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Day
One
26
November 07
- Closed
Session
for Commissioners
Please click here to view a
pdf of the
programme.
The conference programme has now been finalised. Abstracts
for speakers are available (where they have been received) for Days
2-4. Final papers and presentations will be added in due
course.
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| 8.30am |
Registration Desk
Opens |
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8.45 am |
Powhiri |
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9.30 am |
Plenary
Session
Opening
of the
conference
Hon Margaret Wilson, Speaker of the New Zealand House of
Representatives
Welcome
- Overview of the
conference, what we’d like it to achieve
John
Belgrave, Chief Ombudsman, New Zealand
The
Genesis and Future of New
Zealand’s 25-year experience of Freedom of Information.
Video interview with Sir Kenneth Keith, member of the International
Court of Justice
Room: Banquet Hall |
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10.45 am |
Morning Tea - Grand Hall |
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11.15 am |
Plenary
Session
The
current issues and future
challenges for FOI in New Zealand
John Belgrave, Chief Ombudsman,
New Zealand
Room: Banquet Hall |
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11.30 am |
Workshops
Ensuring
compliance with investigation requests for information and
decisions that public authorities should disclose
information.
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Workshop
1A
Andrea
Neill, Assistant
Commissioner,
Complaints Resolution and Compliance, Canada
Room: Legislative Council Chamber |
Workshop
1B
Nataša
Pirc Musar, Information Commissioner, Republic of
Slovenia
Room: Banquet Hall |
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12.30 pm |
Lunch - Grand Hall |
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1.30 pm |
Plenary
Session
Talking
to government about
sensitive issues: how far can ‘behind the scenes’
conversations resolve problems?
Richard Woods, formerly Director,
Security Intelligence
Service, New Zealand
Marie Shroff, Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand
Room: Banquet Hall |
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2.45 pm |
Report back from the workshops on compliance.
Sharing
the main points that
arose in each group
Room: Banquet Hall
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3.05 pm |
Afternoon Tea - Grand Hall |
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3.30 pm |
Plenary
Session
Communications
Tools for
Information Commissioners
Alonso Lujambio Irazábal,
Commissioner President, Federal
Institute of Access to Public Information, Mexicoconference
Room: Banquet Hall
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4.30 pm |
Plenary Session
Future
conferences
Beverley
Wakem,
Ombudsman, New Zealand
Room: Banquet Hall |
| 5.30pm |
End of
day
One |
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