Advisory Group
A high-level advisory group has been formed to help shape the agenda of the Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference, identify relevant participants, and structure the preparatory process. Reflecting the multistakeholder nature of this important conference, the Advisory Group is composed of members of governments, international organizations, Internet platforms, academia, civil society, and the technical community.
Anne Carblanc
OECD
France
Anne Carblanc is the Head of the Digital Economy Policy division in the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) at the OECD. From 2009 to early 2012, she has assisted the STI Directors as Special Counsellor. Prior to joining the OECD in 1997, she held the position of Secretary General, Director of Services in the French Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL). She has also served ten years in the French judicial system.
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Benedicto Fonseca Filho
Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Brazil
Ambassador Benedicto Fonseca Filho is Director of the Department of Scientific and Technological Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil. A trained diplomat by profession, he represents Brazil since his appointment as Ambassador in 2010 in several international forums related to Internet governance issues including the IGF, the WSIS process, the CSTD, ICANN’s GAC and Netmundial.
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Chinmayi Arun
National Law University Delhi
India
Chinmayi Arun is the Executive Director of the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi. She is also a Faculty Associate of the Berkman Centre for Internet & Society at Harvard University and a member of the Government of India’s multi stakeholder advisory group for the India Internet Governance Forum. She is a member of the I&J Observatory.
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Carlos Affonso Pereira De Souza
Institute for Technology and Society
Brazil
Carlos Affonso is a founder and Director of the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro. He is a professor of Private Law at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) and the Catholic University of Rio (PUC). He is an Affiliated Fellow of Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and a consulting member of the Brazilian Internet Observatory, created by CGI.br. He is also a member of the I&J Observatory.
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David Kaye
United Nations Special Rapporteur
USA
David Kaye is the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression. He reports on key issues on free expression worldwide, including hate speech, restrictions placed on Internet access and usage, and the effects of electronic surveillance. David Kaye is also a law professor and the Director of the International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Irvine in the US.
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Eileen Donahoe
Human Rights Watch
USA
Eileen Donahoe is the Director of Global Affairs at Human Rights Watch, representing the organization worldwide on human rights foreign policy with an emphasis on Internet freedom, security, and governance. She is a member of the Freedom Online Coalition Working Group on Freedom & Security, a Co-Chair of the NETmundial Initiative, and served as the first US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Earlier in her career, Donahoe was a technology litigator at Fenwick & West in Silicon Valley.
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Fiona Alexander
US Department of Commerce
USA
Fiona Alexander is the Associate Administrator for the Office of International Affairs in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the US Department of Commerce. In her role, she oversees and manages activities related to the domain name system and NTIA’s involvement in international ICT bilateral and multilateral discussions. Fiona Alexander was NTIA’s lead negotiator for issues related to Internet Governance in the UN World Summit on Information Society as well as the Affirmation of Commitments with ICANN.
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George Sadowsky
ICANN
USA
George Sadowsky is a computer and networking specialist who has directed university and research computer centers and networks, and who has worked extensively on Internet technical and policy issues in the field in developing countries.
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Gulshan Rai
Indian Prime Minister’s Office
India
Gulshan Rai is the Special Secretary for Cyber Security at the Indian Prime Minister’s Office. He has over 25 years of experience in different areas of information technology including cyber security, e-Governance, and legal frameworks for IT. Previously, he was Director General of CERT-In and the Executive Director of ERNET India, where he was instrumental in setting up the first large-scale education and research network in India.
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John Frank
Microsoft
Belgium
John Frank is Vice President for EU Government Affairs at Microsoft. He was previously Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief of Staff at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond Washington. From 1996 to 2002, John Frank led Microsoft’s legal and corporate affairs group for Europe, Middle East and Africa, focusing on issues such as privacy, security and consumer protection. Prior to joining Microsoft, John Frank was an attorney at Skadden in San Francisco.
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Madan Oberoi
Interpol
Singapore
Madan Oberoi is the Director of Cyber Innovation and Outreach Directorate in the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore. He has worked as Inspector General of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police and as Superintendent of Police with India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Premier Federal Investigation Agency of India and Delhi Police.
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Matt Perault
Facebook
USA
Matt Perault is the Head of Policy Development at Facebook, where he helps to develop the company’s positions on global policy issues. Previously, he was Counsel at the US Congressional Oversight Panel, worked on privatization policy as a consultant at the World Bank, and served as a law clerk for the US District Court for District of Colombia.
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Megan Richards
European Commission
Belgium
Megan Richards has been Principal Advisor in DG CONNECT at the European Commission since October 2013. She joined the European Commission in 1991, where she has held several senior management positions in the Directorates General responsible for research and information society. Prior to joining the European Commission, she worked at the UNDP and the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as for the Canadian government and in private law firms.
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Nii Quaynor
Ghana National Information Technology Agency
Ghana
Nii Narku Quaynor is widely acclaimed as one of the founding fathers of the Internet in Africa. He was the first African to be elected to the ICANN board from 2000 to 2003. Nii Quaynor was the Chair of the Organization of African Unity’s Internet Task Force, a member of the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group and the UN Secretary General Advisory Group on ICT, and President of the Internet Society of Ghana.
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Patrick Penninckx
Council of Europe
France
Patrick Penninckx is the Head of Department for Information Society under the Directorate General Human Rights and the Rule of Law of the Council of Europe since 2014. Prior to that, he was involved in developing the partnerships of the Council of Europe with other international organizations. He also led the Executive Secretary of the Pompidou Group, the Council of Europe’s policy forum on drug trafficking and misuse.
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Sally Shipman Wentworth
Internet Society
USA
Sally Shipman Wentworth is the Vice President of Global Policy Development at the Internet Society. She was previously at the US White House from 2007 to 2009, as the Assistant Director for Telecommunications and Information Policy in the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Before that, she was the principal advisor on Internet policy issues at the US Department of State.
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Sunil Abraham
Centre for Internet and Society
India
Sunil Abraham is the Executive Director of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), based in Bangalore and New Delhi. He is also the founder and director of Mahiti, a social enterprise that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of ICTs for the voluntary sector by using free software. Sunil also managed the International Open Source Network, a project of UNDP's APDIP, serving 42 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, between 2004 and 2007. Sunil currently serves on the advisory boards of OSF – Information Programme, Mahiti and Samvada.
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Vint Cerf
Google
USA
Vint Cerf is Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. He is known as a “Father of the Internet” for its contribution to the development of the TCP/IP protocols. He was Chairman of the Board at ICANN from 2000 to 2007. He was appointed to the National Science Board by US President Barack Obama in 2012. In addition, he currently serves as chairman for the American Registry of Internet Numbers.
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Members of the Advisory Group serve in their individual capacity.
