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The Board is expected to appoint 10 members of the Interim ALAC this month
and I will let you know as soon as I have any information on this.

Two more people volunteered last month to be considered for Interim ALAC
membership (both are in Asia/Pacific):  Pavan Duggal and Xue Hong.  FYI,
their information is included below and has been forwarded to the Board.
They will be added to the At-Large Organizing Committee's list of potential
candidates submitted to the Board (see
http://www.icann.org/correspondence/aloc-to-board-09dec02.htm).

Let me know if you have any questions.

Denise

Denise Michel
coordinator@at-large.org
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Additions to Asia/Pacific candidates list:

Pavan Duggal (Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Cyberlaw Consultant;
President, CYBERLAWS.NET)
Xue Hong (Research Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong
Kong; Associate Professor, Foreign Affairs College)

Pavan Duggal

Pavan Duggal is a practising Advocate in the Supreme Court of India at New
Delhi, having specialized in the newly emerging field of Cyberlaw &
E-Commerce law in the last few years.  An internationally renowned expert
and authority on Cyberlaw, Pavan has also the credit of having done
pioneering work in the field of Convergence Law. He is the Founder President
of Cyberlaw Asia, Asia’s pioneering organization committed to the passing of
dynamic cyberlaws in the Asian continent. Cyberlaw Asia is engaged in the
process of creating greater awareness about Cyberlaws in different countries
of Asia. Pavan has been associated with UNESCO on Ethical, Legal, and
Societal Challenges of Cyberspace in Asia and the Pacific.

He has been a Member of Membership Advisory Committee of The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).  He has also been a
member of the Membership Implementation Task Force (MITF) of ICANN .

Pavan is a member of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Arbitration and Mediation Centre Panel of Neutrals. He has taken an active
part in the regional deliberations at Hyderabad relating to the Domain Names
Policy formulation undertaken by World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO). He is the consultant to United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on the Asia Pacific Conference
on Cybercrime and Information Security 2002. Pavan is the member of AFACT
Legal Working Group of UN/CEFACT.

Pavan is the President of Cyberlaws.Net, The Cyberlaw Consultancy, which is
Internet's unique and first ever consultancy dedicated exclusively to the
new field of Cyberlaws. He is engaged in providing online consultancy
relating to various issues of Cyberlaws and E-commerce. He is advising the
Controller of Certifying Authorities, Ministry of Information Technology,
Government of India on issues concerning the Indian Cyberlaw namely, The
Information Technology Act, 2000.  He is also the Member of the IT Act Legal
Advisory Group constituted by the Controller of Certifying Authorities.
Pavan Duggal has testified before the Indian Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Information Technology, on the Communication Convergence Bill,
2001.  At present, he is handling various newly emerging Cyberlaw
litigations and disputes.

Pavan is the Founder of The Cyberlaw Association, Internet’s pioneering
association dedicated to the growth of Cyberlaws in cyberspace. He has been
associated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United
Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP). He is the Founder of
Cyberarbitration, an online system of alternative dispute resolution. He is
the Founder of CyberlawIndia, an organization committed to the passing of
dynamic cyberlaws in India.  Cyberlawindia is membership based and is
engaged in the process of creating greater awareness about Cyberlaws in
India. Pavan Duggal is also the exclusive contributor on India’s only vortal
on Cyberlaw in India being Cyberlaw India at www.cyberlawindia.com. He is
member of Inter-Ministerial Working Group of Cyber Law and Cyber Forensics
of Government of India. He is associated with Ministry of Information
Technology, Government of India on legal issues of Electronic Governance. He
is the author of the book entitled “Cyberlaw – The Indian Perspective”.

Pavan is the visiting faculty for Cyberlaw at the National Police Academy,
Hyderabad, SEMCOM, Gujarat and Indian Law Institute, Delhi. He has
conceptualize and taught a comprehensive course on Cybercrime, for the
Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India.  Pavan is associated with NASSCOM, Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) and Indo German Chambers of Commerce (IGCC), All India
Management Association (AIMA) on various Cyberlaw and E-Commerce law issues.
He is the Cyberlaw correspondent for the Global Legal Publication JURIST:
The Legal Education Network.


Xue Hong

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
LLB, Heilongjiang University, China
LLM, Heilongjiang University, China
Ph.D. of Law, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Science, China
Attorney at law
Trademark Agent

LANGUAGE
Chinese, English

EXPERIENCE WITH RESPECT TO DOMAIN NAMES
Panelist of Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure, Arbitration
and Mediation Center, World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva);
Panelist of Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure, Asian Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Center (Hong Kong and Beijing)
Panelist of China Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure and China Keyword
Dispute Resolution Procedure, Domain Name Dispute Settlement Center, China
International Economic and Trade Arbitration Center (CIETAC)

PRESENT POSITION
Research Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Associate Professor, Foreign Affairs College

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BEFORE PRESENT POSITION
Visiting Professor, Beijing University, Beijing
Visiting Lecturer, Murdoch University, Perth
Attorney, Liu, Shen & Associates, Beijing

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Member of Policy and Resource Committee, China Internet Society;
Chair of Dispute Resolution Policy Committee, Asia-Pacific Top Level Domains
Association (APTLD);
Chair of Policy Commission, International Forum for Internet Keyword (IFIK);
Member of International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and
Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP);
Member of China Law Committee, UK-China Forum;
Member of Council, China Copyright Society;
Member of Council, Intellectual Property Society, China Law Society;
Member of Council, World Trade Organization Law Society, China Law Society;
Member of Expert Committee, Intellectual Property and Electronic Commerce
Committee, China Lawyer Association;
Senior Research Fellow of the Intellectual Property Center, Chinese Academy
of Social Science

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