| Agenda - World e-Parliament Conference 2008
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25 November 2008 
  
    | 08:00 – 09:30 | Registration |  
    | 09:30 – 11:00 | Inaugural Session 
        
          Mechtild Rothe, Vice President of the European ParliamentKatalin Szili, Speaker of the National Assembly of HungaryAhmed Fathy Sorour, Speaker of the People's Assembly of EgyptSha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Keynote address Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
 Presentation Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor of the Global Centre for ICT in ParliamentThe state of ICT in Parliaments: a global perspective
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    | 11.00 – 13.00 | Plenary session I - Strengthening democratic institutions in the information society: the politics of e-parliament 
        Chair: Ahmed Fathy Sorour, Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt Discussants: 
          Open discussionGertrude Mongella, President, Pan-African ParliamentSilvia-Adriana Ticau, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European ParliamentPablo Álvarez, Special Committee on Innovation, Research, Science and Technology, Chamber of Representatives of UruguayWellars Gasamagera, Member of the ICT Steering Committee of the Senate of RwandaAlexandros Dermentzopoulos, Member of the Permanent Committee on Technology Assessment, Hellenic Parliament |  
    | 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch break |  
    | 14.15 – 15.00 | Special event: Parliamentary Web TVs 
				Moderator: Cecilia Matanga, ICT Officer, Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum Presenters: 
          Sergio Falcão, Advisor to the Chief Information Officer , Chamber of Deputies of BrazilHernán Figueroa, Director ICT, Chamber of Deputies of Chile Michael Shackleton, WebTV, Project Manager, European Parliament |  | Parallel sessions |  
    | 15.00 – 16.30 | A - Open standards for managing parliamentary documents: case studies in the use of semantic technologies 
        Moderator: Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Advisor, Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 
          Kirsten Gullickson, Software Engineer, House of Representatives of the United States of AmericaSergio Falcão, Advisor, IT Department, Chamber of Deputies of Brazil Richard Ware, Director Programme and Project Development, Parliament of the United Kingdom Choi Jin-Ho, Vice Director General of the Inter-Parliamentary Affairs Bureau, National Assembly of the Republic of KoreaIan McDonald, Deputy Principal Clerk, House of Commons of Canada Open discussion | B - Websites for parliaments and committees: practices and standards 
        Moderator: Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global    Centre for ICT in Parliament 
          Assem Genedy, Director, Information Centre, People’s Assembly of EgyptBernard Muller, Parliamentary Information Systems, Directorate General for Innovation and Technical Support, European ParliamentNinoska López, IT Analyst, National Assembly of NicaraguaErik Landaverde, IT Officer, National Assembly of El Salvador Open discussion on Guidelines for Parliamentary Websites | C - Meeting the information needs of members of parliament 
        Moderator: Eliza Roszkowska Öberg, Member of the Parliament of Sweden 
          Raissa Teodori, Senior Parliamentary Officer, Library, Senate of the Republic of Italy and Member of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for ParliamentsBridie Nathanson, European Parliaments Research Initiative (EPRI)Juha-Pekka Leskinen, IT Manager, Parliament of FinlandMartin Atkinson, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Open discussion |  
    | 16:30 – 18.00 | D - Parliamentary documents in a regional context: how open standard can promote harmonization 
        Moderator: Giovanni Sartor, Professor of Legal Informatics and Legal Theory, European University Institute 
          Peter Brown, Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)Tom M. Van Engers, Professor of Legal Knowledge Management, Leibniz Center for Law, University of AmsterdamMonica Palmirani, Associate Professor of Legal Informatics, CIRSFID, University of Bologna | 5:00 p.m.Special Event
 Open Desktop in Parliament
 
        Moderator: Abdoulaye Sene, Member of the National Assembly of Senegal Presenters: 
          Rudy Salles, Vice President, National Assembly of FranceGanyani Khosa, ICT Director, Parliament of ZimbabweCarlo Marchetti, Counsellor, IT Department, Senate of the Republic of Italy Open discussion | E - Engaging citizens to enhance the dialogue: concrete experiences 
        Moderator: Edward Baliddawa, Chairman of the ICT Committee, Parliament of Uganda 
          Ann Macintosh, Professor of Digital Governance, Institute of Communications Studies The University of LeedsSoledad Ferrero, Director of the Library of the National Congress of ChileKarina Newton, Director of New Media, Office of the Speaker, House of Representatives of the United States of AmericaFernando Milán Zuber, ICT Director, Chamber of Deputies of MexicoJon Gómez Goikolea, Director of Cabinet of the President of the Basque Parliament Open discussion |  |  26 November 2008
 |  | Parallel sessions |  
    | 09:00 – 11:00 | F - Building systems for managing parliamentary documents 
        Moderator: Chafiq Rachadi, Member of the House of Representatives of Morocco 
          Eszter Kertészné Gérecz, Head of the Department for Informatics, National Assembly of HungaryEnrico Seta, Head of the International Affairs Office, Research Department, Chamber of Deputies of ItalyMiguel Ángel Gonzalo, Head, Coordination and Projects Planning Unit, Cabinet of the Secretary General, Congress of Deputies of SpainStrashimir Strashimirov, Expert, Directorate of Information and Communication Systems, National Assembly of BulgariaJamal Darwish, Expert, Federal National Council, United Arab Emirates | G - IT infrastructures in Parliaments: old and reliable, new and flexible  
	      Moderator: David Addow-Quarshie, Director, ICT Department, Parliament of Ghana 
          Ravi Poliah, ICT Manager, National Assembly of South AfricaJoao Viegas d'Abreu, Coordinator, Working Group on ICT of the European Centre for Parliamentary Research & Documentation (ECPRD) and Director, IT Department, Assembly of the Republic of PortugalHernán Figueroa, Director ICT, Chamber of Deputies of Chile  Open discussion | H - Organizational challenges: staffing and staff development 
        Moderator: Jean-Marc Laforest, Director-General for Innovation and Technological Support, European Parliament 
          Joan Miller, Director, Parliamentary ICT, Parliament of the United KingdomRogério Ventura Teixeira, Head of the Center for Qualification and Training, Chamber of Deputies of BrazilMahesh Perera, Director, Information Systems and Management, Parliament of Sri Lanka Open discussion |  | Plenary sessions |  
    | 11.00 – 13.00 | Plenary session II - Meeting the needs of parliaments in developing countries: the role of development partners and the instruments for assistance 
        Chair: Justin Koumba, Speaker, National Assembly of Congo Discussants: 
          Gherardo Casini, Executive Coordinator, Global Centre for ICT in ParliamentLinda Mauperon, Member of Cabinet, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Dominique Dellicour, Head of Unit "Governance, Human Rights, Democracy and Gender", EuropAid, European CommissionMauro Massoni, Head, Multilateral Office, Italian Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign AffairsOlivier Pierre-Louveaux, Parliamentary Development Expert, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Open discussion |  
    | 13.00 – 15.00 | Lunch break |  
    | 14.15 – 15.00 | Special event IPEX - Interparliamentary EU Information Exchange 
        Moderator: Dick Toornstra, Director, Office for the Promotion of Parliamentary Democracy, European Parliament Presenters: 
          Alessandro Palanza, Deputy Secretary General, Chamber of Deputies of ItalyPiotr Nowina-Konopka, Director for Relations with National Parliaments, European Parliament and co-Director, European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Development (ECPRD) |  
    | 15.00 – 16.30 | Plenary session III - Opportunities for regional and global cooperation: benefits and barriers to parliamentary cooperation 
        Chair: Anders Johnsson, Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union Discussants: 
          Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, President of the Working Group on e-Democracy of the Conference of Presidents of the Regional Legislative Assemblies of Europe (CALRE) and President of the Basque ParliamentMohamed Nagib Abou-Zeid, Member of the Shoura Council of EgyptGro Sandgrind, Chair, Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section, IFLA Piotr Nowina-Konopka, Director for Relations with National Parliaments, European Parliament and co-Director, European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Development (ECPRD)Vladimir Danchev, Head of the Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Cooperation in South East Europe |  
    | 16.30 – 17.00 | Closing session 
        
          Gherardo Casini, Executive Coordinator, Global Centre for ICT in ParliamentMechtild Rothe, Vice President of the European Parliament |  |