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Standing next to a humanoid robot no longer feels like an encounter with distant science fiction. It increasingly feels like an encounter with the next layer of digital infrastructure. For…
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AI+Expo 2026, hosted by Special Competitive Studies Project – SCSP, continues to establish itself as one of the most important global gatherings shaping the future of AI governance, policy, and…
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What a week. The World Bank Spring Meetings consistently concentrate global attention in Washington, bringing together decision-makers, practitioners, and experts across sectors. The formal agenda is only part of the…
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Artificial Intelligence is everywhere: chatbots that talk, models that paint, algorithms that diagnose. Yet, despite their astonishing competence, they remain profoundly narrow. They learn within walls we’ve built for them.…
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Two Rooms, One Terrain Two rooms, two interrogations, one protagonist. In one, Sam Altman sits across from Tucker Carlson, a studio built for cross-examination, where questions land like subpoenas and…
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In recent years, global debates on digital governance have multiplied. For nearly two decades, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has been a central platform for open, multistakeholder dialogue on Internet…
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What if the next form of the Internet didn’t live in our phones, laptops, or watches, but in the air around us? Not only in our devices, but in the…
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My career in global technology governance has taken me through leadership roles at ICANN, the Internet Society, AfriNIC, OP3FT, the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), and senior positions at Google…
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The digital landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and the concept of the Metaverse has quickly emerged as a transformative force, reshaping how we interact, work, and socialize online.
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It was a pleasure for me to contribute ( very modestly ) to the crucial effort of the Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group in keeping the forum focused on…
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In partnership with CEED Tunisia, Meta organized, on Saturday, February 26, 2022, a hybrid event entitled “Digitization for Economic Recovery – North Africa 2022”. This initiative is part of an…
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I spoke at the opening session of the International conference “Building Digital Libya” organized by the Arab ICT Organization and the Libyan General Authority for Communications and Informatics. This important…
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The 16th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting will be hosted by the Government of Poland in Katowice from 6-10 December, under the overarching theme: Internet United. The convening of…
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Data Protection Authorities celebrated the 28th of January 2021 the “Data Privacy Day” by publishing a video about the 40th anniversary of Convention 108. The video brought together EU and…
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A discussion around the global Internet Governance I was invited as guest speaker of e dedicated web-conference organized by the Tunisian Business Council Dubai & Northern Emirates (TBC) entitled “World…
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November 17th, 2005, I was a young participant in the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), trying to find my way to get introduced to the leading…
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Participated in the panel of the International conference “Regulation of Media in a digital, mobile and social environment : Adapting, reforming, rebuilding” organized in Rabat Morocco by the Moroccan High…
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The 4th edition of AFRICA IT EXPO (AITEX 2019) organized in Rabat, Morocco the 24 and 25 October 2019 by APEBI the Federation of Information Technology, Telecommunications, and Offshoring under…
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In this course, we learned about the critical legal, regulatory, and policy issues associated with cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, online lending, new payments and wealth management technologies, and financial account…
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The course “Privacy Law and Data Protection” from the University of Pennsylvania is thought by Lauren Steinfeld, Lecturer in Law.The course span over 4 weeks of study : Week 1…
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This course on International Cyber Conflicts by the State University of New York is thought by Sanjay Goel, Associate Professor & Chair of Information Technology Management, School of Business. Course…
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Khaled Koubâa, élu pour la deuxième fois, membre du Conseil consultatif de la Banque internationale chargé des participatives des citoyens, était l’invité d’Expresso de ce matin du 3 août 2018…
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LACTLD celebrated, on June 22, in Panama City, Panama, its twentieth anniversary of foundation. I attended the celebration as a member of the ICANN Board alongside many others members and…
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It was an honor for me to receive an Executive Certificate with a concentration in Public Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School. I received this certificate after three consecutive one-week long…
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“We have created a global system for shocking us with surprises,” observed Leonard Kleinrock, a UCLA professor who played an influential role in the development of the Internet. The fathers…
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I first shared these views on air in a conversation moderated by Michel Ghandour, Al Hurra TV, with Walter Isaacson as the principal guest, and although years have passed the…
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During my visit to Geneva, I visited CERN the home of the web. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, is a European research organization that operates the…
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The Mohammad Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) released a report titled ‘The Arab World Online 2017’ on Wednesday, which examines the digital transformation and societal trends brought about by…
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Google Cloud Summit 2017 held yesterday Thursday, October 19, 2017, in Paris at the Palais des Congrès. Google exposed during the summit different new features of its Cloud, new Machine…
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The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in El Ghazala Tunis on October 17, 2017 under the theme of “Shape Your Digital Future”. As President of the Tunisian IGF MAG, I…
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The Association of Tunisians of the Grandes Ecoles, ATUGE, is a human adventure of more than 25 years in which generations of Tunisians shared a common dream, that of serving,…
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I participated in the event of the Digital Diplomacy Coalition hosted by Google in its Washington DC office. The event was an opportunity to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the…
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The Casa de Internet, or in English the “home of the Internet”, is the home to LACNIC as well as many other Internet organizations ( ICANN, ISOC, LACTLD, ECOM-LA, CLARA,…
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The International Telecommunications Union ( ITU ) published recently, in collaboration with 17 United Nations agencies and international organizations, a report on the role of the Information and communication technologies (ICTs) to…
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Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Regional Program South Mediterranean organized with the help of co-opinion an Expert Roundtable 17-20 August 2017 in Hammamet Tunisia. The roundtable brought together policy-makers, academics, distinguished…
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ICANN held its 59th Public meeting in Johannesburg 26-29 Jun 2017. During that meeting, I met with the African community members of AfRALO and AfrICANN. During the meeting, we discussed…
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Yes, I worked at Google, but the 4 years I spent went so quickly and I was focusing on my job as part of public policy and government relation team.…
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I participated at the WSIS Forum organized by the ITU in Geneva Switzerland from 12 to 16 June 2017 on behalf of ICANN. I spoke at the session “Harnessing the…
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I visited previously Boston since 2007 for meetings or for a course at MIT, but this visit to Harvard University for a course at John Kennedy School of Government gave…
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As a preparation for the launch of Abweb Fablab, I visited the Fab Foundation in Boston as well as different Fablabs both in the US and in France. The Fab…
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As part of the ICANN 2017 Leadership Programme (LP) with from participants of most of the AC/SO/SG including the board directors. As part, of the programme, we participated in a…
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My first visit to the ICANN headquarters during the first ICANN Board workshop in 2017 in Los Angeles. During the workshop, the board hosted Dr. Leonard Kleinrock who gave to…
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I had the pleasure to participate in a debate organized by the Internet Society France and AfNIC nad hosted by Webforce3 in their HQ in Paris. The discussion with the…
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I participated in the first Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference of Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network was held on November 14-16, 2016 in Paris, France. For the first time on…
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First ICANN Board public meeting after my election as a Board member was the 18th AGM ICANN Public meeting, which was the 57 public meeting, organized in Hyderabad India from…
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I participated in the 2016 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) that took place in Washington DC…
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In an old chateau called Chateau Klingenthal near Strasbourg, France, I participated at one of the Salzburg Global Seminar meetings on “Remaking the state – the impact of the digital…
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The conference co-organised by the Estonian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, the German Chairmanship of the OSCE and by the Council of Europe. In the last…
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Emission Express Weekend in ExpressFm Radio in Tunisia after my election as a board member of ICANN.
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The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (Sénat). The National Assembly’s legislators are known…
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I participated in the OECD Forum 2016 organised in the OECD HQ in Paris from 31 may to 1 June 2016. The forum hosted several important panel sessions tackling a…
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The third ME DNS Forum organized by ICANN and ISOC and hosted by Talal Abughazlah Organization in Tunis will be the place to meet and network with the industry’s top…
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I participated in the first USC Annenberg Spring Institute on Internet Diplomacy. The institute will take place on the main campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles…
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The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They serve as the formal meeting of…
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I had the chance to attend the course Radical Innovation at MIT. The term “innovation” has gone from an exotic good-to-have to a survival mechanism. But what does it mean?…
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As part of the ICANN Middle East Strategy devised by the Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG), ICANN aims to develop and sponsor outreach programs and initiatives in partnership with national…
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The “LIR Training Course” is a one-day introduction to the RIPE NCC’s administrative procedures and RIPE Policies related to obtaining and distributing Internet resources (i.e. IP addresses, AS Numbers and reverse DNS…
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Keynote & High-level Debate: Disrupt or be Disrupted to Make Broadband Universal Panelists from left to right, Mr Andrea Faggiano, Associate Director, Head of SASCAR, TIME practice, Arthur D. Little,…
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), is a specialized agency of the United Nations, the ITU is one of the many players working with partners to connect the world. The Plenipotentiary…
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I participated in the launch event of the World Bank report entitled ‘Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa – Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access’ hosted in Abu Dhabi…
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I participated as a speaker at the 2014 Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) organized in Manama Bahrain 3-5 June 2014. Session : Big data: an opportunity or a threat? Maximizing…
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The UAE Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) hosted the first Middle East DNS Forum co-organized by the ICANN and ISOC. I had the opportunity to speak at the MENA DNS Forum…
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The Tunisian National Constituent Assembly passed the text of the new constitution by 200 votes from 216. A moment of joy and proud to see the members of the Assembly…
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Net security, respect for private data, contribution to development, rights, and obligations of users, were the issues discussed in the first edition of the Tunisian Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The…
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I participated as a speaker at the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) 2013 held on 3 – 5 September 2013 in Casablanca, Morocco. The AfPIF addresses the key interconnection,…
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I participated in the 2nd Arab IGF in Algiers, Algeria and had the opportunity to speak at the workshop “Access: Infrastructure & Critical Internet Resources” Context of the workshop:Broadband Internet…
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The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and Google, in partnership with the World Bank Institute, delivered a full day Bootcamp in Tunis on Tuesday to 30 journalists from Tunisia, Algeria,…
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A project offering internet users in Syria a way to securely connect to the internet and another to establish a forum to monitor internet censorship in Myanmar were selected as…
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Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS) hosted in the State of Kuwait the First Arab Internet Governance Forum (Arab IGF) under the umbrella of the League of Arab States (LAS) and…
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The African Internet Governance Forum was formally launched in Nairobi, during the global Internet Governance Forum in 2011. The Forum has been approved by the Council of Ministers of ICT,…
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Article published in the Arabic language in Akhbar Al Youm
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Internet Society organized a Global INET in Geneva to celebrate the 20th Anniversary. The theme of the Global INET was “Meeting at the Crossroads: Imagining the Future Internet” . I…
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The Board of Trustees of the Internet Society met in 30 – 31 Jul 2011, in Quebec city Canada. The full agenda of the Board meeting is available here.
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This article was published in the Arabic language n the Alcharq Awsat newspaper. الإنترنت . . . لعبة القط والفأر في الربيع العربي أثير الكثير من الجدل حول الدور الذي…
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Building Internet expertise and regional capacityThe importance of connecting with regional Internet communities has never been greater. Local conditions require local solutions, assisted and informed by the technical expertise and…
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INET Conferences are organized by the Internet Society since 1994. In 2010, I participated in the INET organized in Washington DC on Apr 29, 2010 under the theme of “Internet…
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I was delighted to participate in the Second Global Forum on the Power of Peace organized by UNESCO, in collaboration with the Government of Thailand. This second forum was an…
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For the first time, the whole At-Large community met together face-to-face in the ‘At-Large Summit’. About 90 representatives of the At-Large membership of organisations (called “At-Large Structures”) were present. The…
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As an Internet Society Ambassador, I participated in the third annual Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad India on 3-6 December 2008. As part of the ISOC Internet Leaders programme, the…
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This article has been published in the Arabic language in Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida. خالد قوبعة لـ الجريدة: سندخل الإنترنت بكلمات عربية قبل نهاية العام الجاري خبير المعلوماتية شدد على…
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H.H. Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah ICT Awards is a global independent non-profit organization with a developmental approach towards developing human capabilities and reinforcing the role of organizations and entities in the…
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As a member of the Public Interest Registry ( .ORG ) Advisory Council ( AC ), I participated in the meeting organized in Virginia US. The Advisory Council is composed of industry leaders…
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ICANN organized in its meeting in Los Angeles 2007 a farewell to its Chairman, the Father of the Internet, Vint Cerf at the SONY studios. In this speech, Vint chosen…
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In March 2007, I had the opportunity to be hosted by the Internet Society in their headquarter in Reston Virginia for a three months internship. Many thanks to Lynn St-Amour,…
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It was an amazing experience to head to the Niagara Falls NY during the wintertime and watch the falls mixed with snow and ice. Impressive weather, and impressive scenery. Niagara…
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For a North African who spent his entire life in Tunisia, and grown in the south of the country ( Sfax, Sidi Bouzid ) with a level of heats that…
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A nice sunday out with my friends from the Leaders for Democracy Fellowship to the basketball stadium in Syracuse. Syracuse held off St. John’s 76-74 in a amazing match, which…
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I had the chance to spend a month-long education program as part of the Leaders For Democracy Fellowship in 2007 in the Maxwell School and appreciated the quality of courses…
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I participated at the 2006 Edition of EGENI in France and in its’ first African edition that happened few days after during the ICANN Meeting in Marrakech. EGENI (European General…
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The World Summit on the Information Society was a two-phase United Nations-sponsored summit on information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society that took place in 2003 in Geneva…
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Tatooine is one of the fictional planets that appeared in the Star Wars, and the name refers to a city in southern Tunisia. The name of Tataouine come from “Tiṭṭawin”…
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My first full-time job was in a Casino. Yes, it was a Casino. Casino Cleopatra in Hammamet was the first and biggest Casino in Tunisia ( there were 2 others…
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