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| Name | Adam Peake |
| Institution | GLOCOM |
| Nationality | British |
| Country of Residence | Japan |
| Nominated by | Karen Banks
APC |
| Nationality | British |
| Country of Residence | Japan |
| Gender | Male |
| Short Bio relevant to Internet Governance | Adam is a senior researcher at the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), an academic research institute located in Tokyo specializing in the study of information society and Japan.
He has been living in Japan since 1989 and joined GLOCOM in April 1993. His interests are the intersection of public policy and the Internet, and promoting information and communication technologies in society. At GLOCOM Adam works on projects related to telecommunications and broadband policy, network and information security policy and trends, and follow-up activities for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
Adam has been working on Internet policy related projects in the Asia Pacific region since the mid-1990s. Most recently he was a member of UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme's Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance (ORDIG), which helped increase stakeholder awareness of Internet Governance issues within the region and contributed regional input and perspectives on these issues to the WSIS and WGIG processes.
Adam participated in the G8 DOT Force where GLOCOM was the Japanese NPO representative. Adam has co-led GLOCOM's work on WSIS, including GLOCOM's role as facilitator of NGO/Civil Society participation in the Asia and Pacific Regional WSIS Conference, January 2003. GLOCOM was also civil society organizer/coordinator for the WSIS Thematic meeting "Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Conference" in May 2005.
He was co-coordinator of the WSIS Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus from December 2003 (Geneva Summit) to February 2006, is a member of the Public Interest Registry (.ORG) Advisory Council and is the Associate Chair of ICANN's Nominating Committee (2006).
Before coming to Japan, Adam was employed at British Telecom as a project manager working on the interconnection of Other Licensed Operators (cellular radio, radio paging and competitive telephony carriers.) |
| Why the (self)nominee is a good choice for the IGF | My thanks to APC for nominating me, examples of experience relevant to membership of the MAG:
From the December 2003 (WSIS Geneva Summit) to February 2006, I was co-coordinator (with Jeanette Hofmann) of the WSIS Civil Society Internet Governance caucus. We worked well with other groups, both civil society and other stakeholders, and helped raise the profile and impact of civil society's contributions to the WGIG and Tunis phase of WSIS. We tried to ensure that all civil society groups involved in WSIS had the opportunity to have their voices heard in WSIS Internet Governance and WGIG discussions.
I have been involved in international discussions about Internet and ICT policy since 1996. My first direct involvement with intergovernmental ICT policy discussion was the 2000-2001 G8 Dot Force; this positive experience with multi-stakeholder policy development encouraged GLOCOM and me to participate in WSIS. I support a multi-stakeholder approach to ICT policy-making as proposed for the IGF.
In Dot Force, GLOCOM co-led work on the action item to "Strengthen universal participation in global ICT governance" (Genoa Plan of Action, 2001), the first time G8 nations recognized the importance of enabling the meaningful participation of all stakeholders in global policy debate. While I have strong opinions on many ICT policy themes, my main interest for the past 5-6 years has been to strengthen participation of all actors, particularly from developing nations, in ICT policy processes.
As member of GLOCOM's WSIS group, during the Geneva phase of WSIS I helped organize civil society participation in the Asia and Pacific Regional WSIS Conference (January 2003). With other stakeholders in the conference organizing team our work included arranging sponsorship, allocating of fellowships, contributing to the design of the program and modalities for participation. The AP regional meeting has been recognized as the most successful multi-stakeholder regional meeting held during the Geneva phase, and was mentioned as a possible example of modalities for WSIS itself.
If selected for MAG, I will attempt to ensure the broadest possible participation of all stakeholders and that the IGF must have a strong development perspective. |
| Capacity to serve on MAG | Yes, I am willing to serve. I understand the likely time commitment involved and will be able to devote the time necessary. |
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