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He has played a great role in the DNS reform process which resulted in the existence of ICANN [http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm] He is considered as one of the pioneers of internet. [http://www.wiwiw.org/pioneers/amadeu-abril.htm] | He has played a great role in the DNS reform process which resulted in the existence of ICANN [http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm] He is considered as one of the pioneers of internet. [http://www.wiwiw.org/pioneers/amadeu-abril.htm] | ||
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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. [http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm] | ||
*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] | *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.[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.[http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_catalan_campaign_to_win_cat_top_level_domain/] | |||
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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. [1]
He has played a great role in the DNS reform process which resulted in the existence of ICANN [2] He is considered as one of the pioneers of internet. [3]
Career History[edit | edit source]
- He worked at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition Policy from 1986 to 1988. [4]