Members of Expert Council on Information Society Development at the Moscow City Duma received letters of gratitude for cooperation and contribution to the activity of the Council.

The Expert Council was established in 1998 on the initiative of Stepan Orlov, delegate to the Moscow City Duma. The Expert Council is a permanently operating expert and consultative body aimed at providing recommendations on improving Moscow legislation and activity in the sphere of information resources and ICT creation and use, and contributing to Moscow’s integration in the Information Society.

Among the group members there are leading Russian experts in the sphere of ICT, heads of companies, specialists interested in ICT development and application from government, research and education community, business, and civil society, including members of IIS Board:

Dmitry Chereshkin - Director of Information Policy Programs

Tatiana Ershova - General Director, Head of PRIOR Directorate

Yuri Hohlov - Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director of Regional Programs, Head of Directorate of Informatics Programs

Sergey Shaposhnik - Head of Directorate of Monitoring Information Society Development

Olga Vershinskaya - Head of Directorate of Social and Economic Programs

Mikhail Yakushev - Director of Legislative Programs

Alexander Yevtiushkin - Head of Directorate of Innovative and Investment Programs