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| + | Richard Thwaites is Director of [[Rich Communications]], a consultancy based in Canberra, Australia and specializing in policy issues associated with international communications. |
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| + | From 1974 to 1988 he worked for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] in operational and management roles ranging from foreign correspondent to the introduction of electronic newsroom technologies. |
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| + | Since 1988 he as been engaged with communication policy issues across the broadcasting, telecommunication and Internet-based industries, for most of that time as an advisor to, and negotiator for, Australian Government departments responsible for Communications and the Information Economy. |
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| + | From 1994 to 2002 Richard Thwaites represented Australia in international fora on communications issues including the World Trade Organisation Negotiations on Basic Telecommunications, the International Telecommunication Union, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity and [[OECD]]. |
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| + | In 1996-97 he led the Liberalisation Steering Group of the [[APEC]] Telecommunication Working Group, in 1998-2000 was deputy Chair of the Working Group, and Chairman of the APEC TEL Working Group 2000-2002. |
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| + | From 2000-2004 Richard Thwaites was Chairman of the [[ITU]] Standardisation Sector's Study Group on Accounting, Settlements and related economic and policy issues (SG3), working toward industry-based commercial standards and practices to accommodate the transition from line-switched to packet-switched service platforms. |
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| + | Since leaving the Australian Government service in May 2002, Richard Thwaites has continued to work as a negotiator on communications policy issues on behalf industry and government clients. |
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| + | At the [[ITU]]'s World Telecomunication Standardisation Assembly in Florianopolis, Brazil, October 2004, Richard Thwaites chaired the Committee producing harmonized positions, among the ITU's membership of 179 nations, on Internet-related issues including spam, e-security, naming numbering and addressing. |
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| + | Richard Thwaites is nominated by the [[ITU]], on behalf of the Technical Liaison Group, as liaison to the [[ICANN Board]] for 2005.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/thwaites.htm Biography Data on Richard Thwaites]</ref> |
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| + | ==References== |
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| + | [[category: Australia]] |