Dr Eduardo Gelbstein has extensive experience in the organisational and social impact of ICT. His professional activities cover over 40 years in the private and public sector and exposure to the professional cultures of nuclear physics, information technology, police officers, auditors, vendors, politicians, diplomats, and the United Nations. Since 2002, he has been an advisor to the United Nations Board of External Auditors, Adjunct Professor at Webster University in Geneva, and a Senior Special Fellow of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Until 2002, he was the Director of the International Computing Centre of the United Nations. He is the author of several books and articles and a regular speaker at international conferences. His personal interests include the history of humankind and the histories of science and technology, and the processes of thinking and creativity. He is also an amateur pianist.