Four information technology professionals from Asia, Europe, and South America attended their first IETF meeting in March 2011 as part of the Internet Society’s Fellowship to the IETF Programme. The programme, which operates under the aegis of the Internet Society’s Next Generation Leaders Programme, enables Internet technologists from developing regions to participate more fully in the IETF’s standards work by facilitating their attendance at an IETF meeting.
IETF 80 First-time Fellows
Roman Arcea (Moldova)
Mentor: Jean-Michel Combes
Paventhan Arumugam (India)
Mentor: Marcelo Bagnulo Braun
Luis Balbinot (Brazil)
Mentor: Juergen Quittek
Suhaidi Hassan (Malaysia)
Mentor: Fernando Gont
IETF 80 Returning Fellows
Zartash Afzal Uzmi (Pakistan)
Palanivelan Appanasamy (India)
Azael Fernandez Alcantara (Mexico)
Fernando Gont (Argentina)
Idris A. Rai (Tanzania, United Republic of)