Event Agenda

8:30am - Opening Remarks

• Andrew Selee, Vice President for Programs, Woodrow Wilson Center
• Jacqueline Peschard, IFAI

9:00 – 10:30am - The Right for Access to Information: a Cross-border Experience

• Catalina Botero, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Andrew Selee, Vice President for Programs, Woodrow Wilson Center
• Thomas Blanton, Director, National Security Archive
• Marcos Mendiburu, Senior Specialist in Social Development, World Bank
• Karen Finnegan, Deputy Director Office of Government Information Services

Moderated by: Jacqueline Peschard, IFAI

10:45am – 12:15pm - Access to Information and Accountability: Civil Society Experiences

• Elio Villasenor, Director, Citizen’s Initiative for the Promotion of the Culture of Dialogue
• Oscar Chacon, Executive Director, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities
• Ellen Weiss, Executive Editor, Center for Public Integrity
• Patrice McDermott, Executive Director, Open the Government
• Vivek Ramkumar, Manager, International Budget Partnership

Moderated by: Mauricio Merino, CIDE

12:15 – 12:30pm - Concluding Remarks:

• Mauricio Merino, CIDE
• Elio Villasenor, Director, Citizen’s Initiative for the Promotion of the Culture of Dialogue