[APCPress] Media Advisory File: WSIS experts from APC

[Karen Higgs]

Media File: WSIS EXPERTS FROM APC

The following experts will be attending the World Summit on the 
Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia and will be available for 
interviews/comment.

Photos available and short biographical information in attachment.

1.	Karen Banks, APC networking and advocacy coordinator, UK
Area of specialisation: Gender, Internet Governance, ICT4D, Civil Liberties

2.	Valeria Betancourt, APC LAC ICT policy monitor coordinator, Ecuador
Area of specialisation: Development Studies, ICT Policies, Information 
and Communication Technologies in developing country contexts, ICTs in 
Latin America and the Caribbean.

3.	William Currie, APC communications and information programme manager, 
South Africa
Area of specialisation: ICT and telecommunications policy especially in 
Africa, financing and ICTs

4.	Anriette Esterhuysen, APC executive director, South Africa
Area of specialisation: ICTs and internet for social justice and 
development especially in the developing world

5.	Toni Eliasz, Ungana-Afrika executive director, South Africa
Area of specialisation: ICT Capacity Crisis in the Southern African 
Civil Society Sector and replicable models to address the challenge

6.	Chat Garcia Ramilo, APC Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC 
WNSP) manager, Philippines
Area of specialisation: Gender and ICT

7.	Michel Lambert, Alternatives international programmes director, Canada
Area of specialisation: ICT4D, ICT in Africa eg Democratic Republic of Congo

8.	Tony Roberts, Computer Aid International executive director, UK
Area of specialisation: ICT4D, The use of refurbished computers in 
development projects


General contact: Karen Higgs, Communications manager, khiggs at apc.org 
00-598 2 400 6460 (–2 UTC)

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