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Day
Four 29
November 07 - Open
Session
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Registration Desk Opens |
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9.00 am |
Parallel
Sessions –
Session 2A
FOI and
Countries in Transition - Off the shelf software or custom built?
The Asian Experience.
Rick
Snell, Senior Law
Lecturer, University of Tasmania, Australia
Toby
Mendel, Law & Asia
Programmes Director, Article 19
Prof. Mo Yuchuan, Executive Director, Renmin University
Constitutionalism and Administrative Law Research Center, China
Room: TBC
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Parallel
Sessions –
Session 2B
Scope:
Extending the law to
cover the legislature and courts
Nataša
Pirc Musar, Information
Commissioner, Republic of Slovenia
Kevin Dunion, Scottish
Information
Commissioner, Scotland
Frances Joychild,
Barrister and former
Law Commissioner, New Zealand
Eduardo
Bertoni, Executive
Director, Due Process of Law Foundation, USA
Room:TBC
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Parallel
Sessions –
Session 2C
Managing
backlogs and caseloads:
ensuring rights of access are not stifled by delays.
Richard
Thomas, Information Commissioner, United
Kingdom
Melanie-Ann
Pustay, Director,
Office of Information & Privacy,
Department of Justice, USA
Room: TBC
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Parallel
Sessions –
Session 2D
Sweden 240 years On
Nils-Olof
Berggren,
Parliamentary Ombudsman, Sweden
Kjell
Swanström, Head of Staff, Parliamentary Ombudsman, Sweden
Room: TBC |
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10.30 am |
Morning Tea - Grand Hall |
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11.00 am |
Parallel
Sessions -
Session 3A
What
else promotes openness?
A sectoral approach to transparency.
Chair:
Dr. Andrew Ladley,
Director, Institute of Policy Studies,
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Speakers:
Anwar
Purwoto, Director of Research and
Development,
Center of Forest And Nature Conservation, Ministry of Forestry,
Indonesia
Christian
Gruenberg,
Director, Transparency Programme of the Centre for the
Implementation of Public Policies for Equality and Growth,
Argentina
Room: TBC
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Parallel
Sessions –
Session 3B
Accountability
and challenges to
Commissioners decisions
Graham
Smith, Deputy Information
Commissioner, United Kingdom
David
McGee, Ombudsman, New
Zealand
Room: TBC
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Parallel
Sessions –
Session 3C
Monitoring
and Evaluation of
FOI Acts
Professor Robert Hazell,
Director,
Constitution Unit, University College London, United Kingdom
Nicola
White,
Assistant Auditor-General, Office of the Auditor-General,
New Zealand
Room: TBC
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Parallel
Sessions –
Session 3D
The
relationship of sub-national
FOI review bodies to their national counterparts: tensions and
synergies.
Alonso Lujambio Irazabál,
Commissioner President,
Federal Institute for
Access to Information, Mexico
Shri
A. N.
Tiwari, Information Commissioner, Central Information
Commission, India
Luis
Alberto Dominguez
Gonzalez, Counsellor, Mexican State Institute for
Transparency and Access to Information, Mexico
Rajan
Kashyap, Chief
Information Commissioner, Punjab State Information
Commission,, India
Room: TBC
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12.30 pm |
Lunch - Grand Hall |
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1.30 pm |
Parallel
Sessions -
Session 4A
The
use of information and
communications technology in Mexico’s to managing requests.
Juan
Pablo Guerrero
Amparán, Commissioner, Federal Institute for Access to
Information, Mexico
María
Elena Pérez-Jaén Zermeño,
Information
Commissioner,
Federal District of Mexico Institute of Access to Public
Information, Mexico
Dr
Issa
Luna Pla, Executive Director, Center for International
Studies on
Transparency and Access to Information, Mexico
Room: TBC
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Parallel
Sessions –
Session 4B
Freedom
of Information in the Asia
- Pacific Region
Charmaine
Rodrigues, Regional Legislative Strengthening
Advisor,
UNDP Pacific Region
Ila
Geno, Chief
Ombudsman, Papua New Guinea
Janet Maki, Ombudsman, Cook Islands
Room: TBC
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Parallel
Sessions –
Session 4C
Information
in electronic
form
Mr.
Sandy Hounsell, Assistant
Commissioner, Office of the Information an
Privacy Commissioner, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Thomas
Susman, Senior Partner, Ropes & Gray, USA
Room TBC
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Parallel
Sessions –
Session 4D
Mapping
the research and funding
agenda for FOI
Chair:
Marcos
Mendiburu, World Bank
Institute
Room: TBC
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3.30 pm |
Afternoon Tea - Grand Hall |
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4.00 pm |
Plenary
Session
1. Summing up the conference –
where to from
here?
2. Invitation to attend the 6th
International Conference of
Information Commissioners
3. Closing of the conference.
Room: Banquet Hall |
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5.30 pm |
End of Conference |
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