{"id":490,"date":"2026-01-13T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.igschools.net\/sig\/?page_id=490"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:59:32","slug":"members-and-founding-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.igschools.net\/sig\/about-us\/members-and-founding-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members and Founding Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can become a member of the DC-SIG simply by subscribing to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igschools.net\/sig\/about-us\/mailing-list-subscription-and-archive\/\">DC-SIG Mailing List<\/a>. 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Founder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Victor<\/td><td>Ukaki<\/td><td>THE NEXT INTERNET \u2013 Nigeria School on Internet Governance 2026<\/td><td>Founder &amp; Lead Organiser, Baobab Hatua Community Development Initiative (BHACDI)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dragos<\/td><td>Manescu<\/td><td>SSIGIL 2026 \u2014 Programme Summer School on Internet Governance and International Law, Lodz, Poland<\/td><td>Organiser, Faculty<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Membership in the DC is subject to constant change. Individuals contribute at a time when it is relevant to their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Founding members of the DC-SIG (2017)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Civil society, academia:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wolfgang Kleinw\u00e4chter, SIG Founder and Prof. Emeritus University of Aarhus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avri Doria, SIG Faculty, Technicalities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anriette Esterhuysen, AfriSIG, Association for Progressive Communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sandra Hoferichter, EuroSSIG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rainer Rodewald, EuroSSIG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olga Cavalli, Adri\u00e1n Carballo, ArgenSIG, South School on Internet Governance, University of Buenos Aires<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eduardo D\u00edaz, North American School of Internet Governance (NASIG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>S\u00e9bastien Bachollet (end user), EFGI, Ecole Fran\u00e7aise de la Gouvernance de l\u2019Internet (in project)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Satish Babu, APSIG, India SIG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacqueline Eggenschwiler, EuroSSIG alumna, University of Oxford<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lianna Galstyan, Armenian School on Internet Governance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mary Uduma, Nigerian IGF \/ SIG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amir Qayyum, PkSIG Faculty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carolina Ines Aguerre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Business Sector:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Robert Pepper, Facebook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keith Drazek, Verisign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Technical Community:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>J\u00f6rg Schweiger, DENIC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nigel Hickson, ICANN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chris Buckridge, Marco Hogewoning, RIPE NCC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hartmut Glaser, Brazil SIG, CGI.br<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Government:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fiona Alexander, NTIA (USA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christina Arida, NTRA (Egypt)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas Schneider, OFCOM Switzerland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can become a member of the DC-SIG simply by subscribing to our DC-SIG Mailing List. All members of a DC must adhere to the IGF Code of Conduct. 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