Conference Agenda

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Date: Thursday, 13/Feb/2025
9:30am - 11:00am	Empowering Youth as Agents of Change in the Fight Against Corruption Location: MR 18 (1) Chair: Pregalla Pillay, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa	Advancing Skills and Competencies for Innovation in Public Administration: Shaping the Future of Governance Location: MR 18 (2) Chair: Angela Bourbouli, National Centre for Public Administration & Local Government (EKDDA), Greece Co-Chair: Foteini (Fani) Komseli, National Centre for Public Administration & Local Government (EKDDA), Hellenic Open University (HOU), Greece	Governance of Conflict Affected/Post Conflict Countries : Service Delivery, Public Participation, Digitilisation and Capacity Development: Quo Vadis? Location: MR 16 (1) Chair: Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa	Ethical Governance and Transparency Location: MR 5 Chair: Rumki Basu, Jammia Millia University, India
	Public Administration in India: Public Governance and Public Policy, in Practice and Theory Location: MR 11 Chair: Peter Vandenbruaene, BOSA, Belgium	IRAS Panel on Next Generation Administrative Reforms: From Crisis to Resilience? Location: MR 12 Chair: Sabine Kuhlmann, University of Potsdam, Germany 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	Minimum Government, Maximum Governance Location: MR 13 Chair: Suresh Misra, Indian Institute of Public Administration, India	Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence: Legal Issues in Public Administration Location: MR 20 Chair: Aristide Police, LUISS, Italy Co-Chair: Gabriella Margherita Racca, University of Torino, Italy
	Inclusion in Time, Space, Organizations and Income Location: MR 14 Chair: Sofiane Sahraoui, IIAS-IISA, Belgium	Local Governance and Decentralization Location: MR15 Chair: Inderjeet Singh Sodhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
11:00am - 11:30am	Tea Break
11:30am - 1:00pm	Civic Tech in Digitization Society for Next Generation Administrative Reform Location: MR 18 (1) Chair: Dr. Hiroaki Inatsugu, Waseda University, Japan	NISPAcee panel: Forging ahead and/or sliding back? Administration and Democracy in the CEE Region Location: MR 16 (1) Chair: Daniel Klimovský, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic Co-Chair: Ludmila Gajdosova, NISPAcee, Slovak Republic	Intergovernmental Coordination Location: MR 17 Chair: Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa Co-Chair: Juraj Nemec, Masaryk University, Czech Republic	Citizen Engagement and Public Service Delivery Location: MR 5 Chair: A.P. Singh, National Centre for GoodGovernance, India
	Public Administration in India: Public Governance and Public Policy, in Practice and Theory Location: MR 11 Chair: Suresh Misra, Indian Institute of Public Administration, India	Decolonial Public Administration Location: MR 12 Chair: Scott Brenton, UCLouvain (University of Louvain), Belgium Co-Chair: Kiflie W Angaw, KU Leuven, Belgium	Tax Reforms and Economic Governance Location: MR 13 Chair: Rumki Basu, Jammia Millia University, India	Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence: Legal Issues in Public Administration Location: MR 20 Chair: Aristide Police, LUISS, Italy Co-Chair: Gabriella Margherita Racca, University of Torino, Italy
	Capacity Building in the Africa and Middle-Eastern region Location: MR15 Chair: Mélanie Recour, BOSA, Belgium
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm - 4:00pm	Hearings for the Position of IIAS President (2025-2028) Location: Auditorium Chair: Ra'ed Mohammed BenShams, IIAS President, Bahrain
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Closing Ceremony Location: Auditorium Chair: Sofiane Sahraoui, IIAS-IISA, Belgium
5:00pm - 6:00pm	IIAS Council of Administration meeting on the Elections item Location: MR 19 Chair: Ra'ed Mohammed BenShams, IIAS President, Bahrain
6:00pm - 11:30pm	Gala Dinner & Cultural Show