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| + | |affiliation= ESADE, Ramon Llull University |
| |country = Spain | | |country = Spain |
− | |email = Amadeu@nominalia.com | + | |email = amadeu [at] nominalia.com<br/>amadeu [at] abril.info |
− | Amadeu@abril.info
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| |twitter = AmadeuAbril | | |twitter = AmadeuAbril |
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− | Amadeu Abril i Abril is a professor at ESADE Law School, Ramon Llull University in Barcelona. He teaches European Union Law, Competition Law, and IT Law. He also serves as a secretary to the Competition Law & Policy Section of the Barcelona Bar where he was admitted in 1985. [http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm] | + | '''Amadeu Abril i Abril''' is a professor at ESADE Law School, Ramon Llull University in Barcelona. He teaches European Union Law, Competition Law, and IT Law. He also serves as a secretary to the Competition Law & Policy Section of the Barcelona Bar where he was admitted in 1985.<ref name="icann">[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm icann.org]</ref> |
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− | He has played a significant role in the [[DNS]] reform process which resulted in the existence of [[ICANN]] <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm ICANN.org bio]</ref> He is considered as one of the pioneers of Internet. <ref>[http://www.wiwiw.org/pioneers/amadeu-abril.htm wiwiw.org]</ref> | + | He has played a significant role in the [[DNS]] reform process which resulted in the existence of [[ICANN]]<ref name="icann"></ref>, and he is considered as one of the pioneers of Internet.<ref>[http://www.wiwiw.org/pioneers/amadeu-abril.htm wiwiw.org]</ref> |
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| == Career History == | | == Career History == |
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− | * He worked at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition Policy from 1986 to 1988. [http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm] | + | * He worked at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition Policy from 1986 to 1988.<ref name="icann"></ref> |
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− | * [[DNSO]] selected him for the [[ICANN Board]], his term started in 1999 and ended on 26 June 2003. [http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm] He is the only Catalan and one of only two Spaniards to have been a member of ICANN's Board of Directors. <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_catalan_campaign_to_win_cat_top_level_domain/ CircleID]</ref> | + | * [[DNSO]] selected him for the [[ICANN Board]], his term started in 1999 and ended on 26 June 2003.<ref name="icann"></ref> He is the only Catalan and one of only two Spaniards to have been a member of ICANN's Board of Directors. <ref name="circleid">[http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_catalan_campaign_to_win_cat_top_level_domain/ CircleID]</ref> |
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− | * He led the campaign for [[.cat]], the [[TLD]] exclusive to Catalan language. It was approved in 2005.[http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_catalan_campaign_to_win_cat_top_level_domain/] | + | * He led the campaign for [[.cat]], the [[TLD]] exclusive to Catalan language. It was approved in 2005.<ref name="circleid"></ref> |
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| == References == | | == References == |
| {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |
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− | [[Category: People|Amadeu_Abril_i_Abril]]
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| [[Category: Spain]] | | [[Category: Spain]] |
| + | [[Category:Former ICANN Board]] |
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