| Email |
benhamou@compuserve.com |
| Region |
Europe |
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| PROFESSIONAL |
| Employer(s) |
- Senior Lecturer at the Political Science Institute of Paris (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris) 1998/2000
- Senior Lecturer and educational advisor at National School of Government (Ecole Nationale d'Administration) 1997/2000
- Expert for the French Foreign Ministry on Internet projects in developing countries (Procooptic) 1999/2000
- Conceptor of the Internet and network exhibitions in the French Museum of Science (Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie)
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| QUALIFICATIONS |
Statement addressing the candidates qualifications
and experience specifically relevant to
(a) ICANN's technical and
administrative responsibilities, and
(b) your leadership and policy-level
roles.
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| Being a worldwide organization devoted to the Internet with the first global elections, ICANN will require new duties for those who will participate in it. Transparency and neutrality are among them. For those who will be interested in the Internet governance, Icann will become a unique place for disseminating the reflexion about the Internet in our societies.
At the same time the Internet becomes a place where all the particular and public interests are at stake. Shaping the Internet domain names for the years to come will require an independant and technically advised opinion. Coordinating the ICANN works with all the technical and institutional organizations of the Internet will also become a primary task for the members of the board of ICANN.
As an academic, I have been involved in several research works on technology policy (Internet governance) and educational technologies projects (large audience scientific and technological exhibitions) and I'm willing to bring to the ICANN board the competencies I acquired in those two kind of public interests projects. The neutrality I always expressed in my professional career will best serve the european and international Internet community.
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| ICANN RELATED INTERESTS |
ICANN-related interests, including:
(a) Employment and consulting relationships
(b) Ownership or investment interests in any ICANN-related businesses
(c) Official positions in any ICANN-related businesses or organizations
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I have no material ICANN-related interests
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| BACKGROUND |
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Background information, personal statement, URL, or other information
you would like posted in connection with your name on the ICANN
website.
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| Personal web site http://perso.club-internet.fr/benhamou
I am an academic with a technical background:
- Medical studies at the university of Toulouse (France)
- Graduated in computer science (University Paul Sabatier France)
- Conceptor of the first educational prototype of data transmission for medical studies (AIMsoft project) in 1983
- Conceptor of "Passport to the Cyberworld" (1997/2000), first net-based exhibition on the history and architecture of the Internet in the french museum of Science (Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie). It was also the first exhibition using an IP over ATM network and a personalization technology system in partnership with three daily newspapers (Le Monde, Libération, La Tribune).
- Founding member and Technological advisor of PlaNet Finance (www.planetfinance.org) , web-based NGO devoted to bringing microcredit to developing countries.
International studies and conferences(1998 / 2000) :
- Political communication on the Internet (Brazilian and French Foreign Ministries)
- Government on the Net : GovNet (National Research Council of Canada)
- Business Models for information contents on the Net (Research Institute for Development )
- How Internet is changing the core activities in the public sector (Danish School of Public Administration).
- Coordinator of the first seminar of the National School of Government (ENA) on "Internet and Research" at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).
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| OFFICIAL STATUS |
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Status as an official of a national government or a multinational entity
established by treaty or other agreement between national governments, such
as an elected official or employee of a government or multinational entity.
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| I am an academic but not an official of the French government. And therefore I'm able to participate freely and independently in the works of ICANN
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