List of Participants
ELECTORAL MANAGEMENT BODIES
ALBANIA
Central Election Commission
Biba DENAR, Deputy Chairperson
Lleshi LEFTERIJE, Director, Former Chairperson
AUSTRIA
Federal Ministry of the Interior
Gregor WENDA, Deputy Head of Department of Electoral Affairs
BULGARIA
Central Election Commission
Ivilina ALEKSIEVA-ROBINSON, Chairperson
Mariya MUSORLIEVA, Vice-Chairperson
Boitcho ARNAUDOV, Member
Georgi BAHANOV, Member
Yordanka GANCHEVA, Member
Rositsa MATEVA, Member
Kameliya NEYKOVA, Member
Iliya GORANOV, Expert
Aleksandar STANEV, Expert
CANADA
Elections Canada
André FECTEAU, Policies’ Analyst
Marie LEFEBVRE, Acting Assistant Director, Electoral Integrity Office
CROATIA
State Electoral Commission
Đuro SESSA, President of the SEC and President of the Supreme Court
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech Statistical Office
Eva KRUMPOVA, First vice-president
DENMARK
Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Interior
Søren STAUNING, Chief advisor
EGYPT
Arab Union of Administrative Judiciary / Council of State
Mohamed Abdel Aziz Abu ELAZM, President of the Arab Union of Administrative Judiciary and President of the Egyptian Council of State
Mohamed Mahmoud RASLAN, Secretary General of the Arab Union of Administrative Judiciary and Vice President of the Egyptian Council of State
Ahmed Adel ABAZA, Head of the External relations and international cooperation at Arab Union of Administrative Judiciary and Judge at the Egyptian Council of State
Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelazzez EBRAHEM, Judge at the Egyptian Council of State, Member at the Executive Body of the National Elections Authority of Egypt
Amr Aboubaker Elsedik Ryad Khalil ELBAROUDY, Judge at the Egyptian Council of State, Member at the Executive Body of the National Elections Authority of Egypt
ESTONIA
State Electoral Office
Priit VINKEL, Head
Arne KOITMÄE, Deputy Head
Sandra ELKEN, Advisor
Helin LEICHTER, Legal Advisor
Leino MANDRE, Senior Specialist
FINLAND
Ministry of Justice
Anna SAARELA, Senior Officer, Legal Affairs
Juha MAENALUSTA, Information Security Specialist, Legal Register Centre
Government of Åland
Casper WREDE, Elections Administrator
GEORGIA
Central Election Commission
Giorgi SHARABIDZE, Deputy Chairperson
GERMANY
Federal Returning Officer
Swetlana LUST, Scientific Associate
JORDAN
Independent Election Commission
Awwad AL KARADSHEH, Secretary General
KAZAKHSTAN
Central Election Commission
Zauresh BAIMOLDIN, Member
Kanat Zhanaevich ARSAKBAEV, Chief Consultant
KOSOVO
Central Election Commission
Valdete DAKA, President
Ilir GASHI, Member
Enis HALIMI, Chief Executive Officer
Spahiu KRESHNIK, Director of Information Technology Department
KYRGYZSTAN
Central Commission for Elections and Referendums
Nurzhana SHAYLDABEKOVA, Chairperson
Gulnar JURABAEVA, Member
LATVIA
Central Election Commission
Arnis CIMDARS, Chairperson
LITHUANIA
Central Electoral Commission
Laura MATJOŠAITYTĖ, Chairperson
MALTA
Electoral Commission
Joseph CHURCH, Chief Electoral Commissioner
James HANDYSIDE, ICT Officer / Project Manager
MEXICO
Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico
Fernanda RODRIGUEZ, Chief of International Affairs
National Electoral Institute
Manuel CARRILLO, Head of International Affairs Unit
Jorge Humberto TORRES ANTUÑANO, Director of Information Technology Services
NETHERLANDS
Electoral Council
Jan-Kees WIEBENGA, Chairperson
Edward BRÜHEIM, Senior Legal Advisor / Co-ordinator in International Affairs
PORTUGAL
National Electoral Commission
Sérgio GOMES DA SILVA, Commissioner
ROMANIA
Permanent Electoral Authority
Marian MUHULET, Vice-President
Adrian DRAGOMIR, Director of IT Department
SLOVAKIA
Ministry of Interior
Eva CHMELOVÁ, Director
Martin GAJDOŠ, General State Advisor
Michaela RUŽIČKOVÁ, Head of Office
SLOVENIA
State Election Commission
Mitja ŠULIGOJ, Member
Dušan VUČKO, Director
SPAIN
Ministry of the Interior
Ana Cristina LÓPEZ LÓPEZ, Head of the Electoral Co-Operation Unit
SWEDEN
Election Authority
Anna CEDERSCHIOLD NYQVIST, Director
Carl SJÖBERG, Head of ICT
Andreas SWÄRDH, Operations Manager
SWITZERLAND
Federal Chancellery
Beat KUONI, Legal Counsel
TUNISIA
Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE)
Riadh BOUHOUCHI, Member
Adel BRINSI, Member
UNITED KINGDOM
Electoral Commission
John HOLMES, Chairperson
NORWAY
Ministry of Local Government and modernisation
Monica MÆLAND, Minister
Sølve Monica STEFFENSEN, Director General of the Local Government Department
Siri DOLVEN, Deputy Director General
Sissel LIAN, Senior Advisor
Anne-Karin ØDEGåRD, Senior Advisor
Cathrine SØRLIE, Senior Advisor
Dag VESTRHEIM, Senior Advisor
Marianne ØVESTAD, Advisor
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Knut ELLINGSÆTER, Policy Director
Cathrine WESTAD SALTHAMMER, Senior Advisor
Election Act Commission
Jan Morten SUNDEID, Senior Legal Advisor
Marie MJØSUND, Senior Election Advisor
Ingvild LYSNE, Advisor
Annie MAGNUS, Senior Advisor
Norwegian Resource Bank for Democracy and Human Rights (NORDEM/NRC)
Pena ASIER, Deployment Advisor and Election Observation Focal Point
Anne Sofie MOLANDSVEEN, Advisor, Partnership and Development
Peter SCHIOLER, Special Advisor Knowledge Tech
Valgdirektoratet / Directorate of Elections
Kristina BREKKE JØRGENSEN, Head of Communication
Elin OLDERLUND, Head of Election management and organisation
Andreas BØRNICK, Senior Advisor
Espen SCHREINER, Senior Advisor
Maren BIGSET HENRIKSEN, Advisor
Bjørn HENNINEN, Advisor
Lise MERKESDAL, Advisor
Siv BREVIK, Product Owner
Bard SOLVIK, Web editor
Jon TILLER, Systems Developer
City of Oslo, City Council Administration, Election Department
Karina MILLER, Head of the Electoral Department
Linda WESTBYE, Special Advisor
Norwegian National Security Authority
Roar THON, Specialist Director
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)
Janne HAGEN, Head Engineer
VENICE COMMISSION MEMBERS
Gianni BUQUICCHIO, President
Oliver KASK, Judge, Tallinn Court of Appeal, Member of the Venice Commission, Chairperson of the Council for Democratic Elections, Estonia
Jan E. HELGESEN, Professor/Member, Chairperson of the Scientific Council, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights/Venice Commission, Norway
Eirik HOLMØYVIK, Professor, Faculty of Law of the University of Bergen, substitute Member of the Venice Commission, Norway
José Luis VARGAS VALDEZ, Justice, Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico, substitute Member of the Venice Commission, Mexico
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
European Union
Riccardo CHELLERI, Policy Officer, External Action Service - Election Division
Marnix DEKKER, Coordinator NIS Directive, Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)
Karl MINAIRE, Administrator, Democracy and Elections Actions Unit, European Parliament
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE (OSCE/ODIHR)
Steven MARTIN, Senior Advisor on New Voting Technologies
International Organisation de la Francophonie
Saidou Alpha KANE, Programme Specialist
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Commonwealth of Independent States
Stanislav TKACHENKO, Expert of the International Institute for Monitoring Democracy Development
International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
William SWEENEY, President, CEO
Peter ERBEN, Senior Global Electoral Advisor
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
Samuel VAN DER STAAK, Head of Europe Programme
Peter WOLF, Technical Manager
Organization of Arab Electoral Management Bodies (Arab EMBs)
Zuhair ABU FARIS, Head of Arab EMBs Executive Board
Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO)
István ÁHI, Program Manager
United Nations Development Programme - Hub Office
Luis MARTINEZ-BETANZOS, Regional Electoral Advisor for Arab States
UNIVERSITIES, ACADEMIC INSTITUTES
AND OTHER NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Michael LIDAUER, Independent Researcher and Consultant, Austria
Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France
Akomabou Maxime DAHOUN, Law student
University of Oslo, Norway
Bernt AARDAL, Professor
Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies, Spain
Rafael RUBIO NÚÑEZ, Deputy Director
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Adria RODRIGUEZ-PÉREZ, Researcher
University of Zurich/ZDA, Switzerland
Ardita DRIZA MAURER, Doctoral researcher
London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Damian TAMBINI, Associated Professor
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Leontine WEESING-LOEBER, PhD student
Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies, Swedish Defence University, Sweden
Björn PALMERTZ, Senior Analyst
Information System Authority, Estonia
Liisa PAST, Chief Research Officer
PRIVATE COMPANIES
Sean EVINS, Head of Government & Politics Outreach for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Gail KENT, Global Security Lead in Public Policy
Marianne NERAAL, Head of Public Policy, Norway
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Private Office of the Secretary General
Thorbjørn JAGLAND, Secretary General
Euan RODDIN, Advisor to the Secretary General
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
Chemavon CHAHBAZIAN, Head of the Election Observation and Interparliamentary Cooperation Division
Secretariat of the Venice Commission, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs (DGI)
Simona GRANATA-MENGHINI, Deputy Secretary
Pierre GARRONE, Head of the Elections and Political Parties Division
Serguei KOUZNETSOV, Head of the Neighbourhood Co-operation Division
Gaël MARTIN-MICALLEF, Legal Advisor, Elections and Political Parties Division
Victoria LEE, Assistant, Elections and Political Parties Division
Axel SKARE ORGERET, Trainee
Media and Society and Action against Crime Directorate, Cybercrime Division (DGI)
Alexander SEGER, Head of Division
Directorate General of Democracy (DGII)
François FRIEDERICH, Head of the Electoral Assistance and Census Division
