GLOBAL INTERNET COMMUNITY LEADER JOINS INTERNET SOCIETY AS VP FOR PUBLIC POLICY
Markus Kummer takes on leadership role for global, regional and
national Internet issues
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND and RESTON, VIRGINIA, USA - 19 January 2011 - An
internationally recognized leader in a broad range of Internet policy
issues will join the Internet Society as head of its public policy
department. As the Internet Society's Vice President of Public Policy,
Markus Kummer will advance key Internet Society policy positions on
issues such as privacy, cybersecurity, and network neutrality. Most
recently the Executive Coordinator of the Secretariat supporting the
United Nations' Internet Governance Forum, Kummer has extensive
experience with Internet policy at the global, regional, and national
levels.
"Markus' broad experience with and deep understanding of the key
policy issues facing the Internet will help ensure the Internet
Society has an even greater impact on issues critical to the
Internet's continued evolution as an open platform for innovation and
economic development," said Lynn St.Amour, the Internet Society's
President and CEO.
Before joining the United Nations in 2004, Kummer held the position of
eEnvoy for the Swiss Foreign Ministry in Berne. Mr. Kummer was a
member of the Swiss delegation during the first phase of the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) where he chaired several
negotiating groups, including the group on Internet governance. He
went on to serve as the Executive Coordinator of the WSIS Working
Group on Internet Governance from 2004 to 2005. Before his involvement
with the WSIS, he served as a career diplomat in several functions in
the Swiss Foreign Ministry and was posted in Lisbon, Vienna, Oslo,
Geneva, and Ankara.
"In joining the Internet Society, I look forward to advancing the
multistakeholder approach to policy that has been so central to the
Internet's development and is even more critical to its future," said
Markus Kummer, who will officially take up his position on 1 February
2011. "With its technical roots, the Internet Society is already
established as a uniquely credible leader on policy issues, and a key
contributor to policy discussions at the national, regional, and
global levels."
The Internet Society is the world's trusted independent source of
leadership on Internet issues. The Internet Society works with its
tens of thousands of Members and nearly 100 Chapters around the world
to promote the continued evolution and growth of the open global
Internet.
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. It is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution
and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the
world. See:
www.internetsociety.org
Contact
Greg Wood
wood@isoc.org
+1-703-439-2145
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