Dr. Valery Tsepkalo

Director of Belarus Hi-Tech Park.

• 2002 - 2005
  Assistant to the President of Belarus (science and technologies)
• 1997 - 2002
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the United States of America and United Mexican States
• 1994 – 1997
  First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
• 1993 - 1994
  Adviser to the Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States
• 1992 - 1993
  Adviser to the Chairman of the Parliament of Belarus
• 1991 – 1992
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
• 1991
  USSR Embassy in Finland

Education:
Belarusian Technological Institute
Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Degree:
Doctor in International Law

Research and Publications:
Author of 80 articles on information technologies and world economy and author of 20 publications on e-government, hi-tech development and intellectual property rights. Among others are publications in Foreign Affairs, Journal of Congress, Washington Post, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Horizons.
Author of the book By the Road of “Dragon States” on economic development of new industrialized nations of South-East Asia and Man Everlasting.

Other occupations:
Member of the Strategy Council of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development.

Governmental expert to the UN Secretary General in the field of information and communication technologies.

Speaks English, Russian, Finnish, Polish.