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Wednesday, 27th of June
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| 9:00 - 12:30 |
Media Round Table |
| 13:00 - 16:25 |
Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony took place in the Golden Hall of Stockholm's
City Hall. Click
here for historical information and to view the Golden Hall.
Chair: International IDEA Secretary General, Bengt Säve-Söderbergh
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| 13:00 - 13:10 |
Lord Mayor of Stockholm, Axel Wennerholm
(5-10 minutes prior to meal) |
| 13:10 - 13:15 |
International IDEA Board of Directors Chair,
Thorvald Stoltenberg |
| 13:15 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30 - 14:50 |
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Lena
Hjelm-Wallén |
| 14:50 - 15:10 |
Chef de Cabinet, UNDP Administrator Office,
Anne Birgitte Albrectson |
| 15:10 - 15:20 |
Choir |
| 15:20 - 15:40 |
President of Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus
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| 15:40 - 16:00 |
President of Finland, Tarja Halonen |
| 15:50 - 16:00 |
Choir |
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Closing of the Ceremony |
| 19:00 - 21:00 |
Reception
Hosted by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| Thursday, 28th of June: Plenaries
and Workshops |
| 09:00 - 10:15 |
Plenary 1: The ICT Revolution
and Democracy: Peril or Promise?
Chair: General Co-ordinator of the Information
Society Programme, Brazil, Eduardo Tadao Takahashi
World Bank Vice President, Mats Karlsson
Chair of ASP Industry Consortium and Vice President of Citrix
Corporation, Traver Gruen-Kennedy
Harvard University Professor Pippa Norris
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| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Film |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 12:30 |
Media Round Table |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Plenary 2: The ICT Revolution
and Democracy: Divide, Deficit or Dividend
Chair: Eastern and Southern African Universities Research
Programme (ESAURP) Executive Director, Ted Luta Maliyamkono
European Parliament Spokeswoman, Lone Dybkjaer
The United Nations University, World Institute for Development
Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Matti Pohjola
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Simultaneous Workshops (see below) |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 12:30 - 13:00 |
Press Conference |
| 13:30 - 17:30 |
Simultaneous Workshops (continued)
Workshop 1: How Governments
and Parliaments are Using Information and Communication Technology
Workshop 2: Political Expression
in the ICT Age - The Role of Political Parties
Workshop 3: Introducing Technology
to Elections: A Sustainable Approach
Workshop 4: Local Democracy
Online
Workshop 5: Opening up Authoritarian
States
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| 18:00 - 20:00 |
Reception and Open House at International IDEA |
| Friday, 29th of June: |
| 08:45 - 10:15 |
Showcase Presentations
Chair: Special Advisor to the Director-General
of UNESCO, Ambassador Madanjeet Singh
World Bank Development Gateway Director, Carlos Braga
Minnesota E-Democracy Board Chair, Steven Clift
National Democratic Institute, Namibia, Foster Mijiga
Danish Parliament, Director of Public Communication, Johs
Johansen
Worldview International Foundation Assistant Secretary General,
Gowrie Ponniah
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| 10:15 - 10:35 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:35 - 11:35 |
Policy Paper Presentation and Operationalization
Chair and Speaker: Capacity-Building Division
Director (International IDEA), Patrick Molutsi
Project on the Information Revolution and World Politics Director
(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), William Drake
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| 11:35 - 11:45 |
Short Recess |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Plenary 3: Into the Future
and Ways Forward
Chair: International IDEA Director of Information, Karin-Lis
Svarre
International IDEA Secretary General, Bengt Säve-Söderbergh
EU-Commissioner, Erkki Liikanen
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| 12:30 - 13:00 |
Press conference |