Confederation of European Computer User Associations

 

Dr. Jon Thorhallsson, European Consulting Partners, founder and CEO will join the representation to the ICANN Government Advisory Committee as an expert advisor.

ICANN or "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" is the non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities.

The ICANN Government Advisory Committee or GAC allows countries to influence policies concerning the management of the DNS and related functions, which are important to the overall operation of the Internet. The GAC seeks to incorporate the diverse views, laws and policies of many different countries and distinct economies in its advice to ICANN.

In his letter of nomination the Honourable Mr Sturla Bodvarsson, Icelandic Minister of Communications, made reference to Dr. Thorhallsson's distinguished carrier in business, academia and public administration in Canada, Germany and Iceland.

Dr. Thorhallsson said that he was pleased with the appointment. " The GAC involvement will allow me to continue and expand upon my present Internet related activity at the EU level focusing on user issues including a multilingual and multicultural Internet" he said.

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