WGIG established

[Milton Mueller]

Several NCUC members and nominees are on it:

Chairman:  Nitin Desai.
Members:
-- Abdullah Al-Darrab, Deputy Governor of Technical Affairs, ICT Commission of Saudi Arabia;
-- Carlos Alfonso, Technical Director, RIT, Rio de Janeiro;
-- Peng Hwa Ang, Dean, School of Communication, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
-- Karen Banks, Director, GreenNet, Association for Progressive Communications, London;
-- Faryel Beji, President and CEO, Tunisian Internet Agency;
-- Vittorio Bertola, ICANN at-large Advisory Committee, Turin;
-- José Alexandre Bicalho, Member, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee; Advisor, Board of Directors, National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel);
-- Kangsik Cheon, Chief Operating Officer, International Business Development, Netpia, Seoul;
-- Trevor Clarke, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations in Geneva;
-- Avri Doria, Technical Consultant, Providence, Rhode Island;
-- William Drake, Senior Associate, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva; Chairman, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility;
-- Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director, LACNIC, Montevideo;
-- Dev Erriah, Chairman, ICT Authority of Mauritius;
-- Baher Esmat, Telecom Planning Manager, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt;
-- Mark Esseboom, Director, Strategy and International Affairs, Directorate General for Telecom and Post, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands;
-- Juan Fernandez, Coordinator, Commission of Electronic Commerce, Cuba;
-- Ayesha Hassan, Senior Policy Manager for E-Business, IT and Telecoms, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris;
-- Qiheng Hu, Adviser, Science and Technology Commission, Ministry of Information Industry, China; former Vice-President, ChineseAcademy of Sciences;
-- Willy Jensen, Director, Norwegian Post and Telecom Authority;
-- Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Professor, International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus;
-- Jovan Kurbalija, Director, DiploFoundation, Geneva;
-- Iosif Charles Legrand, Researcher, California Institute of Technology and CERN, Geneva;
-- Donald MacLean, Director, MacLean Consulting, Ottawa;
-- Allen Miller, Executive Director, World Information Technology and Services Alliance, Arlington, Virginia;
-- Juan Carlos Moreno Solines, Executive Director, Gobierno Digital, Quito;
-- Jacqueline A. Morris, Consultant, Port of Spain;
-- Olivier Nana Nzépa, Coordinator, Africa Civil Society, Yaoundé;
-- Alejandro Pisanty, Director, Computing Academic Services, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico;
-- Khalilullah Qazi, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva;
-- Rajashekar Ramaraj, Managing Director, Sify Limited, Chennai;
-- Masaaki Sakamaki, Director, Computer Communications Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan;
-- Joseph Sarr, President, NTIC Commission, Dakar Regional Council;
-- Peimann Seadat, Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva;
-- Charles Sha'ban, IT Manager, Talal Abu- Ghazaleh International, Amman;
-- Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Chairperson, Presidential National Commission on Information Society and Development, South Africa;
-- Waudo Siganga, Chairman, Computer Society of Kenya;
-- Mikhail Vladimirovich Yakushev, Director, Legal Support Department, Ministry of Information Technology and Communications, Russian Federation;
-- Peter Zangl, Deputy Director-General, Information Society Directorate General, European Commission, Brussels; 
-- Jean-Paul Zens, Director, Media and Telecom Department, Ministry of State, Luxembourg.