Provisional list of participants 2022
ALBANIA / ALBANIE
National Chamber of Advocacy of Albania
Ms Luljeta MERSINAJ, Lawyer and Mediator
Platforma Kombetare per Grate - PKG
Ms Laureta ROSHI, Coordinator
GrapeCity, Inc.
Ms Klodiana DUCKA, Quality Assurance Engineer
Alosys Communications
Mr Florian TOMA, CEO
AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE
Ministry of the Interior, Electoral Affairs Department
Mr Gregor WENDA, Deputy Head
Election-Watch.eu
Mr Armin RABITSCH, Chairperson
BELGIUM / BELGIQUE
Service Public Fédéral Intérieur
Direction Générale Institutions et Populations – Service Elections
M. Regis TRANNOY, Conseiller général
Access Now
Ms Eliška PIRKOVA, Europe Policy Analyst and Global Freedom of Expression Lead
Young Voter Engagement
Ms Corina PIRVULESCU, Expert
BULGARIA / BULGARIE
Central Election Commission of Bulgaria, Civil Council
Mr Stoil TZITZELKOV, Member
European Association for the Defense of Human Rights
Ms Rumiana DECHEVA, Chair
V+O Group Communication
Ms Iva IVANOVA, Communication Expert
CANADA
Elections Québec
Ms Valérie BOUCHARD, Conseillère du Directeur Général des élections
Ms Véronique BOUCHER-LAFLEUR, Conseillère à la Recherche
Ms Orsolya KISER, Coordinatrice de la Table Citoyenne
Ms Marie-Christine ROSS, Advisor in International Cooperation
Advanced Symbolics Inc.
Ms Erin KELLY, CEO
CHILE / CHILI
Fundación Kamanau
Mr Moises SANCHEZ, CEO
COLOMBIA / COLOMBIE
Rosario University
Mr Juan GUTIERREZ, Associate Professor
CROATIA / CROATIE
State Electoral Commission of the Republic of Croatia
Ms Albina ROSANDIC, Secretary General
Mr Damir CONTREC, Vice-president
Ms Ivana BELEC, Member
Mr Slaven HOJSKI, Member
State Electoral Commission of the Republic of Croatia
Ms Lada JELLACIC, Deputy Secretary General
CZECH REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic
Ms Kristyna RYSOVA, Policy Officer
Czech statistical office
Mr Pavel CHARVAT, Cyber Security Manager
Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe
Ms Barbora SLADKÁ, PA to the Ambassador
DENMARK / DANEMARK
Ministry of the Interior and Housing, Election unit of Denmark
Mr Søren STAUNING, Special Advisor
EGYPT / EGYPTE
Egyptian Council of State – Arab Union of Administrative Judiciary
Mr Mohamed RASLAN, Secretary General of the Arab Union of Administrative Judiciary, Vice President of the Council of State of Egypt
FINLAND / FINLANDE
Ministry of Justice
Ms Heini HUOTARINEN, Ministerial Adviser
Oikeusrekisterikeskus – Rättsregistercentralen – Legal Register Centre
Mr Juha MAENALUSTA, Senior Information Security Specialist
FRANCE
Chamber of Commerce of Paris
Mr Pompeo COPPOLA, Institutional Affairs Officer
The Carter Center
Mr Marek BAZIN, Election Long Term Observer
Aix-Marseille University, Law Faculty
Ms Sarah BAUDUIN, Student
Sciences Po Institute
Mr Yanis KOURRAD, Student
GEORGIA / GEORGIE
Central Election Commission
Mr Giorgi KALANDARISHVILI, Chairperson
Ms Ia PIRTAKHIA, Commission Member
GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE
Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
Mr BOEHL, Division of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Subdivision of Constitutional Law, Electoral and Party Law
Mr Jan HELBIG, Desk Officer
Center for Advanced Internet Studies and Center of Research for the Digital Age
Mr Christoph BIEBER, Research Professor
Algorithm Watch
Mr Matthias SPIELKAMP, Executive Director
GREECE / GRECE
Kennis Law Office
Mr Ioannis KENNIS, Lawyer
HUNGARY / HONGRIE
National Election Office
Mr Attila NAGY, President
Ms Varga KIBEDI, Head of Department
Former Association of European Election Officials (former ACEEEO)
Mr Janos MECS, Project Manager
IRELAND / IRLANDE
Electoral Commission
Mr Tim CAREY, Establishment Team
Law Library The Bar of Ireland
Mr Cormac OCULAIN, Director of Communications
ITALY / ITALIE
Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
Mr Francesco GIUSTINO, Senior Policy Analyst – Statistician
Permanent Representation of Italy to the Council of Europe
Mr Raffaele FESTA, Adjoint au Représentant Permanent
Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Internship
Melania IERMIERI, Policy Analyst traineeship
REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO / KOSOVO
Central Election Commission of Kosovo
Mr Kreshnik RADONIQI, President
Burim AHMETAJ, Chief Executive
Mr Ilir GASHI, Member
Mr Nita KURTESHI, Member
Ms Gordana Laban ZUVIC, Member
Mr Fazli STOLLAJ, Member
Mr Sami KURTESHI, Member
LATVIA / LETTONIE
Central Election Commission
Ms Tatjana KASTENA, Senior Specialist in International Cooperation
LITHUANIA / LITUANIE
Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania
Mr Rokas STABINGIS, Head of Law and Investigation Unit
Ms Lina PETRONIENE, Head of Unit
Ms Laura MATJOSAITYTE, Election Expert
MEXICO / MEXIQUE
Electoral Tribunal of the Judiciary of the Federation
Mr José Luis VARGAS VALDEZ, Justice of the High Chamber
Mr Alberto GUEVARA CASTRO, Director General of International Relations
National Electoral Institute
Mr Lorenzo CORDOVA VIANELLO, President
Mr Rafael RIVA-PALACIO, Director of International Cooperation and Liaison
Mr Roberto CASTELLANOS, Advisor to the Councilor President
Mr Roberto Heycher CARDIEL SOTO, Executive Director of Electoral Training and Civic Education
Ms Susana ANDRADE, Head of the Editorial Department
Ivan FLORES, Information Department
Permanent Representation of Mexico to the Council of Europe
Mr José Alfonso SUAREZ DEL REAL Y AGUILERA, Ambassador
ÏO Justice
Ms Laura MÁRQUEZ MARTINEZ, CEO
MALTA / MALTE
Electoral Office Malta
Mr James HANDYSIDE, Head of ICT Department
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA
Central Electoral Commission
Mr Corneliu PASAT, Deputy Head of Division
Ms Rodica SIRBU, Head of Division
Independent Expert
Mr Nicolae ESANU, former Member of the Venice Commission, former Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, Lawyer
Promo-LEX
Ms Cristina CHEBES, Network Coordinator
NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Mr Edward BRUHEIM, Legislative Lawyer
Humanity of Things Agency
Mrs Marisa BORSBOOM, Founder
Stichting Mission Lanka
Mr Shantha DALUGAMAGE, Chairman
MQM Legal
Mr Dirk BLOEM, Junior Partner
NORWAY / NORVEGE
Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
Ms Sissel LIAN, Senior Adviser
PALESTINE*
(*This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of Council of Europe member States on this issue)
Central Election Commission
Mr Hisham KUHAIL, Chief Electoral Officer
PERU / PEROU
National Office of Electoral Processes
Mr Hernan ESPINO CORTES, Staff member
Mr Napoleon POSADA, Systems Deputy Manager
Mr Fernando Antonio ZAPATA MIRANDA, Analyst, Deputy Manager of Digital Government and Innovation
National Jury of Elections
Ms Milagros SUITO, Director
PORTUGAL
Portuguese National Election Commission
Ms Ilda RODRIGUES, Head Officer
Mr Joao Manuel ROSA DE ALMEIDA, Commissioner
Ms Sania TAVARES, Senior Technician
Mr Luis MALAQUIAS, IT technician
Secretaria General do Ministerio da Administration Interna
Ms Elisabete BAPTISTA, Tecnica
Ms Sofia TEIXEIRA, Tecnica
ROMANIA / ROUMANIE
Constitutional Court of Romania
Ms Iulia SCANTEI, Judge
SERBIA / SERBIE
Republic Electoral Commission of the Republic of Serbia
Mr Marko JANKOVIT, Deputy Chairperson
Mr Bojan PUDAR, Deputy Secretary
SLOVAK REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE
MEMO 98
Mr Rasto KUZEL, Executive Director
Obcianske Oko (Civic Eye) association
Mr Peter NOVOTNY, Program Director
SLOVENIA / SLOVENIE
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms Biljana MOLAN KLISAROVA, Professional Associate
SPAIN / ESPAGNE
General Secretariat for International and European Relations, Ministry of territorial Policy
Ms Raquel TABARA, Adviser
Scytl Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Mr Adria RODRIGUEZ PEREZ, Senior Public Policy Researcher – Adjunct Lecturer in International Relations
Ministerio del Interior. Subdireccion General de Politica Interior y Procesos Electorales
Alba ROMERO, Head of Electoral Cooperation Unit
Universidad Complutense
Mr Rafael RUBIO NUNEZ, Professor, General Rapporteur of the Conference
University of Granada
Mr Francisco PRADOS ABAD, Junior Software Engineer
SWEDEN / SUEDE
Swedish Election Authority
Mr Carl-Niclas ODENBRING, Head of Development
SWITZERLAND / SUISSE
Federal Chancellery
Mr Beat KUONI, Legal Counsel
Federal Office of Communications
Mr Thomas SCHNEIDER, Ambassador and Director of International Affairs, President of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Self-employed
Ms Ardita DRIZA MAURER, Legal Expert
TÜRKIYE
Supreme Election Council
Mr Sarp SERTCAN, Head of Department, Voter Registry Update and Statistic Department
Mr Azeref ASIK, General Manager of Voter Registers General Directorate
Mr Damar ALKER, Head of Software Department
Ms Elisa Nurdan KOCAK, Branch Manager of the Foreign Affairs Department
Mr Mahmut BAYRAM, Civil Servant
Directorate for EU Affairs
Ms Cigdem AKIN, EU Affairs Expert
Ministry of Justice
Mr Ismail SAHIN, Rapporteur Judge, Department of Human Rights
Permanent Representation to the Council of Europe
Mr Yakup YILDIRIM, Legal Counsellor
Ufuk University
Ms Nezahat DEMIRAY, Academic -Assistant Professor
Legal at SCOBAL
Ms Sabire Sanem YILMAZ, Lecturer
UKRAINE
Verkhovna Rada
Serhii KALCHENKO, Member of Parliament
UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI
The Alan Turing Institute
Mr David LESLIE, Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation Research
Meta
Mr Richard LAPPIN, Head of Policy Content
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ETATS-UNIS D’AMERIQUE
Ms Sarah BENDER, J.D. Candidate, Darrow Scholar, University of Michigan Law School, USA
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS / INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONALES
European Parliament
Ms Kim van SPARRENTAK, Member of the European Parliament
European Commission
Mr Cristian-Alexandru LEAHU, Policy Officer, Directorate General for Justice and Consumers
Mr Francesco MORATELLI, Interim Policy Assistant at DG JUST D.3
Mr Yves De WOLF, Election Observer
United Nations
Mr Steven MARTIN, Electoral Officer
Ms Tatiana MONNEY, UNDP Electoral adviser
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE (OSCE/ODIHR)
Ms Meaghan FITZGERALD, Head of the Election Department
Vladimir MISEV, Senior Adviser on new voting technologies (NVT)
Ms Ana RUSU, Senior Election Adviser
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
Ms Nana KALANDADZE, Programme Manager
Mr Ingrid BICU, Seconded National Expert (PEA Romania)
European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)
Mr Fernando HORTAL FORONDA, Digital Policy Officer
Réseau des compétences électorales francophones (RECEF)
Mr Simon MELANCON, Conseiller en relations internationales / International Relations Advisor
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDOTTIR, Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (apologised)
Ms Sarah BURTON, Secretary to the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Ms Ivi-Triin ODRATS, Administrator at the Election Observation and Parliamentary Co-Operation Division
Ms Sevda GUNDUZ, Assistant
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Ms Wilma DELISSEN VAN TONGERLO, Rapporteur on hate speech and fake news, Member
Mr Roman CHLAPAK, Secretary of the Governance Committee
Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs – DGI
Venice Commission Members and Substitute Members / Membres et membres suppléants de la Commission de Venise
Mr Richard BARRETT, Member
Mr Srdjan DARMANOVIC, Member, President of the Council for Democratic Elections
Mr Oliver KASK, Member
Ms Joanna LEMANSKA, Member
Mr Oscar SANCHEZ MUNOZ, Substitute member
Mr José Luis VARGAS VALDEZ, Member
Secretariat of the Venice Commission
Ms Simona GRANATA-MENGHINI, Director, Secretary of the Venice Commission
Mr Schnutz Rudolf DÜRR, Deputy Secretary
Mr Pierre GARRONE, Head of Division, Secretary of the Council for Democratic Elections
Mr Gaël MARTIN-MICALLEF, Legal Advisor
Mr Michael JANSSEN, Legal Advisor
Ms Victoria LEE, Assistant
Ms Hayarpi ARSHAKYAN, Assistant
Ms Marie-Claude FRECHOSO, Assistant
Information Society – Action against Crime
Mr Jan KLEIJSSEN, Director
Directorate General of Democracy (DGII)
Elections and Participatory Democracy Division
Mr Franck DAECHLER, Programme manager
Ms Anastasia STAJILA, Project Assistant
Democratic Governance
Ms Judith ORLAND, Policy Advisor