Official Opening of the World e-Parliament Conference 2009

• Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
• Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Ahmed Fathy Sorour, Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt and co-Chair of the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament
• Ildiko Gall Pelcz, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary and co-Chair of the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

High-level panel
Connecting Parliaments and citizens: new technologies to foster openness, transparency and accountability

Chair: Harry Jenkins, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia

• Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo, Speaker of Parliament of Ghana
• Julio César Valentín, President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic
• Maurizio Lupi, Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
• Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Member of Congress, Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference, U.S. House of Representatives
• Edward J. Markey, Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, U.S. House of Representatives

Open discussion

High-level panel
How ICT can strengthen Parliaments in young and emerging democracies

Chair: Justin Koumba, President of the National Assembly of Congo

• Mninwa J. Mahlangu, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces of South Africa
• Diana Wallis, Vice President of the European Parliament
• Jani Makraduli, Vice President of the Assembly of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• David Price, Chairman of the House Democracy Partnership and Chairman of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives

Open discussion

ICT Strategic Planning, Management and Oversight: the complexity of the legislature environment

Chair: Marilyn B. Barua-Yap, Secretary General, House of Representatives of the Philippines

• Anders Forsberg, Secretary General, Parliament of Sweden
• Ian Harris, Clerk of the House of Representatives of Australia
• Mzi Mbangula, Divisional Head, Corporate Services (ICT), National Assembly of South Africa

Open discussion

Open standards for parliamentary documentation: cooperative approaches

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

• João Alberto de Oliveira Lima, Systems Analyst, Federal Senate of Brazil
• Monica Palmirani, Associate Professor of Legal Informatics, CIRSFID, University of Bologna
• Tom Van Engers, Professor of Legal Knowledge Management, Leibniz Center for Law, University of Amsterdam
• Flemming Sorensen, Head of Service, Directorate for Information Technologies, Directorate General for Innovation and Technological Support, European Parliament

Open discussion

How parliamentary websites can serve different purposes and users

Chair: Matilda Katopola, Secretary General, National Assembly of Malawi

• Adelina Sá Carvalho, Secretary General, Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
• Alessandro Palanza, Deputy Secretary General, Chamber of Deputies of Italy
• Carlos Magno Cataldi Santoro, CIO, Senate of Brazil
• Ellen Miller, Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation

Open discussion

Implementing XML in Parliament

Chair: Andreas Sidler, CIO, Parliament of Switzerland

• Kirsten Gullickson, Senior Systems Analyst, and Cindy Leach, Projects Director, U.S. House of Representatives
• Arik Fischel, Head of the IT Department, Parliament of Israel
• Bruno Penne, IT Expert, House of Representatives of Belgium
• Brian Keenan, ParlInfo Administrator, Publishing Section Information Access Branch, Department of Parliamentary Services, Parliament of Australia [Transcript]

Open discussion

Special event
How important are international and regional networks to support the responsibilities of Parliaments?

Chair: Hafnaoui Amrani, President, Association of Secretaries General of Parliament (ASGP) and Secretary General, Council of the Nation of Algeria

• Mohamed Abou Zeid, Member of the Parliament of Egypt
• Lim In Gyu, Deputy Secretary General, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
• Piotr Nowina-Konopka, co-Director of the ECPRD and Director for Relations with National Parliaments of the European Parliament
• William T. Pound, Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
• Moira Fraser, Chair of the IFLA Parliamentary Library and Research Services Section and Librarian of the Parliament of New Zealand

Open discussion

The use of new social media and other Internet communication tools in the parliamentary environment: lessons learned

Chair: James G. Kwanya Rege, Member of the Parliament of Kenya

• Sérgio Sampaio de Almeida, Director General and Andréa Perna, Manager, Legislative Governance Bureau, Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
• Patricio Alvarez Cabezas, Director of IT, Senate of Chile
• Stephen Clark, Head of Web Communications, European Parliament

Open discussion

Security and reliability of technical infrastructures: challenges for parliaments

Chair: Javier de Andrés Blasco, Coordinator, Center for Information and Communication Technologies, Congress of Deputies, Spain

• Lou Magnotti, Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives
• David Addow-Quarshie, IT Director, Parliament of Ghana
• Antonio Saad, ICT Director, National Assembly of Panama

Open discussion

Systems for managing the lifecycle of legislative documentation

Chair: José Pedro Montero, Secretary General, House of Representatives of Uruguay

• Innis Montgomery, Director of Technology, Parliamentary ICT, Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Fernando Milan Zuber, IT Director, Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
• Cecilia Matanga, Programme Officer, Africa i-Parliament Action Plan, UN/DESA

Open discussion

Technology options for recording and reporting floor and committee proceedings

Chair: Jeff Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

• Robert Reeves, Deputy Clerk, US House of Representatives
• Paulo Henrique Alves Araújo, Project Manager, Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
• Carlo Marchetti, Information Systems Development Office, IT Department, Senate of Italy
• Juha-Pekka Leskinen, IT Manager, and Petteri Nyman, Web Producer, Parliament of Finland

Open discussion

Chamber technologies: experiences and trends

Chair: Luc Blondeel, Secretary General, Senate of Belgium

• Shin Hang Jin, Director, Legislative Information System Office, Assembly of the Republic of Korea
• Oleksiy Sydorenko, Head, Computer Systems (IT) Department, Parliament of Ukraine
• Hernán Figueroa, Director of IT, Chamber of Deputies of Chile
• João Viegas, Director of IT, National Assembly of Portugal and ECPRD Coordinator of the ICT Working Group

Open discussion

Enhancing research services for members and committees through ICT

Chair: Marianne Gei-Khoibes, Director Library and Computer Services, National Assembly of Namibia

• Rae Ellen Best, Librarian, US House of Representatives
• John Pullinger, Director General and Librarian, UK Parliament
• Alim Garga, Deputy Director, Library and Information Services, National Assembly of Cameroon
• Santo Voeuk, Director of Library and Research Services, Senate of Cambodia
• Raissa Teodori, Secretary, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments and Head of the Special Collections Office, Library, Senate of Italy

Open discussion

High-level panel
Promoting democracy and inter-parliamentary cooperation: a collaborative approach to institutional building through a shared framework for e-parliament

Chair: Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

Presentation: The status of ICT in Parliament - Jeff Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

Interventions

• Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
• James Michel, Ambassador, Counselor to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Hafnaoui Amrani, President, Association of Secretaries General of Parliament (ASGP) and Secretary General, Council of the Nation of Algeria
• Silvana Rubino-Hallman, Specialist, Institutional Capacity of the State Division, Inter-American Development Bank
• Paul Mitchell, Manager of the Development Communication Division, The World Bank

Open discussion

Official closing of the World e-Parliament Conference 2009

• Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
• Ahmed Fathy Sorour, Speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt and co-Chair of the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament
• Ildiko Gall Pelcz, Deputy-Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly and co-Chair of the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament
• Anders Johnsson, Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Lorraine Miller, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives