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Steering Committee

Steering Committee

The role of the Steering Committee is to provide early thought leadership to the G3ict's programs, and to help define the stakeholders'goals, marketing and technical objectives for each event.

Chair

  • H.E. Luis Gallegos, Ambassador of Ecuador to the Unites States and Past Chair of the United Nations Ad-hoc Preparatory Committee of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Members

  • Daniel Aghion, Executive Director, W2i
  • Tamas Babinski, Even Grounds, Accessibility Consulting
  • Peter Blanck, Chairman/University Professor, Burton Blatt Institute/Syracuse University
  • Simão  Ferraz de Campos Neto, Counsellor, ITU-T SG 16 International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • Ambassador Anda Filip, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
  • Anne-Rivers Forcke, Public Sector Market Manager, IBM Research - Human Ability and Accessibilty Center
  • Martin Gould, Director of Research and Technology, National Council on Disabilty (NCD)
  • Sarbuland  Khan, Executive Coordinator, Global Alliance for ICT and Development, UN DESA
  • John  Kemp, Attorney-at-Law, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C.
  • Axel Leblois, Executive Director, G3ict
  • C.N. Madhusudan, CEO, VectorSpan, Inc. 
  • Caroline Millous, Director of Projet Handicap, Air France
  • Enrica Murmura, Officer, Global Alliance for ICT and Development, UN DESA
  • Mike Paciello, Founder & Principal, The Paciello Group
  • Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, Directorate General, Employment, Social Affairs, and Equal Opportunities
  • Ken Salaets  Director, Technology and Trade Policy Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
  • Licia Sbattella, University Professor, Politecnico di Milano
  • Jenifer Simpson, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
  • Victor Tsaran, Accessibility Program Manager, Yahoo Corporation
  • John Vaughn, Chairperson, National Council on Disabilty (NCD)
  • Frances West Director,Worldwide Accessibility Center, IBM Research - Human Ability and Accessibilty Center
     

Observers

  • Vanessa Edwards, Social Affairs Officer, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UN DESA
  • Peter Orne, Editorial Director, W2i
  • Francesca Cesa Bianchi, Director, External Relations, G3ict