Tony Vetter biography

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Tony Vetter

Tony Vetter is an Associate with IISD’s Global Connectivity program, after having been a Project Manager from 2007 to 2010. He has over 10 years of experience in the telecommunications sector, having worked in product manager, technical marketing, and advisory roles at Ciena, Roshnee and Nortel. After completing a master’s degree in international development, Tony launched a new career focusing on the role Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can play in achieving sustainable development. Tony now works at Digital Opportunity Trust as their Senior Director, Operations. His research interests include ICTs as a tool for creating educational, economic and entrepreneurial opportunities in developing countries; ICTs and the environment; and ICT governance and innovation for sustainable development.

Affiliations

Active Member of Engineers Without Borders (Canada)

Education

Master of International Development (2008): Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carlton University.
Master of Engineering Physics (1997): McMaster University.
Bachelor of Engineering Physics (1992): McMaster University.
Tony’s self-directed post-graduate research focused on such topics as the role of entrepreneurs in development, microfinance, the relevance to development of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), telecenters programming, gender issues in ICT4D, and the use of ICTs in land administration projects in developing countries.

Tony Vetter completed his assignment in March 2012.

Publications

IISD’s Contributions to the United Nations Internet Governance Forum: Workshop reports, 2008 to 2011
Paper: Ben Akoh, Tony Vetter, Heather Creech, 2012
Report on Canadian Interest in Internet Governance
Paper: Tony Vetter, Heather Creech, 2010
University Data Centres: Policy and business case for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Paper: Jean-François Lévesque, Chris Caners, Don MacLean, Tony Vetter, 2010
Using ICT research to assist policy making and regulation: the case of Namibia
Paper: Christoph Stork, Tony Vetter, 2009
Innovation in the Governance of Technology and Society: Progress on Internet Governance
Paper: Tony Vetter, Maja Andjelkovic, Heather Creech, 2009
Review of the Mandate of the Internet Governance Forum: A response from IISD
Paper: Heather Creech, Don Maclean, David Souter, Tony Vetter, Maja Andjelkovic, 2009
Projecting the Evolution of the Internet, its Technologies, Communities and Management: Canadian stakeholders’ understandings and perceptions of the issues
Paper: Tony Vetter, Don MacLean, Heather Creech, 2009
Mapping the Future of the Internet onto Global Scenarios: A preliminary view
Paper: Heather Creech, Maja Andjelkovic, Tony Vetter, Don MacLean, Dale S. Rothman, Philip J. Vergragt, 2008
Critical Internet Uncertainties: How will governance, evolution and growth of the Internet affect sustainable development?
Paper: Maja Andjelkovic, Tony Vetter, Heather Creech, 2008
The ICT Sector and the Global Connectivity System: A sustainable development overview
Paper: Tony Vetter, Heather Creech, 2008
The Governance of Non-Legal Entities: An exploration into the challenges facing collaborative, multistakeholder enterprises that are hosted by institutions
Paper: Heather Creech, Tony Vetter, Kira Matus, Ian R. Seymour, 2008
Internet Governance Forum: A development perspective: A primer for the third meeting, Hyderabad, India, 3–6 December 2008
Paper: Tony Vetter, 2008
Resource Wars and Information and Communication Technologies
Commentary: Tony Vetter, 2008
Sustainable Development: Theme Proposal for IGF New Delhi
Paper: Tony Vetter, Don MacLean, Heather Creech, 2008
Internet Governance and Sustainable Development: Towards a Common Agenda
Book: Don MacLean, Maja Andjelkovic, Tony Vetter, 2007

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