Authors of MIND 6
Authors of MIND 6
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Carlos A. Afonso | |
Carlos A. Afonso is currently executive director of the Nupef Institute and chair of the Brazilian chapter of ISOC. He has been a consultant on themes related to ICTs and human development for several countries and international organizations. Afonso is a.o. co-founder of APC. He holds a Master in Economics, York University, Toronto, Canada, with doctoral studies in Political Thought at the same university. |
Dr. Olga Cavalli | |
Dr. Olga Cavalli is an electrical and electronics engineer. She is currently the President of the Women in Technology and Business Forum as well as, among others, Argentina’s GAC representative at ICANN, Latin American Director at South School on Internet Goverance, professor at EURO-SSIG and adviser for technology at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
Rajesh Chharia | |
Rajesh Chharia is a Member of the Delhi ISOC Chapter at Internet Society, President at Internet Service Providers Association India (ISPAI), Director at National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) Ltd, Owner & CEO at Chandra Indl Co Pvt Ltd and CEO & Promoter at CJ Online Private Limited. |
Avri Doria | |
Avri Doria is a technologist involved in the development of Internet protocols and architectures. She is a.o. participant in the IETF, Chair of the IRTF Routing Research group, Technical Committee Chair of the Multi Service Forum, a member of the ICANN GNSO council and was a member of the WGIG. Doria is co-founder of the Nomadic Women’s ICT Network and member of the APC Women’s Networking Support Program. |
Toomas Hendrik Ilves | |
Toomas Hendrik Ilves is President of the Republic of Estonia. Ilves served a.o. as the Ambassador in Washington and as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is currently Chairman of the European Cloud Partnership Steering Board and has written extensively on European integration, transatlantic relations, e-government and cyber security. Ilves holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. |
Thorbjørn Jagland | |
Thorbjørn Jagland is Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Chairman of the Nobel Committee. He was previously President of the Norwegian Parliament, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Jagland is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Oslo centre for Peace and Human Rights. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Oslo and has published widely on international affairs. |
Alexander Klimburg | |
Alexander Klimburg is a Fellow at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs. Klimburg has undertaken government national security projects for a.o. the Austrian Federal Chancellery, the Ministry of Defense, and the National Security Council. He has partaken in international and intergovernmental discussions, and acts as an advisor to the Austrian delegation to the OSCE as well as other different bodies. |
Ram Mohan | |
Ram Mohan is Executive Vice President & CTO of Afilias Ltd. He is one ICANN’s Directors and founding member of SSAC. Mohan serves on the steering committee of APWG and the Advisory Committee of ISOC. He is advisor on Internet security and globalization issues and the creator of the technology behind TurnTide. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management. |
Bruce Schneier | |
Bruce Schneier is a renowned security technologist He is the author of bestsellers like Applied Cryptography, Secrets and Lies, Beyond Fear or Schneier on Security. Schneier also publishes Crypto-Gram, a monthly newsletter and one of the most widely read forums about security. He holds an MS degree in Computer Science from American University and a BS degree in Physics from the University of Rochester. |
Leonid Todorov | |
Leonid Todorov holds a M.A. in Linguistics from Moscow State Pedagogical University. He serves as Deputy Director for External Relations in Russia’s Internet registry. Todorov has written extensively on Internet governance, new gTLDs and cybersecurity. He is on the Steering group of EuroDIG, the CCNSO ICANN’s Strategic and Operations Plan Working Group, and on the ISOC Advisory Council. |
Xu Peixi | |
Xu Peixi is Associate Professor at Communication University of China, Beijing. He is also PhD candidate and researcher at the University of Tampere, Finland. His research interests include international communication, citizen participation, media and local administration and new media. |
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