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LegisTech Forum
4th Edition

September, 11th to 15th

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The 4th Edition of the LegisTech Forum stands as a testament to the world’s evolving understanding of legislative frameworks in the digital age. Scheduled to coincide with the commemoration of Democracy Week, this prestigious event encapsulates the intersection of tradition and technological innovation, bringing forth a dialogue essential for the future of global legislative processes.

Participant Organisations

Bússola Tech

EU Parliament

U.S. House of Representatives

Senado Federal of Brazil

Organization of American States

U.S. Senate

Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

ParlAmericas

Federal Court of Auditors | Brazil

Senado de España | Spain

Chancellery of the Riigikogu of Estonia

Cámara de Diputados de la Nación of Argentina

Directorio Legislativo

Congreso de los Diputados of Spain

La Convención Constitucional de Chile

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Congreso de la República of Peru

Parliament of Thailand

Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum

Parliament of Namibia

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Congreso Nacional of Chile

Oireachtas of Ireland

Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan

Országgyűlés | National Assembly of Hungary

Govable.ai

Assembly of People's Representatives of Tunisia

Legislatura de la Provincia de Córdoba

GovLab

Parliament of Sri Lanka

NovaWorks Australia

Parliament of Sierra Leone

Parlamento Andino

Cámara de Senadores de Paraguay

Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat of Indonesia

Xcential Legislative Technologies

Assembleia Legislativa do Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil

Nationale Assemblee of Suriname

Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia

Hellenic Parliament

Suomen Eduskunta of Finland

National Assembly of Pakistan

Western Cape Provincial Parliament of South Africa

Assembleia Nacional Popular of Guinea-Bissau

Demand Progress

Parliament of New Zealand

Parlamento Nacional de Timor-Leste

Universidad Austral

Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica

Red Latinoamericana de Transparencia Legislativa

Cámara de Diputados of Mexico

Honorable Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados of Chile

Câmara Municipal de São Paulo | Brazil

National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

House of Commons of Canada

Israeli Ministry of Justice

Parliamentary Network Africa

Università di Bologna

Assembleia da Republica of Mozambique

Senado de Chile

Library of U.S. Congress

Knesset

Agenda

Please note that the conference schedule is a work in progress and subject to change. Some activities are yet to be confirmed and, while we endeavor to keep the schedule as accurate as possible, future changes may occur. We appreciate your understanding and encourage you to check the conference website for the most up-to-date information.

Day 01

September, 11th

Debate

07 am 

Washington, DC Time

Democratic Governance in the leadership of Parliaments: a path towards Modernisation

Luís Kimaid

Bússola Tech

Anders Johnsson

Former Secretary-General of the IPU

Maria Baron

Directorio Legislativo

Moises Benamor

Organization of American States

Jonas Gomes

Câmara Municipal de São Paulo | Brazil

Ari Hershowitz

Govable.ai

Case Presentation & QA

08:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Archives in the EU Parliament

Ludovic Delepine

EU Parliament

Case Presentation & QA

09 am 

Washington, DC Time

Artificial Intelligence for Every Parliament: An Introductory Framework for Incremental Adoption

Jonathan Ruckert

NovaWorks Australia

Case Presentation & QA

09:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Congreso de los Diputados of Spain

Santiago Javier de Andrés Blasco

Congreso de los Diputados of Spain

Debate

10 am 

Washington, DC Time

Applicable Improvements of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Citizen Engagement

Rocío Noriega

Congreso Nacional of Chile

Alisson Bruno Dias De Queiroz

Senado Federal of Brazil

Beth Simone Noveck

The GovLab

Jonathan Ruckert

NovaWorks Australia

Oscar Eduardo Benitez

Cámara de Diputados de la Nación of Argentina

Lumina Mentari

Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat of Indonesia

Case Presentation & QA

11:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Case of the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities in Accessibility of Parliaments

Clive Barker

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Case Presentation & QA

12:00 pm 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum

Ronald Windwaai

Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum

Case Presentation & QA

12:30 pm 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Parliament of Namibia

Immanuel Kooper

Parliament of Namibia

Debate

1 pm 

Washington, DC Time

Data Ownership in Parliaments

André Freire

Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

Ari Hershowitz

Govable.ai

Ciarán Doyle

Oireachtas of Ireland

Monica Palmirani

Università di Bologna

Daniel Schuman

Demand Progress

Immanuel Kooper

Parliament of Namibia

Case Presentation & QA

3:30 pm 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Congreso de la República of Peru

Gabriel Duarte

Congreso de la República of Peru

Case Presentation & QA

4 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Case of the Comparative Print Suite in the U.S. House of Representatives

Wade Ballou

U.S. House of Representatives

Case Presentation & QA

4:30 pm 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the House of Commons of Canada

Christopher Henry

House of Commons of Canada

Kleo Hapitas

House of Commons of Canada

Debate

5 pm 

Washington, DC Time

Applicable Improvements of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Legislative Committees

Cristiano Ferri

Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

Marcos Machado Melo

Senado Federal of Brazil

Joshua Kravitz

U.S. Senate

Jonathan Ruckert

NovaWorks Australia

German Tarasewiez

Cámara de Diputados de la Nación of Argentina

Jesus Covarrubias

Cámara de Diputados of Mexico

Day 02

September, 12th

Case Presentation & QA

07 am 

Washington, DC Time

Recent Accomplishments on the Progress the Parliament of Thailand has made in digital transformation over the past year

Steejit Taipiboonsuk

Parliament of Thailand

Case Presentation & QA

07:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan

Shahin Hasan Hasanov

Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan

Case Presentation & QA

08 am

Washington, DC Time

Whose parliamentary website is it anyway?

Robin Treistman

Knesset

Debate

08:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in its usage in Parliaments

Luís Kimaid

Bússola Tech

Victor Marcel Pinheiro

Senado Federal of Brazil

Ari Hershowitz

Govable.ai

Fotios Fitsilis

Hellenic Parliament

Jessica Cobert Smith

U.S. House of Representatives

Yassine Aouididi

House of Commons of Canada

Case Presentation & QA

10 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Igor Kogut

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Case Presentation & QA

11 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Országgyűlés | National Assembly of Hungary

Alvaro Cabrera

Országgyűlés | National Assembly of Hungary

Debate

11:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

Applicable Improvements of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Legislative Archives

Daniel Pandino

Senado Federal of Brazil

Ludovic Delepine

EU Parliament

Marina Cueto Aparicio

Senado de España | Spain

To be announced

Xcential Legislative Technologies

Gabriel Duarte

Congreso de la República of Peru

Daliane Silverio de Sousa

Senado Federal of Brazil

Case Presentation & QA

2 pm 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Honorable Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados of Chile

Miguel Landeros Perkic

Honorable Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados of Chile

Case Presentation & QA

2:30 pm 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Legislatura de la Provincia de Córdoba in Argentina

Pablo Cardozo Herrera

Legislatura de la Provincia de Córdoba

Case Presentation & QA

3 pm 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Assembleia Legislativa do Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil

Mario Sérgio Gurgel

Assembleia Legislativa do Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil

Debate

3:30 pm

Washington, DC Time

Parliamentary Offices Friendly Interface

Sarah Fernn

Bússola Tech

Patricia Roedel

Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

Jonathan Ruckert

NovaWorks Australia

Stephen Dwyer

U.S. House of Representatives

Robin Treistman

Knesset

Case Presentation & QA

5 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Cámara de Diputados de la Nación of Argentina

German Tarasewiez

Cámara de Diputados de la Nación of Argentina

Case Presentation & QA

5:30 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Nationale Assemblee of Suriname

Widjai Jaisri

Nationale Assemblee of Suriname

Case Presentation & QA

6 pm 

Washington, DC Time

Modernisation Case Presentation

Day 03

September, 13th

Debate

07 am 

Washington, DC Time

Applicable Improvements of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Hansard

Ricardo Modesto

Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

Ahto Saks

Chancellery of the Riigikogu of Estonia

Bruce Young

House of Commons of Canada

Jonathan Ruckert

NovaWorks Australia

Shahin Hasan Hasanov

Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan

Andre Galvão

Sindilegis

Case Presentation & QA

08: 30 am 

Washington, DC Time

New challenges of the Parliament in Brazil

Antonio Anastasia

Federal Court of Auditors | Brazil

Case Presentation & QA

09 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

Visvalingam Muralithas

Parliament of Sri Lanka

Case Presentation & QA

09:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation of the Archives in the Senado de España | Spain

Marina Cueto Aparicio

Senado de España | Spain

Case Presentation & QA

10 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Chancellery of the Riigikogu of Estonia

Ahto Saks

Chancellery of the Riigikogu of Estonia

Case Presentation & QA

10:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Case of the eLegislate - the Digital Tool for Legislative Drafting in the EU Parliament

Jesus Cerro

EU Parliament

Debate

11 am

Washington, DC Time

Data Governance in Parliaments

Jesus Covarrubias

Cámara de Diputados of Mexico

Ari Hershowitz

Govable.ai

Alvaro Cabrera

Országgyűlés | National Assembly of Hungary

To be announced

Assembleia Nacional of Mozambique

Gleison Carneiro Gomes

Senado Federal of Brazil

Romeo Adams

Western Cape Provincial Parliament of South Africa

Case Presentation & QA

12:30 pm

Washington, DC Time

Modernisation Case Presentation

Debate

1 pm 

Washington, DC Time

Applicable Improvements of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Legislative Drafting

Luis Fernando Pires Machado

Senado Federal of Brazil

Miguel Landeros Perkic

Honorable Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados of Chile

Victor Marcel Pinheiro

Senado Federal of Brazil

Mark Stodder

Xcential Legislative Technologies

Jesus Cerro

EU Parliament

Paulo Baccarin

Câmara Municipal de São Paulo | Brazil

Case Presentation & QA

4 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Assembly of People's Representatives of Tunisia

Ahmed Allouch

Assembly of People's Representatives of Tunisia

Case Presentation & QA

4:30 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Constitutional Process in Chile and the Citizen Participation

Luis Rojas

La Convención Constitucional de Chile

Case Presentation & QA

5 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Parlamento Andino

Bernardo Gutiérrez

Parlamento Andino

Case Presentation & QA

5:30 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Appropriations Committee in the U.S. Senate

Joshua Kravitz

U.S. Senate

Case Presentation & QA

6 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Cámara de Senadores of Paraguay

Rolando Duarte

Cámara de Senadores de Paraguay

Day 04

September, 14th

Case Presentation & QA

07 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat of Indonesia

Djaka Dwi Winarko

Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat of Indonesia

Debate

07:30 am

Washington, DC Time

The Integration of Mismatched Systems in Parliaments

Christopher Henry

House of Commons of Canada

Jonathan Ruckert

NovaWorks Australia

Djaka Dwi Winarko

Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat of Indonesia

Fotios Fitsilis

Hellenic Parliament

Widjai Jaisri

Nationale Assemblee of Suriname

Sabrina Vigneux

KPMG Canada

Case Presentation & QA

9 am

Washington, DC Time

Open data service of the Suomen eduskunta of Finland

Päivikki Karhula

Suomen eduskunta of Finland

Case Presentation & QA

09:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the National Assembly of Pakistan

Tahir Farooq

National Assembly of Pakistan

Case Presentation & QA

10 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament

Romeo Adams

Western Cape Provincial Parliament of South Africa

Case Presentation & QA

10:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Case of the e-Law Project in Israel

Elhanan Schwartz

Israeli Ministry of Justice

Debate

11:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

Requests Management: Transforming Parliamentary Operations

Luís Kimaid

Bússola Tech

Wade Ballou

U.S. House of Representatives

Christopher Henry

House of Commons of Canada

Ludovic Delepine

EU Parliament

Mark Stodder

Xcential Legislative Technologies

Case Presentation & QA

1 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Oireachtas of Ireland

Ronan Curran

Oireachtas of Ireland

Case Presentation & QA

1:30 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Senado de la República of Chile

Patricio Alvarez

Senado de la República of Chile

Debate

3: 30 pm

Washington, DC Time

Ensuring Adequate Funding for Parliamentary Modernisation

Luís Kimaid

Bússola Tech

David Wilson

Parliament of New Zealand

Natalie Foster

House of Commons of Canada

To be announced

Govable.ai

Julius Kampamba (to be confirmed)

National Assembly of Zambia/ Socatt

Case Presentation & QA

5 pm 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Parliament of New Zealand

David Wilson

Parliament of New Zealand

Case Presentation & QA

5:30 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Case Presentation of LegisWeb - enabling data driven Drafting in the Legislative

Mark Stodder

Xcential Legislative Technologies

Day 05

September, 15th

Case Presentation & QA

07 am 

Washington, DC Time

Foresight and democracy in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Victoria Podhorna

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Debate

07:30 am 

Washington, DC Time

Interparliamentary Cooperation for the Promotion of Democratic Governance in Parliaments

Luís Kimaid

Bússola Tech

Alisha Todd

ParlAmericas

Stephen Twigg

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Juan de Dios Cincunegui

Universidad Austral

Derek Luyten

U.S. House of Representatives

Duarte Pacheco

IPU

Case Presentation & QA

09:30 am

Washington, DC Time

Workflow Modernisation in Parliamentary Services

Ari Hershowitz

Govable.ai

Case Presentation & QA

10 am 

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

Patricia Gomes Rêgo De Almeida

Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

Debate

10:30 am

Washington, DC Time

Legislative Transparency Indexes

Sarah Fernn

Bússola Tech

Sammy Obeng

Parliamentary Network Africa

Diego Dias

Red Latinoamericana de Transparencia Legislativa

Ángel Ramirez

ParlAmericas

Case Presentation & QA

12 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Senado Federal of Brazil

Gleison Carneiro Gomes

Senado Federal of Brazil

Case Presentation & QA

12:30 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Cámara de Diputados of Mexico

Jesus Covarrubias

Cámara de Diputados of Mexico

Case Presentation & QA

1 pm

Washington, DC Time

The Modernisation Case of the Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica

Juan Carlos Chavarria Herrera

Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica

Rodolfo Desanti Aguero

Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica

Case Presentation & QA

1:30 pm

Washington, DC Time

An Introduction to the Congress.gov API: Accessing and Using Structured Congressional Data

Andrew Reiter

Library of U.S. Congress

Kimberly Ferguson

Library of U.S. Congress

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Organization of American States

Università di Bologna

Hellenic OCR Team

Universidad Austral

Commonwealth Parliamentary Asssociation

Parliamentary Network Africa

The International Conference on Legislation and Law Reform

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