Dr. Andrey Korotkov
Professor, Head of the Department of Global Information Processes and Resources, Moscow State Institute of International Relationships (University)
Head of the Department of System Management in Business Processes, Academy of National Economy under the Government of Russia Federation
Academician of International Telecommunication Academy
High-level advisory board of Global Alliance on ICT for Development Member

Mr. Korotkov is known as one of the Russian technology leaders. He used to be the Head of Directorate of the Federal “e-Russia” Program, First Deputy Minister of the Ministry for Telecommunications and Informatization of the Russian Federation, senior vice-president and CIO of “VTB” – the second in size Russian bank, executive adviser to General of Russian Railroad Company and high level Adviser in different strategic IT-project in Russia.
Prior those posts he served for the Staff of the Office of Government of the Russian Federation and Administration of the President of Russia in various positions, including posts of Federal Spokesman, Head of Information Department and CIO of the Office of the Prime-Minister of Russia Federation.

Mr. Korotkov has been responsible for some major information technology projects in Russia, regularly participating in UN information and communication activities.
As a special correspondent of TASS News Agency for 10 years Andrey traveled a lot around CIS countries. His reports were published in different illustrated magazines. He is the author of numerous articles on ICT in scientific and general-interest magazines.
He represented Russia in several working group and in preliminary meetings of ICT Task Force, DOT Force, World Bank and Davos Forum ICT initiatives, World Summit on Information Society.
He is the author of several books in Russian on the issues of IT, including theory of informational society and semiotics.
His interests include photography, history of design, and semiotics.

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