Conference Agenda

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Date: Wednesday, 12/Feb/2025
9:30am - 11:00am	Exploring the Complex Landscape of BRICS-Global South Relations Location: MR 19 Session Chair: Tamer Qarmout, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar Session Co-Chair: Sofiane Sahraoui, IIAS-IISA, Belgium
9:30am - 11:00am	Achieving Social Impact Location: MR 18 (2) Session Chair: Amitava Basu, Centre for Environmental Management & Participatory Development, India
9:30am - 11:00am	The Diffusion of Rules Governing Digital Platforms, Data and Artificial Intelligence Location: MR 16 (1) Session Chair: Matti Ylönen, University of Helsinki, Finland
9:30am - 11:00am	Decolonial Public Administration Location: MR 5 Session Chair: Scott Brenton, UCLouvain (University of Louvain), Belgium Session Co-Chair: Kiflie W Angaw, KU Leuven, Belgium
9:30am - 11:00am	Governing Smart Territories: Navigating Innovation, Sustainability, and Emerging Challenges Location: MR 11 Session Chair: Pooja Paswan, JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY, India
9:30am - 11:00am	Education and Skill Development in Governance Location: MR 12 Session Chair: Eglė Butkeviciene, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
9:30am - 11:00am	Last-mile Service Delivery in Non-Western Contexts Location: MR 20 Session Chair: Salah Chafik, University College London, United Kingdom
9:30am - 11:00am	Public Administration Reforms towards the Future: Leadership, Skills, and Management Instruments Location: MR15 Session Chair: Patrícia Sanches, National Institute of Public Administration - INA, Portugal
11:00am - 11:30am	Tea Break
11:30am - 1:00pm	Climate Change and Environmental Governance Location: MR 19 Session Chair: Younes Abouyoub, United Nations, Lebanon (Lebanese Republic)
11:30am - 1:00pm	Minimum Government, Maximum Governance Location: MR 18 (1) Session Chair: Suresh Misra, Indian Institute of Public Administration, India
11:30am - 1:00pm	Advancing 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
11:30am - 1:00pm	The Diffusion of Rules Governing Digital Platforms, Data and Artificial Intelligence Location: MR 16 (1) Session Chair: Matti Ylönen, University of Helsinki, Finland
11:30am - 1:00pm	Intergovernmental Coordination Location: MR 17 Session Chair: Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa Session Co-Chair: Juraj Nemec, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
11:30am - 1:00pm	Navigating the Urban-Wildlife Interface: Rethinking Governance in the Age of Digitization and Citizen Empowerment Location: MR 5 Session Chair: Itai Beeri, University of Haifa, Israel
11:30am - 1:00pm	Public Administration in India: Public Governance and Public Policy, in Practice and Theory Location: MR 11 Session Chair: Inderjeet Singh Sodhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
11:30am - 1:00pm	Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing Public Service Education Location: MR 12 Session Chair: Mohamad Alkadry, University of Connecticut, United States of America
11:30am - 1:00pm	Stronger Together Voluntary Metropolitan Coordination Across Local Boundaries on Sdgs and Governance - Cases from Europe and Asia Location: MR 13 Session Chair: Raymond Saner, Basle University and Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development, Switzerland
11:30am - 1:00pm	Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence: Legal Issues in Public Administration Location: MR 20 Session Chair: Aristide Police, LUISS, Italy Session Co-Chair: Gabriella Margherita Racca, University of Torino, Italy
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Braibant Lecture by Andrew Massey: "Next Generation of Administrative Reforms: Empowering Citizens" Location: Auditorium Session Chair: Hideaki Shiroyama, The University of Tokyo, Japan
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Tea Break
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Social 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
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Promoting the Integration of Aging Society, Infrastructure and AI through Effective Administrative Reforms Location: MR 19 Session Chair: Shuangshuang Wang, School of Public Administration, China, People's Republic of Session Co-Chair: Lichia Saner-Yiu, Switzerland
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Civic Tech in Digitization Society for Next Generation Administrative Reform Location: MR 18 (1) Session Chair: Dr. Hiroaki Inatsugu, Waseda University, Japan
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Artificial Intelligence and Future of Governance Location: MR 16 (1) Session Chair: Karen Johnston, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Public-Private Partnerships and Collaborative Governance Location: MR 17 Session Chair: James Mutinda, Kenya School of Government, Kenya
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Towards a Competence-Based Public Administration. A review of the ongoing experiences of the European National Schools of Government and Universities Location: MR 5 Session Chair: Sabrina Bandera, SNA - Scuola Nazionale dell'Amministrazione, Italy Session Co-Chair: Eglė Butkeviciene, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
4:00pm - 5:30pm	IRAS 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
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Coalition Governance : Public Participation, Service Delivery/ Good Governance and Administrative Reforms : Where To? Location: MR 13 Session Chair: Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Administrative Reforms and Policy Innovation Location: MR 20 Session Chair: Nura Mohamed, Director General, Kenya
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Public Policies and Good Governance of the Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence Location: MR15 Session Chair: Steve Troupin, IIAS, Belgium
5:30pm - 7:30pm	Welcome Reception