Carlos Afonso

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Country:	Brazil
Email:	ca [at] rits.org.br

Carlos Afonso is the Directo of the Instituto NUPEF; he was previously the Head of Technological Development of RITS.^[1] Mr. Afonso is an expert in the field of Internet Governance.^[2]

Career History

• Carlos played an important role in democratizing the access to communications in Brazil.
• He, with the help Herbert de Souza, founded IBASE.^[3]
• He also had a role in designing and implementing the AlterNex, the first internet server of Brazil.
• In 1991, Mr. Afonso proposed and supervised UNCED.
• Carlos Afonso co-founded APC in 1990.^[4]
• From 1997-1998, he served as APC's first chair.
• He worked at RITS for 11+ years.

Publications

He has written many books and articles for internet development in different languages. ^[5]

Awards

Mr. Afonso was awarded the ARede 2008 Award.^[6]

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