P R O G R A M10:00 to 10:30 h

Opening ceremony

• Francisco Guerrero (Mexico) - Secretary for Strengthening Democracy of the OAS

• Janine Otálora (Mexico) - President of the TEPJF• Lorenzo Córdova (Mexico) - President Councilor of INE

10:00 to 11:00 hDalogue II

Civic culture in Latin America: active voters, passive citizens?

• Carlos Mesa (Bolivia) – Former president (2003-2005)• Beatriz Paredes (Mexico) – Politician

Commentator: Edmundo Jacobo (México) – Executive Secretary of INE

10:00 to 11:30 hSession VII

Democratic legitimacy after the elections

• Carlos Mesa (Bolivia) – Former president (2003-2005)• Héctor Schamis (Argentina) – Georgetown University Scholar• José Luis Vargas (Mexico) – Electoral Magistrate TEPJF• Arturo Núñez (Mexico) – Governor of the State of Tabasco

Moderator: Marco Antonio Baños (México) - Electoral Councilor of INE

October 11 October 12 october 13

10:30 to 10:45 h Break

12:00 to 13:30 hSession I

Young people in a quandary: citizen mobilization vs. political apathy

• Cristina Eugenia Reyes (Ecuador) - Legislator• Sergio Balladares (Nicaragua) – Founding Leader for Movimiento

Puente• Maha Al Hamed (Emiratos Árabes Unidos) - National Director

for Expo 2020• Fernando Rodríguez Doval (Mexico) – Politician

Moderator: Enrique Andrade (Mexico) - Electoral Councilor of INE

13:30 to 15:00 h RECESO

15:00 to 16:30 hSession II

Political violence against women in Latin America: a great challenge of democracy

• Flavia Freidenberg (Argentina) – Scholar• Santiago Nieto (Mexico) - National Director for the Special

Prosecutor for Electoral Crimes • Erika Brockmann (Bolivia) - Former Senator, & President of the

NGO Gregoria Apaza • Mónica Soto (Mexico) – Electoral Magistrate, TEPJF

Moderador: Adriana Favela (Mexico) - Electoral Councilor of INE

16:30 to 16:45 h RECESO

16:45 to 18:15 hSession III

Inclusion and diversity: the scope of minorities’ political participation and representation

• Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón (Mexico) – Electoral Magistrate TEPJF

• Epsy Campbell Barr (Costa Rica) – Representative• Raúl Ávila (Mexico) - Scholar• Hernán Gómez (Mexico) – Head of Advisors, CONAPRED

Moderator: Pamela San Martín (Mexico) - Electoral Councilor of INE

11:00 to 11:15 h RECESO

11:15 a 12:45 hSession IV

Accepting defeat: Essence of democracy

• Eugenio Chicas (El Salvador) – Former President Magistrate of the TSE

• Juan Pablo Pozo (Ecuador) – President of the CNE• Patricia Mercado (Mexico) – Former presidential candidate• Manuel Alcántara (Spain) – Scholar

Moderador: Lorenzo Córdova (Mexico) – President Councilor of INE

12:45 to 13:00 h RECESO

13:00 to 14:30 hSession V

Elections in the XXI century: New technologies and social networks as tools of political participation

• Francisco Guerrero (Mexico) - Secretary for Strengthening Democracy of the OAS

• Renata Ávila (Guatemala) – Chief advisor on digital rights of the World Wide Web Foundation

• León Felipe Sánchez (Mexico) – ICANN Board Director• Hadia Sabry (Egipto) - Director of Elections Department, League

of Arab States Moderador: José Roberto Ruíz Saldaña (Mexico) - Electoral Councilor of INE

14:30 to 16:00 h RECESO

16:00 to 17:30 hSession VI

Elections and mass media: their role in the democratic development

• Raúl Trejo Delarbre (Mexico) – Journalist• María Pía Matta (Chile) – Journalist and activist• Julian Mulvey (USA) – Democratic Media Consultant• Diana Castañeda (Colombia) – Journalist for NTN24 • Javier Tejado Dondé (Mexico) – Journalist

Moderator: Ciro Murayama (Mexico) – Electoral Councilor of INE

10:45 to 11:45hDialogue I:

Elections in Latin America: between the legitimacy of power and democratic stability

• Álvaro Colom (Guatemala) - Former President (2008-2012)• Manuel Alcántara (España) – Scholar

Moderator: Benito Nacif (Mexico) - Electoral Councilor of INE

11:45 to 12:00 h RECESO

11:30 to 11:45 h RECESO

11:45 to 13:15 hDialogue III

15 years after the approval of the Inter-American Democratic Charter

• Julio Garro Gálvez (Perú) – Ambassador in Mexico• Eduardo Ferrer (Mexico) – Vicepresident

of the Interamerican Human Rights Court• Roberta Jacobson (EUA) – Ambassador in Mexico• Luis Almagro (Uruguay) – Secretary General of the OAS

Moderator: Miguel Ruíz Cabañas (Mexico) – Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights

13:20 to 13:50 hClosing ceremony

• Luis Almagro (Uruguay) - Secretary General of OAS• Lorenzo Córdova (Mexico) - President Councilor of INE

13:15 a 13:20 h AJUSTE DE TIEMPO