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Election technology Conference and Vendor Exhibition

From November 17-19, 2008, the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), with funding support from USAID, held an Election Technology Conference and Vendor Exhibition in Manila.  The three-day event brought together officials of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) led by Chairman Jose Melo, election experts, advocates of electoral reform led by Senator Richard Gordon and Ambassador Henrietta De Villa of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), and vendors of election automation technologies to share experiences and discover effective solutions when integrating new technologies into the electoral process. 

The overall objective of the conference was to gain from experts the knowledge and insight needed to effectively determine and procure appropriate election technologies in order to enhance the conduct of elections. 

The conference attracted over 200 participants over the two days, including all COMELEC commissioners and key COMELEC staff, members of the COMELEC Advisory Council on Automation, House and Senate staffers, civil society and media.  Furthermore, members of the election commissions of Korea, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives and Malaysia attended and actively participated.  Seventeen vendors, representing major election suppliers from nine countries, displayed their supplies and equipment for participants to view and try.

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