NCUC NOMINATION OF MICHAEL GEIST TO GNSO COUNCIL ELECTION
NCUC NOMINATION OF DR. MICHAEL A. GEIST FOR GNSO COUNCIL ELECTION FOR ICANN BOARD SEAT #14
Dr. Michael Geist would make an excellent candidate for the GNSO seat to the ICANN Board because he possesses a deep understanding of the legal, policy, and technical issues at ICANN. Dr. Geist is internationally renowned as top legal scholar with expertise in Internet law, copyright law, jurisdiction, e-Commerce, and other technology-related legal issues. Dr. Geist has experience advising a large number of Internet companies and non-profit organizations. Dr. Geist has served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority since 2000, chairs the Public Interest Registry's Global Advisory Council's Policy Committee, and has experience with ccTLD and gTLD registries and their policies. He will be a knowledgeable, fair and balanced Board Member with no personal agenda or commercial interest at stake.
Dr. Michael Geist is the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. He has obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from Cambridge University in the UK and Columbia Law School in New York, and a Doctorate in Law (J.S.D.) from Columbia Law School. Dr. Geist has written numerous academic articles and government reports on the Internet and law, is columnist on technology law issues that appears in media outlets on five continents including North America (the Toronto Star and Ottawa Citizen), Europe (BBC), Asia (South China Morning Post), Africa (Kenya Daily Nation), and South America (Santiago Times). He is the creator and consulting editor of BNA's Internet Law News, a daily Internet law news service, editor of the monthly newsletters, Internet and E-commerce Law in Canada and the Canadian Privacy Law Review (Butterworths), the founder of the Ontario Research Network for E-commerce, on the advisory boards of several leading Internet law publications including Electronic Commerce & Law Report (BNA), the Journal of Internet Law (Aspen) and Internet Law and Business (Computer Law Reporter) as well as the author of the textbook Internet Law in Canada (Captus Press) which is now in its third edition. Dr. Geist's work has been recognized with several important awards and grants including the 2002 Canadian Association of Law Teachers Scholarly Paper Award and a major research grant from the SSHRC Initiative on the New Economy for his research on Internet jurisdiction. In 2003, Dr. Geist became the first law professor to receive the Ontario Premier Research Excellence Award, obtained a significant grant from Amazon.com to establish Canada first technology law public interest litigation clinic at the University of Ottawa, was named one of Canada Top 40 Under 40, and received the Public Leadership Award from Canarie for his contribution to the Internet in Canada. He is the former chair of a global Internet jurisdiction project for the American Bar Association and International Chamber of Commerce. He is regularly quoted in the national and international media on Internet law issues and has appeared before government committees on e-commerce policy. A Full CV for Dr. Michael Geist is available here: http://michaelgeist.ca/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,13/
|