Opening session

• Welcome addresses by Italian Parliamentary leaders
  Senate Vice President, Sen. Emma Bonino, Chamber Deputy Speaker, Hon. Rosy Bindi
• Conference goals and themes
  Gro Sandgrind, Chair of the IFLA Section of Library and Research Services for Parliaments
  

Introduction to the Italian Parliament

• Bodies and functions of the Italian Parliament, Nicola Benedizione, Deputy Secretary General of the Senate

From two parliamentary libraries to the establishment of the Joint Parliamentary Library of Italy

• Cultural policy and outreach, Antonio Casu, Head of the Chamber of Deputies Library
• The same but different. The evolution of Italy's two parliamentary libraries, Sandro Bulgarelli, Head of the Senate Library

The Italian Joint Parliamentary Library. The Integration Process, Cooperation and Shared Services
(Moderator: Antonio Casu, Head of the Chamber Library)

• The Joint Parliamentary Library. Integrating the services: accomplishments and future prospects, Martina Mazzariol, Chamber Library
• The research and documentation activity for Members of Parliament, Valeria Gigliello, Chamber Library
• Services to the general public, Anna Galluzzi, Senate Library
• Reference and communication services for external users: electronic referencing, training courses and cultural visits, Stefano Tabacchi, Chamber Library
• Integration of catalogues and coordination of acquisitions, Manuela Ruisi, Senate Library - Slides
  
  

The Joint Parliamentary Library. Specialization areas and digital transition
(Moderator: Sandro Bulgarelli, Head of the Senate Library)

• Digitisation of Parliamentary Records, Roberto Dallari, Chamber Library
• The Bibliography of the Italian Parliament: Building a Digital Parliamentary Research Library, Fernando Venturini, Chamber Library
• Comparative and Foreign Documentation, Anna Osbat, Chamber Library
• Ancient Books and Special Collections, Raissa Teodori, Senate Library
• Newspapers and Periodicals, Michela Fonte, Senate Library
• The Image of Institutions: the Creation of Audiovisual Archives of the Italian Parliament, Giovanni Gifuni, Chamber Library

Research and documentation in the Italian Parliament

• The Documentation System, Services, Products, Databases, Information Flows on Paper and in Digital Form, Sandro Palanza, Deputy Secretary General of the Chamber of Deputies

The path towards digital information in the Italian Parliament
(Moderators: Sandro Bulgarelli, Head of the Senate Library and Antonio Casu, Head of the Chamber Library)

• Public Policies on the Parliament Site, Enrico Seta, Research Service, Chamber of Deputies
  Slides
  
• Organization and Electronic Management of Parliamentary Data and Documents: Intranet and Databases, Calogero Salamone, Library, Chamber of Deputies
• A challenge for the evolving parliamentary scrutiny on public policies: developing new documentation tools and databases, Riccardo Ercoli, Budget Committee, Senate
• New Technologies at the Service of Interparliamentary Communication and Cooperation: the Contribution of the Italian Parliament to the IPEX Network and the Database on New Community Measures, Roberta d'Addio, International Affairs Service, Senate
• Relations between Parliament and the Public and the Use of New Technologies, Andrea Fedeli, Official Information Office, Senate

Activities of the IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments, Gro Sandgrind, Chair, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments
Slides

Guidelines on Legislative Libraries, Keith Cuninghame, Consultant, House of Commons Library, UK

Presentation on the outcome of the Survey on the use of ICT in Parliamentary Libraries, Moira Fraser, Chief Librarian, Parliament of New Zealand

Promoting the use of modern technologies in Legislatures: the vision of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, Gherardo Casini, Head, UN/DESA Office in Rome

Presentation of the Guidelines for Parliamentary Websites, Andy Richardson, Information Specialist, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Gro Sandgrind, Chair, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments

"Informing Democracy": outcome of the IPU/IFLA/ASGP Conference, Geneva 16 October 2008, William Young, Head, Library of Parliament, Canada

Opening Remarks

• Gro Sandgrind, Chair, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Enhancing Resources to provide Services: Strategic management, partnership and cooperation
(Moderator: Iain Watt, Secretary, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments)

• Changes toward efficiency: information strategic management in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, Adolfo Furtado, CEDI, Brazil
• The Digital Library of Hungarian Parliamentary Documents, Ida B. Kelemen, Library of the National Assembly, Hungary
• Hellenic Parliament: Going Digital. Efficient Distribution of Information Resources, Eleni Droulia, Library of the Parliament, Greece - Slides
• Library of the Norwegian Parliament: 24/7 Library, Nina T. Svendsen, Library of the Parliament, Norway - Slides
• The Library of the European Parliament: the new website, Milvia Priano, Library of the European Parliament
• Digital Information: a Way to Empower the People!, Eunhee Hyun, Library of the National Assembly, Korea
• Citizen access points. Facilitating effective use of digital legislative information, Ellie Valentine, Parliamentary Development Project for Ukraine

Leveraging analytical resources for Parliamentarians

Workshop A - Tapping in new tools, colleagues and other expert resources
(Moderator: Sonia L'Heureux, Library of Parliament, Canada)

• Getting Extra Leverage from Research Resources - Recent Experience from the UK, John Pullinger, Library of the House of Commons, UK
• ECPRD - Since 1977, Elisabeth Dietrich-Schulz, Library of Parliament, Austria

Workshop B - New services for Parliamentarians
(Moderators: by Esther Kamau, Head, Library of Parliament, Kenya;and Donna Scheeder, Director, Law Library of Congress, US)

• Customized Services for Law-making Processes in the Danish Parliament, Hanne Rasmussen, Library of the Parliament, Denmark
• EU/EEA background documentation for MPs, Jarle Skjørestad, Parliamentary Research Service, Norway

Workshop C- Planning a workforce for the future
(Facilitator: Nola Adcock, Library of the Parliament, Australia)

Closure of the conference

Gherardo Casini, Head, UN/DESA Office in Rome
Gro Sandgrind, Chair, IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section and Head of the Library of the Parliament of Norway
Alessandro Palanza, Deputy Secretary-General, Chamber of Deputies of Italy