Minister without Portfolio Responsible for Growth

Dr Žiga Turk

Žiga Turk was born on 4 February 1962 in Ljubljana. He holds a PhD in technical sciences, an MSc in computer science, and a BSc in civil engineering. He is a professor at the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering at the University of Ljubljana. He has been a guest lecturer at Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Istanbul Technical University and the University of Zagreb. He reviews national research projects for Austria and Finland. He regularly reviews scientific articles for several international magazines and sits on the planning committees of most international events in his field. He is the co-founder and co-editor of the international scientific magazine ‘ITcon’. He has been participating in European research programmes since 1994, and has coordinated two projects worth several million euros. Since 2006 he has been President of the Supervisory Board of the telco Telekom Slovenije. The wider public knows him as the initiator and expert editor of the magazine on microcomputers 'Moj mikro' (1984-87). He was one of the pioneers in introducing the internet to Slovenia, and developed several applications which have earned him international acclaim.

Dr Žiga Turk has collaborated in the drafting of National Research and Development Programme for the period 2006-2010 and the strategy of target research projects. He has been a member of the group for tax reform with the reform Committee. He is a member of the Scientific Council at the Slovenia Research Agency and Vice-President of the Strategic Council for Culture, Education and Science.

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