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

[Adam Peake]

Rik, thank you.

Do we know the themes of the panels and round 
tables and who will be assigned to which?

And very sincere thanks to Renata.  We all owe a 
great deal to CONGO, and especially to Renata for 
work on our behalf throughout WSIS.

Adam


At 2:38 PM -0400 10/12/05, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>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 
><mailto:rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org>rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org 
>if you have not already.
>
>Regards,
>
>Rik Panganiban
>CONGO
>
>===================================================
>
>
>
>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
>
>
>===============================================
>RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship 
>with the United Nations (CONGO)
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>
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