Founder and Executive Director, Open Institute
Jay Bhalla is the founder of the Open Institute, an organization that works with governments and civil society organizations on open government, promoting transparency, accountability and multi-stakeholder participation in governance as key characteristics of an open government. His...
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General Director of Open Data, Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office in the President of Mexico
Ania Calderon is the General Director of Open Data at the Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office in the President of Mexico, where she leads the Open Data, Data for Development, Digital Inclusion and Innovation for Resilience initiatives. She holds a Master’s Degree...
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Open Government Coordinator, Government of Chile
IRM Chief Research Officer, Open Government Partnership
Joseph Foti has over 8 years of experience in assessing good governance. He works at the Open Government Partnership as the Program Director of the Independent Reporting Mechanism. Prior to joining OGP he worked as a Senior Associate for the Access Initiative, a network led by...
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Deputy Director / Directrice adjointe, Etalab
Laure Lucchesi is the Deputy Director at Etalab, French Prime Minister's task force for Open Government and Open Data. Etalab coordinates the national Open Data and Open Government policies. It operates the platform data.gouv.fr, and animates the ecosystem to stimulate data reuse...
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State Secretary, Government of Romania
Radu joined the Government of Romania in 2012 as State Counsellor to the Prime Minister for IT&C and online services. In 2013 he was appointed as State Secretary in Prime Minister’s Chancellery and co-ordinator of the implementation of Open Government Partnership in Romania. Between...
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Executive Director, ILDA
Executive director of the Open Data Latin American Initiative (ILDA), and member of the Open Data Network for Development (OD4D). He co-founded Abrelatam and the Open Data Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean and is one of the Lead Stewards of the International...
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