Third Meeting of the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC) 3-5 May 2017 Geneva, Switzerland List of Participants States Members of the Working Group Brazil Mr. Benedicto Fonseca Filho, Ambassador, Director of the Department of Scientific and Technological Themes, Chair of the WGEC (2016-2018), Ministry of External Relations, Brasilia Mr. Hugo Barbaso, Advisor of the Department of Scientific and Technological Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brasilia Canada Mme. Chrystiane Roy, Premier Secrétaire, Mission Permanente, Genève Cuba Mr. Juan Fernández, Advisor and member of the United Nation s Secretary General Multistakeholder Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum, Ministry of Communications, Havanna Ms. Claudia Perez Alvarez, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Hungary Mr. Peter Major, Acting Chair of the 20 th CSTD, Advisor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Istvan Erenyi, Senior Counsellor, Ministry of National Development, Budapest India Mr. Virander Kumar Paul, Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Sumit Seth, First Secretary (Economic), Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Sadre English, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Pradeep Verma, Scientist, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Government of India, New Delhi Iran, Islamic Republic of Mr. Ahmad Rajabi, Counselor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Hadi Shahriar Shahhoseini, Director of International and Scientific Cooperation, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran (remote participant) Japan Mr. Mitsuhiro Hishida, Director, Multilateral Economic Affairs Office, MIC Japan, Tokyo Mr. Yoshiyuki Kato, First Secretary, Mission du Japon, Geneva Mr. Kenta Mochizuki, Attorney at Law (New York), Public Policy, Corporate Intelligence, Yahoo Japan Corporation, Yahoo Japan Corporation (as a member of the delegation of Japan), Tokyo
Mr. Yusuke Yabushita, Assistant Director International Policy Division Global ICT Strategy Bureau Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC), Japan, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Tokyo Kenya Mr. Fredrick Matwanga, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mexico Sra. Maria Del Pilar Escobar Bautista, Consejera, Misión Permanente, Ginebra Mr. Israel Rosas, Internet Policy Analyst, National Digital Strategy Coordination, Mexico City (remote participation) Pakistan Mr. Syed Atif Raza, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Peru Mr. Carlos Garcia, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Poland Mr. Dariusz Karnowski, Diplomat, Permanent Mission, Geneva Russian Federation Ms. Iulia Elanskaia, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, Moscow Mr. Vladimir Minkin, Chief expert, Radio Research and Development Institute (FSUE NIIR), Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, Moscow Switzerland Mr. Jorge Cancio, International Relations Specialist, Federal Office of Communications, Biel Mr. Patrick Pardo, Counsellor, Scientific Affairs, Permanent Mission, Geneva Turkey Ms. Sezen Yesil, ICT Expert, Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey, Ankara Mr. Kasım Kaban, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Yunus Karakaya, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva United Kingdom Mr. Paul Blaker, Head of International ICT, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, London Mr. Ryder Thomas, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Marie Humeau, Cyber and Internet Policy Officer, Permanent Mission, Geneva United States Mr. Justin Fair, Cyber Policy Officer, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. Ms. Susan Ritchie, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C. Ms. Susan Chalmers, Internet Policy Analyst, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Washington, D.C Mr. Brett Makens, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Barrett Parker, Economic and Science Officer, Permanent Mission, Geneva 2
Zambia Mr. Muyumbwa Kamenda, First Secretary Economic, Permanent Mission, Geneva Other Stakeholders Members of the Working Group Representatives from the business community Mr. Jimson Olufuye, Chair and CEO, Africa Information and Communication Technologies Alliance (AfICTA), Abuja Mr. Lorenzo Sastre, Advisor, Asociación Interamericana de Empresas de Telecomunicaciones (ASIET), Madrid Ms. Timea Suto, Project Coordinator, International Chamber of Commerce Business Action to Support the Information Society (ICC BASIS), Paris Mr. Makoto Yokozawa, Chairperson, Japan Information Technology Service Industry Association (JISA), Yokohama Ms. Marilyn Cade, Chief Executive Officer, mcade, Falls Church Representatives from civil society Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Johannesburg Mr. Parminder Singh, Executive Director, IT for Change Mr. Carlos Afonso, Executive Director, NUPEF Institute, Rio de Janeiro Mr. Richard Hill, President, Association for Proper Internet Governance (APIG), Geneva Representatives from the technical community and academia Mr. Nick Ashton-Hart, CSTD WGEC Member (Technical Community), Amsterdam Mr. Nigel Hickson, Vice-President, United Nations and Non-governmental Organization Engagement, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Geneva Representatives from the Intergovernmental and International Organizations Mr. Georgios Tselentis, Programme/Policy Officer, European Commission, Brussels Ms. Alexandra Bihain, Intern, EU Mission to the WTO, Geneva Member States Observers Australia Ms. Greer Alblas, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Austria Mr. Klaus Parrer, Legal Advisor, Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Vienna Ms. Charline Van Der Beek, Attaché, Austrian Mission, Geneva Belarus Ms. Irina Divakova, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Democratic Republic of the Congo Mr. Mukanga Loma Djesa, Directeur, Ministère du Commerce, Kinshasa 3
Germany Mr. Paul Wallot, Policy Officer, Permanent Mission, Geneva Greece Ms. Rhea Tsitsani, First Counsellor for Economic and Commercial Affairs, Permanent Mission, Geneva Iran, Islamic Republic of Mr. Ahmad Rajabi, Counselor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Iraq Mr. Baqir Rasheed, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneve Kazakhstan Ms. Aldina Sakhi, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Kuwait Mr. Abdulaziz Taqi, Commercial Attache, Permanent Mission, Geneva Latvia Ms. Laura Gintere, Deputy director - head of division, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Riga Nepal Ms. Ranjita Dahal, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Netherlands Mr. Arnold Van Rhijn, Senior Policy Advisor Global Internet Governance, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Wassenaar Oman Ms. Hilda Al-Hinai, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Mohammed Al Balushi, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Al Balushi Mohammed, First secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Portugal Mr. Paulo Pardal, Conseiller, Mission Permanente, Geneva Saudi Arabia Mr. Mansour Alqurashi, Director, Information Society planning, coordination and follow-up, Communication and Information Technology Commission, Riyadh Sri Lanka Ms. Himali Athaudage, Director, Ministry of Science, Technology and Research, Battaramulla Ms. Dilini Gunasekara, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Uganda Ms. Daphiney Nyanduri, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva United Republic of Tanzania Ms. Neema Manongi, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva 4
Non-member observer State State of Palestine Mr. Ryad Awaja-Aouadja, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Other Stakeholders Observers Ms. Jennifer Chung, Director of Corporate Knowledge, DotAsia Organisation, Hong Kong (remote participation) Ms. Samantha Dickinson, Internet governance consultant and writer, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Burbank Mr. Carl Gahnberg, Policy Advisor, Internet Society, Geneva Mr. Ryan Johnson, Sr. Manager, International Public Policy, Access Partnership Washington, DC Ms. Tatiana Kapinga Kanyinda, présidente fondatrice de l'ong ADHC et journaliste, Action pour le développement Humain au Congo, ADHC, Les Sables D'olonne Ms. Marilia Maciel, Researcher, DiploFoundation, Strasbourg (remote participant) Mr. Yasir Mahmood, Main Representative, World Welfare Association, Sheikhupura Ms. Eleonora Mazzucchi, Programme Management Assistant, IGF Secretariat/UNDESA Geneva Mr. Philip Rushton, Senior Consultant, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Chepstow Ms. Lynn St Amour, President & CEO, Internet Matters, Boston Ms. Elizabeth Thomas-Raynaud, Senior Policy Executive, ICC Commission on the Digital Economy Project Director, ICC BASIS, Paris (remote participant) Mr. Francois Ullmann, president, Ingenieurs du Monde, Divonne 5