Presentations made at the event

• 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

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

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

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

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

Open discussion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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