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Seventh Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum6-9 November 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan 7 November 2012 *** The following is the output of the real-time captioning taken during the Seventh Meeting of the IGF, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Although it…

Seventh Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum6-9 November 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan 7 November 2012 ***The following is the output of the real-time captioning taken during the Seventh Meeting of the IGF, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Although it is…

Seventh Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum 6-9 November 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan Tuesday, 6 November 2012 *** The following is the output of the real-time captioning taken during the Seventh Meeting of the IGF, in Baku, Azerbaijan.…

Date and time: 9 November, 12.30 - 14.30 Event description How did the use of the most important Internet governance concepts  evolve in the IGF's language from the first IGF in 2006 to the sixth meeting in Nairobi in 2011? What word was most…

New Delegates Briefing Session 6 November, 14.30 - 18.00, Room 11   Background/context: Following the positive experience from the Nairobi IGF meeting (transcript), an orientation session for newcomers has been planned to take place during the…

Ms. Amelia Andersdotter is a Member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party in Sweden. She works with industrial policy in telecommunications and innovation in the Union as well as in its international relations. She is a Patron of EPFSUG,…

Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) since January 2007, was re-elected for a second four-year term in October 2010. As Secretary-General, Dr Touré is committed to ITU’s mission of connecting the…

Before assuming duties as the Assistant Director General of Communication and Information of UNESCO, Ambassador Karklins served as the Latvian Ambassador to France, Andorra, Monaco and UNESCO. He was as well the Permanent Representative of Latvia to…

Mr. Wu Hongbo was appointed United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs on 1 August 2012. A career diplomat, Mr. Wu had been serving, since 2009, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of…

Neophytos Papadopoulos began his career in the Design and Planning of Fixed Telecommunication Networks during his term with the Cyprus telecommunications incumbent CYTA (1994-2002), where he managed projects for the consolidation of the fixed…

Mr. Bitange Ndemo is the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications.Prior to his appointment as Permanent Secretary, Dr. Ndemo was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi’s Business School, where he taught…

Jean-Guy Carrier became Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce on 24 January 2011. He is also Director of Programmes for ICC’s Research Foundation. Mr Carrier has initiated and led research-based publishing and public…

 Born on June 24, 1982 in Kazan. Education 2004: Graduated from the Economics Department, Kazan State University. Experience 2001–2005: Deputy Director of Kazansky Portal. 2004–2005: Deputy Director General of Modern Internet Technologies.…

David Drummond joined Google in 2002, initially as vice president of corporate development. Today as senior vice president and chief legal officer, he leads Google’s global teams for legal, government relations, corporate development (M&A and…

Lawrence E. Strickling was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the Department of Commerce in June 2009. In this role, Strickling serves as Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information…