[Chapter-delegates] Press release: ISOC fellowships to the IETF build technical leadership

[Gerard Ross]

Hello

For your information, here is a press release we will be issuing  
shortly.

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- Gerard

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Gerard Ross
Senior Communications Manager
Internet Society
Email: ross at isoc.org



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Press release
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ISOC FELLOWSHIPS TO THE IETF BUILD TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP
- Nine Fellows Selected to Build Technical Expertise in Developing  
Regions Worldwide

RESTON, VA, USA AND GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 9 July 2008 - The Internet  
Society (ISOC) has announced the names of those selected as Fellows to  
attend the next two Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings.

As part of its long tradition of helping build technical capacity,  
ISOC provides a Fellowship program that enables technologists from  
developing regions to attend the IETF, while also pairing them with an  
experienced mentor to integrate their participation rapidly.

This fellowship round attracted 70 applications resulting in nine  
fellowships awarded. The  Fellows come from nine different countries,  
including Ethiopia, Pakistan, Fiji, Tuvalu, Congo, Chile, Costa Rica,  
India, and Venezuela. Four Fellows will attend IETF 72 in Dublin,  
Ireland, from 27 July - 1 August 2008, and five Fellows will attend  
IETF 73, in Minneapolis, USA, from 16 - 21 November 2008.

"The ISOC Fellowships to the IETF are a key part of our work to help  
build technical leadership and participation in less developed  
countries," says Karen Rose, ISOC's Director of Education and  
Programs. "The next billion users of the Internet will come  
predominantly from the developing world. The Fellowship program helps  
ensure that technical experts in these regions have the knowledge and  
experience needed to more fully participate in global Internet  
standards development."

"ISOC is very pleased to acknowledge Afilias, Google, Intel, and  
Microsoft for their investment," notes Drew Dvorshak, Senior Manager  
for Organisation Members. "The Fellowship is an important opportunity  
for business leaders to benefit from ISOC's global resources by  
funding a unique and effective effort to develop the next generation  
of technologists. We are actively seeking additional Fellowship  
sponsors as the potential for this program is enormous and a key part  
of enabling the emergence of 'the next billion' users."

The selected ISOC IETF Fellows are:

IETF 72, Dublin, Ireland

* Tamrat Bayle, Ph.D. (Ethiopia) is an Assistant Professor at the  
College of Telecommunications & Information Technology, where he has  
been using IETF protocols in his varied research projects.

* Hugo Salgado (Chile) is an application developer at NIC Chile (.CL)  
and is interested in Domain Name System Security Extensions and IPv6  
issues after having previously followed the Cross Registry Information  
Service Protocol mailing lists.

* Alejandro Acosta (Venezuela) is an Internetworking Coordinator for  
British Telecom. He has been following the IETF Discussion list for  
many years and is interested in the IPv6 Maintenance and TCP  
Maintenance & Minor Extensions working groups.

* Kumar Saurabh (India) is currently a Senior Technical Leader at  
Sonus Networks. He has specific interest in the Session Initiation  
Protocol working group and had contributed to the Media Gateway  
Control working group for over four years.


IETF 73, Minneapolis, USA

* Jean Philemon Kissangou (Congo) is currently employed by DRTVnet and  
has been following the IETF IPv6 working groups discussions for some  
time.

* Hamid Mukhtar (Pakistan) is a graduate student at Ajou University  
(South Korea) and has co-authored an Internet Draft for the IPv6 over  
Low Power WPAN working group and also follows the Mobility Extensions  
for IPv6 working group mailing list.

* Terry Rupeni (Fiji) is the Network Analyst at the University of the  
South Pacific where his work is closely aligned with the IETF working  
groups in the Internet and Routing areas.

* Tenanoia Veronica Simona (Tuvalu) is employed by Tuvalu  
Telecommunication Corporation as an IT Manager. Her interests include  
the IP over Cable Data Network, Mobility Extensions for IPv6, and IP  
Telephony working groups.

* Ing. Carlos A. Watson Carazo (Costa Rica) is interested in Domain  
Name System Operations, Multicast Security, and IPv6 Maintenance  
working groups as they directly impact his work at NIC Costa Rica (.CR).


ISOC is very pleased to acknowledge the corporate sponsorship from  
Afilias, Google, Intel, and Microsoft in support of these IETF  
Fellowships.


Details of the Internet Society's Fellowship to the IETF Program are  
available on the ISOC web site at:

  http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship


About the IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open  
international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and  
researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture  
and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested  
individual. The IETF is an organised activity of the Internet Society.

About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 to  
provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and  
policy. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is  
dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the  
Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.

For further details
Gerard Ross
Senior Communications Manager, Internet Society
E-mail: ross at isoc.org
Telephone: +41-228-071-444 x2261
4, rue des Falaises
CH-1205-Geneva
Switzerland