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Enrique Zapata is Leadfor Data Intelligence and New Technologies at the Development Bank of Latin America. In 2018 he was elected as the first-ever head of the National Anticorruption Intelligence Platform of Mexico’s Anticorruption System. Previously, he served as Mexico’s…

Lorena is an economist with an MSc in Law and Economics from the University of Bologna and the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research, India, and L.L.M from University of Hamburg. As an expert in Public Financial Management, she has…

Marco graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome "La Sapienza", and worked in the private sector, in particular on the systems integration and on software development for aerospace control centres. In 1994, he joined the Presidency of the…

Yesha Tshering Paul is a Programme Officer at the Centre for Internet and Society, New Delhi, where she works on issues around digital identity. She has previously worked in criminal law, parliamentary research, and policy research on the interplay of…

Ernesto Velasco-Sánchez is CEO of the Mexican consultancy firm Cívicus, Consultores en Gestión Pública y Social, S.C. He holds a Ph.D. in Government and Public Administration from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid and an MBA (Public Service) by the University…

Tina Nabatchi is the Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration and a professor of public administration and international affairs. She is also a faculty research associate at the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC).…

Lauren Howard is the Outreach and Engagement Specialist for Open Government at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. In her role she leads the Multi-stakeholder Forum on Open Government Secretariat as well as the Inclusive Open Government file. She strongly…

Currently based in Paris, Claudia Chwalisz is leading the OECD’s work on innovative citizen participation, which explores the paradigm change underway towards a more participatory, deliberative, and collaborative governance. She co-authored the first OECD report on this topic published in…

Dr. Don Lenihan is Senior Associate at the Institute on Governance in Ottawa, Canada. He is an internationally recognized expert on public engagement, accountability, and governance. Don has over 25 years of experience as a project leader, writer, speaker, senior…