8 June 2008, Sunday

Time

Event

Venue

Arrival of delegations

09:00 – 19:00

Registration

National Assembly / Hotels

Evening free for Embassies

9 June 2008, Monday

Time

Event

Venue

08:30 – 09:30

Registration and welcoming coffee and tea

National Assembly

09:30 – 10:30

Opening Addresses

Keynote Address

Welcoming address from the

Chairman of the National Assembly of Republic of Bulgaria

Hon. Jurki Kasvi,

President of IPAIT

Representative of IPU

Mr. Plamen Vachkov,

Chairman of the State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications

Acad. Kiril Boyanov,

Information Technology and Ethics in the parliamentary activities and legislation

Plenary Hall

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 13:00

Session 1  

Information Technology and Parliamentary Ethics

Moderator:

Interventions:

Presenter 1

Presenter 2

          Country reports and open discussion

13:00 – 15:00

Lunch

15:30 – 17:00

Session 2

Transparency versus national security: finding the right balance

Moderator: Hon. Mincho Spassov, Chair of the Internal Security and Public Order Committee

Interventions:

Presenter 1

Presenter 2

          Country reports and open discussion

17:00 – 19:00

Guided tour of the National Museum of History

20:00

Dinner

10 June 2008, Tuesday

Time

Event

Venue

Plenary hall

09:30 – 11:30

Session 3

Ethical problems of the Information Society, Response of the Legislator and their Settlement according to the Legislation

Moderator:

Interventions:

Presenter 1

Presenter 2

Country reports and open discussion

11:30 – 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 – 12:45

Election of the President and Vice-President of IPAIT

Acceptance speech of the President

Approval of the new member countries

Admission of observers

Presentation of the Draft Sofia Declaration

Presentations of candidatures to host IPAIT VII

12:45 – 13:00

Family photo

13:00 – 15:00

Lunch

15:00 – 16:00

Adoption of the Sofia Declaration

Adoption of the Joint Communiqué

Selection of the host country of

IPAIT VII 2009

16:00 – 16:30

Closing addresses

Acceptance speech by the host of IPAIT VII

Closing remarks by the President of IPAIT

17:00 – 18:30

Special Joint Session of IPAIT and the Regional Secretariat on Parliamentary Cooperation (RSPC) in South Eastern Europe

e-Parliament in support of parliamentary responsibilities: representation, oversight and legislation

 Moderator

 Gherardo Casini, Executive Coordinator

 Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

Interventions

Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor

Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

Vladimir Danchev, Head of the Regional Secretariat on     Parliamentary Cooperation (RSPC) in South Eastern Europe

Open discussion

11 June 2008, Wednesday

Time

Event

09:00 – 18:00

Excursion to the town of Plovdiv and Bachkovo Monastery

(optional)

Departure of delegations