Hi Cedric, I second your nomination. All, Before the nominations period closes, allow me to add something on my consumer advocacy:- "Controle privado da Internet e os prejuízos para o desenvolvimento da África" <http://www.politics.org.br/edicao_02/m2.html> regards, Alex On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 1:54 AM, Cedric Laurant <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi NCUC-ers, > > I would like to stand as a candidate to be a representative for Europe of > the NCUC Executive Committee. > > I have had several times the opportunity to work on Internet governance > issues as a public policy expert and consumer protection advocate. I have > been active in ICANN-related policy debates since 2001 through my work for > various non-profit organizations, and particularly from the perspectives of > freedom of speech and privacy. Between 2001 and 2006, when I was the > Director of the International Privacy Project with the Electronic Privacy > Information Center (http://www.epic.org), a Washington, DC-based non-profit > organization, my main focus was to advocate strong protections for > individual domain name registrants so that ICANN policies respect their > freedom of expression and privacy. I also directed the publication of an > annual survey of privacy developments ("Privacy and Human Rights") between > 2003 and 2006, which included Internet governance and ICANN-related issues > across multiple jurisdictions around the world > (http://preview.tinyurl.com/4zcnd). > > As a member of the following associations or expert groups, I expect from > time to time to have the opportunity to bring forward to them some of the > issues to debate within the NCUC: > * District of Columbia Bar (2002-) > * Asia-Pacific Privacy Charter Council (international privacy expert > group) (2003-) > * International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications > (international privacy expert group) (2005-) > * UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Dynamic Coalition on Privacy (2006-) > * Vaultletsoft, Board of Advisors (cryptography software company) (2006-) > * Grupo de Estudios en Internet Comercio Electrónico Telecomunicaciones e > Informática (GECTI), Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de los Andes > (Colombian university expert group) (2007-) > * IP Justice, Cyberlaw Legal Advisory Board (2007-) > * American Bar Association (Section of International Law, Young Lawyers' > Interest Network) (2007-) > > More information about me can be found in my online profile and resume/CV, > available at http://www.linkedin.com/in/cedriclaurant. > > I am looking forward to any of your questions and to working with all of you > at the NCUC. > > Best regards. > > Cedric Laurant > -- >