International Institute of Communications

International Institute of Communications was founded in 1968 with the support of the Ford Foundation by a group of senior US, Canadian, European and Japanese broadcasters, later to include telecommunications. [1]

"The IIC’s sole purpose is to explore and research leading-edge issues such as the effects of convergence, the evolving regulatory framework, the production and distribution of content and their commercial, policy and cultural impacts. The IIC achieves this via studies and special reports, a flagship publication InterMedia and an annual conference. in addition, the IIC is involved in special projects such as a Broadcasting Forum, Telecommunications Forum and Regulators Forum which meet at least twice a year in the different geographical regions."

President: Arne Wessberg — Member of the Trilateral Commission, Director at Nokia Corporation ADS, President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Yleisradio Oy (Finnish Broadcasting Company) 1994-2005, Director of TV 1 and TV 2 1980-1994, reporter and editor 1971-1976 of Yleisradio Oy. Chairman of the Board of Eurosport Consortium 1998-2000, member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and (Europe). Member of the Board of Arcada Polytechnic. [2]

Vice Presidents: Prof. Franco Morganti — Honorary member of The Adam Smith Society (Italy). [3] [4] Morganti began his career at Olivetti and SGS (now ST Microelectronics S.p.A.). Since 1974, he has offered strategic consulting services in the field of telecommunications, for both the public and private sectors. He was a member of the board of directors of STET S.p.A. (now Telecom Italia S.p.A.) from 1981 to 1984, and in 1981-82 headed a task force on the reorganization of the Italian telecommunications industry established by the Italian government. From 1991 to 1997, he served as a member of the advisory committee on technology and market strategies of STET S.p.A. Morganti has also been vice-chairman of the Databank Group since 1989. From 1998 to 2000, he served as an advisor to the Italian Communications Authority. He is currently the president of the ANFOV, an association of multimedia companies. He has been a member of Enel's board of directors since December 1999 [5] , and he is also a member of WIND's board of directors. [6]

Treasurer: Mr Michel Huet

Board members:

Dr Javed Jabbar — former Federal Minister for Information (and Media Development in the first Cabinet of Benazir Bhutto) Pakistan, Advisor to the Chief Executive on National Affairs & Founding Chairman, South Asia Media Association, Karachi. [7] Former Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Honorary Chairman MNJ Communications. Now general secretary of the Millat Party. He has written and directed numerous films, documentaries, advertisements and Pakistan's only English-language feature film. He has also presented television and radio programmes on international and current affairs and the arts. [8]

"Between 1996 and 1997 he was minister of petroleum and natural resources and in 1999, when General Pervez Musharraf took power, he was appointed minister of information and adviser to the president on national affairs. He resigned from the military government in 2000. Since February 2002 he has been senior vice-president of the Millat Party, an organisation he co-founded in 1998." [9]

Jabbar is also a member of the board of directors of the Social Policy and Development Centre in Karachi and of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad.

Dr Delbert Smith

Mr Mandla Langa

Mrs Andrea Millwood-Hargrave

Ms Marina Osterlund-Karinkanta

Past Presidents:

Mr Bernard Courtois

Mr Bernard Courtois

Mr Matti Packalen

Mr Alain Gourd

Mr Thomas P. Hardiman

Mr Henri Pigeat

Mr Brian Quinn