Don Kent is the President and CEO of Net Literacy, a broadband adoption and digital literacy inclusion NGO founded in 2003. Net Literacy has increased computer access to over 150,000 individuals, promotes broadband adoption through partnerships ranging from the US Internet Industry Association to Broadband for American, and has received awards from two American Presidents.
Presentation: Don Kent (ppt)
Greg is a co-founder and the Managing Director of Switch Telecom, a next generation telco. Having always had a passion for the Internet and related technologies, he first got involved in Internet Service provision in 1996 when he formed CyberSurf Technologies, an ISP based in Durban.
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Leon van Wyk heads the Telecommunications department of the City of Cape Town, and is responsible for an open access telecoms network project.
Presentation: Leon van Wyk (.pptx)
Hillel is the Chief Marketing Officer of Internet Solutions and a member of the Executive Committee. He joined IS in 1997 and has played a number of executive roles, including in New Business Development, Legal and Regulatory, Commercial, and Business Solutions. Prior to joining Internet Solutions, he practiced law at one of Johannesburg’s leading commercial law firms. (more…)
ika Mpisane is the General Manager of the .za Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) Manager for South Africa’s domain name. He has broad experience in policy development in areas such as trade and industry, economic policy, labour, education and ICT development.
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Donald Codling has been with the FBI for more than 20 years working in a variety of investigative programs including Violent Crime, Foreign Counter-Intelligence, Technical Operations, Undercover Operations and Cyber Crime Operations.
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Henk is a computer scientist and Internet junkie turned social entrepreneur. He is the CEO & founder of Skyrove, which enables anyone to set up a WiFi Hotspot and earn an income by sharing their internet access.
Presentation: Henk Kleynhans (.pdf)
Alan Levin has been helping organizations exploit opportunities made possible by technology for the past 20 years. He is a member of Future Perfect Corporation CC and has twenty years experience in telecommunications and the Internet; he was the founder of Intekom, which became the first Telkom ISP.
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Alan has worked in the Internet Service Provider (ISP) space for 13 years starting off with Netactive Internet (1997 – 2001) where he was employed as the Call Centre & Customer Service Manager.
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Beau has spent most of his career as a functional police officer in the South African Police Service Division: Crime Intelligence.
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Nicholas Lansman has been secretary general of the Internet Services Providers Association (ISPA UK) since establishing the Association in 1995. ISPA has grown from a handful of ISPs to a membership of over 200 representing over 95% of the UK internet market.
Presentation: Nicholas Lansman (.pdf)
Paul studied Electrical Engineering at Newcastle-upon-Tyne University in the United Kingdom. After completion of his studies in 1989, Paul joined the international electronics company Plessey as a Project Manager focused on the test and trials of communications systems.
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Theo has been involved in the electronics, software and telecommunications industries since the early 80s. He started his career with the Philips group of companies where he started as an electronics technician in the electronics development laboratory and finished of as a senior development engineer at Philips Telecommunications. (more…)
Stuart Hardy has worked in the Internet Industry for 16 years. He left IS after six years as the GM of Networks Division (1998-2002) and spent 2 years at MTN Network Solutions as an Executive Director (2002-2004). (more…)
Rael has been involved in education technology for the last 15 years. Rael began his career as an Economics lecturer. Rael founded Channel Campus this company created interactive video based material for University Level Courses. Later this company merged with William Smith of SABC fame to form a company called Learning Channel Campus.
Presentation: Rael Lissoos (.ppt)
Duncan Martin is the CEO and a director of TENET, a non-profit company whose members are the universities and research councils of South Africa. Some 40 universities, research councils and associated support institutions, contract with TENET for the provision of Internet access to some 90 campuses throughout South Africa.
Presentation: Duncan Martin (.ppt)
David P. McClure is President and Chief Executive Officer of the US Internet Industry Association, an organization he founded in 1994 as the primary US trade association for broadband and the Internet.
Presentation: David P. McClure (.ppt)
Additional Documents mentioned in David’s International Roundtable talk: IIA Documents (more…)
Peter Coroneos is Chief Executive of the Internet Industry Association, the national trade association for Internet commerce, content and connectivity in Australia. In addition to his role as primary industry advocate, political strategist and spokesperson for the IIA, Peter drives the IIA’s policy development work and has instigated the formation of specialist taskforces to leverage member expertise in diverse legal, economic and technical areas.
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Naresh Ajwani, Chief Regulatory at WTTISL is also the President of the Cyber Café Association of India (CCAOI). As a member of NRO (Number Resource Organization), the global body responsible for the policies of IP addresses, his attempt is to ensure better access to internet for developing economies.
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