George Sadowsky: Countries Worked In

Countries worked in and visited



Algeria

Initiated a GIPI project in Algiers in January 2005

Argentina

Attended the April 2005 ICANN meeting in Mar del Plata

Australia

Visit as a tourist in 2006

Austria

Several visits as a tourist and visits to attend professional meetings

Bahamas

Undertook multiple missions for the InterAmerican Development Bank to recommend restructuring of the Statistical Office and the main government computing operation.

Bangladesh

Missions for the United Nations in 1981 to assess the progress of the Census of Population and Housing and to assist in solving a variety of processing problems, and in 1985 to design a project for the improvement of the Bangladesh statistical system.

Barbados

Advised central Statistical Office on transition to microcomputer based processing

Belgium

Multiple visits as tourist and for various business purposes, including in May 2001 engaging members of the European Parliament and the business community for support of the Global Internet Policy Initiative,.

Benin

Mission for the United Nations in 1975 to assess the data processing phase of the Census of Population and Housing and to design data entry procedures. In 1998, gave keynote speech in Cotonou at conference at which AFRINIC was formed.

Bermuda

Tourist visit

Bolivia

Undertook 3 missions in late 1970's for the United Nations to assist in the operation of CENACO's DECSystem-10, to recommend improvements in the statistical data processing operations of the national statistical office, and to study the growth of information technology in the country and to make recommendations regarding national informatics policy.

Botswana

Advised Central Statistical Office in early 1980's regarding computational aspects of census of population and housing. Consulted with government officials and regional USAID staff on Telecommunication harmonization and Internet policy in April 2003.

Brazil

Member of team of economists touring Brazil in 1974 at invitation of the government. Participation in the infoDev World Bank Symposium in 1998. participated in the ICANN meeting in December 2006 in Sao Paolo and in the 2nd Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro in November 2007.

Bulgaria

During February and March 2001, evaluated several projects for the World Bank, delivered keynote address at the Internet Fiesta Conference in Sofia, and for USAID consulted with ICT firms and related organizations regarding market enlargement and export strategies.

Appointed in 2002 to the President's Council on Information Technologies, and met with President Parvanov. Gave keynote speech at conference on eDevelopment in Southeast Europe.

In September 2003, managed Regional Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Conference in Sofia

In July 2006, partcipated in meeting of President's Council on Information Technologies,with meetings with President, Prime Minister, and Parliamentary Committees.

Burundi

Undertook short mission to Bujumbura for the United Nations to assist UN team in addressing data processing issues concerning the Census of Population and Housing

Canada

Abundant visits since 1959 as a tourist and for professional meetings with Statistics Canada. In 1973, consulted for Statistics Canada in information organization. In 1995-96, as Vice-President for Conferences of the Internet Society, participated actively in monthly planning meetings in preparation for INET'96 in Montréal . Spoke at ISOC Francophonie 2002 Conference in Montréal in 2002.

Cape Verde

Visit in 1979 to install set of microcomputers for processing the census of population and housing

Chile

Delivered keynote speech at national computer conference in 1996

China

Multiple visits aggregating 6 months during 1982-1986 for census of population and housing, installation of computer facilities in statistical institutes, and for co-teaching a class on information management systems. Worked in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Xian, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Kunming.

Visits in 1999 to organize and co-teach a Chief Information Officer class in Shanghai. Participation in infoDev Symposium in Chongqing in 2002.

Cote d'Ivoire

Visit in 1975 to talk with equipment suppliers

Croatia

Delivered keynote speech to Croatia Research Users Conference, September 2002

Czech Republic

Visits in 1970's to support United Nations project in Mongolia and to review Bratislava Statistical Institute Several visits as tourist. In 1994, organized Internet Society Network Training Workshop at Czech Technical University in Prague.

Denmark

Visited as a tourist in 1994

Ecuador

(United Nations mission in 1981 to support modernization of the National Statistical System

Egypt

Multiple visits in the 1980s to support computerization of the Cabinet Decision Support System. Several speaking and representation visits in the late 1990s and in 2003.

Ethiopia

Participation in ECA and World Bank conferences in Addis Ababa in 1988 and 1998, and in the IFIP WITFOR 2007 Conference in 2007.

France

Many visits to UNESCO for international business. Worked briefly at OECD in 1980. Other professional visits to INSEE, offices of the French government, the 1998 Fête de l'Internet, NYU in France. Frequent visits as a tourist.

Georgia

Participated in NATO Advanced Networking Workshop near Tbilisi in October 1999 and gave keynote speech. In April 2001, participated in UNDP Regional Meeting of Resident Representatives, giving keynote speech and two programmed discussions. Led regional group in exploring development strategies based on IT.

Germany

Multiple visits as a tourist, for United Nations activities, and as a speaker at GMD in Bonn

Ghana

USAID mission in 1996 to the University of Ghana at Legon to design campus data network and plan implementation.

Greece

Participation in Iraq Press Law Conference, a d preparation of guidelines for Iraq Internet policy in June 2003. Participation in USID ANE ICT Coordinators' Meeting, 2004. Tourist visits.

Guinea-Bissau

Mission in 1978 to plan for census of population and housing

Hong Kong

Multiple visits to work with suppliers of information technology equipment for the region. Visits as a tourist and transit stops.

Hungary

Mission to review United Nations informatics training school in 1976. Several recent visits to participate in CEENET training workshops.

India

Mission in 1984 to Central Water and Power Research Station in Pune to advise on supercomputer acquisition and computational strategies. Spoke in 2001 at a conference on strategies for extending the Internet to rural areas. Mission in 2004 to assist local GIPI coordinator in fund raising and external relations. Mission on behalf of ISOC in April 2005 to discuss Internet governance issues with members of Telecommunications Ministry and other government officials.

Israel

Represented the United Nations at IDRC sponsored meetings regarding development of bibliographic retrieval technology to support DEVSIS development

Italy

Visited as tourist, short term work at FAO in 1988, presented Internet seminar in Rome in 1994.

Japan

Multiple visits for discussing United Nations project needs with computer suppliers. Guest of Japanese government in 1983 to tour information technology industry. Assisted with Internet Society workshop at Keio University in 2000. Several visits as a tourist.

Jordan

Helped to plan a regional network training workshop in Amman in 1996. Facilitated meetings of the national heads of IT organizations in Arab countries and their formation of a regional IT association, and facilitated an nitial seminar for Arab Telecommunications Regulators, both in March 2004.

Kazakhstan

Visit in 2002 to visit GIPI project and discuss project with other in-country organizations.

Kenya

Several visits to visit development projects, talk with equipment suppliers and to visit incipient academic Internet.

Kyrgyz Republic

Visit in 2002 to visit GIPI project, meet with country coordinators in region, meet with government officials regarding technical assistance, and participate in the WSIS Pre-Prepcom Subregional Meeting at Lake Issyk-Kul.

Luxembourg

Participated in ICANN meeting in July 2005.

Macedonia

Spoke at CEENet policy workshops in Ohrid in 2000 and again in 2007.

Madagascar

USAID mission in 2000 to visit 5 major universities and construct implementation plans for networking them and connecting them to the Internet.

Malaysia

Several visits for United Nations projects, implementing a computer plan for the demographic research institute at the University of Malaya. Organized and assisted at the Internet Society Network Training Workshop in 1997 and was in charge of INET'97 conference in Kuala Lumpur. Attended several conferences, and have visited as a tourist

Maldives

Visited in 1981 to trouble shoot new mini-computer installation in government.

Mali

Several visits in 1975 and 1977 to assist in implementation of new computer system for census of population and housing. Visited in 1999 to assess state of university networking plans and visit other projects. Participated in and spoke at Bamako 2000 Conference.

Mexico

Participated in and spoke at economic growth conference in Cuernavaca in 1971. Several visits as a tourist.

Mongolia

Backstopped United Nations project to install first computer, a Minsk-32, in Mongolian Statistical Office, and visited in 1974 to provide technical assistance.

Morocco

Visit in 1984 in support of United Nations project for upgrading computer systems in Department of Statistics. Participated in African Internet strategy meeting in 1997, and spoke at Telecommunications Policy Workshop in 2002. Participated in ICANN meeting in Marrakech in 2006.

Mozambique

Participated in a mission for SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) to study the state of and the needs of the ICT environment in Mozambique.

Myanmar

Three visits in 1984, 1989, and 1991 to support the census of population and housing, the overall national statistical organization, and to plan for a national computer center for government.

Netherlands

Multiple visits as a tourist and to transact various kinds of business.

New Zealand

Visited as a tourist in 1995, and participated in an ICANN meeting in Wellington in 2006.

Nicaragua

Performed an assessmennt in August 2007 of the results of a SIDA funded large scale project to introduce computing and networking into the four largest public universities in Nicaragua.

Niger

Visited in 1975 to assist data processing aspects of the census of population and housing.

Norway

Visited as a tourist in 1994

Oman

Visited as a tourist in 1996.

Pakistan

Visited in 1996, gave a speech for the President and a series of lectures on networking at the Nathiagali Summer Institute in Islamabad.

Panama

United Nations mission in 1977 to assist the PTT to introduce data base methodology in their operations.

Peru

Mission in 1981 to assist in the acquisition and deployment of computer equipment for the census of population and housing.

Philippines

Mission in 1977 to assess the state of the National Computer Institute and the National Computer Center and recommend changes, and to survey the state of information technology use in the country.

Portugal

Several missions in the late 1970s and in the early 1980s in connection with the processing of census data from Guinea-Bissau. Participation in an ICANN meeting in Lisbon in 2007.

Russian Federation

Visit in 1974 to recruit experts for United nations project in Mongolia. In 1995, trip for International Science Foundation to assess Soros projects in Moscow and Novosibirsk. In 2002, hosted lunch for members of U.S. Congress and Duma members in Moscow and worked with Duma subcommittee regarding Internet law. In 2005, consulted with national GIPI coordinator, government officials and civil society leaders regarding Internet governance issues. In 2007, participated in a meeting of RANS (Russian Telecommunication Providers Association) at Vatutinki and made two presentations.

Rwanda

Mission in 1980 to trouble-shoot technical problems encountered in the processing of the census data.

Senegal

Several missions to assist in census data processing, and study requirements for a geographic information system.

Serbia

Visit in 2004 to consult with GIPI national coordinator and government offficials regarding GIPI reform activities. Participant in EBRD ICT workshop on small business and incubators in May 2005. In 2007, spent several weeks assessing the readiness of the country and the giovernment for a maor initiative in the introduction of e-government techni9ques and activities.

Sierra Leone

Mission in 1981 to assist in issues concerning the national computer center.

Singapore

Multiple visits to talk with suppliers of information technology equipment for the region and to convert demographic analysis programs to new computer platform. Several visits as a tourist.

Slovakia

Visited to prepare for Internet Society conference INET'94

Somalia

Designed new national computer center for Somalia in 1985.

Spain

Visited as a tourist in 1988. Participated in INET 2004 in Barcelona.

South Africa

Participated in and presented a paper at the South African Internet Forum in Pilanesberg, April 2003. Attended ICANN meeting in Capetown in 2004.

Sri Lanka

Visit to the University in connection with United Nations project in the Maldives.

Mission in 2001 on behalf of USAID to examind competitiveness of the ICT cluster and its positioning and strategy for competition in international markets. Mission in April 2002 on behalf of Sida to evaluate university computer networking project. Visit in October 2002 to teach workshop and deliver keynote speech at Sri Lanka Computer Conference.

Suriname

Several visits in the early 1980s to assist the statistical office to use its computers effectively and to begin evolution to microcomputer based operations.

Sweden

Visited SIDA in 1974, visited in January 2001 as member of Conference Committee planning for INET 2001 in Stockholm

Organized Advanced Technology Workshop sponsored by the Internet Society and the Global Internet Policy Initiative for students from 25 developing countries iin conjunction with INET 2001.

Switzerland

Multiple visits during 1974-2000 to work at United Nations offices, organize and direct Internet Society training workshop and INET'98 conference. Multiple visits to Bern, Zurich and to WSIS-1 in Geneva in 2003 and 2004 in connection with consulting work.

Tanzania

Mission for United nations in 1978 to assist Swedish team of census experts with computing issues.

Thailand

Multiple visits for United Nations projects, visits to ESCAP, and assessment of Bangkok as conference location.

Togo

Visit in 1975 to assist United Nations computer training project.

Tunisia

Gave keynote speech at Internet Week conference in Tunis, 2000. Participated in WSIS 2005 meetings and exposition as a member of the Swiss delegation.

Turkey

Short visit in February 2004 to meet with GIPI coordinators. Tourist visit in late 2004. Particiated in CEENet technical workshop in Istanbul in 2006.

Ukraine

Visit in 1996 to assess aspects of International Science Foundation operation and projects, and to participate in network training workshop sponsored by American Physical Society. Visit in 2005 to consult with national GIPI coordinator, senior member of the new regulatory commission and others regarding structuring of the Ukranian telecomm sector. Lectured on information security at technical university in Kiev.

United Arab Emirates

Mission in 1981 to visit United Nations' sponsored National Computer Center project. Keynote speech at Al-Ain University Conference, 1996.

United Kingdom

Multiple visits as tourist, for various business issues, to attend professional conferences, and in support of development projects. Delivered introductory paper at ONLINE 72 Conference in 1972. Vists in conjunction with expert witness responsibilities in 2003-2004. Work in 2003 as expert witness in commercial litigation.

Uzbekistan

Visit in 2002 to visit GIPI project and to disucss with Deputy Prime Minister Aripov the possibility of technical assistance to newly established ICT technical and policy unit in government.

Venezuela

United Nations mission in 1981 studying information retrieval project for government, and keynote speech at Internet World Venezuela in 1998.

Viet Nam

Participated in pre-summit activities prior to Francophone summit in Hanoi in 1997. USAID mission in February 2003 in support of software industry cluster competitiveness initiative. Consulted with government officials and organized two CMM software workshops in April 2004. managed cybersecurity workshps for Laos, ASEAN and Vietnam in fall 2004. participated in national ICT Policy Workshop in Hue in December 2004.

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February 12, 2006