High-Level GIJC Advisory Group

Published on
June 13, 2017

Presenting the Advisory Group Members

A high-level Advisory Group has been formed to help identify relevant participants, structure the preparatory process, and shape the agenda of the 2018 Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference. Reflecting the multistakeholder nature of the Conference, the Advisory Group is composed of members of governments, international organizations, Internet platforms, academia, civil society, and the technical community.

Additional information about the conference as well as short biographies for each of the Advisory Group members can be found on the 2018 GIJC website.

2018 GIJC Advisory Group

Sunil Abraham

VP, Leadership Programs

Mozilla Foundation

FIona Alexander

Associate Administrator for International Affairs

United States, Department of Commerce NTIA

Maria Ines Baqué

Secretary of Innovation

Ministry of Modernization, Argentina

Carl Bildt

Former Swedish Prime Minister

Vint Cerf

Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist

Google

Edmon Chung

CEO

DotAsia Organisation

Anriette Esterhuysen

Director of Policy and Strategy

Association for Progressive Communications

Benedicto Fonseca Filho

Director, Scientific and Technological Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil

Kelly Gillis

Associate Deputy Minister

Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Canada

Byron Holland

President and CEO

Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA)

Jane Horvath

Senior Director, Global Privacy

Apple

Tarek Kamel

Senior Vice President

ICANN

Mark Lange

Director, EU Institutional Relations

Microsoft

David Kaye

UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

United Nations

Frank La Rue

Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information

UNESCO

Wonki Min

Deputy Minister

Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Republic of Korea

Patrick Penninckx

Head of Department, Information Society

Council of Europe

Gulshan Rai

National Cybersecurity Coordinator

India, Prime Minister’s Office

Nicolas de Rivière

Director General for Political Affairs and Security

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France

Stefan Schnorr

Director General, Digital and Innovation Politics

Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany

Carlos Affonso Souza

Director

Institute for Technology and Society Rio

Sally Shipman Wentworth

Vice President of Global Policy Development

Internet Society