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Slobodan Markovic
Slobodan Marković (born 1977) has had over 12 years of practical experience in both technical and regulatory aspects of the Internet. He has an extensive knowledge of technical fundamentals of electronic networks, protocols and standards, from the early bulletin board systems and UUCP communities to the global Internet as we know it today. Mr. Marković is also familiar with legal and regulatory issues related to global electronic networks, such as telecommunications infrastructure regulation, freedom of expression and privacy, consumer protection, etc.
In the early years of Internet in Serbia Mr. Marković launched Internodium mailing list (www.internodium.org) dedicated to exploring how the new communication technologies change our society and how politics affects development of the new technologies. The list was initially focused on monitoring cases of Internet access blocking and content censorship imposed on citizens, student groups and independent media by the Milosevic's regime.
After pro democratic changes on the local political scene in 2000, the list's focus changed to monitoring and discussing developments on the intersection of technology, law, politics and culture in Serbia and wider area of former Yugoslavia.
Over the years, Internodium has become an important communication platform of the local Internet community. The list has been regularly quoted in dozens of printed and electronic media in Serbia.
In 2001, Mr. Marković founded Center for Internet Development (CID), which became a leading Serbian non-government and non-profit organization active in the area of information society policy.
CID advocates policies aimed at ensuring dynamic development of electronic communication networks based on open standards and free competitive market.
CID also promotes protection of the basic democratic values, such as freedom of choice, freedom of expression and individual privacy in the digital age.
Mr. Marković has had a leading role in the ongoing process of yuTLD registry reform. In this community-driven and consensus-based process, he has been intensely involved in drafting new rules for domain name registration and new internal structure of the registry organization. He was also responsible for ensuring transparency of the process by organizing and conducting public consultations.
Recently, Mr. Marković contributed a chapter on Development of Information Society for Serbian Strategy for European Union Accession and took an active role in the process of formulating Strategy for Development of Information Society in Serbia.
When not overwhelmed by his CID engagements, Mr. Marković helps in running CRI Ltd, a small ISP he founded with two of his close associates. The company provides Internet access and networking consultancy services to a number of business clients in Belgrade metro area.