Wednesday, 20 October 2010

All day

Arrival of delegations and registration

07:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Welcoming Reception  “Ke Nako – It’s Africa’s time 2010”
hosted by the Parliament of South Africa at the ICC in Sandton

Thursday, 21 October 2010

PLENARY

09:00 am – 10:00 am

Opening Ceremony

·   Thomas Stelzer, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and  Inter-Agency Affairs of the United Nations

·   Ntlhoi Motsamai, Speaker of the National Assembly of Lesotho

·   Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces of South Africa

·   Moussa Idriss Ndélé, President of the Pan-African Parliament

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Keynote addresses

·   Radhakrishna Lutchmana Padayachie, Deputy  Minister of Public Service and Administration of the Republic of South Africa – “Governing at a time of technological changes

·   Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament – “An overview of the findings  of the World e-Parliament Report 2010”

11:00 am – 11:30 am 

Coffee and tea break

11:30 am – 01:00 pm

Mind the gap: the impact of the digital divide on parliaments and democracy

Chair: Rose FrancineRogombé, President of the Senate of Gabon

Panelists:

·   Lasse Bertzen, Professor, Vestvold University College

·   Paula Turyahikayo, Vice Chair of the ICT Committee of the Parliament of Uganda

·   Stanislav Dovhyi, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

·   Anant Voratitipong, Member of the Senate of Thailand

Open discussion

01:00 pm – 02:30 pm

Lunch break

MAIN SESSION

SPECIALIZED SESSIONS

02:30 pm – 04:00 pm

Parliaments and the media in the information age

Chair: Dan Kidega, Member of the East African Legislative Assembly

Panelists:

·   Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, former Minister of Arts and Culture of the Government of South Africa

·   Abdelhamid Saadaoui, Member of the House of Councillors of Morocco

·   Wavinya Ndeti, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Kenya

Open discussion

Building an ICT-based parliamentary library

Chair: Raissa Teodori, Secretary of the IFLA Section on Libraries and Research Services for Parliaments and Head of the Special Collection Office of the Library of the Senate of Italy

Panelists:

·       Soledad Ferreiro, Director of the Library of the Congress of Chile

·       Sari Pajula, Director of the Library of the Parliament of Finland

·       Roxanne Missingham, Librarian of the Parliament of Australia

Open discussion

Capturing and reporting parliamentary proceedings

Chair: Dick Toornstra, Director of the Office for Promotion of Parliamentary Democracy of the European Parliament

Panelists:

·       Saseeta Rakha, CIO /Acting PICT Manager, National Assembly of Mauritius

·        Assem Genedy, Under Secretary, Director of the Information Centre, People’s Assembly of Egypt

·       Sergio Falcão, Analyst, IT Centre, Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

Open discussion

04:00 pm – 04:30 pm

Coffee and tea break

04:30 pm – 06:00 pm

Expanding access to information: implications for parliaments, the civil society and the public

Chair:  Henk Ramnandanlal, Member of the National Assembly of Suriname

Panelists:

·   Andy Williamson, Director, Digital Democracy, Hansard Society

·   Obed Bapela, House Chairperson, National Assembly of South Africa

·   José Pedro Montero, Secretary General of the House of Representatives of Uruguay and Vice President of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliament (ASGP)

Open discussion

Advances in XML at the international level

Chair: Jean-Marc Laforest, Director-General for Innovation and Technological Support, European Parliament

Panelists:

·       Richard Ware, Director of Programmes and Development, Parliament of the United Kingdom

·       Ashok Hariharan, Software Development Coordinator, Africa i-Parliament Action Plan, UN/DESA

·       Michael M. Murungi, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Law Report

Open discussion

The challenge of archiving parliamentary records in multiple formats

Chair: David Addow-Quarshie, Director of the ICT Department, Parliament of Ghana

Panelists:

·       João Batista de Holanda Neto, IT Analyst, Senate of Brazil

·        Enrico Seta, Head of the International Office, Studies and Research Department, Chamber of Deputies of Italy

·        Muhammad Djarzuli, IT Chief, House of Representatives of Indonesia

Open discussion

Friday, 22 October 2010

MAIN SESSION

SPECIALIZED SESSIONS

09:30 am – 11:00 am

Can social media improve political participation?

Chair: Esau Chiviya, Secretary General, SADC Parliamentary Forum

Panelists:

·   Ramon Farias, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile

·   Francisco Vergara, Secretary General of the National Assembly of Ecuador

·   Garreth Ferguson, Information System Manager of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago

Open Discussion

Assessment tools and strategic planning for ICT in Parliament

Chair: Pedro Eastmond, Clerk of the Assembly of Barbados

Panelists:

·       Fatima Boltman, MSP Programme Manager, Parliament of South Africa

·       Mahesh Perera, IT Director, Parliament of Sri Lanka

·       João Viegas Abreu, Senior Programme Expert, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

Open discussion

The benefits of parliamentary networks: the APKN case

Chair: Zingile Dingani, Secretary to the Parliament of South Africa

Panelists:

·       Cecilia Matanga, Programme Officer, Africa i-Parliament Action Plan, UN/DESA

·       Simon Engitu, Chair of the APKN Working Group on Parliamentary Libraries, and Assistant Director, Library Services, Parliament of Uganda

·       Mireille Eza, Director of Noria, Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie

Open discussion

11:00 am – 11:30 am 

Coffee and tea break

11:30 am – 01:00 pm

How video and mobile technologies are changing parliamentary communication

Chair: Jakes Jacobs, Secretary to the National Assembly of Namibia

Panelists:

·   Robert Reeves, Deputy Clerk, House of Representatives of the United States of America

·   Antonio Saad, IT Director, National Assembly of Panama

·   Carlo Marchetti, Head of the Information Systems Development Office,  IT Department, Senate of Italy

Open Discussion

Supporting the work of MPs through chamber technologies

Chair: Austin M. Zvoma, Clerk of the Parliament of Zimbabwe

Panelists:

·       Juha-Pekka Leskinen, IT Manager, Parliament of Finland

·       Dan Landau, Director General and Chief Executive Officer, and Arik Fischel, Director of IT, Knesset of Israel

Open discussion

Assessing Bungeni for your Parliament

·       Chair: Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Advisor, Africa i-Parliament Action Plan, UN/DESA

Panelists:

·       Bungeni Team, Africa i-Parliament Action Plan, UN/DESA

·       Job Pierre, Chief of IT Services, Chamber of Deputies of Haiti

·       Clement Nyandiere, Director, Information and Research Services, National Assembly of Kenya

Open discussion

01:00 pm – 02:30 pm

Lunch break

PLENARY

02:30 pm – 04:00 pm

Websites for transparency and accountability

Chair:  Abdel Aziz Moustafa, Deputy Speaker of the People’s Assembly of Egypt

Panelists:

·   Christine Leston-Bandeira, Professor, Senior Lecturer in Legislative Studies, University of Hull

·   Maurizio Lupi, Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy

·   Ernest C. Mwansa, Second Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the Whole House of the National Assembly of Zambia

Open Discussion

04:00 pm – 04:30 pm

Coffee and tea break

04:30 pm – 06:00 pm

Strengthening trust between parliaments and the people: the role of information and communication technologies

Chair:  Bethel Amadi, First Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament

Panelists:

·   Julio César Valentín, Chair of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Senate of the Dominican Republic

·   Sikhumbuzo Eric Kholwane, Member of the National Assembly of South Africa

·   Jorge Fernández Díaz, 3^rd Vice President  of the Congress of Deputies of Spain

Open discussion

06:00 pm – 06:30 pm

Official closing of the World e-Parliament Conference 2010

·   Maurizio Lupi, Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy and Co-Chair of the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

·   Obed Bapela, House Chairperson, National Assembly of South Africa and Co-Chair of the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

·   Thomas Stelzer, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs of the United Nations

·   Moussa Idriss Ndélé, President of the Pan-African Parliament