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Thursday, May 28 • 11:00 - 12:15
Data + Parliaments / Données + parlements

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This session will explore the use of open legislative and parliamentary data as a catalyst for stronger citizen engagement in democratic governments.
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Cette séance portera sur l'utilisation des données ouvertes au niveau législatif et parlementaire en tant que catalyseur pour renforcer l'engagement des citoyens dans des gouvernements démocratiques.

Moderators
avatar for The Honourable Emmanuel Bedzrah

The Honourable Emmanuel Bedzrah

The Honourable Emmanuel Bedzrah holds a Master’s in Development Management (MDM) from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Administration from the University of Ghana Legon, and is also a Chartered Member of the... Read More →
avatar for Daniel Swislow

Daniel Swislow

Senior Partnerships Officer, National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Dan Swislow serves as senior partnerships officer at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) as part of the governance team, leading the Institute's presence in Silicon Valley and supporting programs related to open government and civic innovation. Dan helped to found OpeningParliament.org, a... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Jen Bramley

Jen Bramley

International Project Manager, mySociety
Jen joined mySociety in 2013 and has since worked on a wide range of projects in countries from Zimbabwe to Malaysia, and topics from FOI to street fault reporting. Her main role is the support and implementation of projects using the FixMyStreet, Alaveteli, and Pombola code bases... Read More →
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Agustina De Luca

Directora de Transparencia, Directorio Legislativo
Directorio Legislativo
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James McKinney

Open North
James McKinney is the Executive Director of Open North, a Canadian nonprofit that creates websites to promote government transparency and civic participation. With respect to open data standards, James was a member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Government Linked Data Working... Read More →
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John Varey

Consultant, Papua New Guinea Parliament / Parlement de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
John Varey is currently a consultant to Papua New Guinea (PNG) Parliament. He provides advisory support to the newly created parliament education and civics division and the Open Parliament project. He previously served as open parliament project manager for Transparency International... Read More →
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John Wonderlich

Policy Director, Sunlight Foundation
John Wonderlich is the policy director for the Sunlight Foundation and one of the nation's foremost advocates for open government. John spearheads Sunlight's goal of changing the government by opening up key data sources and information to make government more accountable to citizens... Read More →
avatar for Guillermo Ávila

Guillermo Ávila

Investigator, Fundar Centro de Análisis e Investigación
Guillermo Ávila studied Political Science and Public Administration at El Colegio de México. Between 2007 and 2010, he has worked for the Ministry of Education, the Chamber of Deputies, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2011 he has been working as a researcher in the Transparency... Read More →


Thursday May 28, 2015 11:00 - 12:15 EDT
Room 212

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