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At-Large Statement of Interest (SOI) Form

1) Please enter your Name:


Mohammad Kawsar Uddin

2) Picture/Image:
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3) Are you participating in the At-Large advisory process (including email and real-time discussions) as a representative of:


a) ALAC (if so, detail the region and term):


Member of ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach and Engagement

b) A Regional At-Large Organization (RALO) (if so, please detail the region, position and term):


c) An ICANN-accredited At-Large Structure (if so, which one):


Internet Society (ISOC) Bangladesh Chapter

d) Any ICANN Committee, Constituency or Stakeholder Group (if so, which one(s))?


APRALO, At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG), At-Large Social Media Working Group

e) Any other company or organization, whether commercial or nonprofit (if so, please detail the organization and your position):


Vice President, Internet Society Bangladesh Chapter (https://internetsociety.org.bd); President, Technology Media Guild Bangladesh (https://tmgb.org)

4) Please identify your current employer(s):


Daily Sangbad

5) Please identify your current position(s):


Senior Reporter

6) Please identify the type(s) of work performed:


Media Reporting focused on Technology related Journalism

7) Please identify your declared country of primary residence:


Bangladesh

8) Please list any financial relationship beyond de minimus stock ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN:


None

9) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions:


a) Do you, your employer, and/or sponsor have any type of material or financial interest in the At-Large advisory process and its outcomes?


No

If the answer is “Yes,” please describe the interest:


b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member?


No

If the answer is “Yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s):


10) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable):


  1. Member, At-Large Capacity Building Working Group; 2. Member, At-Large Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Working Group; 3. Member, At-Large Social Media Working Group; 4. Member, At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG)

11) Additional information (optional):


  • President, Technology Media Guild Bangladesh (TMGB)
  • Member, Board of Trustee, Bangladesh Networks Operators Group (bdNOG)
  • General Secretary, Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter
  • Ex-President, Bangladesh ICT Journalist Forum
  • Co-Convener, Digital Bangladesh Forum
  • Joint Secretary, Bangladesh Science Writers and Journalists Forum
  • Member, International Institute for ICT Journalism
  • Member, Asia Media Forum
  • Associate Member, Bangladesh Computer Society
  • Member, Organizing Committee, World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2021 hosted by Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS)
  • Local Judge, NASA Space App Challenge Bangladesh Organized by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS).
  • Judge, BASIS National ICT Award

Participation in Conference and Workshops:

  • 'INFOCOM 2019' conference from 4-8 December, 2019 at ITC Sonar, Calcutta, India.
  • 'INFOCOM 2018' conference from 4-8 December, 2018 at ITC Sonar, Calcutta, India.
  • 'Symposium on Emerging Technologies' from 24-25 November 2018 at Daffodil Concord Tower, Dhaka.
  • 'IGF Academy Regional Workshop' from 3-7 August, 2016 in SriLanka.
  • 'IGF-2015 Conference' from 08-14 November, 2015 in Brazil.
  • 'ICANN 52' conference from 8-12 Febraury, 2015 at Raffles City Convention Centre,
  • 'Samsung conference' from 16-19 February, 2014 in Indonesia.
  • 'APNIC 36 Conference' from 20-30 August, 2013 at Xian, China.
  • 'Global INET' from 22-24 April 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Workshop on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) on 30th March, 2012 at Technobd Training, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 'ICTD 2010 Conference' from 13-16 December 2010 at Royal Holloway University of London.
  • LIRNEasia Tutorial and Dissemination event (June 21-22, 2010) and ICA Conference (June 22 – 26, 2010) in Singapore.
  • '6th World Conference of Science Journalists' from 29 June–3rd July 2009, in London, United Kingdom organized by World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) and Association of British Science Writers (ABSW).
  • 'Third Global Knowledge Conference' from 11–13 December 2007, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia organized by Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP).
  • 'ICT4D Regional Consultation Workshop' from 29-31 July 2007 in Kathmandu, Nepal organized by Panos South Asia (PSA).
  • 'Building Telecentre Family in Bangladesh: A Workshop for Social Entrepreneurs and practitioners' from 27-29 August 2006 at RDRS, Rangpur, Bangladesh organized by Development Research Network (D.Net) in association with BNNRC and YPSA and supported by Telecentre.org and UNDP, Bangladesh.

Now I am the President and Board of Trustee Member of Technology Media Guild Bangladesh (TMGB). TMGB has formed aiming to the development of journalism in the country’s technology sector. TMGB members are working journalists and they are representing most of the top media houses in Bangladesh including TV channels, National newspapers, Online news portals, Radios and Technology focused magazines. Nonetheless, TMGB members are playing main role to covering and producing technology and telecom news to serve them towards nations.

I am also Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Science Writers and Journalists Forum (BSWJF), which is one of the members of World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ). Other than this I am also Associate Member of Bangladesh Computer Society. This is the government approved Association for ICT Professional in Bangladesh.

As a journalist I always try to minimize the Digital Divide through my writings and also through different events.

List of completed ICANN courses:

 


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11-May-2023


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At-Large SOI Template v3 (Feb 2014)