Edmon Chung

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Edmon Chung played an important role in .asia initiative and is the CEO of DotAsia.org.[1] Edmon is currently the Vice Chair of ISOC's Hong Kong chapter. Edmon

Chung has participated in the regional At-Large activities since their inception, assisted in APRALO and also ISOC-HK. He is a member of the Elections Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and a councillor of the ICANN GNSO Council, and Secretariat for the ICANN APRALO.[2]

Mr. Chung is a recognized expert on IDNs, and was involved in the development of the technical standards and the policy involved in implementing IDN deployment.[3] He has served on many global IDN related committees, and is an inventor of patents underlying technologies for internationalized domain names (IDN) and email addresses on the Internet.

Awards

  • He won the Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurship Award in 2001.[4]
  • He was selected by The Globe and Mail as one of the Young Canadian Leaders in 2000.

Education

Edmon is a PhD candidate at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; he currently hold a Bachelor's degree in Applied Science and Master of Engineering from the University of Toronto.[5]

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