DotAsia Board Elections 2020

Introduction

Nicole T. I. Chan, an attorney at law and Industrial Consultant, Vice Chairperson of Digital Transformation Association, Board director of Industrial Technology Research Institute, as well as many distinguished positions in the areas of law and technology.

She is a frequent panelist and moderator and conferences around the world. Previous roles have included Chairperson of National Communications Commission, Taiwan,   Director of Nankang Software Incubator, Director General of Science & Technology Law Institute (STLI), Institute for Information Industry (III).

Her areas of expertise include Intellectual Property Law, Telecommunication Regulations and Policy, Internet Jurisdiction and Policy, Internet Governance, Cybersecurity Governance, ICT and Creative Industry…, etc.

When she took the position of Chairperson of National Communications Commission, NCC Taiwan, Nicole was responsible for planning the 5G and IoT regulatory development of Taiwan, coordinating the National high level of Security Strategic Project, and also co-working with TWNIC for promoting and implementing the Internet Governance and multi-stakeholders model within Taiwan and connect to the APNIC,  ICANN , and other Internet International Organizations.

She received an EMBA degree from National Chengchi University, an LL.M degree in Intellectual Property from the University of London and an LL.B degree from National Taiwan University. 

Professional History:

• Chairperson, National Communication Commission (Aug. 2016~Apr.2019)
• Vice President & Director General, Science & Technology Law Institute (STLI), Institute for Information Industry (Mar. 2013~Jul. 2016)
• Department of Culture & Creative Industries Management, National Taipei University of Education, Assistant Professor（2013~ 2016）
• Department of Filmmaking, Taipei National University of Arts, Assistant Professor（2010~ 2016）
• Consultant, Central Picture Corporation, （2010 ~ 2013.02）
• Flying Dragon Dancing Phoenix, Executive Producer（2012）
• Seven Days in Heaven, Producer（2010）
• Managing Director, Industrial Supporting Division, Institute for Information Industry（2008~2010）
• Director, Project Office for Creative Culture Industry, Council for Culture Affairs）（2010）
• Director, Nankang Software Incubator, Ministry of Economic Affairs（2008~2010）
• Chief Legal Officer, Foxlink Group（2007~2008）
• Senior Advisor & Special Assistant for the Board of III, Institute for Information Industry（2007）
• Director, Secretarial & Public Affairs Office, Institute for Information Industry（2001~2007）
• Director, Japan Office, Institute for Information Industry（2006~2007）
• Partner, Shay & Partners Law Office（1999~2000）
• Partner, Lo & Partners Law Office（1995~1997）
• Attorney-at-Law, Meridian Law Office （1992~1994）

In 2008, he also participated in Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of ICANN and presented the views of Korean government on the naming resources (new gTLD, ccTLD, IDN) and Internet governance issues. In 2009, he organized Freedom of Expression session with KISA at Internet governance Forum (IGF). In 2011, he attended at Working Party on Information Security and Privacy (WPISP) of OECD and participated in developing global information security policies and guidelines. In 2012, he worked with the Multi-lateral Development Banks such as the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank in the field of Information Communication Technologies and Cyber Security issues. Since 2015, he is in charge of international affairs on the Internet Governance issues in KISA, serving as Chair of National Internet Registry (NIR) SIG of APNIC and Head of KISA-ICANN partnership center.

With the above experiences and knowledge, he is strongly hope he can contribute to the development of Asia Pacific region in naming industry and Internet governance as DotAsia Board member.

I have a Bachelor of Business and a Master of Management. Originally from New Zealand, I live in the Cook Islands and work as a development consultant on mainly government projects which over the recent years have focused more on environmental issues. My background is in Education, thus my interest in supporting the youth as well as issues of importance to Internet users from developing countries. I have a strong interest in IG and in supporting the domain name interests of Internet end-users through my role as a Board Director of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) and as the current Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) of ICANN.

In addition, he has always been active in the domain industry and contributed to a number of DNS-related working groups at IETF and ICANN, and actively participated in the development of the IDNA2008 protocol.

SOI:

My long term cooperation with dotAsia enabled me to achieve a deeper understanding of the organization. As well as a long-standing registry operation practitioner, I gained expertise and leadership skills necessary to help dotAsia to further expand as a better, stronger and safer registry.

As Under my leadership, dot IR has been ranked as one of the fastest growing ccTLDs in the world and currently – the biggest ccTLD in my subregion, I believe I am in possession of the knowledge of how to manage a TLD to maximize its potential without prejudice to the quality of services.

By participating in international organizations and ICANN in particular I learned the art of seeking and mobilizing consensus on policy matters and to appreciate the importance of monitoring and evaluation of large-scale, region- and community-wide projects. If elected, I am committed to invest my experience for the company and community’s benefit.

Specifically, my expertise in the International Domain Names area would be helpful in order to implement an Arabic-script IDN for dotAsia to encompass the Middle East and Arabic-script users within Asia.

Also, keenly aware of the yet unlocked potential of the North and West Asia and my extensive network of contacts in the region, my intention is to help build strong presence of dotAsia there to benefit both the community and dotAsia.