Bill Drake

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Country: Switzerland
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ICANNLogo.png Formerly a member
of ICANN's GNSO


ICANNLogo.png Currently a member
of ICANN's EURALO

Bill Drake is a lecturer at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich. He has previously taught at Georgetown University and the University of California at San Diego.[1]

Prof. Drake is co-editor of the book series, The Information Revolution and Global Politics, from MIT Press.[2]

Industry Participation

Bill was elected as a councillor for ICANN's Non-Commercial Users Constituency in 2008, and is set to serve through 2012; he is also a member of EURALO's Board of Directors, and was a part of the GNSO Council.[3] He was elected to the GNSO Council by the NCUC.

He has been a part of the U.N's Forum on Internet Governance since 2003,[4] and addressed a meeting of the group in Sharm El Sheikh in 2009.[5] He has been invited to the WSIS.[6]

Other Positions

  • Research Associate, The Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University, 1983-Present.
  • Faculty, The International Summer Schools on Internet Governance, 2007-Present.
  • Member, Group of High-Level Advisors, UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development, 2006-Present.
  • Member, Internet Governance Caucus, 2003-Present.[7]

References