Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are limited so if you are interested
please contact Jennie Bailey on 01883 344 799 or by email at jennie@headstar-events.com
Exhibitors
Epoch is a progressive communications consultancy that challenges conventional thinking by being curious about the future. It channels its curiosity through Epoch Hothouse, an initiative that consists of global trends research, an expert panel and a programme of events. Through Epoch Hothouse, it is able to generate creative and robust ideas and programmes on behalf of its clients across the public, technology, telecoms, energy, built environment and corporate sectors.
The consultancy places equal emphasis on doing and thinking. Great ideas need to be implemented well. Tenacity, focus and dedication to delivering results are the company's watchwords. Success in today's challenging world requires this.
For more information, visit www.epochpr.com
The comprehensive software solution created specifically to assist local government with the decision management process.
modern.gov is the most comprehensive decision management system available to assist local government today. By using the latest technology, modern.gov will help you to efficiently fulfil your administrative responsibilities and deliver a professional, transparent, open and accessible service to all officers and citizens.
For over nine years, the modern.gov system has been continuously developed. It now provides an extensive list of highly relevant features to assist local government officers manage all styles of democracy.
Today over 120 local authorities use this leading democratic management system.
Good communication is at the very forefront of successful and productive relationships between councils and members of the public. Public-i works with Local Authorities using a wide range of Web 2.0 and multi-media tools to enable them to engage directly with citizens and maximise their ability to communicate effectively.
Delegates attending Future e-Democracy 09 will be able to find out more about Citizenscape. The project provides a new way for Local Authorities to interact with the social websites. Instead of creating new online destinations we connect to citizens on the sites they are already visiting and show them other conversations and democratic tools that can help them realise their interests and concerns.
As leading established solutions suppliers to the Public Sector Web-Labs and Mouchel combined technology knowledge to provide systems for remote data collection, analysing and reporting via PDA's, Blackberries, Notebooks and i-phones for a variety of mobile applications including:
* Reporting and Managing Road works - Essex County Council
- Scheduling Inspections and reporting in Leisure Centres
-Health and Safety Inspections and Reporting
*Stock and Asset Management
-Reporting anti-social behaviour - graffiti, parking, fly tipping
*Work Scheduling and Repairs
Come and discuss your cost saving ideas for mobile working and turn them into a reality with our systems technology.
Contact us on 01525 374859 or es@web-labs.co.uk
Supporters
The Hansard Society is the UK’s leading independent, non-partisan political research and education charity. We aim to strengthen parliamentary democracy and encourage greater public involvement in politics.
Our work is based on the belief that an effective parliamentary system is central to a successful democracy. At the heart of our work is the principle that civic society is most effective when its citizens are connected with the institutions and individuals who represent them in the democratic process. For more information about the Hansard Society and its programmes of work, visit www.hansardsociety.org.uk.
Founded in 1986, Socitm is the professional for ICT strategists and managers within local authorities and other public services. It provides a widely respected forum for the promotion, use and development of ICT best practice. Through the provision of consultancy, reports, benchmarking services, events and training it is playing a leading role in the transformation of local public services facilitated by ICT. It has now up to 2000 members and continues to grow.
One example of its role is the Socitm Insight research programme. Socitm Insight is a subscription service to which over 530 local authorities and other public and private sector organisations now belong. It identifies and encourages good ICT management practice.
Socitm Insight has produced a series of comprehensive and detailed guides on all the major ICT themes linked to the critical issues of the day, which provide valuable advice and support for ICT practitioners. For example, it publishes each year its Better connected report into the state of websites in the local public sector.
PEP-NET (Pan European eParticipation NETwork)
PEP-NET is a European Commission funded project which aims to establish a pan-European network exchanging ideas and information about 'e-participation' - online dialogue, discussion, debate and consultation. The aim is to enhance all aspects of the democratic process including political debate, lobbying and campaigning, ensuring all voices are heard.
The PEP-NET consortium comprises 20 participants from 12 EU Member States including government agencies, NGOs, consultants, scientists and researchers. The lead member is TuTech Innovation GmbH in Germany, and other members include Headstar in the UK, organiser of E-Democracy '08; the City of Hamburg; the Danish Technological Institute; Issy Media in France and the Associazione Democrazia Elettronica e Partecipazione Pubblica in Italy.
For further information please contact the Co-ordinator:
Rolf Lührs
TuTech Innovation GmbH
email: luehrs@tutech.de
For over 250 years the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress. Our approach is multi-disciplinary, politically independent and combines cutting edge research and policy development with practical action.
We encourage public discourse and critical debate by providing platforms for leading experts to share new ideas on contemporary issues. Our projects generate new models for tackling the social challenges of today and our work is supported by a 27,000 strong Fellowship - achievers and influencers from every field with a real commitment to progressive social change.
Media Partner
Catch21 is a charitable production company which produces internet television in order to help engage 14 - 25 year-olds with politics, democracy and community across the UK.
The organisation has worked with a range of organisations and government bodies including; the Council of Europe, the UK Parliament Education Service and several government departments to name a few.
Currently Catch21 is producing a new programme called Uni-Q which follows
a 'Question Time' style format and will be broadcast on The Independent
online, giving young people their first regular political show in the UK.
www.catch21.co.uk
Prospect was launched in October 1995 by its present editor David Goodhart, a senior correspondent for the Financial Times, and was subsequently described by sir Jeremy Isaacs as “more readable than the Economist, more relevant than the Spectator, more romantic than the New Statesman.”
The monthly title has since acquired a reputation as the most intelligent current affairs and cultural debate magazine in Britain. Both challenging and entertaining, Prospect seeks to make complex ideas accessible and enjoyable by commissioning the best writers, editing them vigorously and packaging their work with strong design and illustration.