The conference will consist of plenary sessions and workshops. The specifics of the workshops are being determined. In the meanwhile, details about the plenary speakers can be found here. Fore more information on the conference format, please click here.
Monday, March 11
8:00 Am |
Breakfast |
9:00 Am |
Inauguration |
| Larry Diamond, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University
Vivek Srinivasan, Program on Liberation Technology, Stanford University Tanja Aitamurto, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University |
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9:30 Am |
Getting Information Providers Ready for Transparency & Citizen Engagement 1 |
| Chris Vein, World BankOpen innovation: Creating the next generation of government
Ethan McMahon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environment Protection Agency’s efforts at opening data and increasing citizen engagement John Wonderlich, Sunlight Foundation Open Government and Public Discourse: Realignment through Transparency Luke Heemsbergen, University of Melbourne Political shifts away from secrecy: Towards a typology of radical of transparency |
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10:45 Am |
Coffee |
11:05 Am |
Getting Information Providers Ready for Transparency & Citizen Engagement 2 |
| NICHOLAS SKYTLAND, National Aeronautics and Space Agency
NASA’S Open Government Initiative TARIQ KHOKHAR, World Bank Opening up the World Bank – Access to Information and Open Data RAJESH VEERARAGHAVAN, School of Information, UC Berkeley Bureaucracy, information and software patches |
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12:10 Pm |
Lunch |
1:00 Pm |
Technologies for Transparency and Citizen Engagement in Cities |
| JUAN-PABLO VELEZ, Open City Project
Open city project in the City of Chicago SHANNON SPANHAKE, City of San Francisco Innovation for the City of San Francisco WHITNEY SMITHERS, The City of Calgary Our city, our budget: City of Calgary JERRY HALL, ecitizens.org |
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2:00 Pm |
Monitoring Critical Institutions |
| FINNUR MAGNUSSON, CTO, Icelandic Constitution Council
How to write a constitution in the 21st century HELENE LANDEMORE, Yale University Constitution Making in the Open? Transparency in the Icelandic Experiment
LAUREN KUNIS, National Democratic Institute Small small – Challenges and lessons learned in integrating new communication strategies and technology into West African Legislatures LAWRENCE REPETA, Meiji University Online archive of government record related to the Fukushima nuclear disaster JONIDA CALI, Egovlab, Stockholm University Enhancing transparency in decision-making through eDemocracy in Botswana: The Botswana Speaks Parliamentary Intiative |
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3:15 Pm |
Transition and Coffee |
3:30 Pm |
First Workshop Slot (Predetermined) |
5:15 Pm |
Report from Workshop Leaders |
5:30 Pm |
Pitching for Workshops on Day 2 |
6:30 Pm |
Dinner & Mixer |
Tuesday, March 12
8:00 Am |
Breakfast |
9:00 Am |
What Happens Between Access to Data and Action |
| ALISSA BLACK, New America Foundation
Participatory Budgeting: Illuminating Public Decision Making DAVID HERZOG, Missouri School of Journalism Data driven journalism ALEXEY SIDORENKO, Teplitsa of Social Technologies Innovations by Teplitsa of Social Technologies, Russia ISSA PLA, Institute of Legal Research, Unam Information poverty and the right to acess public information. A capabilities related issue KATRIN VERCLAS, National Democratic Institute Monitoring Ghana’s election KOEBEL PRICE, National Democratic Institute Enhancing citizen participation through ICT LILIANA BOUNEGRU, European Journalism Centre , University of Amsterdam Sourcing practices in data journalism – Guardian, NYT and Pro Publica |
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10:20 Am |
Technological Platforms & Tools for Transparency and Citizen Engagement |
| DJORDJE PADEJSKI, Center for Investigative Reporting, UC Berkeley
FoIA Machine GABRIELA RODRIGUEZ, Datauy Online FoI requests in developing countries ADITYA VASHISTA, Technologies for emerging markets group, Microsoft Research India Building and deploying voice forums for information access and transparency ANAS QTIESH, Meedan Checkdesk – Developing citizen journalism in the Arab Region ANDREW SCHROCK, USC Annenberg HTML5 as an open platform for mobile software development and distribution CAMILLE CRITTENDEN, Data and Democracy Initiative, UC Berkeley The Rashomon Project: Social video as a tool for transparency |
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10:45 Am |
Coffee available while session continues |
11:00 Am |
Legal Challenges to Technology and the Right to Information |
| PAIVI TIILIKKA, University of Helsinki
Access to information as a Human right in the case-law of the ECtHR TIMOTHY VOLLMER, Creative Commons Public Access to Publicly Funded Resources: It’s about time ENRIQUE ARMIJO, Elon University School of Law Kill switches, forum doctrine, and the First amendment’s digital future |
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12:00 Pm |
Lunch |
12:30 Pm |
Second Workshop Slot |
2:15 Pm |
Barriers to Expression & Participation |
| DAVID CARAGLIANO, National Democratic Institute
Real names and responsible speech: The cases of South Korea, China, and Facebook MINA RADY, Department of Political Science, MIT Anonymity networks: Platforms for emerging cyber international conflict BILL THIES, Technologies for emerging markets group, Microsoft Research India CGnet Swara: A voice portal for citizen news journalism in rural india CRISTIAN ZAPATA, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Brasil Transparency and Open Data in the classroom LINDSAY BECK, National Democratic Institute Political organizing in closed societies: Belarusian Parliamentary elections of 2012 |
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3:15 Pm |
Coffee Break |
3:30 Pm |
What Does This All Amount to: Assessing the Impact of Transparency |
| DANIEL POSNER, Department of Political Science, MIT
Does information lead more active citizenship? Evidence from an education intervention in rural Kenya GUY GROSSMAN, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Does information technology flatten interest articulation? Evidence from Uganda JEREMY WEINSTEIN, Department of Political Science, Stanford University Policing politicians: Citizen empowerment and political accountability in Uganda |
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4:30 Pm |
Winding Up & Debriefing |
5:00 Pm |
Conference Ends |