Post in Webcast: Online Consultation and Public Policy Making

Mar 13 22:02 UTC

Hello friends:

Just wanted to pass along the word that there will be a live webcast of the
entire "Online Consultation and Public Policy Making: Democracy, Identity, and
New Media" symposia taking place tomorrow at the Moritz College of Law,
Columbus, Ohio.

My interest in this webcast, is that I'm on the agenda as the lunch time
speaker, which may also mean that my presentation will be webcast as well (as
if I needed the extra pressure of millions of online viewers tuning in to the
symposia).

 :-)

For more info about the symposia and how to join the webcast:

 http://www.is-journal.org/symposia.php

I'll be talking about "Building Democracy Through Local Issues Forums."

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Online Consultation and Public Policy Making: Democracy, Identity, and New
Media
March 14, 2008 | 8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Barrister's Club| Moritz College of
Law

E-Goverance: The Internet now offers the world an unprecedented capacity to
foster the sharing of information and to facilitate sustained, many-to-many
communication.  The networking of citizens with their governments, with each
other, and with the organs of civil society has created unprecedented
opportunities for popular engagement in the public sphere. To attend any part
of this conference, please reserve your seat by contacting Adrienne Montalvo,
Executive Editor, at <email obscured> by March 12, 2008. Please indicate whether you
would like to reserve a lunch.

The Symposim will feature researchers from Australia, England, France, Israel,
Italy, Korea and Slovenia, as well as the United States, addressing a variety
of e-democracy issues from a diverse interdisciplinary background and both
theoretical and applied research.

This is an active workshop for members of the International Working Group on
Online Consultation and Public Policy Making, some presenting and others
discussing the principal papers. Audience members, including students, are
welcome to attend, but reservations must be made in advance.

Principal presenters include:

  * Steven J. Balla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Public Policy
and Public Administration, Elliott School of International Affairs, George
Washington University
  * Patrizia Bertini, Independent Practitioner and Researcher, European
Internet Accessibility Observatory
  * Andrew Chadwick, Head, Department of Politics and International Relations,
and Founding Director, New Political Communication Unit, University of London
  * Sungsoo Hwang, Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs, Graduate School of Public
and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
  * Laurence Monnoyer-Smith, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences,
University of Technology at Compiègne, France
  * Kerrie Oakes, Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration, Griffi th
University, and former Policy Offi cer, Queensland eDemocracy Policy Team in
Australia
  * Oren Perez, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat Gan, Israel
  * Alicia Schatteman, Ph.D. candidate, School of Public Affairs and
Administration, Rutgers University.

Best wishes,

Tim Erickson
E-Democracy.Org