Expert Lawyer in Administrative and Constitutional Law
Professor at the School of Government of Universidad Austral

Doctor of Law, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Director of the School of Government of Universidad Austral

Regular Professor of Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Guarantees of the Faculty of Law of Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

Degree in Political Science, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Diploma in Parliamentary Law from Universidad Austral
Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina

Doctor in International Relations and Political Science from Koç University (Istanbul, Turkey). Executive Secretary of the Center for International Studies (CEI-UCA) of the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA).

Ministry for Panama Canal Affairs. He was born in La Chorrera on August 14, 1940. He completed his primary studies at the Pedro J. Sosa School to continue his secondary studies at the National Institute, receiving a Bachelor of Humanities degree in 1959. He graduated in Law from the University of Salamanca, Spain.

In 1965 he began his professional work as Secretary-General of the Attorney General´s Office. He taught at the Faculties of Law and Public Administration and Commerce of the National University of Panama since 1966. He joined the Morgan and Morgan firm in 1968 as a lawyer.

Aristides Royo was part, as one of the main figures, of the team that negotiated the Torrijos-Carter treaties of 1977. He was part of the commission that drafted the 1972 Constitution.

Minister of Education (1973-1978). In this position, he was in charge for a short period in 1974 of the General Directorate of IFARHU.

President of the Republic (1978-1982).

Ambassador of Panama in Spain (1982-1985, 1994-1996)

Ambassador of Panama in France (1996-2000)

Ambassador of Panama to the OAS (2004-2009).

25 years of experience in Washington, DC as a journalist, Congress, consultant, university professor, internet entrepreneur, writer, and researcher. In 2001 he joined the Congressional Management Foundation. He is the author of manuals and articles on communication and institutional promotion. He has a BA in Political Science from John Hopkins University and a BA in Journalism and Public Affairs from American University, where he has taught journalism and communications.

Member of US Congress (Retired). President – 4Pir2 Communication. MS and Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Wyoming. Bachelors of Science, Psychology, University of Utah. He was President of Antioch University Seattle, VP for Govt Affairs, and Chair Department of Psychology of the Pacific Lutheran University.

Professor and Director of the Postgraduate Program in Science and Technology Policy and Management at the University of Buenos Aires. President of the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of INGSA, International Network for Government Science Advance. He has been President of CONICET and consultant to the IDB. Ph.D. Chemical Physics. Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., Chemical Physics

Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Education and Ministers of Culture of the SICA-SE-CECC. A biologist with a Master’s in Education. He was vice-minister of Panama’s Education, Rector of the Latin University of Panama, middle and university teacher.

MSc Social Methods, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Director of the Master´s Degree in Public Policy at the School of Government
of Universidad Austral

Lawyer. Advisor and researcher at the Library of the National Congress (BCN) of Chile. Comparative Law, Advanced Legislative Studies. LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from St. Mary’s University School of Law. LL.M. in Advanced Legislative Studies from the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Diploma in Law and Artificial Intelligence from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

UNDP Resident Representative in Argentina. She previously served at UNDP in Turkey, Cuba, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Panama. She is a sociologist with a master’s degree in Development Studies from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) from the University of London (UK) and graduated in Sociology and Social Planning from the University of Sociology of Trento (Italy)..-ññññññññ

Former National Senator of Argentina.
Minister of Digital Inclusion and Productive Systems of the Province of Catamarca, Argentina

President of the Circle of Legislators of the Argentine Nation (CLNA). Former National Deputy for the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Dr. Daniel Funes de Rioja is President of the UIA, President of COPAL (Coordinadora de las Industrias de Productos Alimenticios), President of CICYP (Consejo Interamericano de Comercio y Produccion), founder of Funes de Rioja & Asociados, Academic of the Buenos Aires Law School, Vice President of ANCEM (National Academy of Business Sciences). Honorary President of the OIE, President of CEATAL in the OAS. Chair of the B20 (G20 Argentina-2018) and current member of the International Advisory Caucus B20 italy.

Journalist, Higher School of Journalism. A columnist in Diputados TV. A columnist in Urban Radio 104.3. and FM Delta 90.3. Infobae editor. Co-host and economics columnist of the radio program «El Disparador.» He was a columnist for the newspaper El Cronista Comercial and the Rock & Pop radio program and an editor for Diario Perfil and Infobae.

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Vordiplom, Political Sciences and Sociology and Diplom, Political Science and Sociology. Science Po Lille. Master´s degree with distinction, Political Sciences. Universitat Pompeu Frabra – Barcelona, Master´s degree, Legal Sciences. Università di Pavia, Law. She is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow at Sciences Po Paris (Law School).

Degree in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) and Master in Economics, from the Universidad de San Andrés. He was executive director of ANSES, National Deputy – 1o. Vice-resident of the Budget and Finance Commission- . Director of Banco Hipotecario. Director of the Investment and Foreign Trade Bank (BICE). Founding member of Equilibra Center for Economic Analysis.

Former President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Argentina
Doctor of Law and Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Ph.D., Northwestern University 2001. Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. His work centers on studying comparative political institutions, political representation, and social networks. He is the author of Non-Policy Politics (Cambridge U.P, 2019) Legislator Success in Fragmented Congresses in Argentina (Cambridge U.P: 2014), Anatomía Política de Twitter en Argentina (Capital Intelectual, 2015), and La nueva política de Partidos (Prometeo: 2005). His articles have been published in major journals of Latin America, Europe, and the United States, including the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Communication, the Journal of Politics, World Politics, and The British Journal of Political Science, among others.

Specialist in Economic Administrative Law, Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA)
Doctor of Law, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Professor at the School of Government of Universidad Austral

A prominent young women leader and member of parliament, Farzana Elham Kochai born in a typical Kochi family in 1991 at Parwan, Afghanistan. The war in Afghanistan faced her family to problems like other Afghans who chosen to stay in Afghanistan during civil war. Financial hardship withstanding, Ms. Elham managed to obtain multiple diplomas including leadership, ICT, and eventually a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

All the while in the last 10 years she has been an active political &social activist in Afghanistan for women rights, she participated in the growth of women empowerment agenda.

Included in her list of Accomplishment: • Her strong stand and dedicated work as a member of parliament representing women and youths of Afghanistan.

• Her achievements as a head of capacity development department of the Independent General Directorate of Kochis, where she served for marginalized people of Afghanistan (Kochis)

• Her leadership role as a first executive director of Afghanistan Civil Society Leaders Network.

• Her outspoken and fearless stand against extremism to be a voice for those in need (especially women and minority groups) as a civil activist.

• In all her endeavors Ms. Elham has put her nation’s interest firs. She dedicated her entire time on how to make Afghanistan a better place for all, particularly for girls and women, by working for strengthening the practice of democracy which will give the people platform to thrive towards peace, equality and prosperity.

Founding Partner at Pinedo, Huicio & Asociados. He was Provisional President of the Senate of Argentina between 2015 and 2019. Member of the Human Rights Commission of Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). He was a National Deputy for several periods between 2003 and 2015. He is a lawyer who graduated from the University of Buenos Aires.

Professor at the Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay, area of Physical-Chemical Sciences. General Coordinator of the Forum for Education in Ibero-America. Representative of education workers in the Education Commission of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament /PARLATINO. General Coordinator Consultative and Advisory Council/Uruguay Period 2015-2018. Currently President of the Confederation of American Educators.

Councilor of the Regional Parliament of Sicily. Former policy and legal advisor at the European Parliament, in the field of Human Rights. Doctorate in International Law and Human Rights, University of Palermo, Italy (2012). Doctorate in Constitutional rights and duties, University of Castellón, Spain. Doctor Europaeus.

Head of the Department of Scientific Documentation and Supervision of the Scientific Service of the Hellenic Parliament. Academic trained in Law, Economics and Engineering. Founder of the OCR Hellenic Team.

Assistant Professor and Parliamentary Programs Coordinator. He is a former board member at Parliamentary Centre, member of Transparency International, and North American co-chair of the Research Committee of Legislative Specialists. Prior to joining McGill University, he worked at the World Bank concentrating on anticorruption and parliamentary development, and writing extensively on these issues. Rick holds a doctorate in Business and Commerce from Australian National University, where he researched presidential and parliamentary systems of government. His most recent publications include Corruption and Legislatures (Routledge; 2014), which he co-wrote with Riccardo Pelizzo and Parliamentary Indicators and Benchmarks, which he co-edited with Mitchell O’Brien and Lisa von Trapp (World Bank, 2015).

Graduated from Tbilisi IV. Javakhishvili State University in International Relations. He was assistant to the Director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Oxford and researcher, Academic Director of Programs at the Center for Social Sciences, Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations at Tbilisi State University, and visiting professor at many universities. He was Director of the Research Center of the Parliament of Georgia. He is currently Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Parliament of Georgia.

President of the Parliament of Saint Martin. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Business Administration from Florida Metropolitan University and a Master’s degree in International Business from the Hogeschool van Arnhem in Nijmegen. She has been CEO of Prime Time SXM, a multimedia company; she owns Montage N.V.; and a consultant in telecommunications and sales.

Degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires. M.SC. in Science, Technology, and Society from the National University of Quilmes, Argentina. Specialized in science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy, bio-economy, and innovation indicators. UNESCO Program Specialist. He was Undersecretary of Technology and Innovation of the Government of the province of Buenos Aires and Undersecretary of Research and Doctorate of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, Researcher, and Scholar.

Secretary of Malvinas, Atlantis, and the South Atlantic. Former National Deputy for the province of Mendoza, Argentina. A lawyer specializing in public law. He has postgraduate degrees in Social Sciences and Political Economy from the Latin American Faculty of Science.

President of CECTI (Consortium of Consultants in Science, Technology and
Innovation). International consultant with experience in ICT development at the level
of government and parliaments in Latin America and the Caribeean.

Lawyer specialized in Constitutional and Parliamentary Law
Professor at the School of Government of Universidad Austral

Lawyer and Professor in Constitutional Law, Parliamentary Law and Public Administration in different universities, study centres, and legislatures in Argentina.
Professor at the School of Government of Universidad Austral

Journalist, political analyst, consultant, writer, and literacy critic.

Degree in International Relations and Psychology, Master in Neuropsychology and Education, specializing in development planning, an area in which he has concentrated his professional activity. He has been a consultant to several international organizations. Mr. Jiménez Barros is currently the Technical Coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, PARLATINO (Permanent Headquarters in Panama), and Executive Director of the Education Plan for the Development and Integration of Latin America (PARLATINO-UNESCO). He is the author of several publications and a professor academic. He is a member of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences (WAAS) and other professional and academic associations.

Former U.S. Member of Congress (1991-2015) and Mayor of the City of Alexandria, Virginia (1985-1990). Currently, he is a Senior Policy Advisor at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough. He was a Senior Legislative Advisor at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. He represents the U.S. FMC (Former Members of Congress) entity. Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in Economics at College of the Holy Cross, and Master´s degree in Public Administration at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Former National Deputy of Argentina. Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law at Universidad Nacional and Universidad Católica de Córdoba.

Electoral Rapporteur of the Supreme Court of Justice
Professor of Electoral Law, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

President of Consejo Argentino Para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI). He was
Governor of the province of Mendoza; National Senator and Deputy; Ambassador to
the US and Chile; researcher and university professor. Degree in Sociology from
Universidad del Salvador.

Executiver Director, International Parliamentary Network for Education (INPEd)

Degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Master in International Relations from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and Master in State Sciences from the CEMA University (UCEMA). Academic Director of the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI).

Secretary-General of the Honourable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation
Former Deputy of the Province of Buenos Aires
Degree in Sociology, National University of La Plata (UNLP).
Postgraduate in Political Communication and New Technologies (UBA)

Lawyer. Master´s in Administrative Law from Universidad Austral. Diploma in Parliamentary Diplomacy and International Relations. Executive Director of the International Diploma in Parliamentary Diplomacy. School of Government. Universidad Austral.

Lawyer. Master´s in Administrative Law.
Prosecutor, Supreme Court of Justice of the Argentine Nation

Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), reelected. He is a career diplomat with extensive regional and international experience. He was Chancellor of Uruguay. He was ambassador to the People’s Republic of China after holding diplomatic posts of hierarchy in the Foreign Ministry of his country and the diplomatic representations of Uruguay in Germany and Iran. He was elected senator in the 2014 national elections. He is a lawyer and speaks Spanish, English, and French.

Founder and CEO of Bússola.Tech. He has a Bachelor´s degree in Foreign Affairs at the Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo; studies in Implementation of Government in the Blavatnik School of Government of the University of Oxford; and Graduate in Political Science at FESPSP – FESPSP – Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Politica de São Paulo

President of Legis Group. Senior Policy Fellow, University of California at Riverside

National Senator for the province of Neuquén, Argentina. Lawyer, Bachelor of Public Relations and Government and International Relations, UADE (Universidad Argentina de la Empresa). She has a diploma in Public Policies for Sustainable Development within the Framework of the 2030 Agenda (UTN, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional) and Sustainable Environmental Management (Universidad Austral).

Degree and Doctor of Law from the University of Oviedo. He is a professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Alicante. Director of the Doxa magazine and the Master’s Degree in Legal Argumentation at the University of Alicante. Author of a vast body of work on legal theory and philosophy and one of the world’s leading experts in legal argumentation. He has been a visiting professor and lecturer at numerous universities in Europe and America and has many acclaimed distinctions.

Mr. Manzoor Nadir is an Economist and first entered Parliament in 1992 as Former Leader of The United Force. Mr. Nadir has also served as a Minister in the PPP/C government. Mr. Nadir is a 5th term member of Parliament who was in the opposition from 1992 to 2001 and served as a Minister from 2001 to 2011. He is currently the Speaker of the National Assembly of the 12th Parliament of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Co-Chair, Parliamentary Conference on the WTO (IPU – European Parliament).

Lawyer, specialist in access to public information, institutional quality, and electoral transparency. Professor at the School of Government of Universidad Austral.

Director General of the Budget Office of the Congress of Argentina (OPC). Experience in teaching, research and public service.

Maria Mousmouti specialises in law-making, legislative quality and effectiveness, legislative design and drafting and equality and fundamental rights. Her expertise covers law-making, legislative drafting, ex-ante and ex-post legislative scrutiny and gender-sensitive scrutiny of legislation.

She has worked with Parliaments and governmental institutions around the world (Afghanistan, Bangsamoro, Ukraine, Myanmar, Maldives, Bhutan, Gambia, Western Balkans, Syria, Uzbekistan, Serbia, among several others) on ways to improve the quality of legislation and methods to make law-making more evidence-based and effective. She works as an expert for the Research Executive Agency of the European Union in project evaluation.

Lawyer specialized in Parliamentary Law and Legislative Technique. She co-authored Manuals of Parliamentary Practice. Professor at the School of Government of Universidad Austral.

Master of Law (L.L.M.), Georgetown University

Degree in Political Science, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Doctoral Thesis at the University of Houston, Texas

Doctor in Political Science. Specialist in International Relations from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Researcher at the Library of Congress in Chile.

Lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA).
Executive Director of the Diploma in Parliamentary Law, School of Government, Universidad Austral

Marlon Molina es actualmente director del Laboratorio de Ciberseguridad en la OEA. Es ingeniero informático especialista en ciberseguridad, Internet de las Cosas, e Inteligencia Artificial. Lidera la unidad académica de Foundry a nivel global, y participa en medios de comunicación en prensa escrita, radio y televisión principalmente en temas relacionados con la concienciación de la ciberseguridad.

National Representative (alternate) for Montevideo in the House of Representatives of Uruguay. Representative Counselor of the French Abroad and President of the Degree in Corporate Communication from the ORT University of Uruguay. University Expert in Political and Institutional Communication graduated from the San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia. Master in Criminal Law from the National University of Distance Education (Spain).

Lawyer University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Postgraduate International Relations at the Diplomatic School of Spain. Former Chief of Staff of the Vice-Chancellor and the Secretary of International Economic Relations. Former Special Representative for Terrorist Affairs. Former Director of Federal and Electoral Affairs, in charge of Undersecretary for Institutional Affairs of the Argentine Foreign Ministry (2016). Former Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2016-2020).

Director of the Democratic Renewal and Human Rights Campaign of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA). Master 1: Public Law, Université de Paris and Master 2: Public Policy and Development – Master Spécialité de Droit Public, Université de Paris. Master of Laws (L.L.M.), US and Comparative Law. Fordham University School of Law.

Parliamentary Secretary of the PRO Block of the Lower House of Argentina.
Professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

Doctor in Law and Social Sciences. Master´s in Administrative Law.
Professor at the School of Government, Universidad Austral.

Head of Representative Entities of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Secretariat for Strengthening Democracy

Doctor of Law, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
LLM in Comparative Law from the University of Miami

Lawyer, Doctor and Post-doctor in Constitutional Law and Constitutional Procedure.
Professor of constitutional law at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).

Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Head of the New York Office at Inter-Parliamentary Union. She was Vice President of The Capitol Hill Group, Chair of Burlington Campaign, and Volunteer host of The Round Table. She was thirteen years a Member of the Parliament of Canada and Deputy Principal Secretary at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition. She has a B. Comm., International Business and Marketing at McGill University.

Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano is a gender specialist who works in the intersection of Gender and Agriculture, food security, food systems and agribusiness development. She has over 20 years of experience conducting gender analysis, program evaluations, and participatory research. Her main areas of expertise include gender integration in food security, value chains, sustainable agriculture and seed systems. She is currently the Gender Agribusiness Coordinator for Latin America in the Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington DC. She shares her hands-on experience, teaching gender and agriculture for the Women and Gender Studies Program and the Center for Latin America Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Patricia has worked for FAO, IFAD and the World Bank while conducting project and program evaluations, applied research, and project design in Latin America and the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, the MENA Region, East and Southern Africa. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Agricultural Extension and Social Anthropology from Cornell University, NY and studied Agricultural Engineering (plant science and agricultural extension) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Israel and Germany. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and conversant in Portuguese. She is a citizen of Argentina and the USA.

Doctor of Law with Extraordinary Award from Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Lawyer graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Master in Criminal Sciences. National Deputy (Argentina). President of the Commission for Citizen Security, Combat and Prevention of Drug Trafficking, Terrorism and Organized Crime of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament.

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, Rhoda Crawford, departed the island on Tuesday to represent Jamaica at the International Workshop of Scholars and Parliamentarians in Argentina.

The youngest serving MP is scheduled to participate in a panel discussion titled “Parliaments, Gender and Women’s Empowerment” on Friday as part of the two-day event.

Crawford said she is honoured to represent Jamaica at the event, which will host more than 100 presenters from countries including Argentina, Afghanistan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Saint Maarten, United States of America, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Venezuela

“I look forward to an excellent conference. I will represent my constituents and Jamaica with the highest level of distinction,” she said.

Founder & President of UNITE. Since 2011, Ricardo is a Member of the Portuguese National Parliament where he is, since the beginning of his third term, the Vice-President of the Social Democratic Party Parliamentary Board and its Spokesperson for Health. A Medical Doctor trained in infectious diseases, Ricardo is also the Head of Public Health at the Católica University of Portugal. He is also the Vice President of the «Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & International Monetary Fund».

Doctor in Social and Legal Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Litoral
Bachelor of Political Science, Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Konex Award “Judges” Category

Cuban Parliamentarian. Degree in International Political Relations and Doctor in Historical Sciences. Professor at the University of Havana. Alternate President of Parlatino.

Rosa Galvez, originally from Peru, is one of Canada’s leading experts in pollution control and its effect on human health. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from McGill University and has been a professor at Université Laval à Québec since 1994, heading the Civil and Water Engineering Department from 2010 to 2016. She specializes in water and soil decontamination, waste management and residues, and environmental impact and risk assessment.

Throughout her career, she has been requested by private, governmental and community organisations to offer expert advice. She has also advised a number of international organisations including on Canada-US and Quebec-Vermont agreements regarding the protection of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. She also conducted an important study on the catastrophic oil spill at Lac-Mégantic.

Senator Galvez is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and Engineers Without Borders. Her research has led her around the world to countries such as France, Italy, Belgium, Japan and China.

Lawyer. Master´s in administrative law.
Diploma in Constitutional Law from Universidad Austral

Doctor of Law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Professor at the School of Government, Universidad Austral

National Senator of Argentina. President of Parlatino.

Professor of political science at Tampere University. Head of Political Science (the Degree Programme in Politics is divided into two fields of specialization, Political Science and International Relations) at Tampere University, Finland. His research focuses on representative democracy and political institutions, both in the context of national politics and at the European level. His main research interests are: Parliaments and political parties; The European Parliament and Europarties; The Europeanization of domestic politics; Legislatures, parties, and foreign affairs; Semi-presidentialism; and The Finnish political system

Chief Librarian at United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). He has studied at Sint-Barbaracollege and has a Master´s degree in Greek-Latin: linguistics and literature at Universiteit Gent, and a Master´s degree, Library and Information Science at UCLouvain – Université catholique de Louvain.