Bommelaer - Constance

Constance joined the Internet Society in 2006. She is currently Director of Public Policy and helps developing partnerships with international organizations as well as strategic positions on key Internet issues. In this role, she founded and now coordinates the Internet Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC) to the OECD. She also leads ISOC's engagement with UNESCO, WIPO, the G8, the G20 and the IGF. In 2010 and 2011 she was responsible for the strategic development of the Internet Society's Next Generation Leaders program, a youth program designed to help prepare young professionals from around the world to become the next generation of Internet technology, policy, and business leaders.
She was previously a Policy Officer with the French Prime Minister's Office (Direction du development des medias; 2003-2006), covering Internet governance matters, regulatory affairs and information society issues. Constance participated in the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), contributed to building legal and technical cooperation activities between France and African countries (e.g. Signal Spam project) and acted as a liaison with the European Commission on French e-content related projects.
Since 2003, Constance also serves as a Naval Ensign in the reserve of the French Navy.
She has studied law and political sciences and speaks fluent English.
Constance is based in Geneva, Switzerland