MARIA KOLESNIKOVA

Maria Kolesnikova has been working for Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ as a head of marketing, external relations and projects since 2007. Maria has a wide range of experience in information technologies, communications and marketing.

Since 2007 Maria is involved in IDN and UA Programs, participated in Fast Track Process for delegation of the Cyrillic ccTLD .РФ. In 2012-2013 she worked on delegation of several gTLDs during the first round of New gTLD Program. She is also a Chair of UASG Communications Working Group (for 2021) and a Chair of CIS-EE UA Local Initiative.

Maria has been a speaker/presenter at numerous conferences, including ICANN meetings, CENTR and APTLD workshops, regional and global IGF forums, Eastern European DNS Forum, Eurasia Network Operators’ Group conferences, TLDCON, etc. She has also managed regional and local Internet industry and Internet Governance events in Russia and Eastern Europe.