About the Event

Between January 23rd and 24th, Bússola Tech will promote the conference “LegisTech: The Commonwealth” which will welcome colleagues responsible to lead the institutional modernisation and digital transformation from different legislatures from the Commonwealth region to present their experiences in institutional modernisation and digital transformation.

 

We are glad to invite the LegisTech community to participate in this event, considering the importance of the inter-parliamentary cooperation between the institutions and their peers and the amount of experience and new learnings that will be shared through debates and case presentations.

 

This event is exclusive to the national and subnational legislatures, their civil servants, and MPs. Interested audience can pre-subscribe to receive the attendees invitation.

What you will experience

You will be able to deep dive into projects related to institutional modernisation and digital transformation in the legislative in the region.

Activities

The summit will be divided into: I) Case presentations of 10min, followed by additional 10min of questions and answers; and II) Thematic Panel discussions

Audience

The audience of the conference is composed only of internal audiences from legislatures of the region and abroad.

Programme

January, 23rd

12:00 pm (Time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Priorities for the Modernisation of Legislative Drafting in the Commonwealth Community

12:30 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation Case of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

1:00 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation Case of the Parliament of Kenya

1:30 pm (time in UK)

Debate

Datafirst legislature - Priorities for Phasing-out paper processes

3:30 pm (time in UK)

Debate

User interface in legislative solutions

5:00 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation of the Parliament of Ghana - the Case of the Parliamentary Watch

6:00 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation Case of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament

January, 24th

2:00 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation Case of the Parliament of Saint Lucia

2:30 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation Case of the National Assembly of Gambia

3:00 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

Accessibility Strategy in the House of Commons in Canada

3:30 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation Case of the Assembleia da República of Mozambique

4 pm (time in UK)

Debate

Mapping the Priorities for Legislative Modernisation Strategy

5:30 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

Procedural Considerations in a Modernisation Strategy in the UK Parliament

6:00 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation Case of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature

6:30 pm (time in UK)

Debate

Integration of Legislative Systems

8:00 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation Case of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago

8:30 pm (time in UK)

Case Presentation

The Modernisation Case of the Parliament of Sierra Leone

Speakers

Andy Beattie

Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel

Benjamin Aryeh

Parliamentary Network Africa

Christopher Henry

House of Commons/ Chambre des Communes

Clement Nyandiere

Parliament of Kenya

Clive Barker

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Daniel Mensah

Parliament of Ghana

Fadhel Ben Slama

House of Commons of Canada

Figueiredo Sengo

Assembleia da República of Mozambique

Fotis Fitsilis

Hellenic OCR Team

Grant Vergottini

Xcential Legislative Technologies

Gibairu Janneh

National Assembly of Gambia

Isabel Nascimento

Assembleia da Republica of Mozambique

Jonathan Ruckert

NovaWorks Australia

Joseph Conteh

Parliament of Sierra Leone

Julien Ogilvie

Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago

Libby Kurien

United Kingdom Parliament

Luke Hussey

United Kingdom Parliament

Luís Kimaid

Bússola Tech

Mark Stodder

Xcential Legislative Technologies

Mwaula Solopi

National Assembly of Zambia

Nita Louis

Parliament of Saint Lucia

Peter Skosana

Gauteng Provincial Legislature

Rodolfo Vaz

Academia

Sabrina Vigneux

Xcential Legislative Technologies

Sarah Fernn

Bússola Tech

Shirley Ann Fiagome

Parliament of Ghana

Tahir Farooq

National Assembly of Pakistan

Visvalingam Muralithas

Parliament of Sri Lanka

Vernon Titus

Western Cape Provincial Parliament

Strategic
Partners

Supporting Partners