" (UNCED ISP/Rio), first Internet project specifically developed
for a UN conference. ISP/Rio's aims were to provide communications and
information through the Internet so that organizations which had not been able
to come to Rio was able to follow up on the events via the network.  Carlos
Afonso is also an independent consultant of the UNDP, IDRC, among other
organizations.	He is author of many 
books, articles and studies in different languages in relation to Internet
development political and social issues. One of his fields of specialization
and expertise is Internet Governance and ICANN.  Besides his technical
knowledge, he has recognized intellectual and political autonomy and broad
respect for his ethical and democratic behaviour.
http://www.rits.org.br


--- Diversity

Monthian Buntan - Asia
Mr Monthian Buntan, Thai Association of the Blind (TAB), 
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/


Nnenna Nwakanma - Africa
Nnenna Nwakanma holds a triple Bachelors, in the Social Sciences, History and
English and a Masters degree in International Relations and Law. She has done
large-scale work within International development organisations and
institutions in Africa on Information, Documentation and International
Relations. Among them, The Home Health Education Service, The Helen Keller
Foundation and The African Development Bank. Co-founder of different
pan-African organizations: The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for
Africa (FOSSFA), The Africa Network of 
Information Society Actors (ANISA), and the Africa Civil Society for the
Information Society (ACSIS). One of the major Civil Society Actors in the World
Summit on the Information Society, she represents the African Civil Society on
the Digital Solidarity Fund, and advises on the Africa Information Society
Initiatiave. Today she is Council Chair of the Free Software and Open Source
Foundation for Africa. 


Daniel Pimenta - LAC
Daniel Pimienta, President http://funredes.org
http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10287


--- Access

Daniel Stern - Africa
uconnect.org 
http://www.connected.org/develop/daniel.html

John Dada - Africa
http://www.fantsuam.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantsuamn_Foundation

Anita Gurumurthy - Asia
Anita Gurumurthy - Executive Director  http://www.itforchange.net
http://www.itforchange.net/itfc/our_team/anita_gurumurthy_-_executive_director.
html


--- Openness

William J. Drake - US
http://www.cpsr.org/Members/wdrake/index_html

Ang Peng Hwa - Asia
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/SCI/about/profile_AngPengHwa.html


--- Security

Izumi Aizu - Asia
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/aizu.html

Ralf Bendrath - Europe
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bendrath/arbeit.html
Blog: http://bendrath.blogspot.com/

Katitza Rodriguez Pereda - South America
Katitza Rodriguez Pereda


--- Emerging Issues

Vittorio Bertola - Europe
Blog: http://bertola.eu/?_l=en&_1=1

Roberto Bissio - LAC
http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10256


---- Opening

Anriette Esterhuysen - Africa
http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10263

Mr. Adama Samassékou - Africa.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/samassekou_bio.html

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