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• Sonia Laszlo, Director, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, Canada
• Welcome by Elder from Kanien'kehá:ka traditional territory​
• Aruna Roy, Founder-Member, MKSS and NCPRI, India, and Professor of Practice in Global Governance, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, Canada

09:20-10:20 am

IntroductionsÌý

Moderator: Suchi Pande, Scholar in residence, Accountability Research Center, American University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.Ìý

10:20-10:30 am

10:30-12:00 pm

Session 1: Examining contemporary theories of participatory democracy

Speakers:

• Patrick Heller, Professor, Sociology and International Studies, Brown University, U.S.A.
• John Harriss, Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
• S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India and Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Discussant: Patrick Brennan, Executive Director, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, Canada

Moderator: Nandini Ramanujam, Professor, Faculty of Law and Director, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, Canada

12:00-13:00 pm

Break

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13:00-14:30 pm

Session 2: Representation and Participation: The Constitutional and Legal Framework

Speakers:

• Suzanne Legault, Information Commissioner of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
• Nikhil Dey, Founder-Member, MKSS, NCPRI, and SR Abhiyan (Rajasthan), India
• Tom Blanton, Director, National Security Archive, George Washington University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Discussant: Marlihan Lopez, Intersectionality Committee, Federation des femmes du Quebec

Moderator: Catherine Lu,ÌýAssociate Director, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, Canada

14:30-16:00 pm

Session 3:

The Limits of Theorizing: Perspectives from Peoples’ Movements and Campaigns

Speakers:

·Ìý Hussein Khalid, Executive Director, HAKI Africa, Kenya

·Ìý Vivek Ramkumar, Senior Director of Policy, International Budget Partnership

·Ìý Ellen Gabriel, Indigenous Human Rights Activist, Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Territory, Quebec, CanadaÌý

Discussant: Dolores Chew, Program Secretary, South Asian Women’s Community Centre (SAWCC), Montreal, Canada

Moderator:ÌýSonia Laszlo,ÌýDirector, ISID

16:00-16:15 pm

16:15-17:15 pmÌý

Public Lecture: Participatory Democracy: Political and Civil Society in Brazil, India, and South Africa

Patrick Heller, Professor, Sociology and International Studies, Brown University, U.S.A.

Moderator: Aruna Roy, Professor of Practice in Global Governance, ISID.

09:00-10:15 am

Keynote address: The dialectic between theory and practiceÌý

S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India and Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Moderator: Nikhil Dey, Founder-Member, MKSS, NCPRI, and SR Abhiyan (Rajasthan), India

10:15-10:30 am

10:30-12:00 pm

Session 4: Moving beyond the rhetoric: Lessons and experiencesÌý

Speakers:

• Kenneth Winston, Lecturer in Ethics (retired), Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, U.S.A.
• Ann Marie Goetz, Professor, Center for Global Affairs (CGA), School of Professional Studies, New York University, New York, U.S.A.
• Fredrik Galtung, President, Integrity Action, London, U.K.

Discussant: Tess Tesalona, Vice-chair, International League of Peoples Struggles – Canada, Montreal, Canada

ModeratorÌýToby Mendel, Executive Director, Center for Law and Democracy, Halifax, Canada

12:00-13:00 pm

13:00-14:30 pm

Session 5: Impact of movements on democratic governance

Speakers:

• Rajesh Veeraraghavan, Assistant Professor of Science Technology and International Affairs (STIA), Georgetown University
• Mukelani Dimba, Executive Director, Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC), South Africa
• Renata Terrazas, Researcher, Fundar Centro de Analisis e Investigacion (FUNDAR)

Discussant: Pearl Eliadis, Law Office of Pearl Eliadis, Full Member, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, and Lecturer, Faculty of Law, ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, CanadaÌý

Moderator: Warren Krafchik, Executive Director, International Budget Partnership, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

14:30-14:45 pm

14:45-16:15 pmÌý

Session 6: Challenges of participatory democratic practice

Speakers:

• Abha Sur, Lecturer, Women and Gender Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, U.S.A.
• Alejandro Salas, Regional Director of the Americas, Transparency International, Berlin, Germany
• Marie Wilson, Commissioner, Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2009-2015) and 2016 Professor of Practice in Global Governance, ISID, ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, Canada

Discussant: Eliane Ubalijoro, Professor of Practice, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, Canada

Moderator: Vrinda Narain, Professor, Faculty of Law, ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, Canada

16:15-16:45 pm

Concluding remarks

Aruna Roy, Founder-Member, MKSS and NCPRI, India, and Professor of Practice in Global Governance, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, Montreal, Canada