[Chapter-delegates] ISOC news: New Internet leaders take to the global stage

[Gerard Ross]

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For your information, here is a news item we are about to release.

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Gerard Ross
Senior Manager, Outreach and Coordinated Communication
Internet Society
Email: ross at isoc.org

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NEW INTERNET LEADERS TAKE TO THE GLOBAL STAGE

[Geneva, Switzerland and Washington D.C., 8 June 2010] – As the Internet
rapidly evolves into a truly global medium central to all aspects of
human affairs, the need intensifies for future leaders to be drawn from
all regions of the world and all walks of life. The Internet Society,
uniquely positioned to meet this need, today announced the list of
potential leaders joining its programmes for 2010.

The Internet Society's Next Generation Leaders programme blends
coursework, practical experience, and mentorship to help prepare young
professionals from around the world to become the next generation of
Internet technology, policy, and business leaders.

"We are pleased to have 24 promising students currently in the eLearning
phase of our programme," said Bill Graham, responsible for strategic
global engagement at the Internet Society. "Five of those will also join
32 others in the coming months, expanding their leadership skills while
they learn about the Internet and the Internet Society's principles,
either as Fellows to the Internet Engineering Task Force meetings or
Ambassadors to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)."

The current participants in the programme come from 39 economies
highlighting the universal reach of the Internet and the diverse impacts
it has around the world.

With continuing sponsorship from Nominet Trust into next year, and the
patronage of European Commission, the Next Generation Leaders programme
seeks to identify potential Internet leaders and help them accelerate
their careers.

Lina Sipson, Trust Officer at Nominet Trust agrees: "We are very pleased
to continue to support ISOC and work with such a great organization to
help prepare young professionals who will become the next generation of
Internet technology, policy and business leaders."

Full details of the Next Generation Leaders programme are available
here:

 http://www.isoc.org/leaders/

Details of the Internet Society Ambassadorships to the Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) and Fellowships to the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) are at:

 IGF: http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/igfambassadors/
 IETF: http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship/

Further support of this year's Fellowships to the IETF has been secured
through a partnership with the Internet Society's Israel Chapter, which
will help send an Israeli citizen to the IETF 78 meeting in Maastricht.

Afilias, Google, Intel, and Microsoft sponsor the ISOC Fellowships to
the IETF. For more information on how to become a programme partner,
visit http://www.isoc.org/leaders or e-mail leader-sponsor at isoc.org.

Participants in the 2010 eLearning component of the Next Generation
Leaders programme
•	Rajendra Prasad Poudel (Nepal)
•	Nthabiseng Pule (Lesotho)
•	Towela Jere (Malawi)
•	Sorina Teleanu (Romania)
•	Dmitry Epstein (Israel, Russia)
•	Filiz Yilmaz (Turkey)
•	Freddy Linares Torres (Peru)
•	Paul Muchene (Kenya)
•	Fernando Gont (Argentina)
•	Bünyamin Atıcı (Turkey)
•	Ebenezer Dadzie (Ghana)
•	Grace Mutung'u (Kenya)
•	Fouad Bajwa (Pakistan)
•	Eswari Prasad K. Sharma (Nepal)
•	Rahat Sabyrbekov (Kyrgyztan)
•	Ricardo Patara (Brazil)
•	Stenio Fernandes (Brazil)
•	Mohibul Hasib Mahmud (Bangladesh)
•	Karim Attoumani Mohamed (Comoros)
•	Anupam Agrawal (India)
•	Cedrick Adrien Mbeyet (Congo)
•	Maria Casey (Ireland)
•	Maduka Attamah (Nigeria)
•	Srimal Andrahennadi (Sri Lanka)

Internet Society Fellows for IETF 78, Maastricht, 25-30 July 2010
(First-time Fellows)
•	Hassen Redwan Hussen (Ethiopia)
•	Sharon Yalov Handzel (Israel)
•	Humberto Silva Galiza de Freitas (Brazil)
•	Bilal Zafar (Pakistan)
•	Fahd A. Batayneh (Jordan)
•	Ernest Brown (Ghana)

(Returning Fellows)
•	Subramanian Moonesamy (Mauritius)
•	Alejandro Acosta (Venezuela)
•	Vinayak Hegde (India)

Internet Society Fellows for IETF 79, Beijing, 7-12 November 2010
(First-time Fellows)
•	Syed Kazim Baqeri (Afghanistan)
•	Khoudia GUEYE SY (Senegal)
•	Abade Elisha Odira (Kenya)
•	Yoon-Kit Yong (Malaysia)
•	Jeronimo Bezerra (Brazil)

(Returning Fellows)
•	Baasansuren Burmaa (Mongolia)
•	Sandra Céspedes U. (Colombia)
•	Pedro Rodrigues Torres Júnior (Brazil)
•	Dorcas Muthoni (Kenya)
•	Fernando Gont (Argentina)
•	Haris Shamsi (Pakistan)
•	João Marcelo Ceron (Brazil)
•	Carlos Alberto Watson Carazo (Costa Rica)

Ambassadors to the Fifth Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Vilnius,
Lithuania, 13-17 September 2010
(First-time Ambassadors)	
•	Bünyamin Atici (Turkey)
•	Vanessa Cravo (Brazil)
•	Andrew Cushen (New Zealand)
•	Maria Dolores Puy (Argentina)
•	Arnoud van Wijk (Netherlands)
•	Siranush Vardanyan (Republic of Armenia)
•	Charles Kanlah Gaye (Liberia)
•	Dmitry Epstein (Israel, Russia)
•	Maria Casey (Ireland)
•	Grace Mutung'u (Kenya)

(Returning Ambassadors)
•	Olga Cavalli (Argentina)
•	Ceren Ünal (Turkey)
•	Olivier Crepin-Leblond (France/UK)
•	Tracy Hackshaw (Trinidad & Tobago)
•	Cristos Velasco (Mexico)