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Biography of Mr. Robert EDWARDS, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Direct
Marketing Association (ADMA)
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Mr. Rob Edwards' ten years as Chief Executive Officer of ADMA have coincided
with the emergence of direct marketing communications as a dominant force in the
advertising media mix. This period has also witnessed a dramatic change in the
Association's position as a leader in self-regulation and consumer satisfaction
in the era of one-to-one marketing.
During his time at the helm, ADMA's membership has trebled, to over 500 of
Australia's leading corporations with membership comprising advertisers,
suppliers and on-line marketers.
Mr. Edwards spends over half of his time working with government and industry
on complex public policy issues such as consumer data protection,
telecommunications, new interactive technologies and fair trading, both within
Australia and in the global forum.
In recent years Mr. Edwards has worked with government in developing
self regulatory codes in the areas of new technologies such as SMS, online
advertising and more recently with the development of the Federal Governments'
Anti Spam legislation. In recognition of Mr. Edwards' work in this area he was
elected to the role of President of the International Federation of Direct
Marketing Associations (IFDMA) in 2001, and has been Chairman of the Asia
Pacific Direct Marketing Council for the past five years.
Prior to taking up his current position, Mr. Edwards was Vice Chairman of the
ADMA Board of Directors and Managing Director of Key Direct Response, a leading
telemarketing and database bureau. His career includes executive management
roles in companies such as Royal Doulton, O'Brien Glass and Pacific Aviation, a
subsidiary of Ansett Transport Industries.
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Biography of Mr. Peter FERGUSON, Director, Electronic Commerce Policy, Electronic Commerce
Branch, Industry
Canada
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Mr. Peter Ferguson is Director of Electronic Commerce Policy with the Electronic
Commerce Branch of Industry Canada. The Branch is responsible for electronic
commerce policy development, for accelerating the adoption and use of e-commerce
by the private sector and for strengthening the related research and innovation
agenda in Canada.
Mr. Ferguson is responsible for coordinating the development of domestic
policy positions on a variety of issues linked to the e-commerce policy and
legal framework in Canada, such as the implementation of the Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, governance issues affecting
the development and implementation of authentication services and identity
management, information security matters affecting the e-business environment
and the government's response to spam.
He is Chair of the OECD Working Party on Information Security and Privacy and
is active in the APEC Electronic Commerce Steering Group. Mr. Ferguson also
participates in bilateral initiatives providing advice on electronic commerce
issues and related policy development.
Peter is a graduate of Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada.
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Biography of Mr. Jing Guang FU, Telecommunication Administration Bureau,
Chinese Ministry of Information Industry
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Dr. Jing Guang Fu is a Policy Analyst in the Telecommunications Administration
Bureau (TAB), Ministry of Information Industry, People's Republic of
China.
Dr. Fu is responsible for administrating the telecommunication services and
network security, including fixed line, mobile services and Internet services.
His duties are researching network security policies and coordinating the
solving of network security issues. He is the main drafter of China's
forthcoming Anti-spam Regulation.
Dr. Fu received B.S and M.S degrees from Huazhong University of Science and
Technology, People's Republic of China, in 1995 and 1998. From 1998 to 2000, he
worked at Beijing Founder Electronic Ltd. He received his Ph.D degree from
Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003
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Biography of Mr. Philippe GÉRARD, Legal and Regulatory Officer, Information Society Directorate-Generale,
European Commission
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Mr. Philippe Gérard has been a legal and regulatory officer with the
Information Society Directorate-General of the European Commission since 2000.
This position involves developing the policy and regulatory framework for
electronic communications, concentrating in particular on privacy and data
protection issues. He is also a lecturer on communications law.
Mr. Philippe Gérard holds a degree in law from the University of Louvain
(Belgium, 1991) and a post-graduate diploma in European and international law
from the Royal University of Leiden (the Netherlands, 1992). He was admitted to
the Brussels' Bar in 1997.
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Biography of Mr. John HAYDON, Executive Manager, Consumer and Universal Service Obligation Group, Australian Communications Authority
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Mr. Haydon is the Executive Manager of Consumer and Universal Service within the
Australian Communications Authority (ACA) - the national telecommunications and
radio communications regulator. His current responsibilities include:
- Managing the Universal Service regime (so that all Australians have
reasonable access to the standard telephone, data and payphone services on
an equitable basis, and carriers share the costs);
- Enforcing consumer safeguards and industry consumer codes;
- Coordinating the ACA consumer information programs for better consumer
awareness and choice; and
- Administering the anti spam regime under the Spam Act.
In the recent past Mr. Haydon has led the regulator's role in the other areas
including; licensing and regulation of operators and access to infrastructure,
management of telephone numbers and number portability, assistance to law
enforcement and emergency services, national standards and compliance for
equipment and cabling, and Australian participation in international
telecommunications standardisation activity
Mr. Haydon's background in the telecommunications has encompassed
diverse environments including manufacturing, network operation, business
development, defence and power utility applications, research and field
engineering. He joined AUSTEL (the predecessor to the ACA) in 1991 from the
electricity supply industry.
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Biography of Mr. Khee Yoke HO, Manager, Infocomm Development Authority (IDA)
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Mr. Khee Yoke Ho is a Senior Consultant with the Infocomm Development Authority
of Singapore.
Mr. Ho looks after the technical aspects of IDA’s anti-spam programme. His
other focus area is in Next Generation Internet (NGI) applications, in
particularly Social Software, and Virtual Communities building. He was one of
the key architects in the building of broadband community in the Singapore ONE
project, a national initiative which delivers a new level of interactive,
multimedia applications and services to homes, businesses and schools throughout
Singapore.
Mr. Ho graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from the
National University of Singapore.
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Biography of Dr Bob HORTON, Deputy Chairman, Australian Communications Authority
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Dr Bob Horton is currently Acting Chairman of the Australian Communications
Authority since October 2003, and an Associate Member of the Australian
Broadcasting Authority.
His experience in the telecommunications industry includes a number of
project assignments with industry in the UK and the USA, and some 14 years with
the Research Department of Telecom Australia, where he progressed through the
fields of solid state electronics, optical fibre systems and components,
microwave systems and components and finally wideband systems research.
Dr Horton was educated at the University of Wales in the UK, where he
obtained a first class honours degree in electronic engineering in 1968 and a
Ph.D in the field of microwave communications in 1971.
Between 1985 and 1989 he was with the Corporate Strategy Directorate of
Telecom Australia, involved in long term studies of the direction of
telecommunications in the position of Director, Industry Strategy. He also spent
some time as Executive Aide to the Managing Director.
In 1987/88, Dr Horton was seconded to the Government's Telecommunications
Policy Review Team in Canberra. In his outside interests, Dr Horton has been a
Past President of the Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers, Australia
and a Fellow of both the IREE and IEAust.
In August, 1989 he joined AUSTEL as General Manager, Technical Standards with
responsibility for technical regulation of the Australian telecommunications
industry. Dr Horton was a member of AUSTEL from September 1993. He was also
Chairman of AUSTEL's Standards Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Australian
Telecommunications Standardization Committee (previously the Australian CCITT
Committee), was a Board Member of Standards Australia and was Chairman of the
Telecommunications Standardization Advisory Group within the ITU in Geneva
between 1993 and 1996. He is presently Chairman of the Asia Pacific
Telecommunity Standards Program (ASTAP).
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Biography of Mr. Ki-Kwon KIM, Director, Information Utilization Protective Division, Ministry of Communication (MIC)
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Mr. Ki-Kwon Kim is serving as Director of Information Utilization Protective
Division at the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) in the Republic
of Korea.
He is currently taking charge of establishment and propulsion of policy of
private information protection; prevention of the unwholesome information
distribution and development; diffusion of related technology; and
countermeasure for infringement of user's benefit and protection of the law in
the cyber area.
Mr. Kim holds a master's degree in Public Policy from the University of
Wisconsin, United States
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Biography of Mr. Jaeil LEE, Vice President, Electronic Transaction Security & date Protection Division, Korea Information Security Agency (KISA)
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Mr. Jaeil Lee is Vice President of Electronic Transaction Security & Data
Protection Division at Korea Information Security Agency (KISA).
He is currently in charge of response to spam, protection of personal
information, management of electronic signature infrastructure, research on
electronic transaction protection technology and so on in order to promote
safety and reliability regarding information usage environment.
Mr. Lee holds a master's degree from Seoul National University, Republic of
Korea.
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Biography of Mr. John R. LEVINE, Chairman, Anti-Spam Research Group, Internet Research Task Force
(IRTF)
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Mr. John R. Levine, Ph.D., writes, lectures, and consults on the Internet, email
and spam, and related computer topics. He has written or co-authored many books
including the best-selling Internet for Dummies. Mr. Levine chairs the IRTF
Anti-Spam Research Group, is a board member of the Coalition Against Unsolicited
Commercial E-mail, and is active in many other Internet and anti-spam groups.
For more information please visit the John
Levine (EPIC) website
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Biography of Mr. Yuxiao LI, Director, Anti-Spam Coordination Team, Internet Society of China
(ISC)
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Mr. Yuxiao Li, the Director of Anti-Spam Coordination Team of Internet Society
of China, took office as the director of Secretariat of Internet Society of
China (ISC) on May 25th, 2001. He was also one of the main initiators to
establish ISC.
Mr. Li was elected director of Anti-Spam Coordination Team of ISC at the end
of 2003. From 1994 to 1998, he worked for Science of Telecom Technology Research
Institute of the former Ministry of Post and Telecommunication of P.R.C. He was
an editor in charge of compiling the articles on technology and marketing
contents working for the World Telecommunication Newsroom at Science and
Technology Information Research Institute of Ministry of Information Industry
from 1991 to 1994.
Mr. Li has has been involved in has expertise in the areas of the telecom
network, mobile telecom, Internet business and information service. He has
organized to draft out several publications, including the Public Pledge on
Self-Discipline for Internet, Development Report on China Internet as one of the
main editors, and Anti-Spam Service Criterion of Internet Society of China. As
one of the main organizers, he convened the 1st and 2nd Internet Conference of
China in 2002 and 2003, and acted as the chair of the Anti-Spam Forum in the 2nd
Conference. He is devoted to the developing of ISC, forming several committees
concentrated on different Internet issues successively, as Network and
Information Security Committee, Responsibility and Ethics Committee, Policy and
Resource Committee, Popularization and Dissemination Committee, and Internet
Academic Committee.
Mr. Li graduated from Radio Engineering Dept. in Electronic Engineering
Institute of Beijing Union University with Bachelor Degree, and obtained his MBA
degree at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University in 2001.
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Biography of Mr. Wonki MIN, Director, International Policy Division, Korean Ministry of Information and Communication
(MIC)
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Mr. Wonki Min has worked within the Korean Ministry of Information and
Communication (MIC) since 1989. Since the beginning of 2004 he is the Director
of International Policy Division at MIC.
Other positions he has held within the Ministry of Information and
Communication are: Policy advisor to the Minister (2003- 2004), Director of
Telecommunications Competition Policy Division and Director of Software Industry
Division (2002- 2003), Chief Secretary to the Minister (2001- 2002), Chief
Deputy Director of Policy Coordination Division (1996 - 1997), Deputy Director
of Info-communication Planning Division (1993 - 1994), Deputy Director of
Computer Network Division (1991 - 1992), and Deputy Director of
Telecommunications Planning Division (1989 - 1990).
Mr. Min has also acted as Chair of OECD TISP working party (2003- 2004) and
as Vice Chair of OECD TISP working party (2002-2003). Between 1998 and 2000 he
also served as Project Manager (Committee for Information Computer and
Communications Policy/Working Party for Telecommunication and Information
Services Policies) at the OECD.
Prior to joining MIC he worked as Amenities Officer of the Seoul Olympic
Organizing Committee (1988), and served as Deputy Director of the Ministry of
General Affairs (1998).
Mr. Min earned his MBA at the University of Washington, United States, in in
1996, and holds an MA in Public Administration from the Seoul National
University, Republic of Korea, a BA in History from Yonsei University, Republic
of Korea.
Publications and papers by Mr. Min include:
- 2001 OECD, "Regulatory Reform in Italy", Telecommunications
Industry
- 2000 OECD, "Interconnection and Local Competition", DSTI/ICCP/TISP(2000)3
- 1999 OECD, "Regulatory Reform in Japan", Telecommunications
Industry OECD, "Regulatory Reform in the Netherlands",
Telecommunications Industry OECD, "Telecommunications Regulations:
Institutional Structure and Responsibilities", DSTI/ICCP/TISP(99)15/REV1
Mr. Min earned the "President Award" for the excellent work on the
"Globalization Project" in 1997.
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Biography of Mr. Giorgio NALIN, Senior Manager, Regulation and Quality of Services Department, Italian Ministry of Communications
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Mr.
Giorgio Nalin works for the Italian Ministry of Communications as a senior
manager responsible for the Communications Regulation Department.
Prior to taking on this responsibility he worked for the same Ministry within
the field of metrology electrical standards and assessment of measuring
laboratories.
Mr.
Nalin is the
Ministry’s representative in the Communications Committee (COCOM), in the
Communications Broadcast Issues sub-group (CBISS) of the European Commission
and in the OECD Working party on Telecommunication and Information
Services Policies (TISP).
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Biography of Ms. Sophie NERBONNE, Manager of Economic Affaires, Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés
(CNIL)
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Ms. Sophie Nerbonne is the head of the division in charge of private sector at
the CNIL legal division. She has expertise in the area of data protection rules
to processings implemented in the private sector.
Prior to joining CNIL 15 years ago she worked as a lawyer in charge of all
legal aspects in a subsidiary of SODEXHO.
Ms. Nerbonne has a degree in public law from the University of Law in Paris
and a post graduate degree in Public Service from the French Institute of
Politics (IEP) Publications include articles in professional reviews dealing
with banking and economic affairs.
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Biography of Mr. John PALFREY, Executive Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
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As Executive Director of the Berkman Center, Mr. John Palfrey is responsible for
working with the faculty directors to set and carry out the Center's ambitious,
public-spirited agenda and overseeing the work of its crack team of staff,
fellows and students. As Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, Mr. Palfrey has
taught "Cyberlaw and the Global Economy", "Digital
Democracy," and "Internet & Society: the Technologies and Politics
of Control".
His research interests include the Internet and democracy, intellectual
property, and technology law as it relates to commercial transactions. Recent
work includes "Public
Participation in ICANN" (along with co-authors Noah Eisenkraft,
Clifford Chen, and Sam Hwang). Other working papers include "The
End of the Experiment: How ICANN's Foray into Global Internet Democracy
Failed" (forthcoming, in the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology) and
"The
Accountable Net" (with David R. Johnson and Susan P. Crawford).
A long-time affiliate of the Berkman Center, Mr. Palfrey comes to the Berkman
Center from the law firm Ropes & Gray, where he worked on intellectual
property, Internet law, and private equity transactions. Mr. Palfrey is a
co-founder and a former officer of a venture-backed technology company. He also
served as a Special Assistant at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during
the Clinton administration. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Charles
River Watershed Association, which does terrific work to clean up our local
river. While attending Harvard Law School, he was a Teaching Fellow in Internet
Law and served as an editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review.
Mr. Palfrey graduated from Harvard College, the University of Cambridge, and
Harvard Law School. His awards include the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial
Scholar to the University of Cambridge and the U.S. EPA Gold Medal (highest
national award). John is admitted to the New York and Massachusetts bars.
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Biography of Ms. Vanna PALUMBO, Head, International and Community Matters Department,
Italian Data Protection Authority
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Ms. Vanna Palumbo is currently the head of the International and Community
Matters department of the Italian Data Protection Authority.
Ms. Palumbo has a degree in Law from Rome "La Sapienza" University
and has taken post-doctorate courses in Administrative Law and International Law
in Rome.
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Biography of Ms. Vivianne PETERS, Vice Chairman, INTUG, and Director, Regulatory Management; Security, Privacy and Compliance for American Express
Technologies
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Ms. Vivienne Peters is Vice Chairman of INTUG and member of the UK
Communications Management Association and the UK Telecoms Users Association.
Ms. Peters has been a committed consumer lobbyist for the majority of her
career. From the mid-1980s through to 1994, she was Chief Executive of the UK
Telecommunications Users Association (TUA).
In 1994, she took up a post with American Express as Regulatory Consultant
for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for two years then decided she wanted
to understand how regulation and legislation was enacted from the inside and
joined the UK regulator, OFTEL (now OFCOM), first in the Compliance Directorate
and then as Acting Director of Consumer Affairs. Ms. Peters returned to American
Express in 1998, as Director Regulatory Affairs but with a much wider global
brief. Her particular interests are centered around data privacy, competition
policy, convergence of communications media and all issues related to
E-commerce.
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Biography of Mr. Jon PRAED, Partner, Internet Law Group
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Mr.
Praed has been at the forefront of the Internet
community's legal battle against unsolicited bulk e-mail.
Over the past seven years, Mr.
Praed has obtained nearly $20 million in
judgments against spammers on behalf of some of the largest ISPs in the United
States. Most importantly, Mr.
Praed has collected millions from spammers on
behalf of his clients, and has helped shape the law against spam, including:
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early precedent-setting victory on summary judgment in AOL v. LCGM,
46 F. Supp. 2d 444 (E.D. Va. 1998);
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important personal jurisdiction decision in Verizon Online v. Alan
Ralsky, 203 F. Supp. 2d 601 (E.D. Va. 2002), that established
spammers can be sued wherever their spam causes injury; and
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ground-breaking contempt of court decision in AOL v. CN Productions
(E.D. Va. 2002).
Mr.
Praed is a frequent speaker at anti-spam
conferences, including recent appearances at:
MIT Spam Conference, Cambridge, MA, January 2004 & January 2003;
Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group Summit, May 18, 2004, Washington D.C.;
ISIPP Spam Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 2004; ISPCON, San Jose, CA, October 20, 2003; FTC Spam
Forum, Washington, D.C., May 2,
2003;
IETF's Anti-Spam Research Group, San Francisco, CA, March 20, 2003;
and National Cyber Crime Conference, Chicago, IL, May 9-11, 2002.
Mr. Praed
is also a member of the Program Committee for the Conference on Email and
Anti-Spam (CEAS).
Prior
to forming Internet Law Group, Mr. Praed practiced law with Latham &
Watkins, in Washington, D.C. and California.
In addition to his private practice, Mr.
Praed also has substantial government service.
In 1995, he served as the first Chief Counsel to the U.S. House of
Representatives' Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on
Regulatory Affairs. Prior to entering private practice, Mr.
Praed served as a law clerk for U.S. District
Court Judge John D. Tinder, in the Southern District of Indiana, and for Chief
Justice Randall T. Shepard of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Prior to law school, Mr. Praed also served as a Governor's Fellow to
Indiana Governor Robert D. Orr.
Mr. Praed received his law degree
from Yale Law School in 1989 (summa cum laude), and earned his B.A. in political
science from Northwestern University in 1986. Mr. Praed is admitted
to the bars of Washington, D.C., Virginia, Indiana and California (inactive).
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Biography of Mr. Matthew PRINCE, CEO and co-founder of Unspam
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Mr. Matthew Prince is a leading expert on the
law and techniques of fighting spam. He is the CEO and co-founder of Unspam, LLC,
a Chicago-based business and government consulting company with the mission of
designing effective laws to stop unwanted online messages.
Over the last four years, Mr. Prince
has consulted with state, federal, and international businesses, governments,
and organizations wishing to reduce spam. He worked with legislators to help
draft portions of the United States Federal CAN-SPAM Act, delivered testimony to
the Federal Trade Commission on the effectiveness of various spam-fighting
proposals, and authored and lobbied for the passage of the 2004 Children's
Protection Registry Act in Utah and Michigan. Similar legislation is currently
pending before several other legislatures throughout the United States.
Earlier this year Mr. Prince served
as a featured speaker at the Second Annual MIT Spam Conference. Mr. Prince also
teaches as an Adjunct Professor at John Marshall Law School where he is also a Faculty
Advisor to the Journal of Computer and Information Law. He is the
co-author of the forthcoming law review article "After CAN-SPAM: How States
Can Stay Relevant in the Fight Against Spam" and the proposed
"No-Email-Collection Metatag" standard. Mr. Prince
received his J.D. from the University of Chicago and is a member of the Illinois
Bar. He studied English and Computer Science at Trinity College in Hartford,
Connecticut, USA.
For more information, visit the UNSPAM
website.
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Biography of Mr. Suresh RAMASUBRAMAIAN, Manager, Antispam Operations, Outblaze
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Suresh Ramasubramaian is Manager, Antispam Operations at Outblaze,
a large provider of managed messaging services for over 40 million users.
He has several years experience in ISP antispam operations, starting with a
stint on the abuse desk at Juno (now United Online).
Mr. Ramasubramaian is a founder member and currently coordinator of APCAUCE
(the Asia Pacific chapter of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial
Email). APCAUCE organizes two antispam conferences a year, in different cities
in the Asia Pacific region. He is also founder president of CAUCE India.
Mr. Ramasubramaian also serves on the management committees of two Asia
Pacific regional network operators conferences - APRICOT
and SANOG. He has been interviewed about spam
by journals ranging from Businessweek and the Wall Street Journal to Wired, PC
Mag and Salon.
Mr. Ramasubramaian is currently writing a book on mail systems
administration, to be published by O'Reilly
Associates.
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Biography of Mr. Marc ROTENBERG, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy
Information Center (EPIC)
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Mr. Marc Rotenberg is Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information
Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC. He teaches
information privacy law at Georgetown University Law Center and has testified
before Congress on many issues, including access to information, encryption
policy, consumer protection, computer security, and communications privacy. He
recently testified before the 9-11 Commission on "Security and Liberty:
Protecting Privacy, Preventing Terrorism.
Mr. Rotenberg has served on several national and international advisory
panels, including the expert panels on Cryptography Policy and Computer Security
for the OECD, the Legal Experts on Cyberspace Law for UNESCO, and the Countering
Spam program of the ITU. He currently chairs the ABA Committee on Privacy and
Information Protection, and is Secretary of the Public Interest Registry. He is
editor of The Privacy Law Sourcebook and co-editor (with Daniel J. Solove) of
Information Privacy Law (Aspen Publishing 2003).
Mr. Rotenberg is a graduate of Harvard College and Stanford Law School. He
served as Counsel to Senator Patrick J. Leahy on the Senate Judiciary Committee
after graduation from law school.
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Biography of Mr. Enrigue SALEM, President and CEO, Brightmail
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Mr. Enrique Salem, is the President and CEO of Brightmail. Having joined
Brightmail in April 2002, Enrique is focused on providing the strategy and
vision and driving execution that will enable Brightmail to grow its leadership
position in securing messaging systems.
Prior to Brightmail, Mr. Salem served as senior vice president of products
and technology at Oblix, where he spearheaded corporate strategy and development
by leading the company's engineering, product management, and technology groups.
Before Oblix, Mr. Salem was vice president of technology and operations at Ask
Jeeves Inc. where he was responsible for the engineering group and the company's
entire IT operation. Prior to that, he lead the security business unit at
Symantec Corporation, helping to grow the unit's revenue from $200 million to
$460 million over a three year period. Earlier in his career, Mr. Salem was a
vice president at Security Pacific Merchant Bank, where he led projects for the
development of real-time trading systems.
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Biography of Mr. Toshihiko SHIBUYA, Deputy Director of the Telecommunications Consumer Policy Division of MPHPT,
Japanese Ministry of Public Management, Home Affaires, Posts and Telecommunications
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Mr. Toshihiko Shibuya has been deputy director of the Telecommunications
Consumer Policy Division within the Telecommunications Bureau of the Japanese
Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, for
about one year. He is in charge of anti-spam activity and mobile filtering
services within the Ministry.
Mr. Shibuya graduated from the London School of Economics and Political
Science in UK and holds Msc. Politics of the World Economy.
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Biography of Mr. Hugh STEVENSON, Associate Director for International Consumer Protection,
Bureau of Consumer Protection, U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FCC)
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Mr. Hugh Stevenson is the Associate Director heading the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission's International Division of Consumer Protection. He has moderated
various FTC workshops focusing on international consumer protection issues,
including jurisdiction, judgment recognition, and alternative dispute
resolution, and he moderated the international panel at the FTC's May 2003 spam
forum.
Mr. Stevenson has also served on the U.S. delegations of various
international organizations, including the OECD Committee on Consumer Policy.
There he chaired the working group on OECD guidelines to protect consumers
across borders from fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices. His Division
is currently working on proposed legislation to address international consumer
protection enforcement issues. Mr. Stevenson was previously Associate Director
for Planning & Information, leading the establishment of the FTC's Consumer
Response Center; the Consumer Sentinel complaint sharing project; and the
identity theft program.
Mr. Stevenson, a Harvard Law School graduate, has worked at the FTC since
1991.
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Biography of Mr. Mark SUNNER, Chief
Technology Officer, MessageLabs
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Since
joining MessageLabs as Chief Technology Officer in 1997, Mr. Sunner has been the
technical visionary and driving force behind the development of the company's
industry-leading email security services, which currently protect more than
8,500 businesses worldwide from email-borne threats such as viruses, spam,
pornography and other unwanted content. As
the architect behind the MessageLabs technology, Mr.
Sunner has led
the design and development of one of the world’s most innovative and effective
e-mail security systems, and has established the company as one of the most
recognized and respected sources of security expertise.
As
MessageLabs’ global spokesperson, Mr. Sunner is regularly quoted on a range of
email security issues in leading technology and business publications and
broadcast outlets, including CNN Money, The Wall Street Journal and The New York
Times. His expertise and
thought-leadership are demonstrated in his numerous addresses to leading IT
decision-makers at forums around the world, and his white papers and articles
are frequently published in well-known and respected news outlets in the
Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.
During
his career, Mr. Sunner has designed and created an Internet Server Appliance
(co-developed with Cisco), an email-to-fax service, real-time bandwidth usage
monitoring systems and a revolutionary statistical interface.
Mr.
Sunner currently sits on the Board of Star Technology Group, which owns
MessageLabs and Star Internet. He also heads up the Research and Development
teams for Star Internet and MessageLabs.
Mr.
Sunner counts among his most significant achievements the stopping and naming of the 'LoveBug'
virus in 1999.
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Biography of Mr. Lawerence TAN, Infocomm Development Authority (IDA)
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Mr. Lawrence Tan is a Senior Manager with the Infocomm
Development Authority of Singapore.
Mr. Tan co-ordinates IDA's anti-spam programme. He is also involved in strategic
planning and policy formulation on infocomm-related matters such as electronic
transaction legislation, personal data protection and infocomm-related IPR
issues. He was previously involved in architecting Singapore’s overall ICT
strategy as well as the government’s ICT strategy for the public sector.
Mr. tan graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from
the National University of Singapore. He is currently pursuing a Masters of
Science in IT from the University of Wales, Aberystywth.
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Biography of Ms. Gabriela URQUIDI MORALES, Juridical Director,
Telecommunications Superintendence of Bolivia
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Ms. Gabriela Urquidi Morales is the Juridical Director of the Telecommunications
Superintendence of Bolivia.
Ms. Urquidi Morales accomplishments within field of the telecommunications
include: Bolivian delegate for the Andean Community of Nations to go to Beijing,
China for an exhibition and visit of the Chinese telecommunications industry in
2003, and panelist at the event "Present-day issues in the Execution of
Telecommunications Laws, Policies and Regulations" organized by the ITU and
ANATEL in Río de Janeiro in April, 2004.
Ms. Urquidi Morales was also Legal Counsel (Director) for the Honorable
Chamber of Deputies in the Bolivian Congress (1996-1997). Additionally, she
worked in the oversight area as Head of Goal and Contract Compliance in the
Telecommunications Superintendence, from 1998 to 2003.
Ms. Urquidi Morales was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia and obtained a Licenciate
in Law degree at the Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, with
specialization in Administrative, Tax and Civil Procedures Law. In 2000 to
2001she was Professor of Tax and Financial law as the Universidad Católica
Boliviana San Pablo.
Post-graduate courses include:
- Orientation in the U.S. Legal System International Law Institute
-Washington D.C. (1996),
- Program of Instruction for Lawyers (Harvard Law School, Massachusetts-
1999),
- Jurisdictional Tutelage of the Administered in the Dawning of the New
Century, Universidad de San Pablo CEU Madrid España - 2000),
- Utility Regulation & Strategy Training Course, (University of Florida,
La Paz - Bolivia, 2001).
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Biography of Derek WYATT, Member of United Kingdom Parliament
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