TIC Talks

9am – 9.15am EDT, 23 April 2024 ‐ 15 mins

Room: Ballroom

Plenary Session

In this session, the four track chairs will briefly preview their session, inviting attendees to dive deeper in the upcoming presentations.

Moderator

Gökçe Gülcüler

Global Track Chair, Türkiye

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Speakers

Donna Creaven

Director, EuroPris - European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services, Ireland

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Terry Hackett

Senior Associate/Co-founder and Principal, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR)/ Praesora Consulting

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Steven Van De Steene

Technology Researcher and Consultant, Smart Corrections, France

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Marayca Lopez

Justice and Civic Planning Leader, DLR Group, United States

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Gökçe Gülcüler

Global Track Chair, Türkiye

Gökçe Gülcüler, a graduate of Istanbul Technical University with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, a master's degree in MBA from Koç University, and North Carolina, has gained expertise in various fields, including aviation, cybersecurity, risk management, and technology startups. She has gained professional experience at many sectors, both internationally and domestically. Gökçe has worked as a systems engineer, specializing in the design of aircraft and missile engines.

Gökçe has been chosen as an entrepreneurial fellow by prestigious organizations such as the International Youth Foundation, Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Laureate International Network, and Endeavor. She offers communication consulting services to technology firms. In 2022, she began generating content as a media representative at Harvard Business Review Türkiye. Gökçe Gülcüler is invited as a media representative to significant global conferences such as Websummit and Slush. Additionally, she actively participates in the creation of content on multiple publishing platforms. In addition, she serves as a moderator for conversations at both international and domestic conferences.

Donna Creaven

Director, EuroPris - European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services, Ireland

Donna works as Director in the Irish Prison Service with the Department of Justice with responsibility for ICT, Corporate Services & Governance. Trained in law, IT, project and risk management, strategy, public administration and governance, Donna holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws LL.B from the National University of Ireland, Galway and a Masters in Management & Corporate Governance from the University of Ulster. She was awarded the Certified Data Protection Officer designation by the Association of Compliance Officers Ireland having completed a Professional Post Graduate Certificate in Data Protection Policy and Procedures in the University of Dublin and recently completed a Professional Diploma in Strategy & Innovation with the Institute of Irish Management through the University of Cork.
Donna is a member of the Board of Directors for Pobal, a company working on behalf of Government, and in conjunction with communities and agencies, managing funding and providing support for services in the areas of Social Inclusion and Equality, Inclusive Employment and Enterprise, and Early Learning and Care. She has served as a director for a number of voluntary organisations and has provided a focal point for independent advice and guidance on the development and implementation of strategy, governance and compliance for over a decade.

Terry Hackett

Senior Associate/Co-founder and Principal, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR)/ Praesora Consulting

Terry Hackett assumed the post of Head of the Persons Deprived of Liberty Unit for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva in February 2022. Terry joined the ICRC in 2018 as a Prison System Adviser following a 22-year career with the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) where he began his career as a Correctional Officer and retired as the as the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Correctional Operations (Pacific). During his tenure with CSC, Terry held various positions including Director of Operations (Pacific) and Director of several federal institutions. Terry has been called on to present on penitentiary issues in seminars and conferences around the world. He has worked with various detaining authorities in East Africa, Afghanistan and throughout South East Asia to support efforts to ensure the treatment of detainees and conditions of detention are improved in line with international standards.

Terry holds a Master of Arts in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University (RRU) with a focus on rule of law and post-conflict correctional reform, Master of Advanced Studies in International Law in Armed Conflict from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Trinity Western University. Terry has published work in both the South African Journal of Criminology (2015) and the ICPA Journal Advancing Corrections (2017). Prior to joining the ICRC he was the lead consultant for the development of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Nelson Mandala Rules eLearning course.

Steven Van De Steene

Technology Researcher and Consultant, Smart Corrections, France

Steven Van De Steene is an Enterprise Architect who works as a consultant in the area of innovation and technology strategy for prisons and probation services. He is also active as a researcher, affiliated to the Montfort University (Leicester, UK) and as board member of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) the liaison for the technology solutions network within the association.

Steven studied Pedagogical Sciences at the University of Ghent. After his graduation he started working as a probation Officer. With the growth of the organization came the need for a better national IT support. As a project manager, Steven took the opportunity to establish good working IT solutions by trying to understand real business needs and enlarging his knowledge in Information Technology. In 2009 he became a certified Enterprise IT Architect at the University of Antwerp Management School. Now he’s concentrating on implementing the principles of IT Governance and Enterprise Architecture within correctional organizations and promoting research on how an increased digitalized society impacts our correctional practices.

Until 2015 he was the IT Director of the Directorate General Penitentiary Institutions in Belgium where he managed an IT service with a strong focus on developing innovative solutions as an answer to the wide variety of business needs within the complex penitentiary context. Since 2008 he has been actively involved in different European and international projects, promoting the opportunities to use technology in a way it improves security, efficiency, and rehabilitation in a balanced and ethical way, with a strong focus on reducing harm.

Steven is actively promoting more research in this field and works closely together with Universities across the globe to enhance our knowledge on the opportunities as well as the risks and ethical questions related to the use of technology in corrections.

Marayca Lopez

Justice and Civic Planning Leader, DLR Group, United States

Dr. Lopez is an expert consultant of distinguished ability and accomplishment in the field of correctional systems and prison reform with an extensive education and international background in penology and criminology. Having exclusively dedicated her academic and professional careers to the justice sector, Marayca possesses a keen understanding of the overall criminal justice system and, more specifically, of correctional systems for both justice-involved youth and adult offenders.

Marayca’s body of work is international in scope. She has participated in a wide array of criminal justice reform projects and prison studies both in the USA and abroad (e.g. Australia, Canada, Europe, Central and South America), resulting in worldwide expertise and a deep understanding of correctional best practices, prison operations and innovative models for offender management and intervention. Marayca’s years of academic pursuit and practical application in the field of corrections have helped to nurture and refine her research and analytical skills, which are critical for criminal justice strategic planning. For the last 14 years, Marayca served as Senior Corrections Analyst and Justice Facility Planner for CGL, a preeminent justice services firm based in New York. As an authority on criminal justice matters and prisons operations, she helped to plan and program correctional facilities that are holistic in their approach, preserve human rights, promote rehabilitation and treatment, are safe and humane, and focused on innovative operational and programmatic models for positive behavioral change and successful re-entry.

Dr. Lopez areas of expertise include the development of system-wide needs assessments; policy and criminal justice data analysis; inmate population forecasting; design of alternatives to incarceration programs; organizational/cultural assessments; existing buildings functional and operational assessments; planning of new justice facilities, transition and activation services. She is an active member of the International Corrections and Prison’s Association’s (ICPA) Planning and Design Committee and has an on-going collaboration with the Correctional Association of New York (Women in Prison Project), the United Nations Friends of Corrections, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Penal Reform International (PRI) on issues related to the humanization of prisons, monitoring of incarceration practices and improvement of detention conditions She is a frequent speaker and/or lecturer in a variety of academic, professional, and international forums.

In recognition of the impact that her work has had improving life in prison through the built environment, Marayca has been recently nominated by the AIA’s Academy of Architecture for Justice to join the Leadership Group in 2021.