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Ms. Elizabeth Thomas-Raynaud is the Senior Policy Executive for ICC’s Digital Economy Commission, a role that involves leading ICC policy development and advocacy from the global business perspective on issues covering Internet and telecoms, privacy…

Rafael Pérez Galindo is an official of the Spanish Government’s Senior Corps for Information Technologies, appointed Head of Unit at the Directorate for Information Society Services (State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Information Society…

Mr. Billy Mooho Cheon is a general researcher of Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA). He has 15 years of experiences in various international affairs with non-governmental organizations and inter-governmental organizations. In the early…

Ms. Laura Hutchison is a Policy Executive at Nominet UK. Ms. Hutchison joined Nominet, the registry for .uk domain names, in 2001.  Since 2008 she has been part of the International Policy team where she is responsible for building and maintaining…

Ms. Liesyl Franz is senior policy advisor in the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the U.S. Department of State.  There, she is a senior member of the team coordinating international engagement and policy, particularly working on cyber…

Ms. Liesyl Franz is senior policy advisor in the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the U.S. Department of State.  There, she is a senior member of the team coordinating international engagement and policy, particularly working on cyber…

Mr. Casasbuenas, Julián is a Chemical Engineer, graduated from University of America in 1984 - Bogotá Colombia, with more than twenty five years of experience in environmental and information and communication technologies - ICTs. He is a Director…

Ms. Renata Aquino Ribeiro is a professor in Federal University of Ceará - Campus Quixadá, Brazil. She participated in regional IGFs, Brazilian EGI.br 2014 fellow, SSIG 2016 fellow and fellowship, LACRALO and NCUC participant in ICANN. PhD in…

Mr. Douglas Onyango is an ICT Consultant and an Internet Governance leader from Uganda. His experience includes managing large ICT Projects and operations in the Telco, government and UN sectors in Africa, as well as Internet Policy work. He is…

Mr. Sumon Ahmed Sabir is working as Chief Strategy Officer at Fiber@home Limited (Largest NSP and one of the largest IP Transit Provider in Bangladesh). A Pioneer figures in Bangladesh Internet industry, working since 1996. Presently Sumon is also…

Chair • Ms. St. Amour, Lynn (Technical Community)   Boston, USA – CEO, Internet Matters  Members • Ms. Franz I., Liesyl (Government)   USA – Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the Department of State • Ms…

  Host countries bear most of the expenses of the annual meetings:   Greece, Athens: 30 October - 2 November, 2006                                    Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: 12 - 15 November, 2007 India, Hyderabat: 3…

The Internet Governance Forum is funded through donations from various stakeholder groups. While host countries bear the majority of the costs associated with holding the annual IGF meeting, the IGF Secretariat's activities are funded through extra-…

  The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)                     Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)                                    Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie- Institut Francophone…