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Day
Two 27 November
07 - Open
Session
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Registration Desk Opens |
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9.00 am |
Plenary
Session
Welcome to the conference for non-Information
Commissioners
John Belgrave, Chief
Ombudsman, New Zealand
Room: Banquet Hall |
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9.15 am |
Plenary
Session
Going Forward: Should we be
building a global transparency movement?
Professor Alasdair Roberts,
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse
University, USA
Room: Banquet Hall |
Abstract here
Paper here |
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10.15 am |
Morning Tea - Grand Hall |
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10.45 am |
Plenary
Session
Keynote speech
Hon Annette King, Minister
of Justice, New Zealand
Room: Banquet Hall |
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11.30 am |
Plenary
Session
Discussion
of the issues raised by Professor Roberts and the Minister of
Justice
Rooms: Banquet
Hall
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12.30 pm |
Lunch - Grand Hall |
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1.30 pm |
Plenary
Session
How do we create a culture of
openness and participation?
Shri A. N. Tiwari, Commissioner, Central
Information Commission, India
Marc-Aurèle Racicot, Adjunct
Associate Professor, University of Alberta, & Lawyer,
Canada
Megan
Carter, FOI Consultant, Information Consultants Pty Ltd,
Australia
Room: Banquet Hall
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3.30 pm |
Afternoon Tea - Grand Hall |
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4.00 pm |
Plenary
Session
New Zealand and overseas
perspectives on the operation of FOI laws
Chair: Steven
Price, Adjunct Law Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand
Keynote Speaker: Sir Geoffrey Palmer, President, New
Zealand Law Commission
Discussant: Andrew Podger, National
President, Institute of Public Administration Australia
Room: Banquet Hall |
Abstract here |
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5.30 pm |
End of Day Two |
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7.00 pm |
Social Programme:
Conference Dinner at the St James
Theatre |
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