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===Advisory and Leadership Roles===
===Advisory and Leadership Roles===
Veni Markovski has served on the boards of [[ICANN]], the [[Internet Society]], CPSR, Sofia New Symphony Orchestra, and others. In 2003 he ran for mayor of Sofia. In 2006-2009 Veni Markovski supported the work of the Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications by advising its chairman on international ICT related issues.
Veni Markovski has served on the boards of [[ICANN]], the [[Internet Society]], [[CPSR]], Sofia New Symphony Orchestra, and others. In 2003 he ran for mayor of Sofia. In 2006-2009 Veni Markovski supported the work of the Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications by advising its chairman on international ICT related issues.
He has also advised several Bulgarian Parliaments, the Council of Ministers, and has been chairing the Bulgarian President's IT Advisory Committee since 2002. His governmental work includes contribution to a variety of ICT related legislation; such as the Telecommunications Act, the Penal Code (computer crimes chapter), the Electronic Document and Digital Signature Law, the Copyright Law, and others.<ref>[http://www.president.bg/en/adm_sit.php President of Republic of Bulgaria]</ref>
He has also advised several Bulgarian Parliaments, the Council of Ministers, and has been chairing the Bulgarian President's IT Advisory Committee since 2002. His governmental work includes contribution to a variety of ICT related legislation; such as the Telecommunications Act, the Penal Code (computer crimes chapter), the Electronic Document and Digital Signature Law, the Copyright Law, and others.<ref>[http://www.president.bg/en/adm_sit.php President of Republic of Bulgaria]</ref>
Mr. Markovski has been member of the Bulgarian delegation to the U.N. World Summit on Information Society, and a member of the advisory group to the Internet Governance Forum. He was a member of the [[ICANN]] Board from 2003 to 2006, and from 2002-2007 he served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/isoc/media/releases/070126pr.shtml The Internet Society]</ref> He also served the Internet Society of New York from 2007 to 2010, and was on the Board of Directors of the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility from 2003 to 2005.
Mr. Markovski has been member of the Bulgarian delegation to the U.N. World Summit on Information Society, and a member of the advisory group to the Internet Governance Forum. He was also the Project Manager of UNDP projects for support of e-government initiatives in South-eastern Europe, and his efforts there were positively reviewed by The New York Times, <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/business/worldbusiness/11iht-dividea_ed3_.html The New York Times]</ref>, The International Herald Tribune, heise.de, <ref>[http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Bulgarische-Parlamentsabgeordnete-und-Internet-Society-gegen-Microsoft-101288.html heise.de]</ref> and others. Veni Markovski has also served as project contact point for the Bulgarian ENUM trial, which was launched on April 13, 2006.
He has been published in dozens of Bulgarian and foreign newspapers and magazines since 1984, and is a frequent presenter at IT and cybersecurity related conferences around the world, among them [[CFP]] (San Francisco, CA, USA), [[MMAWG]] (Washington, DC, USA), [[WSIS]] (Geneva, Switzerland and Tunis, Tunisia), [[Wizards of OS]] (Berlin, Germany), [[iWeek]] (Johannesburg, South Africa), FBI/Fordham (New York), RANS (Moscow, Russia), Nato Forum on Security (Istanbul, Turkey), Cybersecurity forums (Sofia, Bulgaria; Belgrade, Serbia; Moscow, Russia; New York, USA), and many others. <ref>[http://veni.com/pastwork/voenen_zhurnal.html veni.com]</ref>
He has been published in dozens of Bulgarian and foreign newspapers and magazines since 1984, and is a frequent presenter at IT and cybersecurity related conferences around the world, among them [[CFP]] (San Francisco, CA, USA), [[MMAWG]] (Washington, DC, USA), [[WSIS]] (Geneva, Switzerland and Tunis, Tunisia), [[Wizards of OS]] (Berlin, Germany), [[iWeek]] (Johannesburg, South Africa), FBI/Fordham (New York), RANS (Moscow, Russia), Nato Forum on Security (Istanbul, Turkey), Cybersecurity forums (Sofia, Bulgaria; Belgrade, Serbia; Moscow, Russia; New York, USA), and many others. <ref>[http://veni.com/pastwork/voenen_zhurnal.html veni.com]</ref>