high-level conference on innovations in the

SPEAKERS FOR THE CONFERENCE

10:00 - 11:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

Opening Remarks

11:00 – 11:45

Statements delivered by:

H.E. Rati BREGADZE, Minister of Justice of Georgia
H.E. Ivan Malenica, Minister of Justice and Public Administration of the Republic of Croatia
H.E. Davor Bunoza, Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina (TBC)
H.E. Robin DUNNIGAN , Ambassador of the United States of America to Georgia
H.E. Asuncion SANCHEZ RUIZ,Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to Georgia
H.E. Asuncion SANCHEZ RUIZ,Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to Georgia
Mr. Gustav TALLVING,Executive Director of European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services (EUROPRIS)
H.E. Natalia VUTOVA , Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia

11:45 – 12:00

Break and Group Photo for the High-Level Representatives

Session I
Digital Transition in Penal System

12:00- 13:30

Moderator: Ms. Tamar TKESHELASHVILI, , First First Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia

Keynote Speaker:

Dr Victoria Knight, Associate Professor in Research for the Community and Criminal Justice Division in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University
TBC

Speakers – Country/organization representatives / experts

Ms. Mary KAY SERGO,Founder of Mindful Kollaborative Strategies and INL Consultant
Mr. Nika TSKVARASHVILI, Director General of the Special Penitentiary System, Georgia
Ms. Lucia PETRESCU Administration of Prisons, Romania

Discussion

13:30 – 15:00

Lunch

Session II
Innovations in Prison Education

15:00-16:30

Moderator: Mr.Gustav TALLVING, Executive Director of European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services (EUROPRIS)

Keynote Speakers:

Mr. Thomas WUTHRICH, Chairperson of EPEA, Working with prison education in Switzerland
Mr. Kathleen VAN DE VIJVER International Corrections and Prison’s Association (ICPA) (TBC)

Speakers – Country/organization representatives / experts

Mr. Daniel DANGLADES Deputy Head of European and International relations unit Confederation of European probation, France
Mr. Nika TSKVARASHVILI Director General of the Special Penitentiary System of Georgia
Mr. Ioannis KAPNOULLAS Director of Prison Department, Cyprus

Discussion

16:30-16:45

Coffee Break

Session III
Training of Staff for the effective application of rehabilitation approach in digital era in penal system

16:45 –18:15

Moderator: Ms. Ketevan SARAJISHVILI, Head of International Relations and Legal Cooperation Department, Ministry of Justice of Georgia

Keynote Speakers:

Ms. Sylvia ALONSO, INL consultant
Ms. Ioana MORAR, Deputy Director General of Romanian Administration of Prisons

Speakers

Mr. Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves, Director-General for Rehabilitation and Prison Services and Staff (DGRSP)
Mr. Vakhtang ZHVANIA, Director of LEPL Training Center of Justice of Georgia
Ms. Nadya RADKOVSKA, Commissioner, Head of department “International cooperation and training of staff” at General Directorate “Execution of Sentences”, Bulgaria

Discussion

18:15 – 18:30

Wrap up of the First Day

20:00

Gala Dinner Hosted by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia