About the Event

The LegisTech: The Americas conference will bring to light experiences from the American Continent Legislatures about their institutional modernisation and digital transformation.

 

Colleagues from Americas’ Legislative Houses are invited to participate in this journey, through case presentations about relevant experiences in legislatures in the region, and also thematic panel discussions about the major topics.

Save the date for this gathering, open to the community from Legislative Houses.

Speakers

Alisha Todd

Director General at ParlAmericas

Alison Souza

President at Sindilegis 

Amigo Wade

Legislative Counsel at Virginia General Assembly – USA

Anabella Zavagno

Deputy Director General at ParlAmericas

Ari Hershowitz

Director of Open Government and Legislative Data at Xcential Legislative Technologies

Bernardo Gutiérrez

Parliamentary Advisor at Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador

Bruce Young

Head of Parliamentary Publications at House of Commons of Canada

Daniel Pandino

Member of Innovation Support Centre at Senado Federal of Brazil

Danilo Augusto Barboza de Aguiar

Chief Legislative Counsel at Senado Federal of Brazil 

German Tarasewiez

Director General de Innovación, planificacion y nuevas tecnologias en Honorable Cámara de Diputados – Argentina

Hernan Larrain

Former President at Congreso Nacional of Chile

James Pinnell

Deputy Head of Programmes at Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Jesus Covarrubias

IT Director at Cámara de Diputados of Mexico

João Couto

Client Technology Lead at Microsoft 

Jonathan Ruckert

CEO at NovaWorks Australia

Joseph Giessner

VP Government Systems at Tallan

Kelly Cristina Fiel Souza

Government Relations Manager at Itaú Unibanco 

Kirsten Gullickson

Director of Systems Analysis and Quality Assurance at U.S. House of Representatives

Luis Fernando Machado

Coordinator at

ILB/ Interlegis

Luis Rojas

Secretary-General at Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados of Chile

Luís Kimaid

CEO at Bússola Tech

Marcelo Ramos

Vice-President at Câmara dos Deputados – Brazil

Maria Nazaré Lins Barbosa

Chief Legislative Counsel at Câmara Municipal de São Paulo – Brazil

Mark Stodder

President at Xcential Legislative Technologies

Natali Casanova

Open Parliament Manager at ParlAmericas

Pablo Cardozo Herrera

IT Director at Legislatura de la Provincia de Córdoba – Argentina

Pablo Cremela

IT Director at Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires – Argentina

Ricardo Modesto

Legislative Analyst at Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

Rocío Noriega

Advisor at Congreso Nacional of Chile

Rodolfo Vaz

Coordinator of Digital Solutions for Communication, Interaction and Transparency for Society at Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

Ruthier Sousa

Secretary-General at Câmara dos Deputados of Brazil

Sabrina Vigneux

Senior Legal Analyst at Xcential Legislative Technologies

Sandra Jimenez Sanchez

IT Director at Asamblea Legislativa of Costa Rica

Sanjiv Menezes

CEO at Sliq Media

Stephen Dwyer

Senior Advisor, Digital Strategy and Tech Policy at U.S. House of Representatives

Victor Marcel Pinheiro

Legislative Council at Senado Federal of Brazil

Programme

Day 02 // May, 20th (Washington, DC Time)

The modernisation of Legislative Drafting

[Debate]  

9am

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

E-hopper: a new system for e-submission of legislative proposals

[Case Presentation] 
10am

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Steps for updating the Rules of Procedure

[Case Presentation] 
10:30am

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Case Presentation of the Cámara de Diputados of Mexico

[Case Presentation] 
11am

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

The Priorities for the modernisation of legislative committees

[Debate] 

12pm

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Availability of information in the Legislative Portal

[Case Presentation]
1pm 

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)


Case Presentation of the Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires


[Case Presentation]
1:30pm

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Steps for the Digital Transformation of Legislative Committees

[Case Presentation]
2:00pm

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Members-friendly digital solutions

[Debate]
2:30pm

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Day 01 // May, 19th (Washington, DC Time)

Political Leadership for the Modernisation of the Legislative

[Debate]  

09am 

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)


Modularisation and Integration of Legislative Systems

[Debate] 

10am 

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Inter-parliamentary cooperation for the promotion of legislative modernisation

[Debate]  

11am 

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Legislative observatory – a platform to digitalise old legal norms

[Case Presentation] 
12pm

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Roadmap for legislative openness

[Case Presentation] 
1pm

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Case Presentation of the Virginia General Assembly 

[Case Presentation] 

1:30 pm

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Virtual Congress application

[Case Presentation] 
2pm

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

Challenges and Priorities of the Modernisation of Hansard

[Debate] 

2:30pm

(Washington,DC Time | GMT-4:00)

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