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Kamel has served as a member of the Internet Society ([[ISOC]]) Board of Trustees in Virginia,<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/kamel.htm ICANN Bio, icann.org]</ref> was a Co-Founder and Secretary of ISOC-Egypt,<ref>[http://www.isoc-dc.org/2011/01/about-egypt-isoc-egypt-and-dr-tarek-kamel/ About Egypt, ISOC-Egypt, and Dr. Tarek Kamel, isoc-dc.org]</ref> and was the ISOC Vice President for Chapters from 1999 until 2002. He is a Founding Member and former Board Member of [[AfriNIC]]. From 2004 to 2008, he was the Chairman of the Executive Bureau of the Arab Telecommunications and Information Council of Ministers, and from 2006 to 2008, he was the Chairman of the Ministerial Conference on Communication and Information Technologies of the African Union. He has also been the Chairman of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority ([[NTRA]]), the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), the National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) and the Information Technology Institute's (ITI) Boards of Trustees.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/kamel.htm ICANN Bio, icann.org]</ref>

Kamel has served as a member of the Internet Society ([[ISOC]]) Board of Trustees in Virginia,<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/kamel.htm ICANN Bio, icann.org]</ref> was a Co-Founder and Secretary of ISOC-Egypt,<ref>[http://www.isoc-dc.org/2011/01/about-egypt-isoc-egypt-and-dr-tarek-kamel/ About Egypt, ISOC-Egypt, and Dr. Tarek Kamel, isoc-dc.org]</ref> and was the ISOC Vice President for Chapters from 1999 until 2002. He is a Founding Member and former Board Member of [[AfriNIC]]. From 2004 to 2008, he was the Chairman of the Executive Bureau of the Arab Telecommunications and Information Council of Ministers, and from 2006 to 2008, he was the Chairman of the Ministerial Conference on Communication and Information Technologies of the African Union. He has also been the Chairman of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority ([[NTRA]]), the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), the National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) and the Information Technology Institute's (ITI) Boards of Trustees.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/kamel.htm ICANN Bio, icann.org]</ref>

Tarek began his career as a Networks Support Engineer at the Academy of Technology and Scientific Research after receiving his Bachelors degree in 1985. He also served as an Assistant Researcher at the Electronics Research Institute before entering into doctoral studies. After receiving his PhD in 1992, he was appointed Manager of the Communications and Networking Department at the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC/RITSEC).<ref>[http://www.samenacouncil.org/executive_profile.php?eid=95 Executive Profile : Dr. Tarek Kamel, samenacouncil.org]</ref> In the period between 1992 and 1999, when he assumed the role as Senior Advisor to the Minister, he was an Associate Professor at the ERI, established Egypt's first connection to the Internet, guided the introduction of commercial Internet services in Egypt, and founded ISOC-Egypt. Over the years, he has been involved with organizinf [[INET]], [[IGF]], ICANN and [[ITU]] regional and international events and conferences hosted in Egypt.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/kamel.htm ICANN Bio, icann.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/board.php?id=35 ISOC Board of Trustees Bio, isoc.org]</ref>

Tarek began his career as a Networks Support Engineer at the Academy of Technology and Scientific Research after receiving his Bachelors degree in 1985. He also served as an Assistant Researcher at the Electronics Research Institute before entering into doctoral studies. After receiving his PhD in 1992, he was appointed Manager of the Communications and Networking Department at the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC/RITSEC).<ref>[http://www.samenacouncil.org/executive_profile.php?eid=95 Executive Profile : Dr. Tarek Kamel, samenacouncil.org]</ref> In the period between 1992 and 1999, when he assumed the role as Senior Advisor to the Minister, he was an Associate Professor at the Electronics Research Institute (ERI), established Egypt's first connection to the Internet, guided the introduction of commercial Internet services in Egypt, and founded ISOC-Egypt. Over the years, he has been involved with organizinf [[INET]], [[IGF]], ICANN and [[ITU]] regional and international events and conferences hosted in Egypt.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/kamel.htm ICANN Bio, icann.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/board.php?id=35 ISOC Board of Trustees Bio, isoc.org]</ref>

==Education==

==Education==