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Joseph H. Alhadeff, Chief Privacy Strategist, Vice President, Global Public Policy,
Oracle; Chair, ICC Commission on the Digital Economy

As Oracles Vice President of Global Public Policy, Mr. Alhadeff is responsible
for coordinating and managing Oracle's international and Internet-related policy
issues.
As Chief Privacy Strategist, Mr. Alhadeff oversees Oracles strategic planning
and advocacy related to privacy, personal information protection and
management across Oracle operations and global policy fora.
In addition to his role at Oracle, Mr. Alhadeff serves a prominent role in several
influential international organizations dedicated to Internet policy, security and
privacy. Mr Alhadeff serves as the BIAC Chair to the OECD Information Communications and
Computing Policy Committee and the OECD Working Party on Information Security and Privacy and
as Chair of the International Chamber of Commerces Digital Economy Committee. In the EU, Mr.
Alhadeff also served as Chair of the Data Protection, Governance and Identity Management working
group of the EU Business Expert Group on Cloud Computing. In the US, Mr. Alhadeff chairs the
Digital Economy Committee for the US India Business Council, co-chairs The Trans-Atlantic
Business Councils ICT working group and is Vice Chair of USCIBs Information Policy Committee.
Mr. Alhadeff is also the Chair of the US ASEANs Malaysia Committee, Vice-Chair of the US-ASEAN
Business Councils Technology Committee and serves on the NCAPEC Board and board of The
Privacy Projects. Mr Alhadeff also serves on the advisory boards of the Digital Security Council of
India and Wiredkids.org.
Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Alhadeff was General Counsel and Vice President for Electronic
Commerce for the US Council for International Business (USCIB) in New York. Mr. Alhadeff holds an
M.B.A. in management and information systems from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School
of Business and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and a B.A. from Oberlin College.













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Virat Bhatia, President, IEA, AT&T South Asia & Chairman FICCI Communications &
Digital Economy Committee


Mr. Bhatia serves as President, IEA, for AT&T in South Asia. He has
responsibility for supporting all of AT&Ts businesses, corporate development
activities, new investments and business strategies. He has been involved
with Indias digital economy sector since 1994. During this period he has
been engaged with efforts to build out Indias first mobile (1995) and internet
(1999) infrastructure, which currently serves 850 million mobile subscribers,
nearly 205 million internet users, of which 100 million are active on social
media. He has been associated with the evolution of three National Telecom
Policies - 1994, 1999 and 2012 as well as Indias communications
legislation - the TRAI Act 1997.
Mr. Bhatia also serves as Chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI) Communications and Digital Economy Committee. He currently leads the combined
advocacy and policy reform efforts of nearly 150 members - representing mobile operators, domestic
and long distance providers, ISPs, internet companies, social media, infrastructure providers, mobile
device manufacturers, consultants, legal experts and related stakeholders in Indias ICT space.
FICCI, Indias largest apex business organization, is regarded as the voice of Indian business and
industry, with international linkages with over 200 industry chambers globally.
His main area of work remains public policy, economic and regulatory reforms, with a special focus
on Access & Diversity, Emerging Issues, Multistakeholderism, Enhanced Cooperation and Cyber
Security. He currently represents the private sector, as one of the 5 members, on the UN
Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UN-CSTD), Working Group on Enhanced
Cooperation (WGEC). In 2014 he was appointed to the IGF MAG. In 2012, he represented the
private sector at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), hosted by ITU,
in Dubai. He also serves as a member of the India MAG, and on several joint working groups
involving the government and private sector in India, and co-authored the Guidelines for Protection of
National Critical Information Infrastructure, released by the India NSA in 2013. He has attended all
IGFs on site or as a remote contributor since 2008. He has been instrumental in hosting several
successful international Internet Governance, Cyber Security and Digital Economy conferences and
dialogues with government, think-tanks and multistakeholder groups in India.
A frequent speaker at national and global ICT events, Mr. Bhatia is an alumnus of J F Kennedy
School, Harvard University, USA. He holds a Bachelors degree in Economics and a Masters degree
in Business Administration and has received Advanced Executive education at The Wharton
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Ambassador David Gross, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP; Chair, ICT Committee, United
States Council for International Business (USCIB)


Ambassador David A. Gross, former U.S. Coordinator for International
Communications and Information Policy at the U.S. Department of State, is
chair of Wiley Reins International Telecommunications Practice. One of the
worlds foremost experts on international telecommunications, he has
addressed the United Nations (UN) General Assembly and led more U.S.
delegations to major international telecommunication conferences than anyone
in modern history.At Washington, DC-based Wiley Rein, Ambassador Gross
draws on his more than 25 years of experience as a global policy maker and
corporate executive to assist U.S. companies seeking to enter or expand
international businesses, as well as non-U.S. companies and organizations
seeking to invest in, monitor and understand the U.S. market. He also advises foreign companies on
non-U.S. countries and opportunities and informs clients regarding the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), Organization for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD), Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperative (APEC) and other international bodies.
During his tenure at the State Department (2001-2009), Ambassador Gross had overall responsibility
for the formulation and advocacy of international communications policy for the United States. Prior to
this position, he served as Washington counsel to AirTouch Communications (now Vodafone), then
the worlds largest wireless telecommunications company. He was in private law practice from 1979
to 1993.
Ambassador Gross received his J.D. from Columbia Law School and his B.A. from the University of
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Ilham A. Habibie, Chair, ICC BASIS


Mr. Ilham Habibie is the Chair of ICC BASIS since June 2014. Mr. Habibie is the
Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN)
Committee for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and the Committee for
Research and Technology. Founder of the Human Resource Development in
Science and Technology Division of the Habibie Foundation, Mr. Habibie is also
Chair of the Board of Trustees at the International University Liaison Indonesia
Foundation and at Indonesia's national information and communication
technology (ICT) Council (DeTikNas).
Mr. Habibie obtained a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Technische Universitt Munich,
Germany, and a MBA from the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago Singapore
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Zahid Jamil, Head of Chambers, Jamil & Jamil, Barristers-at-law



Zahid qualified as a Barrister from Grays Inn and is currently practicing law
in Pakistan specializing in Corporate and Commercial law, Technology,
IPR, Litigation and, ADR. As the Chair of the Centre for Strategic and Policy
Analysis initiative Developing Countries Centre for Cyber Crime Law
(DC4Law) and expert consultant to the Council of Europe he provides
legislative assistance to developing countries with respect to Cybercrime
legislation and has provided analysis and commentary on cybercrime
legislation for the Maldives, Tanzania, Ghana, Dominica, Jamaica, Uganda and Kenya. He drafted
the Electronic Transactions Ordinance 2002, assisted the drafting of the Payment Systems and
Electronic Funds Transfer Act, 2007. He recently drafted Pakistans Cybercrime legislation the
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill and is also consulting with the Commonwealth for a global
Cybercrime Initiative. As a CEDR Accredited Mediator Teacher Trainer he is involved in Mediating
disputes and is the founding Chairman of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center which deals
with domain name disputes under the .pk ccTLD.

Currently he serves on the Advisory Board of the .pk ccTLD (PKNIC), the Board of ICCs Pakistan
National Committee and Chairperson the EBITT Commission, Chairs the Joint Legal Working Group
of AFACT, and Cybersecurity Advisory Committee of the Federal Investigation Agency. He serves on
the Multistakeholder Advisory Group to the UN Secretary General and served on ICANNs GNSO as
the Business Constituencys elected representative to the Council for two consecutive terms. As a
member of ICANNs new gTLD Implementation Recommendations Team and the Special Trademark
Issues Working Group he advocated for greater protection for brand owners and businesses in the
new gTLD Rights Protection Mechanisms. He also actively represented business at the Internet
governance principles discussion at the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet
Governance (NETmundial) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.











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Eric H. Loeb, Vice President, International External Affairs, AT&T


Eric H. Loeb is responsible for supporting AT&Ts international external affairs
team. AT&T is a premier global communications company, providing wholesale
services and mobile roaming services to over 220 countries and territories, and
providing business enterprise services to countries representing over 99 percent
of the worlds economy.
In addition to implementing market access and compliance strategies to enable
AT&Ts global expansion, other responsibilities for Mr. Loeb include advocacy
on policy matters related to the stable growth, investment and innovation by the
digital economy sector. His work matches the diversity of the AT&T portfolio across fixed and mobile
broadband platforms, and including emerging machine-to-machine technologies.
Mr. Loeb is based in AT&Ts Washington DC office. He is an active member in several industry and
community organizations, including current service as Chair of the International Chamber of
Commerce Task Force on the Internet and Telecommunications (Paris), Board Member of the US
Telecommunications Training Institute (DC), and Member of the US State Department Advisory
Committee on International Communications and Information Policy.
Prior to joining AT&T in 2002, Mr. Loeb had been the Global Regulatory Counsel for Concert
Communications, and prior to that, the US Regulatory Counsel for British Telecommunications plc.
He started his career at Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., after graduating with honors from the Georgetown
University Law Center, and with honors from Bowdoin College. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland with
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Robert Pepper, Vice President, Global Technology Policy, Cisco



Robert Pepper leads Ciscos Global Technology Policy team working with
governments across the world in areas such as broadband, IP enabled
services, wireless and spectrum policy, security, privacy, Internet governance
and ICT development.
He joined Cisco in July 2005 from the FCC where he served as Chief of the
Office of Plans and Policy and Chief of Policy Development beginning in 1989
where he led teams developing policies promoting the development of the
Internet, implementing telecommunications legislation, planning for the
transition to digital television, and designing and implementing the first U.S. spectrum auctions.
He serves on the board of the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) and advisory
boards for Columbia University and Michigan State University, and is a Communications Program
Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He is a member of the U.S. Department of Commerces Spectrum
Management Advisory Committee, the UKs Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board and the U.S.
Department of States Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy
Pepper received his BA. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.






















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Jacquelynn Ruff, Vice President, International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs,
Verizon Communications


Jacquelynn (Jackie) Ruff is Vice President International Public Policy and
Regulatory Affairs for Verizon Communications. In addition to being a
leading communications provider in the U.S., Verizon provides voice, data,
and Internet services to customers in more than 150 countries. Ms. Ruff
leads the group that is responsible for public policy development, advocacy,
and guidance around international issues. She works with various business
units to develop and implement public policy and regulatory strategy and is
responsible for advocacy within U.S. and international forums, such as the
International Telecommunication Union, the OECD, and APEC. She
represents Verizon as a member of federal advisory committees to the U.S.
Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy at the
Department of State and to the U.S. Trade Representative, and she is a member of the Board of the
U.S. Telecom Training Institute.

Ms. Ruff joined Verizon in March 2004 from the International Bureau of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), where she was Associate Chief and Chief of Staff for the Bureau. Before joining
the FCC, Ms. Ruff practiced law with the communications and the Latin America groups of an
international law firm. She also served on the staff of a United States Senate Committee. Ms. Ruff
holds a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center, a Masters degree from Harvard University
and a Bachelors degree from Radcliffe College/Harvard University.






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