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Martin Boyle is the Senior Policy Advisor at Nominet UK, where he develops the UK-IGF multi-stakeholder partnership to ensure effective British engagement in international policy discussions. He works with key stakeholders to positively shape the development of the Internet.[1]
He also serves as a Member of ENISA Permanent Stakeholders Group, and an ad-hoc Working Group on the Protection of Country Names in Connection with the Introduction of New gTLDs.[2]
Career History[edit | edit source]
Mr. Boyle has been working with Nominet since 2008. Prior to which, he was the head of the International Communications Policy team in the UK Department for business.
Work With ICANN[edit | edit source]
In response to the WSIS he worked with other partners to promote British involvement in the [[IGF|Internet Governance Forum], the initiative eventually became the UK-IGF. From 2005 to 2008, he was the Head of International ICT Policy within the U.K. Department for Business.
He was a speaker at the EuroDIG 2009,[3] a panelist at 9th Meeting of the ICANN Studienkreis,[4] and at “International Debate: ICANN, Whois, and the New MoU”.[5] Mr. Boyle has been the UK Representative to ICANN's GAC.[6]
Mr. Boyle was the reprensetative of UK in the discussion regarding authorizing .xxx TLD. He believed that if the .xxx is authorized it should be properly regulated. He sent a letter to Vint Cerf regarding this.
He was a National Representative to WSIS a ISOC board trustee meeting in 2006.[7] He also takes part in IGF workshops.[8]
Mr. Boyle was a speaker at the Internet Governance for Development: Focusing on the Issues.[9]
Education[edit | edit source]
He studied at the University of Surrey.[10]