Latin America and Caribbean
Region Nominee
Ivan
Moura Campos
Personal
data: 56 years old, married to Regina Cabral, no children.
Country of citizenship: Brazil
Physical address: Brazil
E-mail
address: ivanmc.nominee@icann.org
This web
page is available in Spanish,
French and Portuguese.
Access
to candidate's personal page: http://www.akwan.com.br/~ivanmc/
Current
professional positions
Past
professional positions
- Postgraduate
Research Engineer, Computer Science Department, UCLA (http://www.ucla.edu)
- Full
Professor of Computer Science, Federal University of Minas
Gerais, Brazil (http://www.ufmg.br)
- Chairman,
Computer Science Department, Federal University of Minas
Gerais, Brazil (http://www.dcc.ufmg.br)
- Dean
of Graduate Studies, Federal University of Minas Gerais,
Brazil
- Executive
Director, Foundation for the Development of Research (FUNDEP),
Brazil (http://www.fundep.ufmg.br)
- Visiting
Scholar, Computer Science Department, University of Waterloo,
Canada (http://www.uwaterloo.ca)
- Director
of Special Programs, National Research Council of Brazil
(CNPq) (http://www.cnpq.br)
- Secretary
for Informatics and Automation Policy of Brazil (http://www.mct.gov.br)
- Secretary
for Science and Technology of the State of Minas Gerais,
Brazil (http://www.sect.mg.gov.br)
- Senior
Consultant, International Telecommunication Union. (http://www.itu.int)
Volunteer
roles/accomplishments
- currently,
Chairman, Internet Steering Committee of Brazil (pro bono,
no salary involved)
Educational
background : Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of
California, Los Angeles
Experience
with the Internet's domain name and IP address systems:
The Internet
Steering Committee is responsible for the registration of
domain names and assignment of IP addresses in Brazil. I am
Chairman of this Committee for the second time, with full
understanding of the Internet's domain name and IP address
systems.
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Experience
with the Internet's architecture
I have
lectured frequently on the subject and given talks on public
policies for Internet development. Besides, and as Director
of Special Programs of the Brazilian National Research Council
(CNPq), I have launched and ran, with UNDP sponsorship, three
fairly succesful projects, all of them still in full operation:
- National
Research Network (RNP), the pioneer Internet backbone in
Brazil, connecting virtually all universities, schools,
public libraries and research centers. Since its creation
in 1993, Internet hosts in Brazil jumped from almost none
to around 450.000 as of January of 2000. (http://www.rnp.br)
- SOFTEX-2000,
the Software for Export Program, currently involving several
hundred software companies in Brazil and representation
offices in the United States, PeopleŐs Republic of China
and Germany. (http://www.softex.br)
- PROTEM,
a university/industry partnership program for research in
Information Technology, responsible for giving more focus
and economic relevance to the research themes in Brazilian
academia and run by the National Research Council (CNPq).
From 1993
until 1997, I was the Brazilian Secretary for Informatics
and Automation Policy, a secretariat of the Ministry of Science
and Technology, directly in charge of industrial policymaking
in those sectors of the economy. In that capacity, I co-authored
the rationale, later issued as federal regulations, whereby
the Internet was fully deregulated in the country. As part
of these rules, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
was created, in charge not only of issuing IP addresses and
registering domain names, but also as a permanent guiding
body for best engineering practices and net security. I acted
for the first time as chairman of this committee from its
creation in May, 1995 until November of 1997.
From 1997
until the end of 1998, I was Secretary for Science and Technology
of my home state of Minas Gerais. Apart from my duties as
a direct assistant to the state governor, I acted as a consultant
to BrazilŐs Ministry of Education, in capacities such as member
of the joint Brazil/United States task force for the use of
technology in education, or as invited speaker of the Internet
2 Consortium. The now widely known networking spiral concept,
used by the Internet 2 Project and UCAID in many a document
and multimedia materials, is otherwise known as CamposŐs spiral,
originally presented by me at the FARNET workshop held in
Colorado Springs, CO, in 1996.
Currently,
I am (for the second time) chairman of the Internet Steering
Committee of Brazil, a private consultant and a Chief Executive
Officer of Akwan Information Technologies (http://www.akwan.com.br).
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Experience
in international and/or multicultural environments
Extensive
traveling and multicultural experience. I have acted as either
head or member of Brazilian government delegations to negotiations
in the Mercosur, with the US Trade Representative in Washington,
D.C., to the People's Republic of China, with the US Department
of Education, and to ministerial meetings such as ISAD, held
in South Africa, as invited speaker to countries such as Argentina,
Uruguay, Mexico, Venezuela, England, Germany, France and Syria.
Fluent in Portuguese (mother tongue), English and Spanish,
and fairly good communication abilities in French.
During
my tenure at the Brazilian Federal Government, I have also
acted as a consultant or invited speaker in events for organizations
such as the World Bank, the Interamerican Development Bank
(IADB), UNESCO, the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU), the World Trade Organization, the Federation of American
Research Networks (FARNET) and governments of several countries.
What
I hope to contribute to the ICANN Board
I believe
my professional experience in the academic, governmental and
business environments are an asset, together with a fairly
solid understanding of the problems, capabilities and limitations
in developing countries with regards to the development of
an Internet community. One major concern, that I believe we
all share in Latin America and the Caribbean, is the widening
of the so called digital divide. The success of some of our
policies in Brazil and the fact that my tasks as chairman
of the Internet Steering Committee require constant focus
on the challenges that still lie ahead in the continent have
given us considerable experience that can certainly prove
useful on the Board.
There
is an issue that seems to be sensitive to many voters, and
I want to bring it out in the open. The size of the Brazilian
internet accounts for about fifty percent of the region, and
to make matters even more serious, the number of registered
voters in Brazil is about eighty percent of the total. I consider
it my duty to expose myself as a candidate of the whole of
Latin America and the Caribbean, and not just a candidade
of Brazil or from Brazil. It comes as a consequence that,
in the event of being elected to the board, I shall do my
best, in terms of scope of attention, availability and homework,
to be a true representative of the interests of the region,
to the best of my abilities. For a slightly more detailed
view of which kinds of ideas and experiences I will be bringing
into the debate, please read this short essay (http://www.akwan.com.br/~ivanmc/Damascus99.htm)
that I presented in Damascus, Syria, in 1999, focussing on
developing countries and the Information Society.
Whether
I consider myself a representative of user, technical, business,
public interest, academic, governmental, intellectual property,
or other interests
Although
I act or at times have acted in technical, business, government
and academic capacities, I see myself as a representative
of public interest in this endeavor. Again, a representative
of the internet user community of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Whether
I am free to take independent votes and form independent positions,
without interference or control by any employer, client, or
other group that I might be affiliated with.
I am absolutely
free to take independent votes and form independent positions.
I hold no public office and, professionally, I am my own boss.
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