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This conference aims at generating a space to analyze the main challenges of the region through a debate featuring the main political actors, social leaders, policy experts and practitioners, and scholars with a leadership position in Latin America. This is a platform to foster discussion and learning by encouraging the participation of students and faculty in Harvard and other institutions.
In this 5th edition, the Conference’s main topic will be Political Innovation, which will identify the main disruptive practices that aim at improving democratic processes, creating room for dialogue, collaboration and co-creation between the citizenry and governments. We will address different issues such as new civic activism processes, digital tools, open government platforms, new democratization processes and power decentralization, active inclusion of minorities, citizen activism networks, among others
The Conference will look for those practices that are helping to create an ecosystem of political innovation in the region, helping governments to be more transparent, participatory and inclusive, improving their democracies.
Speakers: Steve Levitzky, Professor of Political Sciences, Harvard University; Felipe Kast, Senator, Chile; Facundo Moyano, Congressman, Argentina; José Paliza, Senator, Dominican Republic; Candelaria Garay, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Aurea Carolina, Congresswoman, Brazil; Faride Raful, Congresswoman, Dominican Republic; Delfina Rosi, 3D Buenos Aires Founder; Margarita salas, Vamos Founder, Costa Rica; Cecilia Nicolini, Ash Research Center Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Lilian Tintori, Human Rights Activitis, Venezuela; Luis Moreno Ocampo, Former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court; María Margarita Zuleta, Former Director Compra Eficiente, Colombia; Juan Jiménez, Former Commissioner of the Mission of Assitance against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras; Carlos Fernández, Governor of the Bank of Paraguay; Silverio Zebral, Chief Economist of the Innovation in Government Unit of the OAS; Filipe Campante, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Matias Bianchi, Founder of the Political Innovation Network, Argentina; Felipe Heusser, Ciudadano Inteligente, Chile; Emmanuel Garza, Universidad Carolina, Mexico; Carolina Torreblanca, Data Civica, Mexico; Tamara Adrián, Congresswoman, Venezuela; George Gray Molina, Chief Economist, UNDP, Latin America and the Carribbean; Paulo Rogerio, Instituto Midia Étnica, Brazil; Anabelle León, Ex-Magistrate, Supreme Election Tribunal and former Margistrate of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica; David Razu, Politician, Mexico; José Manuel Vivanco, Director of Human Rights Watch, Americas Division.
Sponsors: RCC; HKS Taubman Center for State and Local Government; HKS Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government; HKS Student Government; HKS Women and Public Policy Program; HKS Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; HKS Center for Public Leadership; HKS Carr Center for Human Rights Policy; Harvard Graduate Council; David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.
For complete information, including a full list of speakers, the complete agenda and registration information, please visit the Latin American Conference 2018 website.