APRALO ROLL CALL

Bahrain Internet Society (BIS)

• Bahrain

• Since its inception in 2002 Bahrain Internet Society (BIS) strived to serve the community of Bahrain by spreading awareness on the benefits of Internet and ICT and working towards an efficient e-Bahrain.

Ali AlMeshal

Internet Society KolkataChapter

• Kolkata, India

• Awareness about ICANN activities & opportunities of engagement.

Role of APRALO and capacity development initiatives

Anupam Agrawal

Internet Society of Australia

• Sydney, Australia

• ISOC-AU promotes development of the Internet in Australia to benefit the whole community, including business, academic, professional, and private Internet users.

Cheryl Langdon-Orr

Hong Kong Internet Forum

• Hong Kong

• Maintains an online platform for strengthening the connection amongst the Hong Kong Internet users

Dennis Cai

ISOC Taiwan

• Taiwan

• Founded in 1996, ISOC Taiwan Chapter focuses on gathering together people who care about the internet growth; employing member's abilities and their professional specialty to promote internet activities; participating at internet related conferences; and taking a leadership role to create a better environment where Taiwan internet users can contribute their availability and technology to the internet world.Der-Jiunn Deng

ISOC Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• Formed in 2005. Its mission is to improve the practice of Internet governance and online civil society in Hong Kong. ISOC HK believes in “maintaining and extending the development and availability of the Internet and its associated technologies and applications – both as an end in itself, and as a means of enabling organizations, professions, and individuals locally and worldwide to more effectively collaborate, cooperate, and innovate in their respective fields and interests.”.

Edmon Chung

Emani Fakaotimanava-Lui

Internet Users Society, Niue

• Niue (South Pacific)

• Provides internet services for residents on Niue. Users pay a connection fee and get internet services for free.

Internet Research Project

• Pakistan

• A multi-stakeholder catalyst network that intervenes at the local and international level on key issues related to the impact and changing role of the Internet in Pakistan

Fouad Bajwa

Internet Society of Australia

• Sydney, Australia

• Holly is the Chair of APRALO and of ISOC-AU which promotes development of the Internet in Australia to benefit the whole community, including business, academic, professional, and private Internet users.

Holly Raiche

Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance

• Beijing, China

• CDNUA provides a forum to promote and encourage Chinese-character domain name individual users’ participation and involvement in governance of Internet; to support and advocate for Chinese-character domain name individual users; and to provide a forum for outreach, co-ordination and exchange of information and knowledge. Hong Xue

Internet Users Network (Tokyo)

• Tokyo, Japan

• Promoting the interests of individual Internet users, discussing ICANN issues related to the individual users and the way to participate in ICANN process.

Izumi Aizu

NetMission

• Hong Kong

• NetMission.Asia is a youth Ambassadors program supported by DotAsia and initiated in 2009 which aims to bring together a network of dedicated young ambassadors devoted towards promoting and contributing towards digital inclusion, Internet governance as well as youth engagement & empowerment. We actively participate in ICANN meetings and UNIGF as well as organize an annual Youth IGF.

Tam Kent Chung,Jerry

Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter

• Wanchai, Hong Kong

• ISOC HK is dedicated to the open, unencumbered, beneficial use of the Internet; the upholding of the freedom of expression and opinion, privacy of personal information and aversion of social discrimination through responsible self-regulation and harmonized governance.

Joseph Ng

The NZ Maori Internet Society

• New Zealand

• Online Maori Advocacy Group.

Karaitiana Taiuru

InternetNZ

• Wellington, New Zealand

• InternetNZ is a charitable open membership society who have the vision of an “open and uncapturable Internet” and a mission “to promote and protect the Internet”. The society is an exemplar model of multistake-holderism. InternetNZ is also delegated the .nz ccTLD

Keith Davidson

Lianna Galstyan

ISOC Armenia

• Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

• Our mission is to implement educational and research programs; to organize workshops, seminars, public discussions; to develop Internet technologies and make them available in Armenia; to help manage the Armenian Internet and to develop the domain naming policy for the AM Registry.

National Information Infrastructure

Enterprise Promotion Association

• Taipei, Taiwan

• Acts as the Internet policy think-tank for the public and private sectors and functions as the bridge between the government, industry and academia in Taiwan

Ling-I Chu

Arab Knowledge Management

Society (AKMS)

• Amman, Jordan

• AKMS is a global non-profit organisation that adopts a strategy of interactive teaching and utilizes digital technology to foster communication and innovation in the field of information management.

Mahmoud Lattouf

Maureen Hilyard

Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society

(PICISOC)

• Rarotonga, Cook Islands

• The Board of PICISOC advocates on behalf of 22 Pacific Island countries and territories for basic ISOC principles – Universal Access and Connectivity – as well as providing technical support and advice within the region. PICISOC has nearly 800 members

Internet SocietyVasuday

Kutumbhkum

• India

• Disseminates information on laws relating to the Internet and information technology including ICANN policies, through the medium of a website -www.jurisonline.in

Nirmol Agarwal

ISOC Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• Formed in 2005. Its mission is to improve the practice of Internet governance and online civil society in Hong Kong. ISOC HK believes in “maintaining and extending the development and availability of the Internet and its associated technologies and applications – both as an end in itself, and as a means of enabling organizations, professions, and individuals locally and worldwide to more effectively collaborate, cooperate, and innovate in their respective fields and interests.”.

Pavan Budhrani

Pua Hunter

Cook Islands Internet Action

Group

• Rarotonga, Cook Islands

• Advocates for policies and infrastructure that will help the development of an internet system that will create opportunities for social and economic development in the Cook Islands.

Internet Society MALAYSIA

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Promotes development of the Internet in Malaysia to benefit the whole community, including business, academic, professional, and private Internet users.

• Rinalia is a NomCom Appointee to the ALAC (2011-2013)

Rinalia Abdul-Rahim

Pacific Islands Chapter of the

Internet Society

• Suva, Fiji

• PICISOC advocates on behalf of 22 Pacific Island countries and territories for basic ISOC principles – Universal Access and Connectivity – as well as providing technical support and advice within the region. Salanieta

Tamanikaiwaimaro

Media Education Centre

• Yerevan, Armenia

• Media Education Centre is actively involved in Internet Governance issues, by making input in policy development and raising awareness about positive and responsible usage of ICTs, the digital citizenship and other issues.

Samvel Martirosyan

Computer Society of India

• Mumbai, India

• Founded in 1965, has over 95,000 members spread over the country, and has the mission of taking ICTs to the citizens. Its membership of includes representation from the industry, government, student community, academia and users of computers and the Internet.

Satish Babu

Vice President,Stakeholder Engagement

Australasia, Pacific Islands

• Brisbane, Australia

• Coordinates implementation of ICANN's strategic plan for Australasia / Pacific Islands; responsible for outreach, support and engagement with stakeholders, including governments, civil society and private sector in the Oceania sub-regionSave Vocea

Siranush Vardanyan

Armenian Association for the

Disabled

• Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

• Mission: Integration of the disabled into society through their physical, social and psychological rehabilitation; assistance with their health and educational issues; creation of income generating business for them; and development of national sports for the disabled.

ISOC Chapter Chennai India

• Tamilnadu, India

• Provide inputs to our Government / Regional Internet Registry / IGF on Internet Governance policy issues and organize local events related to Names and Numbers, such as an Ipv6 Training event. Engages in outreach activities to create better awareness of the Internet Governance issues.Sivasubramanian

Muthusamy

Internet Society Malaysia

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Promotes development of the Internet in Malaysia to benefit the whole community, including business, academic, professional, and private Internet users. ISOC Malaysia has 633 members.

Dr. Suhaidi B. Hassan

InternetNZ

• Wellington, New Zealand

• InternetNZ is a charitable open membership society who have the vision of an “open and uncapturable Internet” and a mission “to promote and protect the Internet”. The society is an exemplar model of multistake-holderism. InternetNZ is also delegated the .nz ccTLD

Susan Chalmers

Internet Society – Philippines Chapter

• Metro-Manila, The Philippines

• Technical training; policy and governance awareness and capacity-building; as well as various engagements with other NGOs/CSOs, industry associations and government agencies.

Winthrop Yu

NetMission

• Hong Kong

• NetMission.Asia is a youth Ambassadors program supported by DotAsia and initiated in 2009 which aims to bring together a network of dedicated young ambassadors devoted towards promoting and contributing towards digital inclusion, Internet governance as well as youth engagement & empowerment. We actively participate in ICANN meetings and UNIGF as well as organize an annual Youth IGF.

Yannis Li

Information Policy Analytical Centre

• Baku, Azerbaijan

• Promotes and publicizes ICANN policy and decisions among Azerbaijan Internet community. Encourages users to get actively involved in discussions and decision making processes in ICANN.

Yashar Hajiyev

Open Standards and Internet Association

• Seoul, Korea

• OSIA is a not-for-profit organization for joint research activities among industries, research institutes and academy. We have played a leading role for standardization of ICT in Korea.

Y.J. (Youn Jun) Park

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