Organizing team

Overall Coordination

• Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International (MI), President of the Steering Committee and Overall Coordinator
• Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers (ICV), Deputy Coordinator and External Relations

Secretariat and Reception

• Sophie Dubouchet, Sylvia Byss and Cristina Muñoz (MI), Secretariat and Registration Coordination
• Claire Chombeau (MI), Support Fund Coordinator
• Ana-Maria Pacheco Huamani (MI), Budget, Accounts and Payments, Coordinator
• Wanda Verhagen and Ann Duysens (ICV), Welcome Desk Coordinators
• Nicole Leclerc and Anne Hauksdottir (ICV), Registrations

With the support of the Welcome Centre for Non-Governmental Organizations and Delegations.

Logistics

• Topias Issakainen (MI), Logistics Coordinator, with Martin Handschin
• Aida Nejad (MI), Room Planning and Coordination
• Massmiliano Desumma (MI), Computer Coordinator, with Mehida Larbi and Stephane Koch (ISOCGVA / Club LINUX de Suisse)
• Jemina Talja (MI), Kathy Monnier (ICV), Interpreters Coordination
• Mahesh Lançon and Jorge Garbino (ICV), Room Supervision and Technical Equipment
• Michael Gall and Carlos Cortes (MI), Transportation
• ICCG and Ann Duysens (ICV), Decoration
• Abdoulaye Jules Dabo (MI), Security

With the precious support of the International Conference Centre of Geneva and the International Telecommunication Union.

Programme Coordination

• Sébastien Ziegler (MI), Programme Policy Coordinator
• Aïda Nejad (MI), Programme Planning Coordinator
• Giorgio Giovannini (MI), Programme Team Coordinator
• Levente Albert (MI), Programme External Sessions Coordinator

With the valued contribution of Nicolas Guerrero and Jérôme Grimaud

Youth Forum

• Youth Forum Coordination: Hubert Schneebeli (Earth Focus)
• Peace Building Day Coordination: Olivia Martin - Leticia Sanchez (HAP) & Ashleigh Arledge (IPB)
• Human Rights Day Coordination: Hubert Schneebeli (Earth Focus)
• Sustainable Development Day Coordination: David Huberman
• UN Coordination: Levente Albert (Mandat International)
• Media team and reporters coordination: Anisha Advani & Yvonne Wettstein
• Social Activities and Youth organisations presentations: Marion Frotscher (LEO Club Genève)
• Registration coordination: Sophie Dubouchet & Christina Muñoz (Mandat International)
• Meals coordination: Giorgio Giovannini (Mandat International)
• Room coordination: Aida Nejad (Mandat International)
• Accomodation coordinator: Kenneth Chulley & Topias Issakainen (Mandat International)
• Volunteers: ICV

Training Sessions

• Access to the Internet in Developing Countries: Rosa Delgado and Pierre-André Rion (Internet Society - DevSIG), Ibrahima Keita (UNITAR), Jeroen Van Hove et Massimo Desuma (MI), Elaine Carlson and Njaroge Njuguna (YWCA), Paul Berdah (GAEL), Gidéon Hayford Chonia (Zurich University), Soraya Ordonez (Geneva University), Philippe Monnier (EREKA Cyber Training SA), Pape Diouf (IUED) and all the members of DevSIG
• Development Projects: Jean-Pierre Gontard, Daniel Fino, Marc-Antoine Fournier (IUED) and Cécile Cosman (IUED/MI)
• Journalists Training: Abdullatif Fakhfakh (Vérité Action / MI), Carla Ruta and Victor Frimpong (MI), Georges Gordon Lennox (Reporter Without Borders), Keith Hindell (UNA UK / Former BBC), Sylvie Lambelet (RSR), Christophe Chaudet (TSR), Véronique Tavau (UNHCHR), Elena Panomareva (UNDPI), Antoine Maurice (Tribune de Genève and Swiss Press Club), Guy Mettan (Swiss Press Club), Tomasz Surdel (ACANU), Véronique Nanchen and J. Evans (Reuters), Edouard Markiewicz (Media Action International), Juan Pemkez (InfoSud)
• Introduction to International Public Law: Hassiba Hadj-Sahizoui (Graduate Institute for International Studies), Levente Albert (MI)
• Human Rights: Julian Burger and Somia Silmane (UNHCHR),
• Construction of Solar Ovens: Roland Baumann, Probst (Ferderverein sur Solar Kochen), Maria Peñaloza, Beby Ramanisa (JOMGA 21/MI)
• Humanitarian Law: Raul Bittel (ICRC)
• Communications Privacy for NGOs: Stéphane Koch (ISOC - GVA)
• Moderator Training: Viola Krebs (ICV), Colin Archer (International Peace Bureau), Edith Ballantyne (WILPF)
• Volunteer and Reporter Trainings: Viola Krebs and Kathy Monnier (ICV)

Working Groups

• Civil Society and International Organisations Cooperation: Edith Ballantyne (WILPF), Galina Kostadinova, Cristina Carriello and Sébastien Ziegler (MI), Renate Bloem (CONGO)
• Information Society: Rosa Delgado (Internet Society), Thomas Ruddy (Federal Swiss Labs), Jeroen Van Hove (MI)
• Health Promotion: Ann Lindsay (NGO Forum on Health / CONGO), Maureen Aba (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts), Virginia Rose (MI), Haile Messeret (Solidarity Fund for Ethiopian Women), Margaretta Skold (WHO), Eric Ram (World Vision International)
• Indigenous Peoples, Gender and Development: Maria Peñaloza (WWSF), Sylvia Byss and Anaïs Gfeller (MI), Victoria Kolb
• Right of Peoples to Self-Determination: Joshua Cooper (Hawaii Institute for Human Rights), Nicolas Guerrero and Mélanie Clerc (MI)
• Peace and Disarmament: Colin Archer (International Peace Bureau), Jan Philip Roos (MI)
• Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Mamadou Ndiaye (OFADEC), Francesca Pizzutelli (MI)
• Environment, Trade and Sustainable Development: Gonzalo Oviedo (World Council of Protected Areas), Daniel Alexander (IIRD), Susana Cevallos and Abdullatif Fakhfakh (Vérité Action / MI), Ricardo Melendez, Christophe Bellmann and Matteo Rizzoli (International Centre on Trade and Sustainable Development)
• Private Sector: Antoine Mach (Covalence), Cristina Cariello, Karine Dube and Sébastien Ziegler (MI)

Ongoing Forum

• José Nogareda (MI), Documents and Ballots Coordination

Other Sessions

Monique Prindezis (Ecole Instrument de Paix), Thomas Ruddy (Federal Swiss Labs), Takehiko Uemura (Earth Network Village), Aniket Ghai (Geneva Environment Network), Astrid Stuckelberger (GINA), Daniel Alexander (Indian Institute for Integrated Rural Development), Viola Krebs (International Conference Volunteers), Ricardo Melendez, Christophe Bellmann and Matteo Rizzoli (International Centre on Trade and Sustainable Development), Cécile Cosman, Ismaila Diagne and Stanislas Zuin (IUED), Levente Albert, Cristina Cariello, Susana Cevallos, Mélanie Clerc, Karine Dube Sophie Dubouchet, Anaïs Gfeller, Francesca Pizzutelli, Virginia Rose, Jemina Talja, Jeroen Van Hove, Sébastien Ziegler (Mandat International), Mamadou Ndiaye (Office Africain pour le Développement et la Coopération), Georges Gordon-Lennox (Reporter Without Borders), Arjun Karki (Rural Reconstruction Nepal), Tahirou Diao (Sahel Defi), Carlota Segre (UNDPI), Edith Ballantyne (WILPF), Gonzalo Oviedo C. (World Commission on Protected Areas), Elisabeth Ferris and Eugenio Poma (World Council of Churches), Wend Wendland (World Intellectual Property Organization), Guillaume Chenevière (World Radio and TV Council), Victoria Kolb.

Cultural Activities

• Topias Issakainen (MI), Cultural activities and Exhibition areas Coordination
• Beby Ramanisa (JOMGA 21 and MI) and Marjaneh Foyouzi (MI), Music Coordinators
• Hianina Triveno (IUED), Moana Sinclair (UNHCHR) and Melanie Clerc (MI), Film Coordinators
• Anouchka Chenevard Sommaruga (Théâtre aux Champs) and all the young performers of Theatre aux Champs
• Lynn Williams and the Sydney Children’s Choir
• Exhibition areas: Phyllis Ressler (Exhibition voices), Diego Gradis (Traditions pour Demain), Esperanza Sanchez Espitilla, Pierre de Valombreuse, Jean-Jacques Kissling.

Information, Media and Communications

• Information and Media Coordination: Abdullatif Fakhfakh (Vérité Action / MI)
• Editorial team: Keith Hindell (United Nations Association UK and former BBC journalist), Victor Frimpong, Carla Ruta and Anne Trehern (MI), Emmanuel De Smackers (MI/SCI).
• Journalists: Saleem Al-Habash (Pyalara Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership And Rights Activation), Ronnate Asirwatham (Daily Mirror, Colombo, Sri Lanka), Fatoumata Aumarceu Hama (Alternatif, Niger), Kamel Bouzeboudjen (Reporters Sans Frontières, Algeria), Godefroid Bwiti Lumisa (Syfia International, CONGO), Souleymane Mhamane Cisse, Amina Iro Moustapha (Alternatif, Niger), Franck Kodbaye (Reporters Sans Frontières, Chad), Franck Kinninvo (Jeunesse pour le développement, Bénin), Eliazar Mafuru (Tanzania), Edwin Perez (Bolivia), Marcelo Netto Rodrigues (Independent Journalist and Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, Brazil), Ali Shaukat (Kashmir Journalists Forum, Pakistan), Mohamed Si Belkacem (Umazigh - langue Berbère, Algeria), Charlemagne Zannou (Radio, Burkina Faso), and contributions from Zahi Haddad (ICV) and Anne Trehern (MI).
• Identity, Logo, Posters and Printed Materials: Hubert Schneebeli (Arcanne Design)
• Website Designer and Webmaster (Forum’s main website): Tobias Bührer (MI)
• Online agenda development: Tobias Bührer (MI)
• Online agenda updates: Aida Nejad (MI)
• Online news: m.c. art design communications (MCART.org)
• Sessions reporting system: MCART.org / ICVolunteers
• Printed program: Viola Krebs (ICV), Aïda Nejad and Sébastien Ziegler (MI), Cover: Hubert Schneebeli (Arcanne Design); Internal layout: Randy Schmieder (MCART)
• Video Team: Silvano de Gennaro (CERN), Daniel Eduardo Ferru and Giorgio Giovannini (MI), Viola Krebs (ICV); Video editing: Israel Feferman
• Photographs: Patrice Moullet, Jorge Garbino, Viola Krebs (ICV) and Ana-Maria Pacheco Huamani (MI)
• Report editing

Volunteer Coordination

• Volunteer Coordinator: Kathy Monnier (ICV)
• Volunteer Cafeteria: Valérie Noël (ICV)
• Flexible Team Coordination: Alison Lilley, Norman Braden (ICV)