Conference Programme
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09.30 – 10.00 |
Registration & Coffee |
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10.00 - 11.15 |
Welcome Clare Ettinghausen, Director, Hansard Society Keynote The contribution of technology to democracy Stephen Coleman, Cisco Professor of eDemocracy, Oxford Internet Institute |
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11.15 - 11.45 |
Coffee and Exhibition |
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12.00 - 13.00 |
e-Democracy in the UK: Applications and
Aspirations Margaret Moran, MP Janet Seaton, E-Democracy Working Group, Scottish Parliament Dr. David R. Newman, Queen's University Belfast, School of Management and Economics |
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13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch and Exhibition |
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14.00 – 15.30 |
Four parallel interactive workshop sessions A: Grassroots e-Democracy Panel Chair: Milica Howell, E-Democracy Manager, Hansard Society Panellists: Martin Vogel, Head, BBC Action Network Tom Steinberg, Founder, MySociety.org Martin Gill, Head of New Media, Comic Relief/Make Poverty History/Live8 Nicky Thompson, Head of ICT Development, National Council of Voluntary Organisations B: Local E-Democracy Sponsored by: SIFT Panel Chair: Alex Bax, Senior Policy Officer, Greater London Authority Panellists: Mary Reid, Chair, Local E-Democracy National Project Fraser Henderson, Project Lead, Local E-Democracy National Project Carol Hayward, Project Manager Local E-Democracy, Bristol City Council Lawrence Clarke, Head of Services, SIFT C: Digital divide: e-Democracy for all Panel Chair: Dan Jellinek, Director, VoxPolitics Panellists: Helen Petrie, Professor of Human Computer Interaction, City University Ross Ferguson, Director of e-Democracy, Hansard Society Sue Mottershead, Training Centre Manager, Representative for Age Concern Training Division on the ACE Digital Inclusion Steering group D: The Challenges of Evaluating e-Democracy Open Discussion chaired by Dr. Steve Ward and Wainer Lusoli |
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15.30 - 16.00 |
Coffee and Exhibition |
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16.00 - 17.00 |
Plenary Session Chaired by: Richard Allan, Head of Government Affairs UK and Ireland, Cisco Systems Panellists: Brian Loader, Director of Community Informatics Research and Applications Unit (CIRA), University of Teesside Bill Thompson, Author and Broadcaster |
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This outline programme is subject to change and the Organisers reserve
the right to alter the session topics, timings and speakers.