[IGFmaglist] [Polenabacc] SPEAKERS UPDATE FOR MAIN SESSION TITLED "POLICIES ENABLING ACCESS, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE INTERNET", SCHEDULED FOR DAY 2, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, FROM 9:30 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M.

[Angelic]

Dear Virat,

Thank you for the information.

Have a great day!
Angelic

Sent from my iPad

> On Aug 11, 2014, at 7:00 AM, "Bhatia, Virat" <virat.bhatia at intl.att.com> wrote:
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> Dear Members of the MAG and Volunteers,
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> Following the email to MAG members dated Saturday, August 9, 2014,  (attached below), and invitations extended for speakers, kindly note that:
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> 1.      Technical Community:  Jari Arrko, Chairman, IETF (referred by Martin Levy), has now confirmed to be a distinguished speaker at the main session on Access/Development, representing the technical community.
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> 2.      Private Sector: Dorothy Attwood, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, Walt Disney, (referred by Ellen Blackler), has confirmed to speak as a private sector representative. 
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> 3.      Civil Society:  We will update you about the speaker from civil society, as soon as we hear back.
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> The current list of speakers now stands, as given below: 
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> (i)      International Organizations
> ·        Mr. Getachew Engida,  Deputy Director General, UNESCO
> ·        Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas, Head,  Corporate Strategy Division, ITU
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> (ii)    Government:
> ·        Dr. Hoda Baraka,  Advisor to the Minister of ICT,  Govt. of Qatar
> ·        Dr. Norberto Berner, Secretary of Communications, Govt.  of Argentina
> ·        Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda, Dy. Assistant Secretary of State & U.S. Coordinator for International Communications, United States Govt.
> ·        Ms. Omobola Johnson,  Minister of Communications Technology, Govt. of Nigeria
> ·        Ms. Neelie Kroes,  European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, European Union
> ·        Mr. Jackson Miake,  Office of the Govt. CIO – Prime Minister's Office, Govt. of the Republic of Vanuatu
> ·        Ms. Salam Yamout,  National ICT Strategy Coordinator, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Govt. of Lebanon
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> (iii)   Civil Society
> ·        Dr. (Ms) Alison Gillwald,   Research ICT Africa, South Africa
> ·        Mr. Guo Liang,  Director & Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
> ·        Mr. Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, EU
> ·        Ms. Joana Varon, Center for Technology & Society / Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil
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> (iv)   Technical Community
> ·        Mr. Jari Arkko, Chairman, IETF
> ·        Mr. Mike Jensen,  Internet Access Specialist, Brazil APC, Brazil
> ·        Professor David Reed,  University of Colorado, USA
> ·        Mr. Rohan Samarajiva,  Chair, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka
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> (v)    Private Sector
> ·        Ms. Dorothy Attwood, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, Walt Disney, USA
> ·        Mr. Hossam El-Gamal,  Board Member and Treasurer, AFICTA, Egypt
> ·        Mr. Rajan Mathews,  Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India, India
> ·        Ms.  Funke Opeke,  CEO Main One Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria
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> Trust this is helpful.
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> Regards
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> Virat Bhatia
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> From: Bhatia, Virat 
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 12:37 PM
> To: polenabacc at intgovforum.org; Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
> Subject: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SPEAKER LIST FOR THE MAIN SESSION ON ACCESS / DEVELOPMENT
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> Dear Members of the MAG and Volunteers,
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> There are 3 developments on the speaker list for the main session titled “Policies Enabling Access, Growth and Development on the Internet”, based on which we need to take remedial action.
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> (i)           Civil society speaker:  Further to the intimation from Joana from Brazil, yesterday, that she would need to leave the panel/session at 11:00 a.m., we have received 6 nominations for the civil society speaker list. Since Brazil is already represented in the first half of the main session through Joana, I thought it may be a good idea to approach Valeria Betancourt of Ecuador (referred by Bill Drake), since we already have speakers from civil society from South Africa, China and EU.  We will try and see if John Walubengo, Kenya (referred by Adam Peak), can also be brought in to add an additional perspective, as he comes with excellent credentials.  Currently Africa is well represented across all stakeholder groups, but Kenya is only represented through Alice Munyua, who in her role as a moderator, may not be in a position to speak about Kenya / Africa herself. We will reach out to the two speakers sequentially.
> (ii)         Technical community: We have just learnt through Constance that Kathryn Brown of ISOC, who had earlier confirmed, will be unable to speak at the Access / Development main session, as she is also committed to speaking at a different main session.  I believe Kathy wants to careful not to be seen at too many main session, and provide others an opportunity.  We completely respect that decision.  We are now in talks with volunteers/ moderators to find a replacement for Kathy.  The two names that have been offered are Jari Arkko from ITEF and Raul Echeberria, representing ISOC.
> (iii)        Private Sector:  As you are aware, as against civil society, technical community and government, private sector had only 3 speakers (all from developing countries).  There is now an offer for Dorothy Attwood, who heads Global Public Policy at Walt Disney, to present a media/content perspective. This would help balance this session with a voice that can focus on content and add gender balance on the overall panel, from the private sector.
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> Please let me know if any MAG member has comments to offer on the developments mentioned above, and the replacements / additions that we need to pursue.  Given that we are well past the deadline, every attempt will be made to try and close these over the weekend itself.
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> Regards
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> Virat Bhatia
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