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Nick Ashton-Hart

Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Joined on November 8, 2013
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Nick has just concluded several years as the senior full-time resident representative for the technology sector to the UN, its member-states, and the international organisations in Geneva. He has been an active part of multilateral policy development since in 1992 with the sustainable development agenda for the world's cities (HABITAT II), active in the Geneva community for 14 years and a resident of it for the past eight. He's currently considering his next challenge. He came to international policy from a private-sector career in both the entertainment and ICT sectors. In the music industry he managed some of the world's most successful and influential artists including the "Godfather of Soul" James Brown. In the tech sector he went from a Systems Administrator to CIO/CTO in five years and has broad hands-on technology experience. Prior to his full-time job with the Internet & Digital Ecosystem Alliance he was Geneva Representative of the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), Director for At-Large and Senior Director for Participation and Engagement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Inc. (ICANN) and Executive Director of the International Music Managers Forum (IMMF), the international non-governmental organisation representing the interests of music managers and their clients. Current Positions and Advisory Roles:

Guest Poster, Council on Foreign Relations' Net Politics
Member, e15Initiative Trade and Innovation Expert Group
Member, Evian Group@IMD Trade Task Force
Member, Board of Directors, MetaBrainz Foundation, the corporate home of MusicBrainz

He can be found on Twitter @nashtonhart and Google+ at google.com/+NickAshtonHart Photo credit: Veni Markovski

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2015 - Nov 26	on	The Next ICANN CEO
2014 - Dec 26	on	Where We're Going: Leviathan or Golem?
2014 - Dec 24	on	Where We're Going: Leviathan or Golem?
2014 - Jan 16	on	The Economy, Not Surveillance or Weapons Systems, Is the Real Source of National Security
2014 - Jan 16	on	The Economy, Not Surveillance or Weapons Systems, Is the Real Source of National Security
2013 - Dec 06	on	Learning to Love the WTO: How Trade Policy Can Save Open Internet - and Bridge the Digital Divide
2013 - Dec 06	on	Learning to Love the WTO: How Trade Policy Can Save Open Internet - and Bridge the Digital Divide

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Privacy , Cybersecurity , Policy & Regulation , Internet Governance , Threat Intelligence , Broadband , Access Providers , Law , Net Neutrality , ICANN ,

Recent Blogs

The Next ICANN CEO

Nov 22, 2015
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Are the TISA Trade Talks a Threat to Net Neutrality, Data Protection, or Privacy?

Dec 30, 2014
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Nick Ashton-Hart

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The Next ICANN CEO

Are the TISA Trade Talks a Threat to Net Neutrality, Data Protection, or Privacy?

Europe and Data Protection: We Need a Real Debate - Exactly What We Don’t Have Now

It’s Time to Talk Solutions on Mass Surveillance

Internet Governance: What Does It Mean, Anyway?

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Learning to Love the WTO: How Trade Policy Can Save Open Internet - and Bridge the Digital Divide

It’s Time to Talk Solutions on Mass Surveillance

Are the TISA Trade Talks a Threat to Net Neutrality, Data Protection, or Privacy?

Internet Governance: What Does It Mean, Anyway?

The Economy, Not Surveillance or Weapons Systems, Is the Real Source of National Security