Agenda, Presentations and Videos
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| 13 September |
08:00 am – 09:15 am |
Registration of delegates |
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Aula
dei Gruppi |
09:15 am – 10:00 am |
Official opening of the World
e-Parliament Conference 2012
- Gianfranco Fini, President of the Chamber of
Deputies of Italy (VIDEO)
- Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (VIDEO)
- Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for
Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs of the United Nations (VIDEO)
- Abel Martínez Durán, President of the Chamber of
Deputies of the Dominican Republic and Co-Chair of the Board
of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament (VIDEO)
- Rainer Wieland, Vice President of the European
Parliament and Co-Chair of the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in
Parliament (VIDEO)
- Maurizio Lupi, Vice President of the Chamber of
Deputies of Italy and member of the Board of the Global Centre for
ICT in Parliament (VIDEO)
- Benedetto Adragna, Senator and Questor of the Senate of Italy
Greetings on behalf of the Presidency of the Senate (VIDEO)
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10:00 am – 10:30 am |
The State of ICT in Parliaments today:
the World e-Parliament Report 2012 (VIDEO)
Key note address:
Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global Centre for
ICT in Parliament |
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Aula dei
Gruppi |
Sala del
Mappamondo |
10:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Session A1 - The impact of
technology on parliamentary openness and accountability (VIDEO)
Chair: Jennifer Simons, Speaker of the Parliament
of Suriname
- Antonio Palmieri, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
- Juan José Lucas Giménez, 1st Vice
President, Senate of Spain
- Chifumu Banda,
Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the National Assembly of Zambia
Open debate |
Session B1 – Bungeni Parliamentary
Information and Legislative System: features, architecture and
localization (VIDEO)
Chair: João Viegas Abreu, Senior Programme
Expert, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
- Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Adviser. Africa
i-Parliaments Action Plan, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, United Nations
- Miriam Ngoka, Programme Officer, Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
- Ashok Hariharan, Software Development Coordinator,
Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, United Nations
- Mario Ruggier, Software Development Officer, Africa
i-Parliaments Action Plan, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, United Nations
- Fabio Vitali, Co-Chair of the OASIS LegalDocumentML, Committee Professor of Computer Science,
University of Bologna
Open debate |
12:00 pm – 01:30 pm |
Session A2 - The
challenges of today’s participatory media for parliaments and
legislators (VIDEO)
Chair: Abdelouahed El Ansari, Vice President of the
House of Representatives of Morocco
- Cedrick Frolick, House Chairperson of the National
Assembly of South Africa
- Archy Kirkwood, Chairman of the Information
Committee of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom
- Eriko Yamatani, Member of the House of Councillors
of Japan
- Ramón Farías Ponce, Member of the Chamber of
Deputies of Chile
Open debate |
Session B2 -
Bungeni Parliamentary Information and
Legislative System: the way forward (VIDEO)
Chair: Miriam Ngoka, Programme Officer,
Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, United Nations
- Shirley-Ann Fiagome, Deputy Director ICT,
Parliament of Ghana
- Owino Harrison, Head of ICT Services, National
Assembly of Kenya
- Saseeta Ramsahye-Rakha, Ag. Parliamentary ICT
Manager, National Assembly of Mauritius
- Cheryl Pinas, Head of the ICT department, National
Assembly of Suriname
- Wabwire Julius, Senior Systems Analyst, Parliament
of Uganda
- Michael Mukuka, Principal Clerk ICT, National
Assembly of Zambia
Open debate |
01:30 pm – 03:00 pm |
Lunch break |
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Aula dei Gruppi
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Sala del Mappamondo
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03:00 pm – 04:30 pm |
Session A3 - Innovations
in parliamentary communications (VIDEO)
Chair: Audrey O’Brien, Clerk of the House of
Commons of Canada
- Hayono Isman, Vice-Chairman of the Committee for
Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation, House of Representatives of
Indonesia
- Stephen Clark, Head of Web Communications, European
Parliament
- Andy Wiliamson, Consultant, Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Open debate |
Session B3 - Technology options for
recording and reporting parliamentary proceedings (VIDEO)
Chair: Damir Davidovic, Secretary General
of the Parliament of Montenegro
- Saseeta Ramsahye-Rakha,
Ag. Parliamentary ICT Manager, National Assembly of Mauritius
- Andreas Sidler, Chief Information Officer, Federal Parliament of
Switzerland
- Miano Njoka, Software Developer Officer, Africa
i-Parliaments Action Plan, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, United Nations
Open debate |
04:30 pm – 05:00 pm |
Coffee break |
05:00 pm – 06:30 pm |
Session A4 - Benefits and
values of open data for fostering greater transparency in
legislatures (VIDEO)
Chair: Jani Makraduli, Vice President of the
Assembly of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Paolo Gentiloni, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
and Elena Flavia Candia, IT Department Officer, Chamber of Deputies of Italy
- Rogério Ventura Teixeira, Director General, Chamber
of Deputies of Brazil
- Robert Reeves, Deputy Clerk, House of
Representatives of the United States of America
Open debate |
Session B4 - The added
value of libraries to parliamentary information: making content more
powerful (VIDEO)
Chair: Sonia L'Heureux, Librarian of the Parliament
of Canada
- Raissa Teodori, Secretary of the IFLA Section on Library
and Research Services for Parliaments and Head of Office,
Joint Parliamentary Library of Italy and Moira Fraser, Member of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments
- Alim Garga, Director of the Library of the National
Assembly of Cameroon
- John McDonough, Head of Collections, Library and
Research Services, Parliament of Ireland
Open debate |
| 06:30 pm |
Report on the outcome of the meeting of
the high-level Board of the Global Centre for ICT in
Parliament (VIDEO)
Final statement of the Board
- Rainer Wieland, Vice President of the European
Parliament and Co-Chair of the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in
Parliament
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| 07:00 pm – 08:30 pm |
Welcoming reception for all
delegates |
| 14 September |
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Aula dei
Gruppi |
Sala del
Mappamondo |
09:30 am – 11:00 am |
Session A5 - ICT Strategic
Planning in Parliament: doing more with less (VIDEO)
Chair: Dick Toornstra, Director of the Office for
Promotion of Parliamentary Democracy, European Parliament
Open debate |
Session B5 - XML
applications and services in Parliament (VIDEO)
Chair: Ravi Poliah, acting Division Manager,
Parliament of South Africa
- João Holanda, Director of SSALEP, Prodasen, Senate
of Brazil
- Kirsten Gullickson, Senior Systems Analyst,
House of Representatives of the United States of America
- Ashok Hariharan, Software Development Coordinator,
Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, United Nations
Open debate |
11:00 am – 11:30 am |
Coffee break |
11:30 am – 01:00 pm |
Session A6 - Tools and
technologies for meeting mobility requirements (VIDEO)
Chair: Carol Mills, Secretary, Department of
Parliamentary Services, Parliament of Australia
- Koo Heekwon, Vice Secretary General, National
Assembly of the Republic of Korea
- Joan Miller, Director of Parliamentary ICT of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Fakhreddine Aouadi, IT Applications Specialist,
European Parliament
Open debate |
Session B6 -
Inter-parliamentary cooperation to achieve an
international legislative and parliamentary XML standard (VIDEO)
Chair: Gherardo Casini , Head, Office of
the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United
Nations
- Enrico Seta, Senior Officer, Research Department, Chamber of Deputies of Italy
- Carlo Simonelli, Coordinator of the ECPRD Area of
Interest ICT in Parliaments and Head of Office, Central Systems,
Chamber of Deputies of Italy
- Monica Palmirani, Co-Chair of the OASIS LegalDocumentML Committee and Professor
of Legal Informatics, School of Law - CIRSFID, University of Bologna
Open debate |
01:00 pm – 02:30 pm |
Lunch break |
02:30 pm – 04:00 pm |
Session A7 - Delivering
information and documents through tablets and mobile
devices (VIDEO)
Chair: James Rege, Chairman of the Energy,
Information and Communication Committee of the National
Assembly of Kenya
Open debate
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Session B7 - Joint open
source projects to deliver quality information (VIDEO)
Chair: Bassel Dohaini, Chairman of the ICT
Department, Parliament of Lebanon
- Mauro Fioroni, acting Head of the IT
Department, and Carlo Marchetti, Head of the
Information Systems Development Office, Senate of Italy
- Claudio Fabiani, Project Manager, Directorate
General for Innovation and Technological Support, European Parliament
- Mario Ruggier, Software Development Officer, Africa
i-Parliaments Action Plan, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, United Nations
Open debate |
04:00 pm – 04:30 pm |
Coffee break |
04:30 pm – 06:00 pm |
Session A8 - Protecting the IT environment and minimizing external threats (VIDEO)
Chair: Jesus Alfonso Rodriguez Camargo,,
Secretary General, House of Representatives of Colombia
- Hernán Figueroa, Director of Information Technology, Chamber of Deputies of Chile
- Stéphan Aubé, Chief Information Officer, House of Commons of Canada
Open debate
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Session B8 - Options for electronic voting
systems in plenary and committee rooms (VIDEO)
Chair: Garreth Ferguson, Information
Systems Manager, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Open debate |
06:00 pm – 08:00 pm |
Tours of the Chamber of Deputies |
| 15 September |
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Aula
dei Gruppi |
09:00 am – 10:15 am |
Session A9 –
e-Parliament, transparency laws and freedom of access to
information (VIDEO)
Chair: Timothy Hamel-Smith, President, Senate
of Trinidad and Tobago
Open debate |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am |
Session A10 – Being open to
citizens’ voices, participation and dialogue: the formal
launch of the Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations’
Declaration on Parliamentary Openness (VIDEO)
Chair: Andrew Mandelbaum, Senior Governance
Officer, National Democratic Institute
- María Baron, co-Coordinator, Latin American Network
for Legislative Transparency, and Executive Director, Directorio
Legislativo Foundation
- John Wonderlich, Policy Director, Sunlight
Foundation
- Marwa Abou Dayya, Executive Board Member, Nahwa
Al-Muwatiniya (Towards Citizenship)
- Gregor Hackmack, co-Founder and Chief
Executive Officer, ParliamentWatch.org
- Aline Pennisi, Vice President, OpenPolis
Association
- Anna Scislowska, Project Coordinator, Association
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Open debate |
| 11:15 am – 01:00 pm |
Celebrations of the International Day of Democracy – Promoting Tolerance and Peace (VIDEO)
co-Chairs:
Maurizio Lupi,Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Thomas Stelzer,
Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs of the United Nations
Key note addresses:
- Giulio Terzi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy
- Abdelwahad Radi, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Chukwuemeka Nkem Ihedioha, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria
- Vannino Chiti, Vice President of the Senate of Italy
Statements by Presidents and Speakers of Parliament
Conclusions
- Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs of the United Nations
- Abdelwahad Radi, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Renzo Lusetti, Member of the Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
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