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EDem 2008 E-Democracy Conference Danube University Krems, Austria 29-30 September 2008 www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem We would like to invite you, your students, and readers to attend the EDem 2008 Conference to be held at the Danube University in Krems 29-30 September 2008. Please forward / post this invitation as you think appropriate! Keynote Speakers: *Steven Clift (E-Democracy.org, USA) *Ann Macintosh (Professor Digital Governance, University of Leeds, UK) *Jeremy Millard (Danish Insitute of Technology, DK) *Peter Parycek (Head of the Centre for E-Government, Danube University Krems, AT) *Matt Poelmans (Director Burgerlink, NL) Workshops: *Making International Recommendations on e-Democracy - Thomas Buchsbaum (CAHDE) *Case Studies and State of the Art in eParticipation - Ann Macintosh and Jeremy Millard *MOMENTUM - Daniel van Lerberge (European Center of Political Technologies, POLITECH Institute, B ) *Open Source and e-Democracy - Lasse Berntzen (Vestfold University College, NOR) Conference Aims: *To what extent can E-Democracy support and enrich our democracy? *What and where are the interfaces, what methods can be used to integrate E-participation in present politics public administration processes? *How can we ensure that the greatest number of people are reached and are able to use the means of participation? *How can the modern media support political education? *How can the Internet increase participation in political discussion? *What are the limitations and the risks of E-Democracy? The EDem2008 conference presents the opportunity to look into these questions and discuss the answers. During the conference experiences will be collected, examples good and bad practice analysed, the State-of-the-Art and future scenarios will be presented and discussed. More information about the conference, programme and registration: www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem I look forward to meeting yoiu there! Noella Edelmann Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS E-Democracy 2008 Conference www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem Academic Staff Research Course Director Executive MBA in ICT Centre for E-Government Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30, 3500 Krems Austria Tel.: +43 2732 893 2303 http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov E-Mail: <email obscured>
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