*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** In mid-March Ann Macintosh with the International Teledemocracy Center <http://www.teledemocracy.org> will be in Ottawa for meetings related to the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance. I have encouraged her to try and add Washington, DC to her visit. If your organization would like to host a presentation by one of the world's emerging leaders on democracy and the Internet, drop us a note <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Organizations that can help cover the costs of the Ottawa-DC leg of her trip get first priority. What impresses me most about the work of the International Teledemocracy Center is their direct connections among practice, technical design, and academic research. Check out their new e-consultation on Education for Citizenship: http://www.teledemocracy.org/news/ltscotland-press.htm Read their research publications online: http://www.teledemocracy.org/ourwork/our-work-pubs.htm The "Electronic Democracy and Young People" article is quite good. Ann gave an excellent corresponding presentation in Stockholm. Below is Ann's biography and direct contact information. Sincerely, Steven Clift Democracies Online P.S. If other "e-democracy" researchers/leaders have plans to visit North America, or anywhere for that matter, consider using DO-WIRE as a tool to help get the word out - as long as you plan to share what you learn with the group. Ann's Biography and Contact Information Ann Macintosh, Director of the International Teledemocracy Centre at Napier University in Edinburgh, UK. She was a member of the Scottish Government’s Ministerial Task Force on “Digital Scotland”, and also a member of the UK-Online working group helping to specify e-democracy services for the UK government portal. She has been responsible for the development of a number of on-line democracy initiatives on behalf of the Scottish government, government-related organisations and voluntary organisations. She joined the University in August 1999 to establish the Centre. Prior to this she was with the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute at the University of Edinburgh as Knowledge Systems Director where she was responsible for the knowledge management research. The principal concern of her research now involves the development of innovative e-democracy systems and the successful take-up of these systems by citizens and government. Ann Macintosh International Teledemocracy Centre Napier University, 219 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ Telephone: +44 (0) 131 455 4475 Fax: +44 (0) 131 455 4477 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.teledemocracy.org ^ ^ ^ ^ 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. ***
