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If all goes well we will another 30 free virtual slots for people to participate live with the conference - listen to audio and chat live. The webcasts: http://dowire.org/wiki/Symposium_webcast The chat (including a HTML-based IRC chat option that should work with any modern browser): http://dowire.org/wiki/Symposium_chat During the Q & A the plan is to put the discussion up on the screen. The webcast will start at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Central Daylight Time, 15:00 in the UK, and other local times (see site for conversion) on Tuesday, July 26. Finally, in-person and online attendees may share content via the wiki: http://dowire.org/wiki/Symposium_open_wiki Thanks, Steven Clift Conference Co-Chair P.S. Each part of the agenda will have its own webcast, so be sure to check the webcast page based on this agenda: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 Conference Day, Humphrey Institute 8:00 a.m. Registration, Coffee and Continental Breakfast 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Presentation 9:45 a.m. PANEL 1- "Informed Voting" 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break 10:50 a.m. PANEL 2- "e-Government and Democracy" NOON Lunch featuring the "60-Second Pitch" 1:15 p.m. Small Group Discussion Sessions 2:15 p.m. PANEL 3-"Citizens Online and Public Engagement" 3:45 p.m. Afternoon Coffee Break 4:15 p.m. Researchers' Roundtable-"e-Democracy at Home and Abroad" 5:00 p.m. Closing Keynote-"E-Politics: The good, the bad and plain ugly?" 5:30 p.m. Closing Summary 7-10 p.m. Post-Conference Reception with cocktails and food Grandma's Restaurant, Brunswick's upstairs FYI - We might webcast the Northfield panel ... Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Field Day 8:30 a.m. SHARP! - Board the Bus 8:35 a.m. Issues Forums in Motion 9:15 a.m. Wired Legislative Chambers Tour, State Capitol in St. Paul 10:15 a.m. PANEL DISCUSSION-"Information-Age Democracy in Minnesota" 11:15 a.m. SHARP! Bus leaves for Northfield 11:30 a.m. Rolling to a Rural College Town - A Decade of Northfield Citizens Online NOON Lunch Buffet at Contented Cow 1:00 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION-"Civic Weblogging" 2:00 p.m. Bus leaves for Airport/Hotel 3:00 p.m. Airport Drop Off - main Lindberg Terminal 3:30 p.m. Final Drop Off at Holiday Inn Metrodome ^ ^ ^ ^ 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
