Robert Krimmer is Senior Adviser on New Voting Technologies at OSCE Office for Democratic Instruments and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), in Warsaw, Poland. For more than ten years he has followed the development of the use of new technologies in the area of elections. He edited and published several books and articles and worked as election expert around the world. Prior to his engagement at OSCE/ODIHR, Robert founded and chaired the Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation (E-Voting.CC) and initiated the bi-annual EVOTE conference series held in Bregenz, Austria.