Walid Al-Saqaf

Country:	Sweden
Email:	walid.al-saqaf [at] isoc.ye
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Walid Al-Saqaf is a journalist, activist, scholar, software developer, and entrepreneur. He has been a Lecturer of Media and Comunication at Orebro University since May 2010 and is also the Chair of the Yemen Chapter of ISOC.

As of ICANN 52 in Singapore, Al-Saqaf had attended three ICANN conferences, as well as IGF, SIF, and CDC. He is renowned as a TED Senior Fellow and Senior fellow, and he has curator TEDxSanaa 2012 and 2013. Within ICANN, Walid has been an active member NCUC and currently coordinates the constituency's membership affairs team.

ICANN Involvement:

• Participated as an ICANN Fellow in the ICANN 46 meeting held in Beijing during 7-11 April 2013
• Participated as an ICANN Fellow in the ICANN 49 meeting held in Singapore during 23-27 March 2014
• Appointed in December 2014 by the NCUC Executive Committee as the Coordinator of the Membership Affairs Team responsible for inreach engagement
• Participated as the Membership Affairs Team Coordinator of NCUC in the ICANN 52 meeting held in Singapore during 8-12 February 2015
• Participated as the Membership Affairs Team Coordinator of NCUC in the 2015 Non-Contracted Parties House (NCPH) meeting held in Washington, DC during 12-13 January 2015
• Selected as an ICANN Fellow to participate in the ICANN 53 meeting to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina during June 21-25 June 2015