Amadeu Abril i Abril
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| Affiliation: | ESADE Law School | ||||||
| Country: | Spain | ||||||
| Email: | amadeu [at] nominalia.com amadeu [at] abril.info | ||||||
| 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.[1]
He has played a significant role in the DNS reform process which resulted in the existence of ICANN[1], and he is considered as one of the pioneers of Internet.[2]
Career History
- He worked at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition Policy from 1986 to 1988.[1]
- DNSO selected him for the ICANN Board, his term started in 1999 and ended on 26 June 2003.[1] He is the only Catalan and one of only two Spaniards to have been a member of ICANN's Board of Directors. [3]