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'''Karen Banks''' is the Strategic technology and network development manager at Association for Progressive Communications.<ref>[http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/karen-banks/28/468/885 linkedin.com]</ref> She is the director of GreenNet, a small ISP in London and a member of the civil society working group on the Commonwealth Action Programme for the Digital Divide.<ref>[http://www.diplomacy.edu/conferences/ig/speakers.asp diplomacy.edu]</ref> | '''Karen Banks''' is the Strategic technology and network development manager at Association for Progressive Communications.<ref>[http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/karen-banks/28/468/885 linkedin.com]</ref> She is the director of GreenNet, a small ISP in London and a member of the civil society working group on the Commonwealth Action Programme for the Digital Divide.<ref>[http://www.diplomacy.edu/conferences/ig/speakers.asp diplomacy.edu]</ref> | ||
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Banks has been working with the ICTs since 1990. She maintained 'GnFido' at GreenNet. She was one of the founding members of [[APC]], then in 1993 she formed the APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APCWNSP) with the assistance of women colleagues at APC. She coordinated WNSP till 2004. | Banks has been working with the ICTs since 1990. She maintained 'GnFido' at GreenNet. She was one of the founding members of [[APC]], then in 1993 she formed the APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APCWNSP) with the assistance of women colleagues at APC. She coordinated WNSP till 2004. | ||
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She was invited to the European Union’s High Level Group on Internet Governance meeting of 2005 in Brussels.<ref>[http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/750.htm worldsummit2003.de]</ref> | She was invited to the European Union’s High Level Group on Internet Governance meeting of 2005 in Brussels.<ref>[http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/750.htm worldsummit2003.de]</ref> | ||
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In 2004, she was awarded the Anita Borg Social Impact Award with the APCWNSP.<ref>[http://www.diplomacy.edu/conferences/ig/speakers.asp diplomacy.edu]</ref> | In 2004, she was awarded the Anita Borg Social Impact Award with the APCWNSP.<ref>[http://www.diplomacy.edu/conferences/ig/speakers.asp diplomacy.edu]</ref> | ||
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Karen Banks is the Strategic technology and network development manager at Association for Progressive Communications.[1] She is the director of GreenNet, a small ISP in London and a member of the civil society working group on the Commonwealth Action Programme for the Digital Divide.[2]
Career History
Banks has been working with the ICTs since 1990. She maintained 'GnFido' at GreenNet. She was one of the founding members of APC, then in 1993 she formed the APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APCWNSP) with the assistance of women colleagues at APC. She coordinated WNSP till 2004.
She supervised APC's Participation in the WSIS and the IGF. She was a member of the WSIS Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG).[3]
She was invited to the European Union’s High Level Group on Internet Governance meeting of 2005 in Brussels.[4]
Awards and Honors
In 2004, she was awarded the Anita Borg Social Impact Award with the APCWNSP.[5]