I'm responsible for ICANN's relations with civil society organizations, supporting non-commercial participation in ICANN's multi-stakeholder model. Before joining ICANN in December 2014, I worked for more than two decades as a researcher at the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan, on projects related to telecommunications and Internet policy. I was one of the civil society representatives during WSIS, IGF and NETmundial.

I'd like to talk about civil society and academia and ICANN - what can I do to raise awareness, help people and organisations follow ICANN, be more involved.