Day 1 – 22 October
14:30-17:30 – Main Hall – Opening Ceremony
The traditional opening ceremony will be held in the main hall in the afternoon of the first day. Speakers representing all stakeholder groups will give brief remarks to the participants to help kick-off the discussions of the 8th IGF.
List of Speakers:
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H. E Paulo Bernado Silva
Minister of Communications, Federative Republic of Brazil
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Mr. Shadi Abou-Zahra
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Lead, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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Ms. Sabine Verheyen
Member of the European Parliament
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H. E Masahiro Yoshizaki
Vice Minister for Policy Coordination, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, Japan
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Mr. Fadi Chehadé
President and CEO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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Mr. Jānis Kārkliņš
Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO
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Ambassador Danny Sepulveda
US Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy
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Mr. Alan Marcus
Senior Director, Head of IT and Telecommunication Industries, World Economic Forum (WEF)
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Ms. Nnenna Nwakanma
Civil Society, Africa Regional Coordinator, World Wide Web Foundation
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Ms. Lynn St. Amour
President and CEO, Internet Society (ISOC)
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Ms. Christine Arida
Regional National IGF, Director for Telecom Services Planning at the National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt and Head of the Arab IGF Secretariat
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H.E. Ms. Neelie Kroes [via video]
Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda
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Mr. Jari Arkko
Chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Mr. Joseph Alhadeff
Chair ICC's Digital Economy Commission
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Mr. Edward Vaizey
Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, United Kingdom
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Mr. Jovan Kurbalija
DiploFoundation
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