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| Invited Researchers @ IGF |
IDRC has invited 7 young researchers from 6 different countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa as well as 4 young Canadians to participate in IGF2007. These youth will attend meetings on the five IGF themes: "access, diversity, openness, critical Internet resources and security" and report on what is discussed in these meetings, sharing their region's and country's perspective on what is discussed. Following the event, these researchers will prepare a paper on a thematic area of IGF, which also incorporates their regional or country perspective. These papers will be made available in early December on this site. Meet the young participants!  | Abdallah Diwan Age: 27 Country: Egypt Main development interests: Youth Empowerment, Environmental Sustainability , Child Safety , ICT for Development Main reasons for coming to IGF: To learn more about the hot new topics in Internet governance and to share my experience in the field. To learn more about best practices all around the world and to meet people who share my interests.To establish new partnerships and shape ideas for projects which inspire and empower youth through the use of technology. | | 
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 | Laura Leon Age: 29 Country: Peru Main development interests: Researching how ICTs can help address rural development issues; creating and maintaining local, relevant content Main reasons for coming to IGF: To learn from people with different points of view, interests, and opinions; to explore possible topics for my Masters dissertation | 
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 | Andrea Molinari Age: 34 Country: Argentina Main development interests: International trade and ICTs for development (ICT4D) Main reasons for coming to IGF: Opportunity to meet people working on a range of issues from a multidisciplinary perspective; exploring topics for next major research project |
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 | Country: Tunisia Main development interest: Helping to bridge the digital divide Main reason for coming to IGF: Professional 3 to renew relationships and to offer a North African perspective on the issues. Personal 3 to identify areas where research is needed for my PhD thesis |
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 | Main development interests: E-governance, environmental sustainability, youth participation in policy-making process Main reason for coming to IGF: Helping to broker partnerships that lead to more rapid action on key issues relevant to youth |
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 | Country: Canada (Piikani Nation) Main development interests: Education, including online education; using ICTs to foster community-based development Main reasons for coming to IGF: To see what's being done at the global level by governments to bridge the digital divide, especially with indigenous peoples; to meet people using the Internet for community-based development-maybe we can help each other |
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 | Shamistra Soysa Age: 24 Country: Sri Lanka Main development interest: ICT for development ( ICT4D) policy Main reason for coming to IGF: To deepen her knowledge and expand her network of contacts. |
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 | Dante Villafuerte Age: 40 Country: Peru Main development interests: ICTs for development ( ICT4D) in rural areas, including egovernance and education; training programs to ensure appropriation of ICTs according to people’s needs. Main reasons for coming to IGF: To learn from groups representing governments, the private sector, and civil society about Internet governance issues and responses, both at the international level and in Peru and other Latin American countries |
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 | Daniel Albahary Age: 33 Country: Canada Main development interests: Intellectual property law, access to information, Internet security Main reason for coming to IGF: Incredible opportunity to get involved early on in the development of the international action plan for Internet governance |
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 | Cassondra Campbell Age: 25 Country: Canada (Métis nation) Main development interest: Community development, empowering indigenous communities to improve their economic, social and political conditions Main reasons for coming to IGF: To be exposed to best practices through presentations and exhibitions-a great opportunity to learn from successes |
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 | Jeremy Hessing-Lewis
Age: 25
Country: Canada
Main Internet governance interests: Copyright and intellectual property law, freedom of speech and accountability,
Main reason for coming to IGF: To continue to follow the process that began at the first World Summit on the Information Society ( WSIS) |
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