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NB: Conference hashtag for social networking: #fdem10
Event chair: Dan Jellinek, Founder, Headstar

09.00 - 09.30

Registration and coffee

09.30 - 10.10

Keynote: 'Engagingly different': an alternative perspective on inclusion
Steve Thompson, Institute of Digital Innovation, University of Teesside

10.10 - 10.45

The PEP-NET Plenary: The European Scene
Chair: Dan Jellinek, Founder, Headstar
Catherine Howe, Chief Executive, Public-i and Partner, EuroPetition
Hans Hagedorn, Facilitator, Citizens' Forum

10.45 - 11.15

Coffee & Exhibition

11.15 - 11.55

Plenary debate - Crowdsourcing by Government is a Meaningful Exercise
Chair: Andy Williamson, Director, Digital Democracy Programme, Hansard Society
Speaking for the motion: Nick Jones, Director of Interactive Services, Central Office of Information (COI)
Speaking against: Anthony Zacharzewski, The Democratic Society

11.55 - 12.40

Plenary: First things first - the need for digital inclusion
Chair: Andy Williamson, Director, Digital Democracy Programme, Hansard Society
Felicity Shaw, Senior Policy Advisor, Race Online 2012

12.40 - 13.40

Lunch

13.40 - 14.30

Parallel workshops:

Workshop A: Politicians and social networking
Chair: Shane Greer, Executive Editor, Total Politics
Mary Reid, former Councillor, Chair of e-democracy.org
Mark Walker, IT Champion for South East England and Project Manager, Sussex Community Internet Project (SCIP)

Workshop B: Large-scale online debate: a world café Sponsored by the Bertelsmann Foundation

Facilitator: Paul Johnston, Head of European Public Sector, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group
Hans Hagedorn, Facilitator, Citizens' Forum
Anna Wohlfarth, Project Manager, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Workshop C: Open data and the Big Society

Chair: James Crabtree, Comment Editor, FT
Simon Burall, Director, Involve
Tom Smith, Director, Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion

14.40 - 15.20

Parallel workshops:

Workshop D: Europetitions - managing petitions through partnership working
Moderator: Catherine Howe, Chief Executive, Public-i
Kevin O'Malley, Senior Programme Manager, Connecting Bristol, Bristol City Council
Grethe Lindhe, Communications Department Project Officer, Malmo City Council, Sweden
Peter Cruickshank, International Teledemocracy Centre, Napier University, Edinburgh

Workshop E: Lessons from the online campaign 2010

Chair: Andy Williamson, Hansard Society
Mark Pack, Associate Director Digital, MHP Communications and Former Head of Innovations, Liberal Democrats
Will Straw, Editor, Left Foot Forward
Samuel Coates, Head of Digital, Conservative Party

Workshop F: Apps for democracy: the future is mobile
Chair: Richard Sarson, Freelance Technology Journalist
Jonathan Simmons, Managing Director, Public Zone
Iris Lapinski, Director UK, CDI Europe and Director, Apps for Good

15.30 - 16.00

Coffee & Networking

16:00 - 17:00

Closing Plenary: Question Time
Chair: Dan Jellinek, Founder, Headstar
Chi Onwurah MP, Labour, Newcastle Central
Julian Huppert MP, Liberal Democrat, Cambridge
Sue Inglish, Head of Political Programmes, Analysis and Research, BBC News
Samuel Coates, Head of Digital, Conservative Party