Anna Frieda Niita Amoomo is an experienced administrator with vast knowledge of ICT at the executive level. Currently, she is the president of the Internet Society Namibia Chapter, serving a second term. She possesses sound experience in networking and relationship building and the ability to successfully lead change management initiatives. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from the Polytechnic of Namibia, a certificate in hardware and network support technology from the Institute of …

… Information Technology Namibia, and a diploma in local government studies from the University of Namibia. She is also a Task Team member in civil society partnership with parliament and a task force member of free and affordable Wi-Fi at the National Assembly.

Nicolas Chagny

Nicolas Chagny, 48, has been the president of the Internet Society France since 2015, after serving as vice president for several years. Within the chapter, he drives forward actions targeting public decision-makers and the larger public. He is the initiator of several large-scale projects, including—for example— for the privacy of personal data, the promotion of IPv6, or the acculturation of artificial intelligence. Nicolas Chagny has been managing director of several digital and content agencies, and helped launch a …

… network of inclusive schools for digital skills. Today, he works for his own consulting firm, NS Pulse, providing advice to organizations and companies with a positive impact, including Opquast, a digital quality assurance training and certification program. For over 25 years at the heart of the digital world, as a business leader, impact entrepreneur, and non-profit organization leader, Nicolas Chagny has been involved in open and responsible digital technology, inclusion, and equal opportunities.

Katarina Gevorgyan

Katarina Gevorgyan finds the fields of Internet development and governance to be the most significant and interesting. In 2015, the domain name industry brought her into the IT sector. Engaging in many initiatives, she became a member of the Internet Society NGO in 2016, which also serves as the registrant for the .am ccTLD. She currently works for the NGO as a manager of external relations. The Internet Society Armenia Chapter was established in 2018, and she has been on the board since 2020. She was also selected to serve on …

… the Chapters Advisory Council this year.

She attended training sessions hosted by the Internet Society and was twice elected as an ICANN fellow during these years. In addition, she actively participates in organizing teams for regional events like the Girls in ICT, the Armenian School of Internet Governance, and the Armenian IGF, among others.

She believes the Internet is a big opportunity for everyone on the planet, and we need to work hard to make it safer and available to everyone while spreading to every corner of the globe.

Clara Patricia Muñoz Jiménez

Systems engineer, specialist in electronic commerce, master’s degree in integrated management in the environment, quality and prevention, master’s degree in cybersecurity and cyberdefense, and international certifications in ISO/IEC 27001 and 22301. Currently, Clara Patricia Muñoz Jiménez is a master’s degree student in risk management. Over 30 years of experience in the financial, insurance, stock market, telecommunications, industrial, government, and services sectors, leading planning, development, …

… implementation, operation, and continuous improvement processes in management systems and comprehensive supervision of information technology service provision contracts. Since 2021, she has been an executive member of ISOC Colombia and coordinator of the Cybersecurity Working Group, whose strategic and technical approach has strengthened the security of important organizations, contributing to the mitigation of critical risks and compliance with international and digital government regulations.

Patricia Peña Miranda

Patricia Peña Miranda is an academic researcher at the Faculty of Communications at the University of Chile in digital communications, technology, and society. She was part of the group of people who, in 2019, assumed the goal to establish the Chile Chapter of ISOC, and she was part of the first board of directors in 2020. In 2022, she assumed the position of president of the ISOC Chile Chapter. Her studies include a master’s in research new media, information, and society from the London School of Economics and …

… Political Science (England), a master’s in social communication and journalism, and a bachelor’s in social communication from Universidad Diego Portales (Chile). Recently, She also finished a diploma in artificial intelligence and society. Her areas of research-action include gender and technologies, feminist activism (cyber/techno feminism), feminist and gender approaches to the development of digital projects, the processes of use and social appropriation of technologies, digital inclusion, and digital gender gaps, as well as public policies in telecommunications and digital technologies.

Heba Sayed

Dr. Sayed has 18 years of international executive experience in business development, strategic planning, consultancy management, and commercial strategies in the field of ICT and HE. She is a regional consultant addressing digital transformation, executive development, and management strategy. Based on her project management expertise, she champions ICT projects accomplished by adopting a multi-tier thematic approach encompassing innovation, leadership, and responsible cost-effectiveness perception on national and …

… regional levels. She spearheaded the development of the “Egyptian IT Export Plan” for the Ministry of CIT. She won global awards, e.g., Network Middle East regional award, ITP.ae, and UNESCO, MWA. She is the vice president & BOD of Internet Misr, Egypt Chapter at ISOC where she managed the rejuvenation of the chapter. She served the SC for 3 years and is an active member of EITESAL & IFLA. She holds a PhD in information systems from Middlesex University-UK & her work in MIS is published in IS journals and IEEE proceedings, https://www.linkedin.com/in/heba-sayed-8119927/.

Joel Templeman

Joel Templeman is an experienced independent consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the professional training & coaching industry. Skilled in leadership, project management, requirements analysis, IT & network security, and IT management. Strong consulting professional with a bachelor of education from the University of Manitoba, a master of public administration (MPA) focused in information technology project management from the Royal Military College of Canada, and a master of education from the …

… University of Calgary. Currently a doctoral student in the learning sciences at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada. His research interests are in digital equity with a focus on heutagogy, community informatics, open educational resources/practices, and community-based participatory action research.

Flávio Rech Wagner

Flávio Rech Wagner holds a BSc in electrical engineering from UFRGS, Brazil, 1975, and a PhD in computer engineering from Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1983. He is an emeritus professor in computer science and engineering at UFRGS, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He has been the president of the Brazil Chapter of the Internet Society since 2018 and a chair of the Programme Committee of the Brazilian IGF since 2017. He was also a board member of CGI.br—Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, for three terms from 2008 to 2017, and a member of the …

… MAG, Multistakeholder Advisory Group from 2015 to 2017. He was also the president of SBC—Brazilian Computer Society from 1999 to 2003.

He serves as a technical consultant at CGI.br and NIC.br.

Winthrop Yu

Winthrop Yu has been on the board of the Philippine Chapter since its rejuvenation in 2009 and previously served as chairman and in other roles. Prior to ISOC, he was a board member and officer in a similar organization—the Philippine Internet Commerce Society since 1999. In both organizations, he was/is primarily involved in policy and advocacy. He was previously the editor-in-chief of PC Magazine – Philippines and a columnist for China Business Philippines. He is currently a consultant on asset property management …

… and corporate legal affairs. With ISOC-PH and other organizations, he has conducted multiple Internet governance symposia for over a decade, coordinating with both legislators and policymakers and encouraging his government to engage at various international fora (e.g., ITU, IETF, ICANN). In this work, he has been continuously engaged with various civil society organizations in-country.