Riyadh Al Balushi is an assistant legal advisor at the Ministry of Legal Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman where he advises the government in regard to international law issues. He was a member of the experts team responsible for drafting the Unified Law for Combating Cybercrime for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. Riyadh holds an LLB from Cardiff University and an LLM in IT and Commerce from the University of Southampton.
Jonathan Band helps shape the laws governing intellectual property and the Internet through a combination of legislative and appellate advocacy. He has represented clients with respect to the drafting of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the PRO-IP Act, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and other federal and state statutes relating to intellectual property and the Internet. He complements this legislative advocacy by filing amicus...
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Carolyn Dalton is one of Australia’s best known and well respected policy lawyers and strategic thinkers. A copyright law specialist, she is also an expert adviser on internet and communications law and policy. Carolyn has spent over 15 years working with a wide range of government departments, industry bodies and major corporations as a legal adviser, public policy professional and government relations manager. | | Her previous roles...
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Principal attorney & IPR officer, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Good quality of education for all. | | IP Exclusive rights Should Not affect education, Health and Food | | Law should play a pivotal role in development .
Currently the Deputy University Librarian incharge of Planning at the University of Nairobi. Holds a BA from University of Nairobi and a Masters Degree in Librarianship from Leeds Metropolitan University. Has been responsible for coordination, planning and management of ICTs in the Library, capacity building, collaborations and partnerships as well as marketing of library services. At the national level, Ms Kabugu has been responsible for...
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Jarosław Lipszyc – president of the Modern Poland Foundation, author of the concept of the “Włącz Polskę” website created by the Ministry of National Education, member of the committee of the Citizens of Culture and of the Internet Society Polska committee, board member of the Coalition of Open Education. He participates in all Foundation's projects: Free Readings (wolnelektury.pl), Future of Copyright (prawokultury.pl...
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Miguel Morachimo is the Director of Hiperderecho, a peruvian non-profit organization devoted to enhance the public understanding of law and technology. He specializes in technology, media, Internet, and free-speech policies. His writings have appeared several times in national newspapers, magazines and online media, and he has appeared on national television and radio. Morachimo is a frequent guest lecturer in universities and has participated in...
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Dr Caroline Ncube is an Associate Professor, and Deputy Director of the IP Unit, in the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town (UCT), and lectures in the Master of IP programme of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) at Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe.
Advisor to the ruling party, Brazilian House of Representatives
Pedro Paranaguá is Advisor to the ruling Workers Party at the Brazilian House of Representatives, for Internet, copyright, patent, data privacy, cybercrime and related matters. He is responsible for drafting the Brazilian Internet Framework Bill ("Marco Civil") for the rapporteur, including provisions on net neutrality, ISP liability, and privacy. Mr. Paranaguá coordinated the 350-page report "Brazil's Patent Reform" for the Brazilian House...
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Carolina Rossini is the project director for the Latin America Resource Center at the Internet Governance and Human Rights program at the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute. She has more than 12 years of experience on internet policy, law and transactions, including advocacy, research and teaching activities. Ms. Rossini was formerly director for international intellectual property at the Electronic Frontier Foundation...
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Ms Trudi van Wyk is the Director: Career Development and Open Learning at the Department of Higher Education and Training where she is also responsible for eLearning in post school education and training. She was the Director: Curriculum Innovation and ICT in Education in the former Department of Education up to 2009 and was seconded to the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada as an Education Specialist in eLearning and Open Educational...
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