The International Scientific and Practical Conference of Election Organizers Ended
Representatives of 35 states and 7 international organizations took part in the International scientific-practical conference “Digitalization of electoral processes. Humanitarian Dimension”, which was held in Moscow on 6–8 September 2019 as part of the Acquaintance with Elections in the Russian Federation Program. The event was organized by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation and the Government of Moscow.
At the plenary session of the conference, greetings from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the United Nations and from the Chairman of the Executive Committee - Executive Secretary of the CIS, Sergey N. Lebedev were read.
The following leaders of foreign election bodies and foreign experts informed about the specifics of applying modern technologies in elections in their countries:
- Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan Mirza-Ulugbek Elchievich Abdusalomov
- Chairman of the Supreme Election Council of the Republic of Turkey Sadi Güven
- Chairman of the General Election Commission of the Republic of Indonesia Arief Budiman
- Chairperson of the Central Commission of the Republic of Belarus for Elections and Conduct Republican Referenda Lidya M. Ermoshina
- Deputy Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Nurlan S. Akkoshkarov
- Chairman of the Election Commission of the Republic of South Africa Glen Mashinini
- Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of the People's Republic of Bangladesh K.M. Nurul Huda
- Chairperson of the Central Commission for Elections and Conduct of Referenda of the Kyrgyz Republic Nurzhan K. Shaildabekova
- Chairman of the High Independent Election Commission of the Republic of Iraq Maan Abed Hantush
- Member of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina Suad Arnautovic
- Member of the Supreme Electoral Court of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Lydia Iriarte
- Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Moldova Dorin Cimil
- Chairman of the Central Commission of the Republic of Tajikistan on Elections and Referenda Bakhtiyor Tavar Khudoyorzoda
- Member of the Election Commission of the Republic of the Philippines, Representative of the Chairman of the Association of Asian Electoral Authorities Marlon S. Casquejo
- Member of the National Electoral Institute of the United Mexican States Jaime Rivera Velazquez
- Member of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Armenia Georgy Martirosyan
- Member of the National Electoral Council of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Carlos Quintero
- Member of the National Electoral Committee of the Kingdom of Cambodia Hang Puthea
- Member of the National Electoral Council of the Republic of Ecuador Esthella Acero
- Chief Election Officer of the State of Kerala, Republic of India T.R. Meena
- Member of the Supreme Electoral Court of the Republic of Costa Rica Roman Gustavo Jacobo
- Director of International Relations, Swiss Democracy Foundation Bruno Kaufmann
- Chairman of the Independent Election Commission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Chairman of the Organization of Arab Electoral Management Bodies Khalid Alkalaldeh
The Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Alexei V. Shaposhnikov addressed the guests with a welcoming speech.
At the end of the plenary meeting, an official reception was held on behalf of the Chairperson of the CEC of Russia Ella A. Pamfilova and Moscow Mayor Sergei S. Sobyanin.