Tentative agenda of the VII Ministerial Summit on Government and Digital Transformation of the Americas

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Learn about the activities and exhibitors that will participate in the VII Ministerial Summit on Government and Digital Transformation of the Americas.

Thursday November 10

Block 1

08:30 – 08:32 Welcome Video

08:32 – 08:35 Presentation words by the moderator

08:35 – 09:15 Opening remarks

  • Flavio Mamani, president of the Network of Urban and Rural Municipalities of Peru (Remurpe)
  • Vianna Maino, Minister of Telecommunications and the Information Society of Ecuador
  • Kyu-chul Hwang, General Director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Security (MOIS) of the Republic of Korea
  • Susana Cordeiro, manager of the Institutions for Development sector of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID)
  • James Lambert, Secretary for Hemispheric Affairs of the Organization of American States (OAS)
  • Pedro Castillo, Mr. President of the Republic of Peru

09:15 – 09:30 Photo of the delegations

Block 2

09:30 – 09:35 Opening of the virtual voting process for the excelGOB Awards 2022

Voting will be done through an application with a username and password that will allow a vote by proxy. Applications were received ten days in advance.

09:35 – 10:15 Successful experiences in digital government in Peru

The host country presents some of its best practices in digital transformation that cover various areas of the country's government.

  • Moderator: Marushka Chocobar, Secretary of Digital Government of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru (PCM)
  • Elaine Ford, Founding Director of D&D Digital Democracy International
  • Jaime Dupuy, Director of Public Affairs of the Peruvian Foreign Trade Society (Comex)
  • Mesías Guevara, regional governor of Cajamarca
  • Héctor Requejo, provincial mayor of Condorcanqui, Amazonas
  • Erika del Rocio Gutierrez, from Tecky Brains
  • Linda Gonzáles, psychiatrist at the Villa El Salvador Emergency Hospital
  • Giofianni Peirano, president of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Strategic Planning (Ceplan)

Block 3

10:15 – 10:30 Presentation of the Digital Government Transformation Guide

  • Roberto de Michele, head of the Innovation Division to Serve the Citizen of the BID
  • Miguel Porrúa, coordinator of the Data Cluster and Digital Government IFD/ICS of the BID

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break (includes photo of the delegations)

Block 4

11:00 – 12:00 Central aspects of digital transformation in the Americas

Four central aspects that must be part of the digital transformation, based on the presentations of leading international experts.

  • Technology and public policies for Equity: Elsa Estevez, UNESCO chair in Knowledge Societies and Digital Governance
  • Cybersecurity as a framework: Ana Lucero, director of Tilo Cybersecurity
  • Gender and digital government: María de Fátima Fonseca, former secretary of Innovation of Portugal
  • Digital as an enabler of social and productive reactivation: Hannes Astok, from the Estonian Electronic Government Academy

Block 5

12:00 – 12:30 Keynote Speaker

The first morning closes with an exhibition summarizing how digital transformation is essential for governments and societies.

  • Fernando de Pablo, general director of the Digital Office of the Madrid City Council of Spain
  • Presents: Roberto de Michele, Chief of the Innovation Division to Serve the Citizen of the BID

Block 6

12:30 – 13:05 Good practices of digital transformation in Mercosur

For seven minutes each, the ministers of the area's countries present a central aspect of their digital transformation.

  • Micaela Sánchez, from the Secretary of Public Innovation of Argentina
  • Leonardo Mattos, special secretary for Debureaucratization, Management and Digital Government of the Brazilian Ministry of Economy
  • Hebert Paguas, general director of the Presidency of the Republic of Uruguay
  • David Ocampos, deputy minister of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies of Paraguay

13:05 – 13:10 Closing of the virtual voting process for the excelGOB 2022 Awards

Announcement of the tracks

13:10 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:30 Thematic tracks of the regional digital government agenda

Parallel face-to-face sessions to which the teams of each digital government agency responsible for each topic, as well as the interested public, join remotely.

  • Cybersecurity:

○ Juan Anria, national director of Cybersecurity of the National Authority for Government Innovation of Panama

○ Paula Brenes, director of Digital Governance of the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica

○ Fabián Iñiguez, undersecretary of Electronic Government of the Ministry of Telecommunications and the Information Society of Ecuador

○ David Moreno, officer of the Cybersecurity Program of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism of the OAS

○ Santiago Paz, BID cybersecurity specialist

○ Adrián Marrero, from the Electronic Government and Information and Knowledge Society Agency of Uruguay

  • Data:

○ Fernando Perini, from the International Development Research Center (IDRC)

○ Fabrizio Scrollini, Regional Data and Algorithm Initiative for the Americas (ILDA)

○ Macbeth Bravo, leader of the Data Strategy of the Government and Digital Transformation Secretariat.

○ Arturo Muente, BID specialist

○ Mike Mora, from the OAS Department for Effective Public Management

  • Digital signature and cross-border interoperability

○ Jimena Hernández, legal adviser to the Agency for Electronic Government and the Information and Knowledge Society of Uruguay

○ Jean Martina, member of the Computer Security Laboratory of the Federal University of Santa Catarina and Red Gealc consultant

○ Ruy Ramos, senior advisor to the president of the ITI of Brazil

○ Fernando Veliz, undersecretary of the Government and Digital Transformation Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru

○ Javier Barreiro, Red Gealc consultant

  • Government Innovation

○ Fernando Coelho, secretary of Electronic Government of the Ministry of Economy of Brazil

○ Viviana García, from the Electronic Government and Information and Knowledge Society Agency of Uruguay

○ Natalia Antezana, from the National Digital Strategy Coordination of Mexico

○ Klaus Pistilli, general director of Electronic Government of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies of Paraguay

○ Ana Carina Rodríguez, undersecretary of Services and Digital Country of Argentina

○ Karime Ruibal, director of Citizen Services of the Agency for Electronic Government and the Information and Knowledge Society of Uruguay

○ Siim Sikkut, digital advisory council of the Presidency of the Republic of Estonia

  • Public Software and Transversal Aspects

○ Florencia Aguirre, BID measurement specialist

○ Lorena Cano, BID innovation specialist

○ Fabián Iñiguez, undersecretary of Electronic Government of the Ministry of Telecommunications and the Information Society of Ecuador

○ Yolanda Martínez, from the International Telecommunications Organization ITU/UN

○ Darinka Vasquez, Digital Transformation and Innovation Strategy specialist at the United Nations Development Program

  • Emerging technologies

○ Andrea Barenque, UK Digital Public Data Intelligence Specialist

○ Javier Barreiro, Red Gealc consultant

○ Nicolás Karavaski, head of the National Information Technology Office of Argentina

○ Ingrid Montealegre, director of Digital Government of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of Colombia

Block 7

16:45 – 17:30 ExcelGOB 2022 Awards Ceremony

17:30 – 19:00 Cocktail and cultural show

Friday November 11

Block 1

08:00 – 08:10 Opening of the second day of sessions

08:10 - 8:15 Video summary of the first day

08:15 - 09:00 Learnings from digital transformation in the Republic of Korea

South Korea is one of the world's leading countries in digital government. This session presents four outstanding practices of this country with special attention to the priority interests of digital transformation in the region.

  • Digital Government Platform: Ryu Kyoungmin, senior deputy director of MOIS
  • Mydata: Wi Jiseong, deputy director of MOIS
  • Mobile ID: Kim Seonhui, deputy director of MOIS

Block 2

09:00- 10:00 International agreements and knowledge tools for digital transformation in the Americas

Framed in the process of summits that marked the year, multilateral organizations present their perspectives and studies as work inputs for the countries.

  • Summit Follow-up: Mike Mora, Department for Effective Public Management of the OAS
  • ITU presentation: Yolanda Martínez, from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
  • BID presentation: Florencia Aguirre, specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank
  • Presentation by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Bárbara Ubaldi, leader of the OECD Data and Digital Government Unit
  • Spanish version of the United Nations Electronic Government Ranking: Vincenzo Aquaro, head of the Digital Government Unit of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Undesa)

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Pause 3

10:30 – 11:00 Good practices of digital transformation in the Andean area

For seven minutes each, the ministers of the area's countries present a central aspect of their digital transformation.

  • Vladimir Terán, executive director of the Agency for Electronic Government and Information and Communication Technologies of Bolivia
  • José Inostroza, head of the Digital Government Division of the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency of Chile
  • Sergio Valdés, vice minister of the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications of Colombia
  • Fabián Iñiguez, undersecretary of Electronic Government of the Ministry of Telecommunications and the Information Society of Ecuador

Block 4

11:00 – 11:30 Strengthening the Cross-Border Digital Signature in the region

Block 5

11:30 – 12:15 Good practices of digital transformation in Central America

For seven minutes each, the ministers of the area's countries present a central aspect of their digital transformation.

  • Paula Brenes, director of Digital Governance of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Information Society of Costa Rica
  • Daniel Méndez, secretary of Innovation of the Presidency of the Republic of El Salvador.
  • Enrique Cossich, coordinator and executive director of the Presidential Commission for Open and Electronic Government of Guatemala
  • Emiliano Calderón, from the National Digital Strategy Coordination of Mexico
  • Marcio Sierra, minister of Results-Based Management of Honduras
  • Luis Oliva, general administrator of the National Authority for Government Innovation of Panama
  • Pedro Quezada, general director of the Government Office of Information and Communication Technologies of the Dominican Republic

Block 6

12:20-13:00 Good practices of digital transformation in the Caribbean area

For seven minutes each, the ministers of the area's countries present a central aspect of their digital transformation.

  • Wayde Watson, permanent secretary to the Parliament of the Bahamas Ministry of Economic Affairs
  • Alexia Peralta, director of the E-Governance and Digitalization Unit of the Ministry of Public Services, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance of Belize
  • Christopher Deen, president of the National Data Management Authority of Guyana
  • Daryl Vaz, minister of Science, Energy and Technology of Jamaica
  • Albert Jubithana, minister of Transport, Communication and Tourism of Suriname
  • Wendell Mitchell, national digital director of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Trinidad & Tobago

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

Block 7

14:30 – 16:00 Red Gealc Annual Assembly

Closed space for the member countries, in which decisions are made for the operation of the network and strategic action lines on digital government are approved for 2023, based on documents previously distributed to the delegations.

  • Approval of the 2022 Work Plan Report and 2023 Work Plan
  • Approval of the Cross-Border Digital Signature Trusted Lists Document
  • Approval of the 2022 Ministerial Declaration
  • Election of authorities 2023
  • Photo of the Executive Committee 2023
  • 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

Block 8

16:30 – 17:00 Closing table

Conclusions of the event and projection towards next year.

  • Aníbal Torres, president of the Council of Ministers of Peru
  • Tomás Bermúdez, BID representative in Peru
  • Miguel Trinidad, representative of the OAS General Secretariat in Peru
  • Minister of the new country president of the Red Gealc for 2023

17:00 - 17:10 Closing and farewell

  • Aníbal Torres, president of the Council of Ministers of Peru

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