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Conference information: http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/egovernance/ Webstreams start soon: http://councils.apstream.net/council/public/councilpres/Egovernance.as p The schedule: Compare your time to Melbourne: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=152 9 a.m. in Melbourne 8 a.m. in Tokyo 1 a.m. in Europe 6 p.m. U.S. Central Time (Tuesday) 14th April (Wednesday) 9:00-10:45 Session A (Copland Theatre): Opening Session Welcome (Associate Professor Ann Capling) Opening address (Randall Straw, Executive Director - Multimedia Victoria) Keynote Speaker: Professor Stephen Coleman: "Direct Representation: a new agenda for e-democracy" 10:45-11:00 Morning Tea 11:00-12:30 Session A (Copland Theatre) Hogan, Michael, Cook, Natalie, and Henderson, Monika: "The Queensland Government's e-Democracy Agenda" Bishop, Patrick and Anderson, Lori : "E-government to E-democracy: High-tech ‘solutions’ to ‘no-tech’ problems?" Balnaves, Mark, Shoesmith, Brian, and Walsh, Lucas: "Participatory technologies: The use of the internet in civic participation and democratic processes" Session B (Wood Tele Theatre) Ainsworth, Susan, Hardy, Cynthia, and Harley, Bill: "On-line Consultation: E-Democracy and E-Resistance in the Case of the Development Gateway" Williams, Elizabeth and Arnold, Bruce: "Redefining Citizenry? Internet Governance, National Citizens and Expectations of Representation" Skidmore, Darren: "The Gatekeepers on the Internet, what do they control and how dependent are they on each other?" Session C (Lecture Theatre 3) Kuring, Kate, Ryopponen, Felicity, Thomas, Melanie and Sheriff, Yuzana: "Four Citizens Like Us: The Internet and Democracy" Thompson, Helen: "Getting Online for a Good YARN: Achieving E- Governance Strength through the Active Participation of Citizens" Tacchi, Jo, Lewis, Damian and Hartley, John: "Youth Internet Radio Network: Can we Innovate Democracy?" 12:30-1:30 Lunch 1:30-3:00 Session A (Copland Theatre) Griffiths, Mary: "'Keeping it real' – or just an exercise in making it easier to govern? Media trainings, life events, the bloggosphere, and the e-citizen" Young, Graham and Flew, Terry: "If they come they will build it: managing and building eDemocracy from the ground up" Hartley, John and Rennie, Elinor: "Show-Business for Ugly People? Media Politics and E-Democracy" Session B (Wood Tele Theatre) Chimonyo, Janet, O'Loughlin, Brendan, Chen, Peter, and Barlow, Cheryl: "E-Governance: Taking the Next Step at the Local Level" Vromen, Ariadne: "'GenerationX' retrieving net-based information: political participation in practice?" Mould, David: "Student Virtual Parliament" Session C (Lecture Theatre 3) Orr, Allison: "The use and misuse of concepts in edemocracy discourse" Joseph, Richard: "The Limits of Electronic Government: the value of an information perspective" Allen, Matthew: "E-governance, the digital divide and citizenship" 3:00-3:30 Afternoon Tea 3:30-5:00 Session A (Copland Theatre) Otis, Nancy and Johanson, Graeme: "Community Sustainability and Informaiton and Communications Technologies: Current Knowledge and Recent Cases" Tucker MLA, Kerrie: "A matter of contempt - the unauthorised diversion and receipt of a Member's e-mails" Rennie, Elinor and Young, Sherman: "Park-Life: The Commons and Communications Policy" Session B (Wood Tele Theatre) Oakes, Kerrie: "The Impact of Electronic Governance on the Public Sector" Williamson, Andy: "Getting ready for eDemocracy: A five-stage maturity model" Pearce, Lionel: "Managing eGovernance Initiatives: A Phased Approach with Performance Measures" Session C (Lecture Theatre 3) Braun, Patrice: "Government-Industry ICT partnering regional Australia: issues surrounding top down e-governance initiatives" Sutcliffe, Kate and Richardson, Margot : "Remote Area E-Governance - The Gulf Savannah Experience" Ackland, Robert and Gibson, Rachel: "Mapping Political Party Networks on the Web" 5:00-7:00 VLGA Networking Event [ PROGRAM - 15th April (Thursday) ] 9:00-10:45 Session A (Copland Theatre): Opening Session Keynote Speaker: Professor Bruce Bimber - "The Citizen in an Age of Electronic Governance " 10:45-11:00 Morning Tea 11:00-12:30 Session A (Copland Theatre) Smith, Bob, "Centralisation and Flexibility in Delivering E-Services: tensions and complements" van Onselen, Peter and Errington, Wayne: "Voter Tracking Software: the Dark Side of Technology and Democracy" Marshall, Jonathan: "Governance, Structure and Existence: Authenticity, Rhetoric, Race and Gender" Session B (Wood Tele Theatre) Arnold-Moore, Timothy: "Public access to legislation and the democratic process" Phillips, Margaret E and Cunningham, Adrian: "Keeping electronic information accessible for e-governance and e-democracy" Clark, Tony and Abbinga, Peter: "Enabling independent and empowered participation in the electronic democratic process by people with disabilities" Session C (Lecture Theatre 3) Singh, Awdhesh Kumar and Sahu, Rajendra: "Delivering Social Justice, Equality and Growth to All Citizen Through E-Governance" Skidmore, Darren: "The governance of Open Source Software projects" Vaidya , Kishor, Callender, Guy, Sajeev, A.S.M., and Gao, Junbin: "Towards a Model for Measuring the Performance of e-Procurement Initiatives in the Australian Public Sector: A Balanced Scorecard Approach" 12:30-1:30 Lunch 1:30-3:00 Session A (Copland Theatre) Hargreaves, Scott : "Reaching Citizen/Stakeholders: Multimedia in the engagement strategies of Australian public sector organisations" Paez, Daniel, Bishop, Ian, and Williamson, Ian: "DISCUSS: A methodology to support public participation in cost-benefit analysis" Conley Tyler, Melissa and Bretherton, Di: "Lessons for eGovernment: Online Dispute Resolution" Session B (Wood Tele Theatre) Melville, Rose: "Electronic Democracy and Ethics a Paradox - Researching Human Subjects on the Internet" Bolger, Daniel G: "On- line, Off-line, Out of line?" Chen, Peter: "A Comparative Analysis of Political Email Lists" Session C (Lecture Theatre 3) Henman, Paul: "The governmental powers of welfare e-administration" Marston, Greg: "Take a number: employment services in an age of infocracy" Gaby, Sharon and Henman, Paul: "E-Health: Transforming doctor-patient relationships with a dose of technology" 3:00-3:30 Afternoon Tea 3:45-5:00 Session A (Copland Theatre) Closing session Closing address (The Honourable Daryl Williams AM QC MP) ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. 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