[WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis

[Tatiana V. Ershova]

Robert,

Being one of those who nominated Adama Samassekou to speak on behalf of the 
civil society I was guided by the following considerations:

He was nominated to speak on multi-stakeholder partnerships, so he should 
have been aware of different stakeholders' concerns to be able do deal with 
the topic.

He was one of the first people in the world who raised this issue on a very 
high level and promoted it at the Geneva Phase in his capacity of the 
President of WSIS Preparatory Committee.

His career comprises different kind of activities, including:

- Head of the Linguistic Department of the Institute of Social Sciences of 
Mali, the National Library of Mali (research/education community);
- Founding president, for Mali and Africa as a whole, of the Peoples' 
Movement for Human Rights Education, as well as the founding chairman of 
ADEMA-France (civil society);
- Minister of Education of Mali and a spokesperson for the Government of 
Mali (government);
- Currently: President of the African Academy of Languages with ministerial 
rank (both research/education and government).

To my mind this is a great a combination of various stakeholders' 
experience, which, augmented by his outstanding thinking and speaking 
abilities and global-wide vision, gives him the right to talk about MSP at 
such high level on behalf of one of the stakeholder, for which this topic is 
most important, i.e. civil society.

I hope this will help to understand my motivation to offer Mr. Samassekou as 
one of the key speakers, and this was shared by many CSB members.

Tatiana
________________________________________

Tatiana V. Ershova

Co-Coordinator
WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family

General Director
Institute of the Information Society
E-mail: info at iis.ru
URL: http://www.iis.ru

Chair of the Board
Russian e-Development Foundation
E-mail: info at russia-gateway.ru
URL: http://www.russia-gateway.ru

4, Makarenko str., 105062 Moscow
P.O. Box 716, Central Post Office, 101000 Moscow
Russian Federation
Tel./Fax: +7 (095) 925-42-03, 17-27
E-mail: ershova at iis.ru

----- Исходное сообщение ----- 
От: Robert Guerra
Кому: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Отправлено: 3 октября 2005 г. 20:13
Тема: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis


Rik:


I think having the president of the first phase preparatory process speak on 
behalf of Civil Society  at the tunis summit is strange and quite 
problematic. Is he not a cabinet member of the Malian government?


Please not as well, that I do not see any of the names of Canadians I posted 
to the plenary list last week. Below is a copy of the message with the names 
and bios. I hope they can be considered. I am of the personal opinion that 
it would be great if a spot could be given to Derrick de Kerckhove, the 
director of the McLuhan program at the University of Toronto.




regards,


Robert



Begin forwarded message:


From: Robert Guerra <rguerra at lists.privaterra.org>
Date: September 29, 2005 6:52:03 PM GMT+02:00
To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
Subject: Nomination - Canada - Nominations




Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending PrepCom3, I 
would  like to put forward the following nominations as speakers - from 
Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level panel.


They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known 
experience in information society issues but also have participated in one 
or more WSIS related events (prepcoms and/or summit).


The names, bios and URLs for additional information is below for the review 
and consideration of the committee.


additional names will be forthcoming.


regards


Robert


--


Derrick de Kerckhove
Charles Taylor
Peter Leuprecht
Jean-Louis Roy
Jennifer Corriero










Derrick de Kerckhove
(opening ceremony)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_de_Kerchove


Derrick de Kerckhove is the Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and 
Technology, author of The Skin of Culture and Connected Intelligence and 
Professor in the Department of French at the University of Toronto.


He edited Understanding 1984 (UNESCO, 1984) and co-edited with Amilcare 
Iannucci, McLuhan e la metamorfosi dell'uomo (Bulzoni, 1984) two collections 
of essays on McLuhan, culture, technology and biology. He also co-edited 
with Charles Lumsden The Alphabet and the Brain (Springer Verlag, 1988), a 
book which scientifically assesses the impact of the Western alphabet on the 
physiology and the psychology of human cognition. Another publication, La 
civilisation vidéo-chrétienne appeared in France in December, 1990 and in 
Italy the following year (Feltrinelli, 1991). Brainframes: Technology, Mind 
and Business (Bosch & Keuning, 1991) addresses the differences between the 
effects of television, computers and hypermedia on corporate culture, 
business practices and economic markets. The Skin of Culture (Somerville 
Press, 1995) is a collection of essays on the new electronic reality which 
stayed on Canadian best-sellers lists for several months. It was translated 
into a dozen languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Polish and 
Slovenian. Connected Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced his research 
on new media and cognition. His latest book, The Architecture of 
Intelligence, was first issued in Dutch in December 2000, and in English 
(June 2001), Italian and German in September 2001. It was later translated 
into Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. He collaborated with Mark Federman on 
McLuhan for Managers: New Tools for New Thinking, published in September 
2003. de Kerckhove is also contracted to work on a book about the history of 
stage performance from early Greek theatre to modern Opera, in collaboration 
with Francesco Monico.
[edit]


Other work


de Kerckhove has offered connected intelligence workshops worldwide, and now 
offers this innovative approach to business, government and academe to help 
small groups to think together in a disciplined and effective way while 
using digital technologies. In the same line, he has contributed to the 
architecture of Hypersession, a collaborative software now being developed 
by Emitting Media and used for various educational situations.


As a consultant in media, cultural interests, and related policies, de 
Kerckhove has participated in the preparation and brainstorming sessions for 
the plans for: the Ontario Pavilion at Expo '92 in Seville, the Canada in 
Space exhibit, and the Toronto Broadcast Centre for the CBC. He was involved 
in plans for a major exhibit on Canada and Modernism at the Cité des 
sciences et de l’industrie in Paris for 2004 and was a member of the 
cultural committee of Toronto's bid for the Olympics in 2008. He was a 
member of several government task forces on developing a telecommunications 
policy for Ontario, designing a cultural policy for the francophone 
community in Ontario, and also appeared before the CRTC Public Hearing 
Committee on the Information Highway. A World Economic Forum Fellow, de 
Kerckhove is also an active member of the Vivendi Institut de prospective 
where he is in charge of investigating the future technological and business 
development of the new technologies. He was decorated by the Government of 
France with the order of "Les Palmes académiques" and has been a member of 
the Club of Rome since 1995. de Kerckhove is, most recently, the holder of 
the Papamarkou Chair in Education and Technology at the Library of Congress 
in Washington, D.C.










Charles Taylor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(philosopher)
http://www.uni.ca/taylor_f.html
http://agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Charles_Taylor


Charles Taylor, CC, BA, MA, Ph.D, FRSC (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian 
philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and modern western identity 
of individuals and groups. He is often classified as a communitarian.


His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive humanism"—a 
humanism without reference to the transcendent, especially as it relates to 
cultural, social, or political life.


Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in 1952) and 
at Oxford (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1955, M.A. in 1960, 
Ph.D in 1961).


He was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford 
University and was for a long time Professor of Political Science and 
Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he is now 
professor emeritus. Taylor is now Board of Trustees Professor of Law and 
Philosophy at Northwestern University.


In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.


Noted books


    * The Explanation of Behavior (1964)
    * Hegel (1975)
    * Hegel and Modern Society (1979)
    * Philosophical Papers (2 volumes, 1985)
    * Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity (1989)
    * The Malaise of Modernity (1991; the published version of Taylor's 
Massey Lectures, reprinted in the U.S. as The Ethics of Authenticity (1992)
    * Philosophical Arguments (1995)
    * Modern Social Imaginaries (2004)


 Peter Leuprecht
http://www.pdhre.org/people/leuprechtbio.html
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sirp/com/04-202.htm [Français]
http://www.law.mcgill.ca/faculty/bio_display-en.htm?bio_id=49&state=Print_List




Professor Leuprecht was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1999 to 2003. He 
teaches theories of justice and conducts research in the field of 
international law and human rights. In August of 2000, he was appointed UN 
Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia. Author 
of numerous publications, Dean Leuprecht has taught at the Universities of 
Strasbourg and Nancy (France), at the European Academy of Law in Florence 
(Italy) and at the Département des sciences juridiques de l'Université du 
Québec à Montréal. Professor Leuprecht served as Director of Human Rights at 
the Council of Europe, and was elected Deputy Secretary General in 1993. He 
left his post before the end of his term because of his disagreement with 
the dilution of Council of Europe standards. Awarded the Prix du civisme 
européen in 1991, he was a member of a committee of four Sages asked to 
prepare a human rights agenda for the European Union for the year 2000.


Peter Leuprecht a enseigné aux Universités de Strasbourg et de Nancy ainsi 
qu'à l'Académie de droit européen de Florence. Professeur invité au 
Département des sciences juridiques de l'UQAM et professeur à la Faculté de 
droit de l'Université McGill dont il a été le doyen de 1999 à 2003, monsieur 
Leuprecht possède des qualifications et une expérience exceptionnelles dans 
les domaines du droit international et des droits de la personne. Dès 1961, 
le jeune diplômé de l'Université d'Innsbruck (Autriche) amorce une brillante 
carrière au Conseil de l'Europe. Il y restera jusqu'en 1997 après avoir été, 
entre autres, secrétaire du Comité des ministres, directeur des Droits de 
l'Homme et Secrétaire général adjoint (poste électif). Conseiller au 
Ministère canadien de la Justice de 1997 à 1999, membre du Comité des « 
Sages » qui a préparé le programme d'action sur les droits de la personne 
pour l'Union européenne de l'an 2000, monsieur Leuprecht est aussi 
représentant spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour les droits 
de la personne au Cambodge depuis août 2000.


Peter Leuprecht est lauréat du Prix du civisme européen (1991) et du Human 
Rights Award of the Lord Reading Law Society (2001).




Bob Carty




Bob Carty est un producteur et documentariste pour les émissions The Sunday 
Edition et The Current sur CBC Radio One. Avant de s’engager dans le 
journalisme, Bob Carty a oeuvré dans les domaines des droits de la personne 
et du développement international, plus particulièrement en Amérique 
centrale. En 1981, il joint les rangs de la CBC à titre de chef du service 
étranger et, plus tard, comme producteur senior du programme radio Sunday 
Morning. Il a également travaillé pour les programmes radio de la CBC As it 
Happens, Commentary et Morningside. À la fin des années 1980, et pendant 
cinq ans, il couvre la situation des droits humains, les conflits militaires 
ainsi que les questions de développement et d’environnement en Amérique 
centrale pour la CBC, la National Public Radio, le Monitor Radio et le Globe 
and Mail. Il participe également à des projets spéciaux de journalisme d’enquête 
avec CBC Radio News et CBC Television.


Les documentaires radio de Bob Carty ont reçu de nombreux prix dont le 
prestigieux Peabody Award et le Gabriel Award. Parmi les autres prix, 
mentionnons le New York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand 
Award, le prix de l’Association canadienne des journalistes pour son travail 
de journalisme d’enquête, le prix de l’Association canadienne des rédacteurs 
scientifiques et le prix d’Amnistie internationale du Canada pour ses 
informations sur les droits de la personne. L’Organisation des Nations Unies 
lui a de plus exprimé une reconnaissance spéciale pour son programme radio 
prônant les valeurs du système onusien. En 2004, il s’est vu remettre le 
prix Online Journalism Award décerné par le Online News Association pour son 
reportage sur les réactions indésirables aux médicaments. Il a été également 
mis en nomination au Canada pour le prix Michener.
Bob Carty est membre du International Consortium of Investigative 
Journalists (ICIJ). Ardent défenseur de la liberté d’expression, il est 
membre du conseil d’administration de Journalistes canadiens pour la liberté 
d’expression (JCLE) et l’un des fondateurs de Échange international de la 
liberté d’expression (IFEX)


[english]


Bob Carty is a documentary producer for The Sunday Edition and The Current 
on CBC Radio One. Prior to entering journalism Mr. Carty worked in the field 
of human rights and international development focussing on Latin America. In 
1981 he joined the CBC becoming foreign editor and later senior producer for 
the radio programme Sunday Morning. He also worked for shorter periods for 
the CBC Radio programmes As It Happens, Commentary and as senior producer of 
Morningside. In the late 1980s, he spent five years in Central America 
covering military conflicts, human rights, development and ecological issues 
throughout Latin America for the CBC, National Public Radio, Monitor Radio 
and the Globe and Mail. Returning to Canada in 1993, Carty resumed full-time 
documentary work for Sunday Morning and later for the new CBC current 
affairs programme This Morning (now The Sunday Edition and The Current 
respectively). He also participates in special investigative projects with 
CBC Radio News and CBC Television.


Bob Carty's radio documentaries have won numerous awards including a 
prestigious Peabody Award and a Gabriel Award. Other prizes include the New 
York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand Award, the Canadian 
Association of Journalists Award for Investigative Journalism, the Canadian 
Science Writers’ award, Amnesty International of Canada’s award for human 
rights reporting, and a special United Nations recognition for programming 
which reinforces the values of the U.N. system. Recent team reporting on 
issues of adverse drug reactions won the Online Journalism Award (2004) 
given by the Online News Association, and in Canada was also nominated for a 
Michener Award.
Mr. Carty is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative 
Journalists (ICIJ). He is active in freedom of expression issues as a board 
member of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and he is one of 
the founders of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX).


Jean-Louis Roy


http://www.ichrdd.ca/francais/apropos/jeanLouisRoyBio.html


Jean-Louis Roy was appointed President of Rights & Democracy (International 
Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) in June and took up his 
post on August 19, 2002.


A former Director of the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Mr. Roy was Secretary 
General of the Agence de la Francophonie in Paris from 1990 to 1998. He was 
responsible for promoting cooperation between the 49 member states of the 
Francophonie and for the implementation of political, economic and social 
programmes agreed upon at summit meetings of Heads of State and Governments.


Since then Mr. Roy has served in an advisory capacity on related issues and 
was a visiting professor at York University, in Ontario and at the 
University of Moncton in New Brunswick. In 2001, he was appointed Chancellor 
of the University of Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia.


He holds a PhD in history from McGill University where he was Director of 
the Centre for French Canadian Studies from 1971 to 1981. He was Director of 
Le Devoir from 1981 to 1986 until he was named Québec Delegate General in 
Paris and Delegate to Francophone Multilateral Affairs, a post he held until 
1990.
President of the Ligue des droits et libertés du Québec (Quebec's Civil 
Liberties' Union) from 1976 to 1978, he was a member of the Commission des 
droits et libertés de la personne du Québec (Québec's Human Rights 
Commission) and in 2000, was awarded the Prix Droits et Libertés (Human 
Rights Prize) of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de 
la jeunesse du Québec (Québec Human Rights and Rights of Youth Commission).


Mr. Roy has written several books including: A Guide to the European 
Economic Community Charter; La Francophonie : Le Projet communautaire and 
Une Nouvelle Afrique à l'aube du XX1e siècle. He has been awarded an 
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sainte Anne in 1985, and an 
Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Moncton in 1992




Jennifer Corriero
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/jenergy


Jennifer Corriero is an innovator and leader, bringing tremendous insight 
into understanding, reaching and motivating youth. Jennifer's experience 
includes developing and driving youth programs related to technology, 
collaboration and entrepreneurship. Jennifer has been selected by the World 
Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (2005) and Global Leader for 
Tomorrow (2002).


In 1999, Jennifer co-founded TakingITGlobal, a non-profit social venture 
which connects and supports over 75,000 members across 200 countries to 
create positive change. TakingITGlobal.org is the world's premier global 
online community for youth interested in making a difference, receiving more 
than 1.4 million hits per day. TIG partners with five UN agencies, and is 
supported by several corporations and philanthropic foundations.


Jennifer is an Organizing Committee member for the Youth Employment Summit 
Campaign, and was a member of the Canadian government delegation to the 
World Summit on the Information Society. She has presented at events 
including the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the 5th Stockholm 
Challenge Global Forum in Sweden, the 2nd Global Knowledge Conference in 
Malaysia, the Hague International Model United Nations, and the 2003 UNESCO 
Youth Forum in Paris.


In 2000, Jennifer spent six months in Redmond advising Microsoft on various 
aspects of the next generation of workers (often referred to as the "Net 
Generation"). Jennifer has also worked on various consulting projects for 
companies such as MDS, Xerox, VanCity Credit Union, Bootlegger, J. Walter 
Thompson, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, TD Bank, Royal Bank, Nike, 
D-Code, Swatch, McDonalds and HP.


Jennifer has a BA (Liberal Studies) with a focus on 'Business, 
Communications, Technology and Culture' and is currently pursing her Masters 
at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies. Her area of 
concentration is 'Youth Engagement and Capacity-Building Across Cultures'.


Jennifer has served on the youth board of YouthFluence, was an International 
Youth Ambassador for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, she 
coordinated the Ontario Science Centre's Online Youth Advisory Team (for the 
Innovation Project), and is a Youth Champion for Pollution Probe, an 
environmental non-profit organization. She also serves as an advisor to the 
Global Youth Action Network and Chat the Planet.


In 1998, Jennifer was the project manager for a website funded by a Canadian 
philanthropist dedicated to promoting Canadian women's history. She attended 
the Shad Valley Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship summer program and 
was a student at the Ontario Science Centre Science School where she studied 
OAC Chemistry, Physics and Science & Society.


Jennifer has served as a digital dignitary for 3Com's Planet Project, the 
largest Internet-based poll of the human race, and was featured in articles 
in Fast Company and TIME Magazine; was named as one of the "Shapers of Our 
Future" in the area of technology and education by Converge Magazine; was 
the 2001 Wired Woman Young Woman of the Year; has been recognized by the 
National Congress of Italian Canadians as a Youth Achievement Award winner; 
and was an award winner for McGill University's Management Achievement 
Award.


Jennifer is available for speaking engagements through The Lavin Agency.


"I like keeping it real and staying true to what drives me. I love to create 
beautiful things and share them with the world...whether it be ideas, 
artwork, energy...the universe speaks through me, as it does you -- and when 
this connection is made, the rewards are awe-inspiring!"


"I think that with each moment we live, and each decision we make, we have 
an impact on our own lives, and the lives of those around us. Most of the 
time, we are unconscious of the impact that we have. I think that the first 
way for 'others to make an impact' is to become more conscious and aware of 
the decisions we make and the choices we have. Once this happens, we are 
able to critically examine our own lives, and imagine new possibilities for 
ourselves and the world. There are an infinite number of ways to affect 
change and have an impact - the question we should ask ourselves should 
center around what contribution we want to make, what kind of experiences we 
want to have, and what kind of world we want to live in."