DIRSI - Dialogo Regional sobre Sociedad de la Informacion

Ben A. Petrazzini is Program Manager of ICT4D Programs in the Americas at the Interntional Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.  Prior to his current position Mr. Petrazzini was Senior Policy Advisor with the Office of the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and representative of the ITU to the United Nations in New York. He was also a member of the United Nations Information and Communication Technology Task Force (UN ICT Task Force) Secretariat and the ITU representative for the World Summit on the Information Society in New York.  Mr. Petrazzini holds a Ph.D. in Communication from University of California, San Diego, an MA in Social Sciences and a law degree.  He was Assistant Professor at the Business School of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  He also served as an advisor to the National Congress of Argentina, and taught at the National University of Buenos Aires.  He has consulted with government and private enterprises on ICT matters.  Mr. Petrazzini has published extensively on issues related to Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in developing countries.