Speakers from Civil Society
(Final)
|
NominatingCaucus/WG |
Name |
Accredited Organization (title) |
Country |
Proposed for |
Nomination |
|
Human Rights Caucus + many |
Shirin Ebadi |
President of Defenders of Human Rights Center /International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) |
Iran |
Opening Ceremony |
Opening Ceremony |
|
NGO Community Philanthropic Institutions |
Renate Bloem |
President CONGO |
Switzerland |
Opening Ceremony |
General Debate 1 |
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|
Human Rights Caucus |
Bruna Faidutti |
Director of Geneva
Office, World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) |
USA/Italy |
Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
Education , Research and
Academia |
Divina
Frau-Meigs |
Vice-president, International
Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) |
France |
Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
Grassroots
Caucus |
Latha
Gauri |
Oneworld International |
India |
Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
Children’s Rights Caucus |
Carmen
Madrinan-Atwood |
Executive Director, ECPAT International
|
Equador |
Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
Science and
Technology |
Tijani
Ben Jemaa |
Vice Chairman of
CIC, World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) |
Tunisia |
Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
West Asia |
Sussan Tahmasebi |
Iranian Civil Society
Organizations Training and Research Center / HIVOS |
Iran |
Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
North
American Caucus |
Robin Gross |
Executive Director, IP Justice |
USA |
Plenary |
General Debate
|
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|
Telecenter Caucus |
Florence Etta |
Kenya ICT Policy Project, IDRC |
Kenya |
Panel |
General Debate |
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|
Canadian Network |
Derrick de
Kerckhove |
McLuhan Program in
Culture and Technology, University of Toronto |
Canada |
Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
Gender
Caucus |
Magaly
Pazello |
WSIS focal point, DAWN Network |
Brazil |
Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
Media Caucus |
Aidan White |
Secretary General,
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) |
Ireland |
Round
tables Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
Africa
Caucus |
Delphine
Nana |
Coordinatrice
Générale, Centre féminin pour la promotion du développement (CEFEPROD) |
Cameroon
|
Plenary |
General
Debate |
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|
Pape
Diouf |
President,
Diaspora Africaine pour la Société de l’Information (DAPSI) |
Senegal |
Panel |
Panel |
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|
Asia-Pacific Caucus |
Parminder Jeet Singh |
Executive Director, IT For
Change |
India |
Plenary |
RT-1 |
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|
Privacy and Security |
Simon
Davies |
Director, Privacy International
/ CPSR |
United Kingdom |
Round tables |
RT-1 |
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Multi-Stakeholder Partnership
Family |
Tatiana Ershova |
Director General of the
Institute of the Information Society / GKP |
Russian Federation |
Round tables |
RT-2 |
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|
IG Caucus |
Anriette Esterhuysen |
Executive Director, Association
for Progressive Communications (APC) |
South Africa |
Round tables |
RT-2 |
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|
Disability Caucus |
Monthian Buntan |
President, Thailand
Association of the Blind / World Blind Union (WBU) |
Thailand |
Panel |
RT-2 |
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|
Arab
Caucus |
Mohamed
Elyes Ben Marzouk |
President,
Organization Tunisienne de Jeunes Medecins sans Frontieres (JMSFT) |
Tunisia |
Plenary |
RT-2 |
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|
Volunteer Family |
Viola Krebs |
Director, International
Conference Volunteers (ICV) |
Conference on Volunteerism and
ICTs |
Multi-stakeholder Event |
|
Scientific
Information |
Francis
Muguet |
ENSTA |
Open
Access to Scientific Information |
Multi-stakeholder Event |
|
Youth Caucus |
Titi
Akinsanmi |
Global Facilitator,SchoolNet Africa |
National Youth Campaigns and
Beyond Tunis as Youth |
Multi-stakeholder Event |
|
UN
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/ Government of Canada |
Joe Shirley Jr. |
President of Navajo
Nation /OCCAM |
Indigenous
Peoples and the Information Society |
Multi-stakeholder Event |
|
GKP |
Walter Fust |
Chairman of
Executive Board GKP |
Global Knowledge Partnership
Forum |
Multi-stakeholder Event |
|
AMRSI |
Juan
Ibarretxe |
President of Basque
Government / AMRSI |
World
Summit on the Information Society and the Role of Local Authorities |
Multi-stakeholder Event |
|
Gender
Caucus |
tbd |
|
Discussion
and Debate Panels of the Civil Society Gender Caucus |
Multi-stakeholder Event |
|
Disability
Caucus |
tbd |
|
Second
Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society |
Multi-stakeholder Event |
Speakers nominated by ITU
|
Robert Kahn |
President of
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) |
USA |
General
Debate 1 |
|
Nicholas
Negroponte |
Founder
of One Laptop per Child / Access2Democracy |
USA/Greece |
General
Debate 4 |
|
Guy-Olivier
Segond |
President
of Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) |
Switzerland |
General
Debate 5 |
|
Gbenga
Sesan |
Program
Manager Lagos Digital Village/ Junior Achievement of Nigeria |
Nigeria |
RT-1 |