Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
Rik Panganiban
rikp at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 3 16:35:34 BST 2005
Some people have reported having problems with the previous files I
sent re the proposed list of speakers for Tunis. I am resending as
text below.
Rik Panganiban
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Civil Society Speakers Nominations
30 September 2005
World Summit on the Information Society
Name
Nominated by Caucus/WG/Family
Accredited Organization (title)
Country
Opening Ceremony
Adama Samassekou
Youth Caucus,
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family, NGOs Community family,
Scientific information WG
Mali
Renate Bloem
NGO Community
Philanthropic Institutions
CONGO, President
Germany
High Level Panel
Monthian Buntan
Disability Caucus
(President, Thailand Association of the Blind)
Thailand
Pape Diouf
Caucus Africain
DAPSI Diaspora Africaine pour la Société de l’Information (President)
Senegal
Florence Etta
Telecentres Caucus
(Kenya ICT Policy Project)
Kenya
Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo
Asia-Pacific Caucus
APC - Association for Progressive Communications (Global Coordinator,
Womens’ Networking Support Programme)
Philippines
Anita Gurumurthy
Gender Caucus
IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd)
India
Round Tables
Izumi Aizu
Asia-Pacific Caucus
GLOCOM - Center for Global Communications (Visiting Research Fellow,
Institute for HyperNetwork Society, International University of Japan)
Japan
Alan Alegre
Asia-Pacific Caucus
(Foundation for Media Alternatives)
Philippines
Kenneth Deer
Indigenous family
Indigenous World Association (Representative)
Canada
Bertrand de la Chapelle
NGO community family
Wsis-online.net (Director)
France
Pape Diouf
Cities and Local Authorities Caucus
DAPSI - Diaspora Africaine pour la Société de l’Information (President)
Senegal
Tatiana Ershova
Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Family
(Director General, Institute of the Information Society)
Russian Federation
Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo
Asia-Pacific Caucus
APC (Global Coordinator, Womens’ Networking Support Programme)
Philippines
Anita Gurumurthy
Gender Caucus
IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd)
India
Jeanette Hofmann
NGO community family
Heinrich Boell Foundation (Researcher)
Germany
Wolfgang Kleinwaechter
Philantropic Institutions
University of Aarhus (Professor, Intl Association for Media &
Communications Research)
Germany
Plenary Speakers
Nominee Family NGO
1 Barry, Boubacar Caucus Africain ENTIS, Executive Secretary Guinea
2 Ben Jemaa, Tijani Science and Technology WFEO - World Federation of
Engineering Organizations (Vice Chairman of CIC) Tunisia
3 Ben Marzouk, Mohamed Elyes Caucus Arab Organization Tunisienne de
Jeunes Medecins sqns Frontieres (President) Tunisia
4 Davies, Simon CS Privacy and Security WG (Director, Privacy
International) United Kingdom
5 Esterhuysen, Anriette IG Caucus APC - Association for Progressive
Communications (Executive Director) South Africa
6 Etta, Florence Telecentres Caucus (Kenya ICT Policy Project) Kenya
7 Faidutti, Bruna Human Rights Caucus WFUNA - World Association of
United Nations Associations United States/Italy
8 Frau-Meigs, Divina Education , Research and Academia IAMCR -
International Association for Media and Communication Research (Vice-
president) France
9 Jeet Singh, Parminder West-Asia Region IT For Change, Executive
Director India
10 Khemakhem, Jameleddine Child Rights Caucus ATUDE - Association
tunisienne des droits de l'enfant Tunisia
11 Krebs,Viola Volunteer Family ICV - International Conference
Volunteers (director) Switzerland
12 Lohento, Ken (PANOS) Nigeria
13 Muguet, Francis Scientific Information WG Global Knowledge
Partnership (member) France
14 Nana, Delphine Caucus Africain CEFEPROD - Centre féminin pour la
promotion du développement (Coordinatrice Générale) Cameroon
15 Njenga, Emmanuel Caucus Africain APC Kenya
16 Pazello, Magaly Gender Caucus DAWN Network (DAWN focal point for
WSIS) Brazil
17 Sagun, Robert Youth Caucus SchoolNet Africa (WSIS Yc Policy
Coordinator) Philippines
18 Sarker, Partha Asia Regional Caucus, Telecentres Caucus APC -
Association for Progressive Communications (co-founder, Bytes for
All) Bangladesh
19 Stalman, Richard PCT group (Free Sowftware Fundation) United States
20 Tahmasebi, Susan West-Asia Region ICTRC - Iranian Civil Society
Organizations Training and Research Center Iran
21 White, Aidan Media Caucus International Federation of Journalists
(Secretary General)
Ireland
22 Zulu, Brenda Media Caucus APC - Association for Progressive
Communications (Content Person) Zambia
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Rik Panganiban <rikp at earthlink.net>
> Date: October 3, 2005 8:07:22 AM EDT
> To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Greetings to all,
>
> As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday,
> the selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected
> list of civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of
> considerations, including gender balance, regional balance, and
> thematic diversity, as well as being at a high-level in their
> organization, being a "high-profile" person, general competence,
> involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability. As I noted, we were
> not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the lack of
> nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt all-in-
> all it was probably the best list we could provide in the time
> allotted and the restricted number of slots.
>
> I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to
> continue to receive individual nominations from organizations over
> the next days, and to present to the Selection Committee a final
> list for our consideration and feedback probably by the end of this
> week. At this point, the committee will see what can be done to
> make sure the final list of speakers in Tunis is the most
> representative speakers from civil society we can muster, within
> the requirements presented to us by the ITU.
>
> We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the
> nominees, which you can direct to me at rikp at earthlink.net. I will
> make sure all of these concerns are directed to the committee.
>
> We appreciate your support and understanding.
>
> Rik Panganiban
> on behalf of the Selection Committee
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]
>> On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
>> Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
>> To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
>> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be
>> delivered to the ITU for their consideration for the various
>> speaking slots in Tunis, as compiled by the selection committee
>> which met until very late last night. For your recollection, at
>> the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you approved of a selection
>> committee to narrow down the list of applicants composed of the
>> following individuals:
>>
>> 1 representative from each regional group
>> 1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
>> 1 representative of the CS Bureau
>> 1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an
>> advisory capacity
>>
>> The Committee worked hard to achieve several “balances” including
>> regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic. We also worked
>> hard to make sure that all caucuses and working groups that
>> proposed names had at least one of their nominations included.
>> You see here the regional and gender breakdown of the nominees:
>>
>> Opening Ceremony
>> Gender: man (1) / woman (1)
>> Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
>>
>> High Level Panel
>> Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3):
>> Thailand, Philippines, India
>> Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
>>
>> Round Tables
>> Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India,
>> Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France,
>> Germany (2), Russian Federation
>> Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
>>
>> Plenary Sessions
>> Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1);
>> Kenya (2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia
>> (1); Americas (3): Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4):
>> Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3):
>> Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom (1)
>> Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)
>>
>> There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list
>> was a very difficult and painful task. However we feel confident
>> that the current list is a good one that we hope meets with your
>> approval.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>> Rik Panganiban
>> On Behalf of the Selection Committee
>
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