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To access links, see Steven Clift's blog: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=225 Post: E-democracy webcasts, new videocasts from 1st International Symposium on Local E-Democracy For every person who made it to Minneapolis last year for the 1st International Symposium on Local E-Democracy, two people expressed interest in being there. Now available on-demand, thanks to public-i for hosting and St. Paul Neighborhood Network for taping, are the main day's sessions for your viewing pleasure from: http://www.dowire.org/wiki/Symposium_webcast I'll share the webcast agenda below. We kept panel speakers to seven minutes and seven slides, so the panel sessions are quite snappy. In addition to the conference webcast, one of our panelists, Chuck Olsen, put together a video podcast on the conference as well as on the washed pre-conference minor league baseball game. Another panelist, Brian Russell, put together some notes and podcasts. Tune in and pretend you were there. I believe more strongly than ever in efforts to promote local e-democracy. One of my main concerns is the folks building information-age democracy on the ground are those least likely to be able to attend distant conferences. In addition this webcast, I am: * Proposing the creation of a low-cost, but funded international Local E-Democracy Exchange online community of practice with occasional webinars/teleconferences with guest experts. I'd like those e-participation projects with funding to help make this happen. You can help this effort by reserving your place in the online community via DoWire Groups at: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/local * Launching a new directory web page for E-Democracy Webcasts on our wiki - please add more in all languages: http://www.dowire.org/wiki/E-democracy_webcasts * Considering an IRC chat channel #e-democracy for real-time use by the broader community whenever necessary. Let's make it happen. Sincerely, Steven Clift http://dowire.org P.S. Here is the symposium video webcast agenda ... Watch directly from: http://www.dowire.public-i.tv/site/webcasts.php Welcome and Opening Presentation * Welcome - Ed Goetz, Associate Dean, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs * Dylan Jeffrey, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, UK & Steven Clift, Democracies Online * Isobel Harding, NorthlincsNet, UK Local e-Democracy National Project Lead Authority - o UK Local e-Democracy National Project Overview Informed Voting - Panel 1 >From e-voting to online voter education, panelists will discuss voter >participation in the information age. (45 Minutes) Moderator: Dylan Jeffrey, UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Panelists: * John Groh, President, Election Systems & Software International o Multichannel e-voting in practice * Ravi Singh, CEO, ElectionMall Technologies o Campaigning Online - Engaging Supporters and Informing Voters Online * Steven Clift, Democracies Online o Informed Voting in South Korea and Non-Partisan Voter Guide Opportunities e-Government and Democracy - Panel 2 >From democratic e-government applications to online tools for representative >and decision-making processes, panelists will explore the state of art of >e-democracy within government. (60 Minutes) Moderator: Julian Bowrey, Head of Local e-Government, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, UK Panelists: * Mary Reid, Councillor, Kingston upon Thames, Chair, UK Local E-Democracy National Project o "Who needs elected representatives?" The Chair of the UK Local e-Democracy National Project on leadership and support for representative democracy in e-government. * Julia Glidden, Accenture e-Democracy Services o Defining and developing e-democracy - the private sector perspective. * Rona Zevin, Seattle Channel, City of Seattle o Seattle's Democracy Portal - Videostreaming and enhanced Council meeting coverage * Anna Tan, Director, Home and Community Franchise of UK DirectGov and Programme Director of Local Directgov o Local DirectGov - Joining up local/community and central government web services. Citizens Online and Public Engagement - Panel 3 Communities, e-activism, participatory media and civic engagement in the information age. (90 min) Moderator - David Brauer, Minneapolis Issues Forum and Editor, Southwest Journal and Skyway News Panelists part one - Voices: * Sarah Walder, Youth participant o Presenting on the DemGames.Org UK pilot * RT Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis o Participating online as a citizen, then as an elected official on the Minneapolis Issues Forum * Brian Russell, AudioActivism.Org o Activist blogging and podcasting * Chuck Olsen, MNStories.com o Video blogging and community Panelists part two - Engagement: * John Ellis, Idessa (UK) Limited o e-Consultation and local government * Fred Carpenter, Planning Department, Anchorage, Alaska o Internet innovations to improve citizen participation in the planning and development process * Kerrie Oakes, Principal Policy Office, eDemocracy Policy, Department of Communities o eDemocracy in the State of Queensland Government, Australia e-Democracy at Home and Abroad - Researchers Roundtable * Donald Norris, University of Maryland, Baltimore E-Politics: The good, the bad, and plain ugly? Closing Keynote * Phil Noble, PoliticsOnline.com Closing Summary * Julian Bowrey, Head of Local e-Government, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, UK *** Democracies Online Newswire - http://DoWire.Org *** To comment/for links: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=225 To network: http://groups.dowire.org Submit posts: http://dowire.org/submit Member profile for Steven: http://groups.dowire.org/main/contacts/stevenclift ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail: http://groups.dowire.org/main/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/topic/113857 For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
