Hi Everyone, The Pre-Conference phase of PCamp is coming to a close! It was successful as there was a lot of interesting dialogue and ideas for presentations and projects were generated! I will summarize and distribute after the conference. The summary of the last day or so of dialogue can be found at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc4gbgsj_189fthtj2f8&hl=en
We are now moving the the conference phase. Please check out the schedule at: http://mudball.net/pcamp09/schedule/ YOU CAN WATCH VIRTUALLY SIMPLY BY GOING TO: http://www.livestream.com/pcamp SCHEDULE OVERVIEW Here is the current schedule for Saturday June 27th and Sunday June 28th. We are using an adaption of the open space method, which means that most sessions will not be scheduled in advance. Instead, attendees may chose to become presenters, and can claim any empty spot in the schedule. Some of the sessions have been scheduled in advance, though even these are subject to change. Some presentations are being webcast. This will be available at livestream.com/pcamp {SCROLL DOWN FOR FULL SESSION DESCRIPTIONS} Picture 101 Picture 102 PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS Not all of the sessions will be planned in advanced, but we’re reserving some spaces for individuals who we know are doing interesting and important work on participation. MARK ELLIOTT, COLLABFORGE markelliott-216x3001 At CollabForge, Dr. Elliott has led several successful public engagement projects for government agencies and NGOs in Australia. These include 2008’s Future Melbourne project, the world’s first city plan to be developed in a wiki. His methods are based on his pathbreaking doctoral research, in which he developed a comprehensive framework for understanding mass collaboration. More about Mark Elliott. Mark will lead a presentation on engaging citizens in collaborative planning and policy-making using participatory tools and methods. GALE A. BREWER, NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL Gale A. Brewer As Chair of the Committee on Technology in Government, Councilmember Brewer recently proposed comprehensive legislation for making New York City’s public data accessible and machine readable. She will host a discussion at Participation Camp on Saturday at 2:30 pm to discuss this legislation and get feedback from the open government community and interested citizens. The bill, Introduction No. 991, can be read in full here. THOMAS LOWENHAUPT, CONNECTING.nyc Thomas-LowenhauptLearn how the dotNeighborhoods – astoria.nyc, chelsea.nyc, flatbush.nyc, riverdale.nyc etc. - that will open in 2011 will help council members stay on top of neighborhood developments and connect with voters. Thomas Lowenhaupt, founder and chair of Connecting.nyc Inc., the not-for-profit that’s guiding New York to imagine a .nyc TLD (like .com and .org but just for New York City) developed in the public interest, will present. Thomas was vice chair of Queens Community Board 3 in 2001 when it approved the Internet Empowerment Resolution calling for the acquisition of the .nyc TLD. PETER CORBETT, iSTRATEGY LABS picture-20As CEO of iStrategy Labs, Peter Corbett was the creative force behind Washington D.C.’s hugely successful Apps for Democracy contest. By engaging the software developer community in a contest atmosphere, he turned a $50,000 municipal investment into $2,300,000 in civic applications. In his workshop, Peter will briefly discuss the innovative “cradle-to- grave” approach they’re using for the second installment of their contest. Then he’ll facilitate a discussion on how we can continue to effectively engage the technology community in building a better democracy. STEVEN CLIFT, e-DEMOCRACY.ORG – {virtual presenter} Picture 43Steven Clift, founder of e-democracy.org, is a pioneer of online participation in democracy. Starting with the world’s first election information website in 1994 in Minnesota, today e-democracy hosts local issues forums in 15 communities across three countries. Steven will host two virtual sessions at PCamp. The first is an open brainstorm on building online participation at the neighborhood level. The second is an extended Q&A e-democracy’s 15 years of experience, tailored to participants who are new to the field. MARY JOYCE, DIGIACTIVE maryjoyce Mary Joyce is the co-founder of DigiActive, an all-volunteer organization facilitating grassroots digital activism, and was the Manager of New Media Operations for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Her session, entitled “Citizen Participation in a Networked World”, will explore the ways that citizens can influence policy based on the collaborative powers of social media, working from international examples. She will also join Gaurav Mishra in a session discussing the efficacy of social media activism. GAURAV MISHRA, VOTEREPORT.IN – {virtual presenter} gauravmishra Gaurav Mishra is the founder of 20:20 Web Tech, Votereport.in, and a leader in India’s Gov2.0 scene. Joining us all the way from India, he and his partner Selvam Velmurugam (joining from Seattle), will give an in-depth look at both the votereport.in project and the gov2.0 ecosystem in India. She will also join Mary Joyce in a session discussing the efficacy of social media activism. TIM HWANG, THE COOPERATION PROJECT timhwang2 >From 4Chan to Facebook, Tim is an expert on the intricate mechanics of online participation. He now works as a researcher at the Cooperation Project at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Tim is also hilarious. He organizes ROFLcon. He plans to speak about the potential for gaming open government data. MARK BELINSKY, OPENMYCITY Mark Belinsky Mark serves as director of Digital Democracy, but at PCamp he will lead a session on the OpenMyCity project. The goal of OpenMyCity is to find the best ideas about how to make use of municipal open data by asking citizens and organizations to answer a simple fill-in-the-blank question: “If I knew ___, I could do ___.” OpenMyCity is backed by a coalition that formed around the Pioneers conference that took place recently in New York and Amsterdam. At PCamp, Mark will lead a workshop to build a plan for capturing as many stories as possible. This effort provides a human component to the technological and legislative efforts already happening around municipal data. CATHERINE WHITE, ITP picture-16A former lawyer from London, now an ITP student and Berkman Center intern, Catherine White conducts research at the intersection of technology and democracy. Her work on the “noisy idiot” problem suggests that there’s a lot of work to be done if we’re to succeed at building a participatory democracy. In online forums, some “noisy idiot” inevitably pollutes the discussion and ruins the enterprise for all. Catherine will analyse the problem, explaining why solutions have failed so far, and will engage the group in search of new answers. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CooperationCommons?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
