UNITED NATIONS TD
United Nations Distr. GENERAL Conference on Trade and TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/INF.1 30 September 2004 Development ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ONLY
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Expert Meeting on Free and Open Source Software Geneva, 22-24 September 2004
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Note: The format and data of the entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
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EXPERTS
AFGHANISTAN
Mr. Fawad MUSLIM, Director General of Communication and Archive, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kabul
AFRIQUE DE SUD
Ms. Mabatho NAKENE, Focus Area Leader, Multilateral Cooperation Department of Science and Technology, Pretoria
ARABIE SAOUDITE
Mr. Khaled bin Osman ALKADI, Director, Data Section, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Riyadh
BENIN
M. Augustin Marie Joseph D'ALMEIDA, Ingénieur, Système informatique et réseaux, Conseiller technique à la communication et aux nouvelles technologies, Ministère de la communication et de la promotion des technologies nouvelles, Porto-Novo
BHOUTAN
Mr. Jigme TENZING, Head, Application Development Division, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Information and Communications, Thimphu
BOTSWANA
Mr. Motlhatlhedi MOTLHATLHEDI, Deputy Permanent Secretary, ICT and Postal Services, Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Gaborone
BRESIL
Mr. Sergio Amadeu de SILVEIRA, President, National Institute of Information Technology, Brasilia Mr. Paulo Estivallet de MESQUITA, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. José Marcos Nogueira VIANA, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
CAMEROUN
M. Bernard NGUINGNANG, Chef, Service des statistiques du commerce extérieur, Ministère des affaires économiques, de la programmation et de l'aménagement du territoire, Yaoundé
CHINE
Ms. LIU Lijuan, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. WU Dezhong, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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COLOMBIE
Sr. Rafael QUINTERO CUBIDES, Segundo Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
COTE D'IVOIRE
M. Diomande OUSMANE, Docteur en informatique, Conseil technique, Ministère du commerce, Abidjan
CUBA
Mrs. Miriam VÁLDÉS ABREU, Official, Minister of Informatics and Communication, La Havana
EGYPTE
Mr. Amr ANJOWAILY, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
ETATS-UNIS
Mr. Richard LAMB, Information Technology Policy Officer Department of State, Washington D.C. Ms. Melissa KEHOE, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
ETHIOPIE
Mr. Tarik Hagos TESFAYE, Software Expert, Information and Communication Technology Development Authority, Addis Ababa
FRANCE
M. Pierre BONIS, Chargé de mission, Ministère des affaires étrangères, Paris Mme Béatrice PLUCHON, Chef, Bureau des nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication, Ministère des affaires étrangères, Paris M. Laurent MILLET, Cadre, Ministère des affaires étrangères, Paris M. François LEGER, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
GHANA
Mr. Eric Kwame MAMTE BEDIAKO, Systems Administrator, Ministry of Trade, Industry and PSI, Accra
HONGRIE
Mr. Sandor FERGE, Director General, Ministry of Informatics, Budapest Mr. Oszkar KOVACS, Expert, Ministry of Informatics, Budapest Mr. Gabor REVESZ, Expert, Society of Informatics, Budapest
INDE
Ms. Preeti SARAN, Minister, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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IRAN (REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE D')
Mr. Mohammed HASSEIN KHANSARI, Manager, National Linux Project, Advanced Information and Communication Center, Sharif University, Tehran Mr. Mehdi FAKHERI, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
ITALIE
Mr. Luciano BARILLARO, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Filippo ESCHER, Stagiaire, Permanent Mission, Geneva
KENYA
Mr. George GACHOKA, Trade Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Nairobi
MADAGASCAR
M. Eric Jean Michel RAKOTOMANANA, Ingénieur statisticien, Chef, Service des statistiques de production des biens, Ministère de l'économie, des finances et du budget, Antananarivo
MALAISIE
Mr. Tengku Mohd Azzman SHARIFFADEEN IBRAHIM, President and C.E.O., MIMOS BERHAD, Kuala Lumpur
MALAWI
Mr. Victor MALLEWA, Chief, Systems Analyst, Ministry of Finance, Lilongwe
MONGOLIE
Mr. Erdene BATBILEG, Technical Staff, Permanent Mission, Geneva
NEPAL
Mahesh Singh KATHAYAT, Executive Director, National Information Technology Center, Ministry of Science and Technology, Kathmandu
OMAN
Ms. Fatima AL-GHAZALI, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
OUGANDA
Mr. Ham Mukasa MULIRA, Executive Director, Uganda Computer Services, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Kampala
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Mr. Rizwan Saeed SHEIKH, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
PHILIPPINES
Ms. Maria Teresa CAMBA, Director, Field Operations, Philippine National Computer Center, Manila Mr. Miguel R. BAUTISTA, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Ma. Victoria L. BARNES, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO
M. Jonas KATALA NGANDU, Coordonnateur, Centre de référence de l'OMC, Ministère du commerce extérieur, Kinshasa
REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE POPULAIRE DE COREE
Mr. KIM Yong Ho, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE POPULAIRE LAO
M. Maydon CHANTHASINGH, Directeur exécutif, LANIC, Vientiane
REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA
H.E. Mr. Dumitru CROITOR, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva
REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
Mr. Jaroslav POPILEK, Lawyer, Ministry of Informatics, Prague
RWANDA
M. Juma OKECH, Directeur général, Autorité pour l'information et la technologie, Kigali M. Abraham MAKUZA, Chef, Division télécommunications, Ministère des infrastructures, Kigali
SIERRA LEONE
Mr. Isaac Kofie ROBERTSON DANNER, Senior Lecturer, Head, Department of Computer Studies Institute of Public Administration and Management, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown
SLOVENIE
Mr. Miroslav KRANJC, Secretary, Ministry of Information Society, Ljubljana
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SOUDAN
Mr. Ahmed Sabir ELMUEZ, Director of Information Centre, Ministry of Interior, Khartoum
SRI LANKA
H.E. Ms. Sarala M. FERNANDO, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva Mr. Dayaratna SILVA, Minister, Commercial and Economic Affairs, Permanent Mission, Geneva
SUISSE
M. Stefano LAZZAROTTO, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
TUNISIE
M. Mounir BEN RJIBA, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
VENEZUELA
Sr. Arturo GALLEGOS, Director OTI, Caracas
VIET NAM
Mme Thi Ngoc Lan NGUYEN, Fonctionnaire, Ministère de la science et de la technologie, Hanoi
ZAMBIE
Ms. Evelyn C. M. SOKO, Acting Data Manager, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Lusaka
ZIMBABWE
Mr. Samuel KUNDISHORA, General Manager, Zimbabwe Academic and Research Network, Harare Mr. Vincent HUNGWE, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Harare
OBSERVER COUNTRIES
PALESTINE
Mr. Rami AZEM, Network Engineer, Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology, Government Computer Centre, Ramallah
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ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE (OIF)
M. Marc-André BEAULIEU, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève M. Pierre OUEDRAOGO, Responsable Programme de centre serveur, Bordeaux, France Mme. Fatimata SEYE ET SYLLA, Présidente, BOKK JANK/BOKK JEF-SENEGAL, Dakar, Senegal M. Abdoulayé DIAKITE, Agence intergouvernementale de la francophonie, Conakry, Guinée
UNITED NATIONS
CENTRE DU COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL
Mr. Jerome SABETY, Expert, Software Development, Enterprise Management Development Section, Division of Trade Support Services, Geneva
COMMISSION ECONOMIQUE POUR L'AFRIQUE
Mr. Makane FAYE, Secretariat, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Mr. Dawit BEKELE, Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
COMMISSION ECONOMIQUE POUR L'EUROPE
Mrs. Lorenza JACHIA, Economic Affairs Officer, Geneva
CORPS COMMUN D'INSPECTION
Ms. Daniela MANIU, Research Officer, Geneva Mr. Louis Dominique OUEDRAOGO, Inspector, Geneva Mr. Serge Patrick KAPTO, Technology Associate, Geneva
HAUT COMMISSARIAT DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LES REFUGIES
Mr. Anthony SALMON, Chief, IT Department and Chair of the UN Inter-agency Task Force on free and open source software
PROGRAMME DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Mr. Raul ZAMBRANO Mr. Shahid AKHTAR, Programme Coordinator, International Open Source Network, Asia Pacific Development Information Programme, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DU TRAVAIL CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE FORMATION
Mr. Claude MARTIN, Learning Technology Specialist, ITC-ILO, Turin
ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INDUSTRIEL
Mr. Alberto DI LISCIA, Assistant Director General, Director, Geneva
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE
Ms. Lucinda JONES
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
Dr. Joan H. DZENOWAGIS, Project Manager, Health Inter Network, Geneva
OBSERVER ORGANIZATIONS/PRIVATE SECTOR
ASSOCIATION DES COMPAGNIES D'ASSURANCE AU LIBAN
Mr. Samir BARADHI, Assistant General Manager, BYBLOS INSURANCE COMPANY, Beyrouth
BRIDGES
Mr. Jan Philipp SCHMIDT, Cape Town, South Africa
BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE
Mr. Mario CORREA, Director, Software Policy, Americas Mr. Seow Hiong GOH, Director, Software Policy Asia, Singapore Mr. Benoît MULLER, Director, Software Policy Europe, Brussels, Belgium Ms. Lisa PEETS, Counsellor, COVINGTON & BURLING, London, United Kingdom
CANONICAL LTD.
Ms. Jane SILBER, CEO Mr. Mark SHUTTLEWORTH, President
COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (www.cpsr.org)
Mr. William J. DRAKE, President, Geneva
COMPTIA
Mr. Robert KRAMER, Vice President, Public Policy, Arlington, VA, United States
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Mr. Thirukumaran BALASUBIANCINIORRI, Consumer Project on Technology, Geneva, Switzerland
CREATIVE COMMONS
Ms. Heather FORD, Creative Commons, South Africa
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE TECHNIQUES AVANCEES
M. Francis MUGUET, Paris
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
Mr. Cory DOCTOROW, Director of Outreach, London, United Kingdom
FEDERATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN'S CLUBS OVERSEAS
Ms. Paula DAEPPEN, Director, Zurich
FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
Mr. Richard STALLMAN, Founder, United States
FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION FOR EUROPE
Mr. George GREVE, President
FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION FOR AFRICA
Mr. Kanuri Bildad KAGAI, Exexutive Secretary, FOSSFA, Nairobi Kenya Mr. Oladapo LADIMEJI, Chartered Accountant, FOSSFA Council member, London, United Kingdom
HEWLETT PACKARD
Mr. Stormy PETERS, Director, HP Open Source Programme, Denver Colorado
IBM
Mr. John PALFREEYMAN, Director of Linux & Grid Services, Hampshire, United Kingdom
ISTITUTO TECNICO STATALE MARIE CURIE
Mr. Carlo BOCCHETTI, LAN Manager, Cologno Monzese, Italy
LINUX PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE
Mr. Evan LEIBOVITCH, CEO, Toronto, Canada
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MICROSOFT
M. Mark LANGE, Corporate Attorney, Paris, France Mr. Stephen MCGIBBON, Regional Technology Officer, Reading, United Kingdom Mr. Andreas EBERT, Vienna, Austria
NIGHTLABS GmbH
Mr. Gunther HARTMANN, Freiburg, Germany
NOVELL
Mr. Richard SEIBT, President, Novell EMEA
SIEMENS
Ms. Heidi HOHENSOHN, Siemens C-Labs Mr. Duncan MCNUTT, Innovation Manager, Siemens Business Services
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
Ms. Danese COOPER, Open Source Program Manager, Board Member of the Open Source Initiative, San Francisco, United States
WIKIPEDIA
Mr. Jimmy WALES, Founder
SPECIALLY INVITEES
CIVIL INITIATIVE ON POLICY OF INTERNET (CIPI)
Mr. Asomudin ATOEV, Director, Dushanbe, Tajikistan (www.cipitj.net) Ms. Aleksandra BELYAEVA, Director, Moskow (www.internews.ru)
FIRSTMONDAY.ORG THE UNIVERSIT OF MAASTRICHT
Mr. Rishab GHOSH, International Editor and Co-Founder of Firstmonday.org
LINUX SYRIA
Mr. Mohammad Anas TAWILEH, IT Expert, Damascus
LONDON METROPOLITIAN UNIVERSITY
Mr. Ezendu ARIWA, Senior Lecturer