Steven Clift
Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:16:44 -0700
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On July 26 and 27 attendees from over a dozen countries as diverse as the United Kingdom, Nepal and Tanzania will gather in Minnesota to share lessons on e-democracy in local government and communities. What about you? Join us at the International Symposium on Local E-Democracy. The registration deadline is Friday, July 15: http://dowire.org/localedem The cost for both days is only $125 (includes day one meals, day two field trip transportation, etc.). The full agenda is now available: http://dowire.org/wiki/Symposium_agenda Details on the minor baseball pre-conference July 25 event (with pictures and a mini-video) are at: http://www.e-democracy.org/wiki/Saints Confirmed day one speakers and moderators include: * Phil Noble, Politics Online - Closing keynote on e-politics the good, bad, and ugly * John Groh, President, Election Systems & Software International - Multichannel e-voting in practice * Mary Reid, Councillor, Kingston upon Thames, Chair, UK Local E-Democracy National Project - "Who needs elected representatives?" * Julia Glidden, Accenture e-Democracy Services - Defining and developing e-democracy - the private sector perspective. * Rona Zevin, Seattle Channel, City of Seattle - Local government webcasting and television * John Ellis, Idessa (UK) Limited - e-Consultation and local government * Brian Russell, AudioActivism.Org - Activist blogging and podcasting * Isobel Harding, NorthlincsNet - UK Local e-Democracy National Project Lead Authority - UK e- Democracy National Project Overview * Sarah Walder - A 13 year-old presenting on the DemGames.Org UK pilot * Fred Carpenter, Planning Department, Anchorage, Alaska - Maps, zoning, e-alerts, and citizen input online * Nora Paul, Institute for New Media Studies, U of M * Donald Norris, University of Maryland, Baltimore * Lawrence Prachett, De Montfort University, UK * David Brauer, Minneapolis Issues Forums * Julian Bowery, Office of the UK Deputy Prime Minister * Dylan Jeffrey, Office of the UK Deputy Prime Minister * Steven Clift, DoWire.Org and E-Democracy.Org As don't forget our "Field Day" on July 27 as we visit Minnesota's wired State Capitol and discover community blogging in Northfield and Eden Prairie. Register today: http://dowire.org/localedem Sincerely, Steven Clift Conference Co-Chair ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift UK Office Hours - 1pm - 11pm - - T: 0870.340.1266 Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org *** Past Messages, to Subscribe: http://dowire.org *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** New RSS XML Feed Available: *** http://www.mail-archive.com/do-wire@lists.umn.edu/maillist.xml