[WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel

[Rik Panganiban]

Dear Colleagues,

The WSIS executive secretariat has confirmed to us their nominations  
for speakers from civil society. Please find below the list of  
speakers for the opening ceremony, high level panel, and roundtables  
nominated by the WSIS Secretary General.  We understand that the WSIS  
President is the final authority on who will speak in Tunis.

We also understand that Ms. Shirin Abadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner in  
2003, is being nominated by a number of caucuses and civil society  
groups to speak at the opening ceremony.  Ms. Renata Bloem wants it  
known that she would be happy to step aside to allow Ms. Abadi to  
address the opening ceremony, if this is acceptable to the WSIS  
executive secretariat.

Note that the final list of plenary speakers has not been completed,  
pending the receipt of the CVs from all of the nominated speakers  
from civil society.  Please send those CVs and summaries to me  
directly at rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org if you have not already.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

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Opening Ceremony

Name

Title

Organization

Country

Ms. Renata Bloem
President

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United  
Nations (CONGO)
Switzerland


High-Level Panel

Name

Title

Organization

Country

Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
Chairman
MS Swaminathan Foundation
India


Round Tables

Name

Title

Organization

Country

Ms. Tatiana Ershova
Director General
Institute of the Information Society
Russia

Mr. Monthian Butan
President
Thailand Association of the Blind
Thailand

Mr. Simon Davies
Director
Privacy International
UK

Mr. Roberto Bissio
Executive Director
Third World Institute
Urguay

Mr. Mohanmed Elyes Ben Marzouk
President
Organisation tunisienne des jeunes médecins sans frontières
Tunisia

Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen
Executive Director
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
South Africa

Mr. Gbenga Sesan
Founding Coordinator
Lagos Digital Village
TakingITGlobal
Nigeria



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RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United  
Nations (CONGO)
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email: rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org
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