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The Government of Georgia will host the 5th OGP Global Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 17-19, 2018. The Summit will provide an excellent opportunity for leaders from OGP’s 76 participating countries, local governments, and beyond to exchange ideas on how they are making their governments more transparent, accountable, and responsive to citizens.

Please register for the Global Summit at www.ogpsummit.org and send your questions and/or feedback to summit@opengovpartnership.org.
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Despina Mitropoulou

GFOSS - Open Technologies Alliance
Director
Greece
Despina Mitropoulou received her BSc (Hons) in Digital Media from the University of Portsmouth and her MSc in Child-Computer Interaction from the University of Central Lancashire. She started working for GFOSS - Open Technologies Alliance in 2010 and is currently the director of the organization. GFOSS – Open Technologies Alliance is a non-profit organization, that was founded in 2008 by Universities and Research Centers in Greece.

Their main goal is to promote Openness through the use and the development of Open Standards and Open Technologies in Education, Public Administration and Business in Greece. We are platform for Open Standards, Free Software, Open Content, Open Data & Open Hardware in Greece.
Tuesday, July 17
 

18:00 GMT+04

Opening Reception Parliament of GeorgiaIrakli Kobakhidze
 
Wednesday, July 18
 

09:00 GMT+04

Opening Plenary Tbilisi Concert HallMukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev • Mamuka Bakhtadze • Ana Brnabić • Gaston Browne • Helen Clark • Mukelani Dimba • Karol Ilagan • Kakha Kaladze • Mari Kiviniemi • Giorgi Kldiashvili • Irakli Kobakhidze • Sanjay Pradhan • Delia Ferreira Rubio • Maithripala Sirisena • Achim Steiner • Thea Tsulukiani

14:00 GMT+04

Open Government: From Beginnings to New Frontiers Funicular: Mural RoomHelen Darbishire • Eduardo Jurado Béjar • Teele Pehk • Sabine Romon • Bo Kyun Shim • Diarrassouba Souleymane

15:30 GMT+04

How to Design and Implement a Multistakeholder Forum to Oversee the OGP Process – Country Experiences, Challenges, and Lessons Learned Funicular: Underwheel 3Levan Samadashvili • Amélie Banzet • Carolina Cornejo • Gonzalo GUERRERO • Cecile Leguen • Michael Peters • Manuel Barros Riveros

16:30 GMT+04

Engaging Citizens in Law-Making Funicular: Underwheel 2Tim Hughes • Darija Marić • Larisa Panait • Nemanja Relić • Maarja-Leena Saar
 
Thursday, July 19
 

10:00 GMT+04

Spotlight on Reformers and Tools: Delivering Public Services, Impact through Open Government Funicular: Underwheel 3Munyema Hasan • María Fernanda Avendaño • Jaimie Boyd • Alicia Evangelides • Tiago Miguel Mendonça • Despina Mitropoulou • Tamar Zhvania

12:00 GMT+04

OGP Trust Fund Launch: A Conversation about Supporting Co-Creation, Thematic Ambition, and Implementation in OGP Funicular: BallroomAidan Eyakuze • Sérgio Avelleda • Asma Cherifi • Judith Herbertson • Hélène Julien • Timothy Kiprono • Joe Powell • Deborah Wetzel

13:00 GMT+04

Masterclass on Open Source Investigation and Open Organization Identifiers Funicular: Underwheel 1Fatima Kanji • Tim Davies • Amy Guy • Kristian Lasslett • Olivier Pollet

13:30 GMT+04

Civic Engagement for Service Delivery Improvements Funicular: Mural RoomPreston Whitt • Zainab Ahmed • Mukelani Dimba • Aidan Eyakuze • Courtney Tolmie