Taiwan College of Commerce, East Venture Inc., Fujitsu Limited, International Chamber of Commerce, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Akwan Information Technologies, CommerceNet, ITAA, SUNESI, Inc. Are these representatives of the world's Internet users, or of the people who have signed up for At-large membership? > At Large Candidates Nominated > by the Nominating Committee > (31 July, 2000) (http://www.icann.org/nomcom/nominations.htm) > > Africa > > Alan Levin > > Alan Levin directs IT strategy and infrastructure for Sunesi - a > new digital diagnostics organisation. Alan is Cape Town-based and > has been building the Internet industry on the African continent > for over five years. > > Nii Quaynor > > Dr. Nii Quaynor is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Network > Computer Systems (NCS), Ghana. Dr Nii holds a Ph.D. in Computer > Science from the State University of New York at Stonybrook. He is > president of the Internet Society chapter for Ghana, and has been > deeply involved in the formation of AFNOG, the African network > operators group, and in the organization of AfriNIC, the emerging > regional Internet registry for Africa. > > Asia/Australia/Pacific > > Johannes Chiang > > Prof. Johannes Kuo-huie Chiang is Associate Professor of > Department of Management Information Systems, with joint > assignment at the Research and Learning Center of SMEs Northern > Taiwan, and at the College of Commerce of National Chengchi > University, located in Taipei, Taiwan. He holds a degree of Doctor > in Engineering Science (Dr.-Ing.) from the Technical University of > Aachen, Germany. He is member of Pacific Neighborhood Networking > Consortium (PNC), a member of International Council for Small > Business (ICSB), consultant to the Computing Center of Academica > Sinica, as well as on network planning and electronic business > projects of ROC government departments. > > Lulin Gao > > Dr. Lulin GAO is Senior Consultant, East Venture Inc., Beijing, > PRC. Previously, he has served as Senior Adviser to the World > Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva; the founding > Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO); > Commissioner of Chinese Patent Office (CPO); and Director-General > of the State Economic Commission (SEC) of the People's Republic of > China. Dr. GAO received a doctorate in Engineering from Russia, > and has worked in the field of science and technology management > for more than 20 years. > > Masanobu Katoh > > Masanobu Katoh is a Japanese business executive currently assigned > as General Manager of Fujitsu Limited in the Washington, D.C. > office. A recognized expert in the field of law and public policy > issues affecting the Internet and information technology industry, > he serves as the Asia-Pacific representative of the business > constituency on the Names Council of ICANN's Domain Name > Supporting Organization (DNSO), as well as Chairman of the > Internet Law and Policy Forum (ILPF), and Chairman of the > Electronic Commerce Committee of the Forum for the Global > Information Infrastructure (GIIC). > > Sureswaran Ramadass > > Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass is Program Chairman for Systems, Head of > Labs, and Head of the Network Research Group at Universiti Sains > Malaysia. He is also Head of APAN Malaysia (Asia Pacific Advanced > Networks), Chairman of the Multimedia Working Group for APAN, Head > of the AI3 Malaysia (Asian Internet Interconnections Initiative), > Head of the TEMAN Project for USM (Testbed Environment For > Malaysian Multimedia Applications And Networking), and Head of the > Network Research Group (NRG). > > Europe > > Maria Livanos Cattaui > > Maria Livanos Cattaui is the Secretary-General of the > International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), based in Paris. She is a > member of numerous boards and advisory boards. A Swiss citizen of > Greek origin, she is a graduate of Harvard University. > > Alf Hansen > > Alf Hansen is Director of UNINETT FAS A/S in Trondheim, Norway. > UNINETT FAS is member of CENTR (Council of European National > Top-Level Domain Registries), and is the host for NORID, the > Norwegian Registration Service for Internet Domain Names. He has > previously been Research Scientist, Group Leader, Section Leader, > Operational manager, and elected Board member of UNINETT A/S. He > holds a degree of "Sivilingeni�r" (Graduate Electrical Engineer) > from The Norwegian Institute of Technology, NTH, Trondheim.. > > Olivier Muron > > Olivier Muron joined France Telecom's Research & Technology > division in 1998, where he is head of a department in charge of IP > technology and electronic commerce; prior to that, he was involved > in Internet-related projects at INRIA and the French Ministry of > Industry and Telecommunications. Olivier holds an engineering > degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris and a Ph. D. degree in > Statistics from the University of California - Berkeley. > > Oliver Popov > > Dr. Oliver B. Popov is a professor of Computer Science at the > Institute of Informatics, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and > Mathematics, University of St Cyril and Methodius, and the > President of the Executive Board of the Macedonian Academic and > Research Network (MARNet). Dr. Popov is credited with being, along > with a group of enthusiasts, the key person to bring the Internet > to Macedonia and to the Macedonian academic and research > community. He is currently the Vice-chairman of CEENet (Central > and Eastern European Networking Association), as well as a member > of the NATO Advisory Panel on Networking. > > Winfried Sch�ller > > Winfried Sch�ller is Director of International IP-Services at > Deutsche Telekom, where he has also been Project Leader for Next > Generation Internet Activities. Winfried holds a Master's Degree > (Diplom -Ingenieur) in Electrical Engineering from the Technical > University of Aachen, Germany, and a Master's of Business > Administration (MBA) from Northwestern University Chicago (Kellogg > Graduate School of Management) and University for Corporate > Management (WHU), Koblenz. > > Latin America > > Ivan Moura Campos > > Ivan Moura Campos is Chairman of the Internet Steering Committee > of Brazil, and Chief Executive Officer of Akwan Information > Technologies, Brazil. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from > the University of California, Los Angeles. > > Raul Echeberria > > Raul Echeberria is Computer and Telecommunication Advisor at > Uruguay's National Institute of Agricultural Research and > E-commerce consultant to [EMAIL PROTECTED], which is implementing the > first electronic cattle market in Latin America. In addition, Raul > is Chairman of Interim Board of LACNIC, the emerging regional > internet registry for Latin America/Caribbean, Interim Chairman of > ENRED, the Latin American Network Forum, and a participant in the > Internet Society and the IETF. He holds a degree in Computer > Science from the Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, and a > Master's Degree in Information Technologies from the Universitario > Autonomo del Sur, Uruguay. > > Patricio Poblete > > Patricio Poblete is Administrative Contact for NIC Chile, the > domain name registry for the .CL domain, and is also Director of > the School of Engineering of the University of Chile. He holds a > Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo (Canada) > and has been involved in the development of computer networks in > Chile for the last fifteen years. > > North America > > Lyman Chapin > > Lyman Chapin is Chief Scientist of BBN Technologies and a Director > of CommerceNet. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and > Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and past chairman of the Association > for Computing Machinery?s Special Interest Group on Data > Communication. He served as chairman of the Internet Architecture > Board (IAB) from 1991 to 1993, and was a founding trustee of the > Internet Society. > > Donald Langenberg > > Dr. Donald Langenberg is Chancellor of the University System of > Maryland. Previously, he served as chancellor of the University of > Illinois at Chicago, acting director and deputy director of the > National Science Foundation, and professor of physics at the > University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, he directed the Laboratory > for Research on the Structure of Matter. Dr. Langenberg serves on > many boards, and has been president and chairman of the board of > the American Association for the Advancement of Science. > > Lawrence Lessig > > Prof. Lawrence Lessig is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. > > Harris Miller > > Harris N. Miller is President of the Information Technology > Association of America (ITAA; www.itaa.org), the largest and > oldest association representing the Internet, software, services, > systems integration, and telecommunications industries in the > United States. He also serves as President of the World > Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA; > www.witsa.org), which consists of 41 Information Technology > associations from around the globe. M. 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