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. GE.04-52639 TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/INF.1 Page 2 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 TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/INF.1 Page 3 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 TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/INF.1 Page 4 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 TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/INF.1 Page 5 PAKISTAN 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 TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/INF.1 Page 6 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 TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/INF.1 Page 7 INTER GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 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 TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/INF.1 Page 8 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 TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/INF.1 Page