• Arida, Christine [Ms.], Director of Telecom Planning and Services, National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt, Cairo
• Bhatia, Virat [Mr.], President – External Affairs, South Asia for AT&T, Delhi
• Betancourt, Valeria [Ms.], Coordinator – Communication and Information Policy Programme in Latin America, Association of Progressive Communications, Quito
• Cavalli, Olga [Ms.], Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires;  Director, South School on Internet Governance; Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Buenos Aires
• Charles, Jonathan [Mr.], World News Presenter, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), London
• Crépin-Leblond, Olivier [Mr.], Founder, Global Information Highway, London
• Chung Edmon, [Mr.], Chief Executive Officer,  DotAsia, Hong Kong
• Desai, Nitin [Mr.], Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Internet Governance, Delhi
• Diop Diagne, Ndeye Maimouna [Ms.], Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT of Senegal, Dakar
• Disspain, Chris [Mr.], Chief Executive Officer, .AU Registry; Chair, Council of Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), Carlton (Melbourne)
• Drake, William [Mr.], Senior Associate, Centre for International Governance, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
• Echeberría, Raúl [Mr.], Executive Director/CEO, Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC), Montevideo
• Esterhuysen, Anriette [Ms.], Executive Director, Association for Progressive Communications, Melville
• Fältström, Patrik [Mr.], Distinguished Consulting Engineer, Office of the CTO, Cisco; Member Swedish Government IT Advisory Board, Lövestad
• Fatani, Rafid [Mr.], Ph.D researcher, University of Exeter; UK IGF
• Franz, Liesyl [Ms.], Vice President for Information Security and Global Public Policy at TechAmerica, Washington DC
• McCarthy, Kieren [Mr.], General Manager (US), GIBC, San Francisco, CA
• Gatto, Raquel [Ms.], Assistant Professor, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo; Associate, DiploFoundation, São Paulo
• Paque, Ginger [Ms.], Coordinator for Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme, DiploFoundation, Maracay
• Glodas, Mindaugas [Mr.], Country Manager, Microsoft Lithuania, Vilnius
• Grabensee, Philipp [Mr.], Chairman of the Board, Afilias, Düsseldorf
• Grubliauskas, Vytautas [Mr.], Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Lithuanian Information Society development , Vilnius
• Handley, Cathy [Ms.], Director for Government Affairs/Public Policy, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), Chantilly, VA
• Hassan, Ayesha [Ms.], Senior Policy Manager, E-Business, IT, and Telecoms, Executive in charge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
• Hoferichter, Sandra [Ms.], Architect / Project manager Medienstadt; Management and Communication, EuroDIG, Leipzig
• Hoffman, David [Mr.], Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer, Intel Corporation, Munich
• Hofmann, Jeanette [Ms.], Senior Researcher, London School of Economics; Political Science and the Social Science Research Centre Berlin, London/Berlin
• Horner, Lisa [Ms.], Head of research and policy, Global Partners, London
• Irion, Kristina [Ms.], Advisory Board, Privacy International and Electronic Privacy Information Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy, Center for Media and Communications Studies (CMCS), Central European University, Budapest
• Ismail, Manal [Ms.], Director of International Technical Coordination Department, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Egypt; Vice-Chair, Government Advisory Committee, ICANN, Cairo
• Jamil, Zahid [Mr.], Senior Partner and Barrister-at-Law, Jamil & Jamil, Karachi
• Juškevičius Henrikas [Mr.], Adviser to the Director–General of UNESCO on Communication, Information and Administration issues, Vilnius
• Juozapavičius, Algimantas [Mr.], Vice Dean for Information Technologies, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Vilnius University, Vilnius
• Khaled, Foda [Mr.], Project manager, IBM Word Trade Corpration, Cairo
• Kulbokas, Evaldas [Mr.], President, INFOBALT, Vilnius
• Kulkarni, Mahesh [Mr.], Department of Information Technology, Government of India. Pune, Maharashtra
• Kummer, Markus [Mr.], Executive Coordinator, IGF Secretariat, Geneva
• La Rue, Frank [Mr.], Director, Centro-American Institute for Social Democracy Studies (DEMOS), Guatemala City; United Nations special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Geneva
• Lucero, Frask Everton [Mr.], Counselor for Science, Technology and Environment, Embassy of Brazil to the United States, Washington DC
• Magalhães, Luis [Mr.], President of the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC), Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education; Professor, "Instituto Superior Técnico", Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon
• Maciel, Marilia [Ms.], Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Researcher at the Centre for Technology and Society of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (CTS/FGV), Rio de Janeiro
• Mpisane, Vika [Mr.] – General Manager of the .za Domain Name Authority, Johannesburg
• Munyua, Alice [Ms], – Director, Regional Support Office, East Africa, Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), Member of the Board of Directors, Communications Commission of Kenya, Nairobi; Convenor, East Africa IGF, Chair of the Kenya Internet Governance Steering Committee.
• Muriel, Sebastian [Mr.], – General Manager Red.es, Madrid
• Osafo, Frank-Charles [Mr.], Founder, Vericloud / Executive Vice President; Chief Technology Officer, Patrina Corporation, Accra/New York
• Pepper, Robert [Mr.], Government Affairs, Cisco, Washington D.C.
• Pisanty, Alejandro [Mr.], Professor, Facultad de Quimica, National University of Mexico, Mexico-City
• Quaynor, Nii [Mr.], Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Network Computer Systems, Accra
• Reilly, Arthur [Mr.], Senior Director, Strategic Technology Policy, Cisco; Chair, Council for International Business’s ICT Policy Committee, ICC-BASIS
• Rodriguez Pereda, Katitza [Ms.], International Rights Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA
• Salinas, Martínez Yamil [Mr.], Communications and Public Affairs, Telefónica, Buenos Aires
• Sargento, Susana [Ms.], Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro; Researcher, Institute of Telecommunications, Aveiro
• Shanker, N. Ravi [Mr.], Joint Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Government of India, Delhi
• Tabone V. Joseph [Mr.], Chairman, COMNET Foundation for ICT Development, La Valetta
• Touray S. Katim [Mr.], Member, Board of Directors Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Banjul
• Xue, Hong [Ms.], Professor of Law and Director, Institute for the Internet Policy and Law, Beijing Normal University, Beijing
• Zabulis, Antanas [Mr.], President and CEO, OMNITEL, Vilnius

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