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Shaban Charles
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Country
Jordan
Organization/Company
Executive Director, Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Group
International-Regional ORG
Also participated in
Kuwait 2012,Beirut 2014
Short Biography
Executive Director of Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) and chairs the ICT committee of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAGOrg).
Experienced in Intellectual Property Services and Internet policy development and implementation strategies, with extensive technical and management experience in ICT, rich exposure to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), generic and country code Domain Names, and (Multilingual) Internationalized Domain Name issues.
Shaban currently serves as the Chair of the Multi stakeholder Advisory Group (AMAG) of the Arab Internet Governance Forum (Arab IGF), the Co-Chair of the Middle East Global Council for the International Trademarks Association (INTA), and a member of the Committee Structure and Participation Presidential Task Force, he served on the board of Directors and the INTA Board planning committee from 2011-2013, and served on the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) from 2006 till 2012. In 2004, he served on the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) that was established by the UN Secretary General.
Shaban Co-authored the Thomson Compumark special report about brands in the Middle East: http://img.en25.com/Web/ThomsonReutersScience/1001619.pdf
Experienced in Intellectual Property Services and Internet policy development and implementation strategies, with extensive technical and management experience in ICT, rich exposure to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), generic and country code Domain Names, and (Multilingual) Internationalized Domain Name issues.
Shaban currently serves as the Chair of the Multi stakeholder Advisory Group (AMAG) of the Arab Internet Governance Forum (Arab IGF), the Co-Chair of the Middle East Global Council for the International Trademarks Association (INTA), and a member of the Committee Structure and Participation Presidential Task Force, he served on the board of Directors and the INTA Board planning committee from 2011-2013, and served on the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) from 2006 till 2012. In 2004, he served on the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) that was established by the UN Secretary General.
Shaban Co-authored the Thomson Compumark special report about brands in the Middle East: http://img.en25.com/Web/ThomsonReutersScience/1001619.pdf