*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: José Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Electronic Conference - "Internet, Democracy and Public Goods" Date sent: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:12:55 -0200 >From November 6 to December 6, the Political Science Department of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and the Mayorship of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) will be promoting an electronic conference entitled "Internet, Democracy and Public Goods". Internet voting, eletronic governance, civic networking over the Internet, eletronic media, cyberdemocracy, Internet lobbying and campaigning, public services and information over the Internet. These are amongst the numerous ways by which the Internet increasingly invades the political life of contemporary democracies. It is becoming ever more important for social scientists to understand how this new communication technology will affect politics in the twenty-first century. Particularly, in the light of market struggles for control over the new medium, it becomes important to reflect upon its role as a public good. This conference is an experiment with new forms of organizing intellectual debates over the Internet, using computer-mediated communication to discuss the event's theme. Lectures and roundtables will occur at the university campus from November 6 to 9. Due to net congestions, we will not be able with live radio broadcast on the Internet (in English and Portuguese), but excerpts will be available soon thereafter. Guestspeakers include James Fishkin (University of Texas, Austin - USA), Martin Ferguson (Society for IT Management, UK) and Anthony Wilhelm (Benton Foundation, USA). Throughout the month of the conference, the papers accepted to the conference's electronic panel sessions will be available at the conference site and will be discussed using the software Lotus Quickplace. All you need to participate in the debates of the online portion of the conference is to have Internet Explorer (5.0 or higher) installed on your computer and register at the conference site. For more information, visit the conference site: http://www.e-democracy.lcc.ufmg.br José Eisenberg Departamento de Ciência Política Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
