Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Tuesday, 11/Feb/2025
9:30am - 11:00amBook Discussion: "Viksit Bharat @2047: Governance Transformed"
Location: MR 19
Session Chair: Voruganti Srinivas, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, India
Session Co-Chair: C.K. Mathew, DARPG, India

Opening remarks by Dr. Ra'ed Mohammed BenShams, IIAS President

Brief remarks by authors and editors
9:30am - 11:00amMinimum Government, Maximum Governance
Location: MR 18 (1)
Session Chair: Suresh Misra, Indian Institute of Public Administration, India
9:30am - 11:00amAdvancing Skills and Competencies for Innovation in Public Administration: Shaping the Future of Governance
Location: MR 18 (2)
Session Chair: Angela Bourbouli, National Centre for Public Administration & Local Government (EKDDA), Greece
Session Co-Chair: Foteini (Fani) Komseli, National Centre for Public Administration & Local Government (EKDDA), Hellenic Open University (HOU), Greece
9:30am - 11:00amEnsuring Excellence in Public Administration: Challenges and Innovations in Accreditation
Location: MR 16 (1)
Session Chair: Gyorgy Hajnal, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
9:30am - 11:00amIntergovernmental Coordination
Location: MR 17
Session Chair: Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Session Co-Chair: Juraj Nemec, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
9:30am - 11:00amPublic Administration in India: Public Governance and Public Policy, in Practice and Theory
Location: MR 11
Session Chair: Raymond Saner, Basle University and Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development, Switzerland
9:30am - 11:00amIRAS Panel on Next Generation Administrative Reforms: From Crisis to Resilience?
Location: MR 12
Session Chair: Sabine Kuhlmann, University of Potsdam, Germany
Session Co-Chair: Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, University of Granada, Spain
Session Co-Chair: Ricardo Corrêa Gomes, FGV São Paulo School of Business Administration, Brazil
Moderator: Marco De la Cruz, IIAS, Belgium
9:30am - 11:00amGoverning Smart Territories: Navigating Innovation, Sustainability, and Emerging Challenges
Location: MR 13
Session Chair: Younes Abouyoub, United Nations, Lebanon (Lebanese Republic)
9:30am - 11:00amDigital Transformation and Governance
Location: MR 20
Session Chair: Liza Ceciel Van Jaarsveldt, University of South Africa, South Africa
9:30am - 11:00amYouth, Participation and Development: Pioneering Administrative Reforms for Inclusive Growth
Location: MR 14
Session Chair: Randhir Auluck, University of Westminster, United Kingdom
11:00am - 11:30amTea Break
11:30am - 1:00pmEmerging Technologies and Digital Public Infrastructures
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: T.M. Vijay Bhaksar, Gvt of Karnataka, India
1:00pm - 2:00pmOpening Ceremony
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Voruganti Srinivas, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, India
Session Co-Chair: Ra'ed Mohammed BenShams, IIAS President, Bahrain

Honorable Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh
2:00pm - 3:00pmLunch
2:00pm - 3:30pmSocial Innovation, Commons and Administration
Session Chair: Manuela Barreca, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Session Co-Chair: Anna Simonati, UNIVERSITA' DI TRENTO, Italy
Session Co-Chair: Nathalie Colasanti, Università degli studi di Roma Unitelma Sapienza, Italy
Moderator: Rocco Frondizi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
3:00pm - 4:30pmNext Generation Administrative Reforms
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Wolfgang Drechsler, TalTech, Estonia
Session Co-Chair: Suresh Misra, Indian Institute of Public Administration, India
  • Meghna Sabharwal, University of Texas at Dallas;
  • Reuben Ng., Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School, National University of Singapore;
  • Voruganti Srinivas, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances;
  • T.C. Gupta, Haryana Right to Service Commission
4:00pm - 5:30pmSocial Innovation, Commons and Administration
Session Chair: Manuela Barreca, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Session Co-Chair: Anna Simonati, UNIVERSITA' DI TRENTO, Italy
Session Co-Chair: Nathalie Colasanti, Università degli studi di Roma Unitelma Sapienza, Italy
Moderator: Rocco Frondizi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
4:30pm - 5:00pmTea Break
5:00pm - 6:30pmEnsuring Generative Skills for a Continuously Evolving World
Location: Auditorium
Session Chair: Ra'ed Mohammed BenShams, IIAS President, Bahrain