PANELISTS:

John Crain Chief Technical Officer Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers I am currently the Chief Technical Officer at ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (http://www.icann.org). The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an internationally organized, non-profit corporation that has responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) Top-Level Domain name system management, and root server system management functions. Prior to my time at ICANN, I worked as part of the executive management team at the RIPE NCC in Amsterdam (http://www.ripe.net). The RIPE NCC is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) that provides Internet resource allocations for Europe and surrounding areas. I have been directly involved in the administration of Internet Identifiers since my start at the RIPE NCC in 1995 and have worked in all areas of IP address administration. I also have extensive experience in the area of DNS administration and managing Internet infrastructure services. Currently I am responsible for the management of l.root-servers.net, one of the Internet’s 13 “Root Servers” (http://www.root-servers.org) Before becoming involved in Internet Administration I worked as a Design Engineer in composite materials research and development. In that role I was also responsible for local area networking off Computer Aided Design Systems and for writing and developing custom software applications.

John M. R. Kneuer Deputy Assistant Secretary Commerce for Communications and Information National Telecommunications and Information Administration John M. R. Kneuer joined the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in October 2003 as Counselor to the Assistant Secretary. Mr. Kneuer's previous experience includes providing regulatory and legislative representation to corporate clients in telecom, defense, and transportation industries. Prior to joining NTIA, Mr. Kneuer served as a senior associate at the law firm of Piper Rudnick in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, Mr. Kneuer was executive director for government relations at the Industrial Telecommunications Association (ITA) and an attorney-advisor in the commercial wireless division of the FCC's wireless bureau. He received B.A. and J.D. degrees from the Catholic University of America. He is a member of the District of Columbia and New Jersey state bar.

Theodore C. Tanner Jr. Ted Tanner is an Architectural Strategist for the Microsoft Windows Strategic Relations and Policy Group. In this role he directs many aspects of Technical Public Policy for the Microsoft Corporation. Ted Tanner is part of the team which deals with technical policy. He is the Microsoft Corporation representative to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) Research and Development Taskforce and is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and IEEE. He joined Microsoft in 2000 when Microsoft purchased MongoMusic where Ted was a Vice President. At MongoMusic he directed all aspects of machine listening, signal processing research, intellectual property management and venture capital assessment. He has also worked at Apple Computer Inc. where he worked on future media processing architectures for OS9 and OSX, and at Spatializer Audio Laboratories, Crystal River Engineering and digidesign inc. Ted has published numerous articles in leading technical magazines. He has applied for several patents in the area of audio and media technologies. He holds a Master of Science in Music Engineering from the University of Miami and has taken post graduate courses at various Universities including Stanford, Berkeley and UC Davis.

Alexander Ramia Senior Group Manager Panasonic Communications Liaison Office of America Mr. Ramia is the Senior Group Manager for Panasonic Communications Liaison Office of America, whose primary charter is create business relationships within the telecommunications world and its secondary charter is to research new revenue generating business processes that redefine the traditional "box sales" program. The Liaison office is a direct channel to the factory communications arm of Panasonic. Mr. Ramia is also representing Panasonics IPv6 consumer camera program and developing cutting edge consumer v6 applications and services. Mr. Ramia has over 20 years experience in the telecom world where he served in many divisions that included switching, private line, and outside plant.