*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** More conferences! If you are aware of other similar conferences, or if you'd like to share your conference presentations or papers from any of these events online, don't forget the 1600+ people you can reach via DO-WIRE. Below are details on the: 1. Worldwide Forum on E-Democracy, France, May 17 2. EU Digital Democracy Conference, Missouri, March 7-8 3. Foundations of Electronic Government in America's Cities, Mar 8-9 4. U of Minn, Internet Studies Center Conference List (Long) 5. Previous Conference Message w/proper http:// links Also, if you are looking for general government conferences in U.S., check out <http://www.govnetworks.com/conferences.htm> and for business IT events visit <http://www.businesswire.com/tradeshow/>. Cheers, Steven Clift Democracies Online Newswire http://www.e-democracy.org/do P.S. Has anyone explored hosting a collection of digital recordings of "e-democracy" related conference sessions for online access? More on this idea later ... 1. Forum Mondial de la Démocratie Electronique/Worldwide Forum on Electronic Democracy, Issy-les-Moulineaux (Paris), France Thursday, May 17, 2001 From: http://www.issy.com/e-democratie/ Under the high patronage of Jacques CHIRAC, President of France With the support of the European Commission and Under the patronage of the European Parliament ... This 2nd Forum will be the occasion to make a new point on the " Revolution of the e-democracy", by advancing the new relations created by the network among the citizens and their elected members and the emergence of the e-citizen. It will be also an occasion unique to discuss in the detail of trump cards and handicaps of the electronic vote and the vote by Internet. The best specialists will present it, indeed, the European research programs and will discuss problems connected to the security of the network and to the respect for the anonymity on Web. 2. EU Digital Democracy: Technology and the Future of Local and Regional Governance, March 8-9 From: http://www.cpac.missouri.edu/digdemo/index.htm Conference Objectives - Assemble leading scholars and practitioners from EU and US in the field. - Discuss key issues for theory, practice and policy in advancing democracy and civil society through regional online government. - Compare pertinent EU policies and programs on these issues to the US experience. - Articulate a Trans-Atlantic research agenda to address this topic. 3. Foundations of Electronic Government in America's Cities: A Multi- Disciplinary Workshop Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, in cooperation with the eighteen universities of the Great Cities Universities Consortium, March 8 and 9, 2001, in Chicago, Illinois From: http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/mpa/egov2001/ The focus of this workshop is on digital government in urban environments. Digital government concerns applications of technologies and process in support of seamless government administration, information provision, and service delivery. This workshop will expand and build upon previous NSF sponsored digital government workshops by identifying and prioritizing research issues of critical importance to public administration and policy making with related computer science research in urban environments. The primary objective of the workshop is to identify concrete research- theoretical and experimental projects that will lead to the development and implementation of successful urban digital government applications in the coming years. Tracks · Policy & Governance -> law, guidance, management structure and operating procedures that influence the implementation of e-gov · Functional Areas of E-Government -> applications in transportation, parks, health, social service and other local government functions · Human Computer Interaction -> how the public can interface government from home, work, or public space; accessibility concerns · Citizen Trust -> security, privacy, and governance concerns 4. U of Minn. Internet Studies Center, Event Calendar From: http://www.isc.umn.edu/events.html (Use this URL to visit the conferences below. February 2, 2001 Covington, KY Cyber Law: Issues Affecting the Internet and Its Governance This symposium will feature prominent legal scholars and practitioners who are experts in the field of cyber law. February 8-9, 2001 Bolton, UK The Bolton Business School Conference: Ethics, ICT and Social Exclusion This conference will explore the ethicality of 'social exclusion', the ethical dilemmas that this creates, and the impact of ICT on the issue of social exclusion. It will also examine the particular impact of technical developments and contemporary issues in ICT. February 10, 2001 California Consumers in the Digital Age: Perspectives on the Intersection Between Law, Technological Innovation, and Consumer Protection The 2001 Hastings Law Journal Symposium will focus on the impact current legislation and case law surrounding computer software will have on consumers. March 2-3, 2001 Berkeley Antitrust, Technology and Intellectual Property: Beyond Microsoft In this conference, we explore difficult legal, economic and business problems in detail. Rather than focusing on the Microsoft case, we have sought to go "Beyond Microsoft" to focus on issues of enduring importance to technology firms and companies. March 8-10, 2001 Columbus, OH Interdisciplinary Conference on the Impact of Technological Change on the Creation, Dissemination, and Protection of Intellectual Property The Conference continues the process begun at the Interdisciplinary Conference held February, 2000, of exploration of the multi- disciplinary effect of the interface of law and digital communication technology on the creation, dissemination, and protection of intellectual property. March 10-14, 2001 San Jose, California ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace International leaders and visionaries from industry, academia, research, and government will gather to continue the dialogue on key computing advances that will directly and/or indirectly impact our daily lives, and how computing will change the way we interact as we travel around the globe. March 14-17, 2001 San Jose, California Museums and the Web 2001 In its fifth year, Museums and the Web 2001 will be the place to review the state of the web in arts, culture, and heritage. April 6-7, 2001 College Park, MD Constructing Cyberculture(s): Performance, Pedagogy, and Politics in Online Spaces Addressing issues such as what it means to play online "identity games," how scholars of the humanities and public policy can work together to affect the construction and maintenance of cyberspaces, and how we can use online technologies to teach and learn about cultural diversity. April 9-10, 2001 Scotland British and Irish Legal Education Technology Associateion 2001 The leading UK conference on IT law, computers and law, legal education and law and AI. April 24 -28, 2001, Hong Kong International Federation for Information Processing: Working Conference on Database Semantics (DS-9) "Semantic Issues in E- Commerce Systems The purpose of this Conference is to provide an active forum for researchers and practitioners for presentation and exchange of research results and practical management of databases, this time applied to systems containing e-commerce information. April 26-28, 2001, Providence Rhode Island The fourth international Digital Arts & Culture Conference This conference aims to embrace and explore the cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural theory and practice of contemporary digital arts and culture. April 27-29, 2001 Providence, Rhode Island The fourth international Digital Arts & Culture Conference This conference aims to embrace and explore the cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural theory and practice of contemporary digital arts and culture. June 18-20, 2001 Gdañsk, Poland ETHICOMP 2001: "Systems of the Information Society" The aim of ETHICOMP 2001 is to focus on the ethical and social impacts of these systems on society, organisations and individuals. This will be done from four perspectives: software engineering and systems development; teaching ethics to computing students; ethics in virtual communities; and ethics in the off-line world. June 21-22, 2001 Germany I2CS Innovative Internet Computing Systems The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers in the area of Internet foundations and applications to discuss the current state of the art in the described field and to identify promising directions for research. June 25-30, 2001 Tampere, Finland ED-MEDIA 2001-World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications/distance education. July, 2001 England Exploring Cyber Society II: Dissent and deviance in the Information Age This conference will focus on disruptive and oppositional currents within cyber- society such as computer hacking; the sending of logic bombs and viruses; denial of service attacks; circulation of criminal and obscene material, and the co-ordination of real world activities ranging from organised criminality to legitimate popular protest. August 5-10, 20001 New Orleans, LA HCI International 2001: 9th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction The conference objective is to provide an international forum for the issemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of HCI through the following five modes of communication: plenary presentations, ten parallel sessions, poster sessions, tutorials, and meetings of special interest groups. October 1-3, 2001 Germany International Conference on Social Computing The conference will serve as an international forum for scientists, leading experts, technical professionals, and users involved in research and development. They will gather together to discuss the benefits, challenges, and risks of information and communication technology for the future society. October 10-14, 2001 Minneapolis, MN The Second International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers The Internet's ever-increasing points of connection to almost every element of 21st century life have prompted strong interest in understanding the social aspects of cyberspace. The popular press offers wave after wave of speculation and vague forecasts, but what is really needed to help us understand how to live in our wired world is research: research that is collaborative, international, and interdisciplinary. 5. Previous Conference Message with working links! From: Steven Clift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Conferences for 2001 (via CPSR) Date sent: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:47:37 -0600 Note: Both International Conference on Social Computing and ISOC conference below have Jan. 10 CFP deadlines. Remember to send in conference announcements related to "democracy online." And join the "White House 2001: Envisioning the Next White House Web Site" online conference today, by sending an e-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. - SLC From: http://www.egroups.com/message/cpsr-global/1557 From: Marsha Woodbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu Jan 4, 2001 7:13pm Subject: Conference/Event Listing from CPSR (@) Below is a schedule of upcoming conferences, events, opportunities, and publications that may be of interest to members of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. If you plan to attend a gathering, and would like to take some CPSR brochures and buttons along, please let me know how many you would like, and where to send them. And if you're interested in meeting up with other members who also may be attending, or who live in the area where you will be going, let me know if I can help with matchmaking. As issues relating to voting are likely to continue to be a prominent concern, we've established a CPSR Working Group on Voting Issues. Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to join the list. ... Thanks. CFP 2001 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy. Deadline for proposals Jan. 5, 2001. See http://www.cfp2001.org/ INET 2001 The Internet Global Summit. Content Deadline Jan. 10. See http://www.isoc.org/inet2001/cfc.shtml Privacy in the New Environments What the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act Means to Your Organization, Ottawa, CANADA, Feb. 19, 2001.. See http://www.rileyis.com/seminars/ Safe Surfing 2001, SINGAPORE, Feb. 22-24. See http://www.safesurfing2001.com Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Cincinnati, OH, March 1-4. See http://php.ucs.indiana.edu/~appe/home.html. CPSR Activists' Roundtable in Boston, MA, March 3-4. Watch http://www.cpsr.org for details and RSVP to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computers, Freedom and Privacy, Cambridge, MA, March 6-9. See http://www.cfp2001.org/ EUROSEC 2001, Paris, FRANCE, March 13-15. See http://www.xpconseil.com/eurosec2001/ Online, Offshore and Cross-Border Regulating Global E-Commerce. American University, Washington, DC, March 30. See http://www.wcl.american.edu Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2001), Seattle, Washington, 31 March - 5 April. See http://www.acm.org/chi2001 Human Aspects of the Information Society, Newcastle, ENGLAND. April 9-11. See http://is.northumbria.ac.uk/imri National Summit on Electronic Privacy, Washington, DC, April 23-24. See http://www.nigi.org/ CPSR Student Essay Contest Submission Deadline for 2000-2001. May 4, 2001. See http://www.cpsr.org/issues/contest.html. Computing, Telecommunications, and Broadcasting Conference, Accra, GHANA (Home of CPSR's new Africa Chapter), May 17-18. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Security Conference (TISC), Los Angeles, CA, June 4-8. See http://www.tisc2001.com/ INET 2001 The Internet Global Summit. The 11th Annual Internet Society Conference. June 5-8, 2001. Stockholm, Sweden. For more information http://www.isoc.org/inet2001/ ETHICOMP 2001 Systems of the Information Society, Gdansk, POLAND, June 18-20. See http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/conferences/ccsrconf/ethicomp2001/ Internet and Development in Asia Internet Political Economy Forum 2001, SINGAPORE, Sept. 14-15. See http://www.fas.nus.edu/icm/ ICSC 2001 International Conference on Social Computing October 1 - 3, 2001 University of Bremen, Germany E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] www http://icsc2001.informatik.uni-bremen.de Nurturing the CyberCommons, 1981-2021, Ann Arbor, MI, October 19-21. CPSR's 20th Anniversay. Watch http://www.cpsr.org for details. CPSR-GLOBAL http://www.egroups.com/list/cpsr- global/info.html To join, send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To leave the list, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some back issues and information at http://www.cpsr.org/lists/global/global.html, the most up-to-date are on egroups.com. ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. 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