ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards Institute)
Sept. 2004 - present

Chairman of the Etsi Esi Working Group.

LIBERTY ALLIANCE PROJECT
June 2002 - present

Associate.
"The mission of the Liberty Alliance Project is to establish an open standard for federated network identity trough open technical specifications." (www.projectliberty.org)

UNINFO Commissione STT - Sicurezza delle transazioni telematiche
Oct. 2001 - present

Elected chairman of the commission established within Uninfo (Standards for the Information Technology and related applications Institute - Associated body of Uni) on Security in Electronic Transactions.

CEN/ISSS E-Sign Workshop (European Committee for Standardisation - Information Society Standardisation System)

Chairman of the CEN-ISSS Workshop on Electronic Signatures Standardisation. The CEN-ISSS E-Sign Workshop is co-ordinated by EESSI (European Electronic Signature Standardisation Initiative) and founded by the European Community.
Feb. 2001 - Feb. 2004

Member of the Steering Group of EESSI.

FED (Federazione Economia Digitale)
Feb. 2001 - present

Full member. Candidate to be elected member of the executive committee of the board. FED gathers Italian consumer, industry and professional organisations.

EEMA (European Electronic Mailing Association)
Mar. 2000 - present

Full member.

ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards Institute)
Nov. 1999 - present

Full member.

TELETRUST E.V.
Feb. 1998 - present

Invited as observer to the AG 1 on Digital Signatures.

AIPA (Italian Authority for IT in the Public Administration)
Jun. 2000 - 2002

Member of the Working Group for the draft of the new Italian Legislation, implementing the European Directive on electronic signatures 1999/93/EC.

QUALISIGN
Mar. 2000 - 2001

European Commission DG Information Technology: ISIS program 2000. Project leader. It is a project conceived by Dr. R. Genghini and Prof. R. Posch of the T.U. Graz, to realize a secure signature creation environment.

Elected chairman of the Workgroup on Secure Signature Creation Device (Area F). The CEN-ISSS E-Sign Workshop is co-ordinated by EESSI (European Electronic Signature Standardisation Initiative) and founded by the European Community.

EUROPÄISCHE AKADEMIE
Mar. 2000 - 2001

Full member. Participant to the reseach: Moral and Social sustainability of Electronic Signatures.

ITALIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NOTARIES
Jun. 96-Apr. 2000

Member of the Commission on Information Technology (IT) of the Consiglio Nazionale del Notariato.

STUDIO NOTARILE GENGHINI
Jul. 1990 - present

Founder of the Studio Notarile Genghini (SNG), a (latin) notary public office and legal consultant firm, with offices in Milan, Rome and Cinisello Balsamo (Milan).
Wide-ranging notary services are on offer: e.g. real estate, commercial law, succession, authentication and general consulting activities. The almost unique specialisation of SNG is in setting up cyber notary activities and facilities.
SNG has also focused his activity on city planning, tax structuration and rationalisation, IT law, with a special focus on privacy and security.
The staff comprises a group of young and dynamic professionals, international in scope, with a special interest in Information Technology.
SNG has established partnerships with academics, lawyers, consultants and financial experts in Italy, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and the U.S. In 2000, SNG has signed agreements with leading Universities in Austria and Germany for security research.
Since the making of Italian Legislation on Digital Signatures (June 1997), Mr. Genghini and his staff have been involved also internationally to the making of the Italian Legislation and partecipate to the making of other legislation, establishing positive relationships with governmental agencies of Austria, Finland, Germany, Sweden, UK and, of course, Italy and European Community.
SNG has international co-operation and consulting agreements with Italian and International organisations and companies.

Lectureships and Publications

ARTICLES
Numerous published articles concerning wide-ranging legal issues (e.g. International Private Law, Commercial Law, the law in Information Technology) in specialised Journals (e.g. Giustizia Civile ("Civil Justice"), Foro Italiano ("The Italian Forum"), Contratto e Imprese ("Contract and firms"), ICT Security.

BOOKS
F. Galgano, R. Genghini: "Il nuovo diritto societario - Gli statuti delle nuove società di capitali"; published by CEDAM, 2004, Padova, Italy, in "Trattato di diritto commerciale e dell'economia", volume ventinovesimo.
AA.VV. edited by C. J. Langenbach, O. Ulrich: Elektronische Signaturen. Kulturelle Beherrschbarkeit und moralische Verantwortbarkeit, in print by Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2001. With the contribution of: O. Ulrich, G. Banse, H. Baümler, J. Dumortier, R. Genghini, A. Kiepas, C. Langenbach, B. Lutterbeck, P. Machleidt, A. Pfitzmann, G. Rudinger, R. Voßbein.
Co-edited law book with M. Genghini: La Civilistica Italiana dagli anni '50 ad Oggi tra Crisi Dogmatica e Riforme Legislative ("Italian Civil Law: from the '50's to the Present through Dogmatic Crisis to Legislative Reform"); Published by Dott. A. Giuffrè Editore, Milan, Italy, 1989.
Co-edited law book with A. Cocchi and V. Sacchi: L'assemblea nelle società di capitali ("Annual General Meetings of Limited Liability Companies"); Published by Il Sole 24 Ore Norme e tributi, Milan, 1997.

LECTURSHIPS
Tutor Responsible for the Commercial Law Master of the Notary School of Lombardia, (Milan, Italy, March 2001 - July 2003).
Assistant Lecturer (part-time) in Commercial Law at the Notary School of Lombardia, (Milan, Italy, Nov. 1992 - March 2001).
Assistant Lecturer in Civil Law at the University of Rome, (Rome, Italy, Nov. 1985 - Jul. 1989).
Assistant Lecturer in Private Law at the University of Naples, (Naples, Italy, Nov. 1982 - Jul. 1984).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

WINTROPH STIMSON PUTNAM & ROBERTS (New York City, USA, Apr-Jun. 1990)
Summer Associate at the Law Firm
WOLFSTEINER & BOHRER (Munich, Germany, Oct. 1989-Feb. 1990)
Temporary associate

EDUCATION

NOTARY PUBLIC EXAM (1989): Admitted with Distinction (ranked 4th out of 6000).
BAR EXAM (1989): Admitted to the Bar with Distinction (ranked 10th out of 4000) at the Court of Appeal.
UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES (1979-1983): Law Degree with Distinction.
Doctorate Thesis - Subject : "Condizioni generali di contratto in Italia e Germania - Ipotesi di controllo informatico" ("Standard Mass Contracts in Italy and Germany - Consumer protection through IT control"); Published by Naples University, 1983.