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Subject: <nettime> ! Discourse and Decision Making in the Information Age From: diana@dial.isys.hu (Diana McCarty) Date: 7 Aug 1997 13:48:04 +0200 * * * * * Sender: owner-nettime-l@Desk.nl Precedence: bulk From: Conference: Electronic Democracy: Discourse and Decision Making in the Information Age University of Teesside Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th September 1997 This multi-disciplinary conference brings together academics and practitioners from a variety of fields to discuss and debate the potential impacts of new Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) on the democratic process. Conference focus . ICTs and alternative models of democracy . Issues of inclusion/exclusion . Global democratisation . Access to government information and services . Electronically assisted deliberation . Electronic elections, referenda and opinion polls . ICTs and political extremism . Case studies in electronic democracy Conference programme (provisional) Wednesday 17th September 10.00 - 11.00 Registration and coffee 11.00 - 12.30 Chair: Barry Hague Richard Barbrook Electronic Agora or Electronic University of Westminster Marketplace? Dr. Michael Macpherson Steps and Bytes to Renew Democracy Integral Studies, Berlin 2.00 - 3-30 Chair: Dave Eagle Trevor Locke Participation, Inclusion and Leicestershire Telenet Exclusion, and Netactivism: How the Internet Invents New Forms of Democratic Activity Prof. Klaus Lenk Electronic Support of Citizen Participation in University of Oldenburg Planning 4.00 - 5-30 Chair: Steven L. Clift Democracies On-line: Building Minnesota E-Democracy Civic Life on the New Frontier Brian Loader CIRA, University of Teesside Thursday 18th September 9.00 - 10.30 Chair: Barry Hague Jim O'Brien From HCTV to MCTV Haagse Hogeschool Paul Nixon University of Teesside & Transparency Through Hans Johansson Technology: Power to the People? Mid Sweden University 11.00 - 12.30 Chair: Brian Loader Dr. Stephen Coleman The Internet, the Politicians and the Public: LSE Cutting Out the Middleman Irving Rappaport UK Citizens Online Democracy: A Case Study UK Citizens Online Democracy in Electronic Democracy 2.00 - 3.30 Chair: Paul Nixon Marek Rejman Greene Privacy and Telecommunications Services BT Laboratories Mike Whine ICTs and Political Extremism Board of Deputies of British Jews 4.00 - 5.30 Chair: Barry Hague Andy McDonald Craigmillar Community Information Service Anna Malina Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh Perspectives of Democratisation, Alienation & and the Virtual Public Sphere: Opportunites and Risks Underpinning Community use of ICTs Richard Moore Democracy and Cyberspace Cyber-Rights Campaigner (further papers to add) Electronic Democracy University of Teesside, September 17th & 18th, 1997 BOOKING FORM Conference Fee (Includes light refreshments and all conference documentation) Both Days (17th & 18th Sept.) including Bed and Breakfast stlg150 Both Days without Bed and Breakfast [stlg = British Pounds.] stlg126.50 One Day only stlg70 Please indicate which day 17th 18th Unwaged / Students (12 places only) Both Days including Bed and Breakfast stlg63.50 Both Days Without Bed and Breakfast stlg40 One Day Only stlg20 Please indicate which day 17th 18th Cheques, to be made payable to University of Teesside Enterprises Ltd, should be sent to Jo Brudenell, C.I.R.A., The University of Teesside, Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA. Telephone: (01642) 342710 E-Mail: CIRA@tees.ac.uk URL:http://wheelie.tees.ac.uk/CIRA/ Bookings should be made by Friday, 28th August, 1997. After that, a late booking fee of stlg 20 will apply. Cancellations must be received by 9th September, 1997. We regret that no refunds will be available for cancellations made after this date. Electronic Democracy University of Teesside, September 17th & 18th, 1997 --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@icf.de and "info nettime" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@icf.de