Dinesh, Thanks for letting us know. I will probably attend on the 14th. I assume quite a bit of Open Source is being used and will be used going forward in governance.
Venkat Dinesh, Servelots wrote: > Technology, Governance and Citizenship > > 12th, 13th and 14th December, 2007 > Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore > > Technology is central to new modes of governance, and to emerging > definitions of citizenship, participation, and progress. As state > functions get automated through e-governance, experiences get > codified, and paradigms of knowledge production come under the digital > eye, the notions of governance and citizenship are changing. > > This conference explores questions at the intersection of technology > and society in contemporary India, bringing together researchers and > practitioners from a wide range of technical and social scientific > backgrounds. Its aim is not so much to reiterate the conventional > definitions of development, technology, transparency, and governance, > but to unpack the construction of these terms in a way that allows us > to make sense of the new practices of governance, and of contemporary > politics, law and citizenship. > > See the 3 day program and key participants of the workshop. > http://janasu.org/tgc > > Dec 12th, 2007 > The first day of the workshop will introduce case studies of projects > in India that highlight the technical aspects of e-governance, > providing a concrete basis for discussions. > > Dec 13th, 2007 > The second day's presentations will explore the social and > epistemological questions emerging out of e-governance architectures > and their implementation. > > Dec 14th, 2007 > On the final day of the workshop, speakers will attempt to articulate > a broader platform of research into questions about the intersection > of technology and society. > > Registration is now open. Again check out the link: > http://janastu.org/tgc > >
