Below are the two nominations from Civil Society Coordination Group for
speakers for this years IGF opening and closing ceremonies. They were chosen
from a field of 20 names submitted from various civil society coalitions, and
have been forwarded to the IGF Secretariat. I must say that any of the 20 names
submitted could have represented us admirably, and that it was a tough decision
for the CSCG members to come up with 2 names.
For those who don’t know them,
Joana Varon Ferraz is a researcher and project
coordinator at the Centre for Technology and Society from Fundação Getulio
Vargas in Rio de Janeiro
Nadine Moawad is a Lebanese
feminist activist and grasssroots worker who leads Association for Progressive
Communication (APC)'s sexual
rights work.
We commend them both as informed excellent communicators to represent civil
society. They have both been informed of their nominations.
Ian Peter (Independent Chair, Civil Society Coordination
Group)