Tapani Tarvainen
Who, what, where?
Computer professional, human rights activist.
Vice President of
Electronic Frontier Finland
(member since 2002, board member 2004-2023 and 2025-, President 2006-2010, Executive Director 2023-2024).
2000-2023 chief engineer at
Faculty of Information Technology
of
Jyväskylä University
.
1998-2000 consultant for
Lucent Technologies
in
Saudi Arabia
.
Member of
Finnish Advisory Board on Copyright Affairs
since 2015.
Deputy member of
Finnish Data Protection Board
2012-2018.
Member of
ICANN
's
GNSO
's
Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC)
since 2009,
GNSO councillor 2025-, Chair of
Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)
2015-2017,
member of NCSG Executive Committee 2015 and 2022-2025,
member of
NCUC's Executive Committee
2012-2013.
Participant in
Internet Governance Forum
ever since its founding at
Wold Summit on the Information Society
in 2005.
Member of Steering Committee of IGF's
Internet Rights and Principles coalition
2014-2015.
Regular speaker and co-organizer in
Finnish Internet Forum
since its founding in 2010.
Hobbies include
photography
and travel.
Living in
Jyväskylä
,
Finland
.
My famous niece:
Sonja Kahl
and as famous nephew:
Benjamin Kahl
Last modified: 2026-04-29 08:51 EEST
