Thomas Schneider
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Thomas Schneider is the deputy head of international affairs with the Federal Office of Communication in Switzerland. He is also a ICANN board member. According to the organization, Thomas is an expert in Internet governance and in the governance of the "information society", specifically in consumer protection, human rights, and media regulation. He coordinate's Swiss activities related to the implementation of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and represents the country in a variety of international fora (UN, ITU, ICANN/GAC, Council of Europe, OSCE, UNESCO, among others).[1]
Biography
Thomas was born in St. Gallen in 1972 and has resided in Zürich since 1992. He has studied English literature, history, and national economics.[1]
From 2003 to 2005, Thomas coordinated all Swiss activities in both phases of WSIS (Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005) on behalf of Marc Furrer, the Swiss State Secretary. He represented Switzerland in the Bureau of the WSIS for the second WSIS phase (Tunis 2005).[1]
ICANN
Thomas was elected by ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee in 2014 to serve as Chair of the GAC and GAC Board liaison. His term began at the first GAC meeting of 2015 and will expire at the first GAC meeting of 2017. He took his seat as interim GAC liaison at the ICANN meeting in October 2014.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Thomas Schneider: Chair of the GAC, ICANN. Retrieved October 28, 2015.