Rik Panganiban circulated this list of proposed speakers at Tunis, based on all of the nominations submitted by the caucuses. ----------------- Dear Friends, Please find below the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night. For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants composed of the following individuals: 1 representative from each regional group 1 representative of the CS Content and Themes 1 representative of the CS Bureau 1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory capacity The Committee worked hard to achieve several "balances" including regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic. We also worked hard to make sure that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one of their nominations included. You see here the regional and gender breakdown of the nominees: Opening Ceremony Gender: man (1) / woman (1) Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali High Level Panel Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand, Philippines, India Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2) Round Tables Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India, Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France, Germany (2), Russian Federation Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6) Plenary Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas (3): Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom (1) Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12) There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a very difficult and painful task. However we feel confident that the current list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval. Sincerely, Rik Panganiban On Behalf of the Selection Committee Name Nominated by Caucus/WG/Family Accredited Organization (title) Country Opening Ceremony Adama Samassekou Youth Caucus, Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family, NGOs Community family, Scientific information WG Mali Renate Bloem NGO Community Philanthropic Institutions CONGO, President Germany High Level Panel Monthian Buntan Disability Caucus (President, Thailand Association of the Blind) Thailand Pape Diouf Caucus Africain DAPSI Diaspora Africaine pour la Société de l'Information (President) Senegal Florence Etta Telecentres Caucus (Kenya ICT Policy Project) Kenya Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo Asia-Pacific Caucus APC - Association for Progressive Communications (Global Coordinator, Womens' Networking Support Programme) Philippines Anita Gurumurthy Gender Caucus IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd) India Round Tables Izumi Aizu Asia-Pacific Caucus GLOCOM - Center for Global Communications (Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for HyperNetwork Society, International University of Japan) Japan Alan Alegre Asia-Pacific Caucus (Foundation for Media Alternatives) Philippines Kenneth Deer Indigenous family Indigenous World Association (Representative) Canada Bertrand de la Chapelle NGO community family Wsis-online.net (Director) France Pape Diouf Cities and Local Authorities Caucus DAPSI - Diaspora Africaine pour la Société de l'Information (President) Senegal Tatiana Ershova Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Family (Director General, Institute of the Information Society) Russian Federation Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo Asia-Pacific Caucus APC (Global Coordinator, Womens' Networking Support Programme) Philippines Anita Gurumurthy Gender Caucus IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd) India Jeanette Hofmann NGO community family Heinrich Boell Foundation (Researcher) Germany Wolfgang Kleinwaechter Philantropic Institutions University of Aarhus (Professor, Intl Association for Media & Communications Research) Germany