− | 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. |
− | Veni Markovski was 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.
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| 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> |