#fdem09 Welcome to the UK's leading annual conference on all aspects of e-democracy, from e-campaigning, e-petitions and e-voting to the use of the internet and new technologies in the policy cycle; democratic activity and engagement. The event - our sixth - has now taken place, and our thanks to everyone who came along and spoke, attended, blogged and debated.
Our speaker line-up this year was particularly strong: you can view the programme on this website. You can see all the Twitter coverage on hashtag: #fdem09 and we are also tracking the media and blog coverage we have gained. So far these include:
BBC News Online:
Government e-petitions give power to the people:
http://bit.ly/4qtqdz
Politics UK on BBC radio interviews event chair Dan Jellinek:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0053gwd
Noella Edelmann, Danube University Krems:
'Digital Government 2.0':
http://bit.ly/7y3uMC
Mel Poluck's blog:
Young people and democratic engagement:
http://bit.ly/6MBImQ
Peter Cruickshank, 'Spartakan':
Future Democracy '09:
http://bit.ly/8iJ1IO
From Catherine Howe's blog:
http://bit.ly/7NfzG6
Thanks again for everyone's contributions, and see you all next year!
Dan Jellinek, Event Chair.