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To access links, see Steven Clift's blog: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=251 Post: Int'l e-Participation and Local Democracy Symposium Agendas For details on both events see: http://www.edemocracysymposium.org For recently released video webcasts from last year's symposium that I helped organize in Minneapolis, see: http://www.dowire.public-i.tv/site/webcasts.php Baltimore - August 3, 2006 The agenda for August 3rd's Int'l e-Participation and Local Democracy Symposium in Baltimore is taking shape (below). I'll be running the Innovative Ideas panel at the end of the day. It is only $99 for this one day event. Connect with early arrivals on August 2 via the DoWire Wiki: http://www.dowire.org/wiki/DoWire_Members_at_Baltimore For more information on the U.S. event/agenda contact: Taylor Frazao, The Public Forum Institute, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 202.973.2885. Budapest - July 26-28, 2006 I'll be at the Budapest event in spirit, not in-person. Check out their detailed agenda (far below). Since this is a larger event, if you plan to be there and would like to connect with others before, during and after the event, you can do so via this wiki page: http://www.dowire.org/wiki/DoWire_Members_at_Budapest Sincerely, Steven Clift http://dowire.org P.S. Help build the business case for a funded international "Local E-Democracy Exchange" online community of practice here: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/local THE DRAFT AGENGAS You might ask, why send out the full agenda? In a couple of years this conference site will either be gone or significantly changed. With DoWire the text I shared in 1998 is still online. - SLC Provisional Agenda: Baltimore 8:30am Opening of the Conference Chair: Andrew Pinder, CBE, President of International Centre of Excellence in Local e-Democracy Dylan Jeffrey, Department for Communities and Local Government, United Kingdom and Symposium Director Opening Keynote Address and Welcome Hon. Mary D. Kane, Secretary of State for Maryland, USA Jonathan Ortmans, President of Public Forum Institute, USA Richard Kerby, United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs Senior Inter-Regional Advisor on e-Government Leslie Reynolds, Executive Director of the National Association of Secretaries of State 9:30am Feedback from Budapest Cllr. Matthew Ellis, Deputy leader of Lichfield Borough Council and member of Staffordshire County Council, United Kingdom Cllr. Mary Reid, Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 10:00am Coffee Break 10:15am Research Findings - The Results and Findings of a Comparative Study into Local e-Democracy at Municipal Level in Europe and North America Lawrence Pratchett, Professor of Local Democracy, De Montfort University, United Kingdom Don Norris, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States 10:45am e-Participation Success Stories from Europe This presentation will share best practices and innovative e-Government strategies that have been put into practice around the world. Chair: Daniel van Lehrberg, President of Politech Institute, Brussels 11:15am e-Government Strategy: The UK Approach How the United Kingdom is taking forward the e-Government and the e-Participation strategy Chair: Julian Bowrey, Department for Communities and Local Government and Head of Division for Sustainable Communities, UK Tony Teehan, Team Leader for Local e-Government, UK Julia Glidden, Managing Director of 21c Consultancy Ltd., UK 12:00pm Aspiring to the Global Possibilities A moderator will ask participants to identify what is possible for the e-Democracy field for the future. (Table Talk & Call out Vote) Jonathan Ortmans, President of Public Forum Institute 12:30pm Lunch Please choose one of the following two concurrent sessions to attend 1:30pm Be a Blogger, Vlogger, Podcaster! Communication is evolving; this workshop focuses on how to use new technology efficiently and effectively. Griff Wigley, Chief Advisor to ICELE on blogging and CEO of Wigley and Associates. Who Hacked the Government? : Protect yourself from intruders by using and recognizing authentication on government websites. Many are concerned about the security of information on their websites. This session will engage how to use authentication on political websites to best protect users and creators of government websites. Ravi Singh, CEO of Electionmall Technologies Please choose one of the following two concurrent sessions to attend 2:15pm Deliberative Democracy Consortium: e-Participation and e-Deliberation Best Practice, a snapshot from around the world. AmericaSpeaks Access to Accessibility: This presentation engages the question on how e-Government can create access to citizens that may not have be able to engage in government discourse without the internet. American Association of People with Disabilities 2:45pm Election Modernization: Looking Ahead to 2008 What is in the future for elections? With online elections getting quite a bit of buzz and internet campaigning continually evolving, this session will look at what will be modernized and what still needs improvement in the world of e-Voting. (Informal Panel) Alan Winchcombe, Head of Electoral Services at Swindon Borough Council Linda Lamone, State Election Director for Maryland and past President of the National Association of State Election Directors Roger Alan Stone, CEO of Advocacy Inc. 3:30pm Bringing e-Government to Your Community Everyone seems to be talking about e-Government, but how does one go about bringing it to their community? This session will discuss how to create a strategy to implement an e-Government agenda. (Presentation) Jonathan Bruel, former senior advisor to the deputy of the Office of Management and Budget 4:00pm Innovative Ideas to Stir Citizens (based on edits SLC sent in) This session will explore creative ideas - including those from participants - to engage citizens online including those who do not fully participate in the democratic process. (Panel with Audience Feedback) Chair: Steven Clift, Board Chair, E-Democracy.Org Carol Darr, Director, Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, George Washington University Pallas Snider, Anne Arundel County Student Forum Tom Dawkins, National Coordinator of Vibewire Youth Services 5:00pm Closing Remarks Andrew Pinder, CBE Chair of International Centre of Excellence in Local eDemocracy Dylan Jeffery, DCLG Symposium Director Provisional Agenda: Budapest Day One Sponsored by: 3:00pm Symposium Opening Plenary: Setting the Scene Dylan Jeffrey, DCLG, Symposium Director Andrew Pinder CBE, Symposium Chair Host Speeches Chairman: Andrew Pinder CBE, President of ICELE TBA, Hungarian Government Minister Angela Smith MP (tbc), Minister for Local e-Government at the Department for Communities and Local Government, United Kingdom Local Governance and the need to engage citizens Partner Speeches Guido Bertucci, Director for Public Administration & Development Management,, UNDESA Lessons and Actions from the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) 2005 Najat Rochdi, UNDP Representative in the Arab Region A regional perspective about building democracy in the Arab Region Michael Remmert, Head of Good Governance in the Information Society, Council of Europe e-Governance and Democracy across Europe Hon. Deb Markowitz, President of NASS e-Participation and e-Public Administration at the State Level in the USA Jonathan Ortmans, President of Public Forum Institute What participation means to the man on the street 4:30pm Coffee Break 5:00pm Research Presentation Findings Lawrence Pratchett, Professor of Local Democracy, De Montfort University Don Norris, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The Results and Findings of a Comparative Study into Local eDemocracy at Municipal Level in Europe and North America. [De Montfort University - Leicester-Bedford] FOR THE FULL AGENDA see their website or the blog version of this post: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=251 *** Democracies Online Newswire - http://DoWire.Org *** To comment/for links: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=251 To network: http://groups.dowire.org Submit posts: http://dowire.org/submit ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. 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