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P.S. I'll be in Paris for attending a seminar at the OECD in late September. There will be a social gathering of DO-WIRE members in Paris the evening of either Tuesday, September 24 or Wednesday, September 25. E-mail me for more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: http://www.eve.cnrs.fr E-DEMOCRACY: SCENARIOS FOR 2010 CONFERENCE BY EVE - OCTOBER 2002 For the last five years experiments in e-democracy have been conducted worldwide, yielding various results. Many researchers and politicians alike have acknowledged the political and technical implications of e-democracy and as a result they have concluded that it is far from being a mere "technical implementation". Social, political, technical and legal aspects of e-democracy must be taken into account if new services for citizens and a new culture encouraging civic participation are to be created. The objectives of the conference organized by EVE in Paris on October 15th and 16th 2002 are to inform both the e-democracy community and the public, of EVE's achievements following their first year of research, as well as to position EVE's work within the e-democracy community. EVE, a European Commission (EC) funded research project, is working to bring solutions to Electronic Democracy. Its primary objective is to compare the impact that socio-political practices and available IC technologies have on citizens and public authorities. The desired outcome of this comparison is a clearer understanding of e-democracy and its place in electoral practices. For more information on this project, please visit the EVE website: www.eve.cnrs.fr/index.htm The conference, centred on various scenarios of the democratic process as supported by ICT, will review and discuss important issues with the expectation of integrating them into the democratic process in the near future. The desired outcome of this conference is to obtain a clearer understanding of e-democracy's position within the EU in order to implement new projects that will be presented to the EC 6th Framework Program for Research and Development. The Conference will include three main themes, each being considered in a half-day session: - E-Citizenship: The primary goal of many projects and experiments in e-citizenship is to develop services for citizens and to create new methods of participation for local elections. The purpose of this session is to discuss, with participants, the accomplishments within the domain thus far. Do these experiments fulfil the expectation of creating a public sphere for citizens? Furthermore, are they included within the decision making process? At present, models of "digital cities" which researchers are experimenting with and developing on embody E-citizenship scenarios. - E-vote: "E-democracy" is the anticipated outcome of e-voting. Although researchers and politicians are still ambivalent regarding the feasibility of "e-democracy", they are more optimistic about it following the results of various European experiments. However, researchers are forced to reconsider the future development of e- voting due to the technology employed as well as the different sociological and technical problems encountered during experimentation. The scenarios proposed place e-voting in a unique position that differs from its previous one as envisioned by researchers. -Links with E-governance: There are many different institutions and organizations that participate in e-governance (administrations, companies, lobbyists, politicians, etc). E-democracy cannot be achieved without creating a relationship between e-governance institutions and citizens. How do technical decisions account for the different dimensions of e-democracy? It is crucial to the democratic project that e-governance be perceived as a global network that includes citizenry. As previously stated, there is a lot that can be learned from the numerous experiments conducted in Europe. The scenarios put forth offer different types of development situations that in turn create various dimensions of democracy. Each thematic session, lasting 2h30' in total, includes: an introduction by a keynote speaker (20'), a discussion of the various trials and experiments conducted in Europe and abroad (20'), the presentation of 2 or 3 scenarios (20'), a discussion of the various scenarios by a panel of specialists (30'), and a debate (1hr). Note: The entire conference will be delivered in English. VENUE The Conference will take place on 15th and 16th October 2002, beginning on Tuesday 15th at 2:30 pm and concluding on Wednesday 16th at 5:00 pm. It will be held at the CNRS headquarters in Paris, France: 3 rue Michel Ange Auteuil - 75016. Metro station: Michel-Ange Auteuil, line 10. For Registration, click here. From: http://www.eve.cnrs.fr/Progr%20AN%2012-07-02.doc E-Democracy : Scenarios for 2010 15th and 16th October 2002 CNRS, 3 rue Michel Ange - 75016 Paris Metro station: Michel-Ange Auteuil, line 10. PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME CONFERENCE OPENING TUESDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2002 2:30 p.m. Marco Cappato (IT) Member of the European Parliament Co-president of the Transnational Radical Party 2:50 p.m. Francis Jutand (FR) CNRS: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris Director of the Information and Communication department "STIC" 3:10 p.m. Eric Maigret (FR) University Sorbonne Nouvelle CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) 3:30 p.m. Coffee break 3:45 p.m. Round Table n° 1 : " E-Citizenship " The primary goal of many projects and experiments in e-citizenship is to develop services for citizens and to create new methods of participation for local elections. The purpose of this session is to inform participants of what has been accomplished within the domain thus far. Do these experiments fulfil the expectation of creating a public sphere for citizens? Furthermore, are they included within the decision making process? At present, models of "digital cities" which researchers are experimenting with and developing on embody E- citizenship scenarios. Keynote speech: Ann Macintosh (GB) Napier University Review: Leda Guidi (IT) Telecities Scenario: Pierre-André Merlin (FR) M.T.A.: Marketing & Technologies Avancées, Paris Debate: Rosa Tsagarrousianou (GR) University of Westminster Ari-Veikko Anttiroikko (FI) Professor, University of Tampere "Building Citizen-centred e-Democracy" Rolf Lührs (DE) 6:15 p.m. End of Session 7:15 p.m. Cocktail WEDNESDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2002 9:00 a.m. Coffee 9:15 a.m. Round-Table n° 2 : " E-vote " "E-democracy" is the anticipated outcome of e-voting. Although researchers and politicians are still ambivalent regarding the feasibility of "e-democracy", they are more optimistic about it following the results of various European experiments. However, researchers are forced to reconsider the future development of e- voting due to the technology employed as well as the different sociological and technical problems encountered during experimentation. The scenarios proposed place e-voting in a unique position that differs from its previous one as envisioned by researchers. Keynote speech: Jeroen Vandenhoven (NL) Erasmus University Rotterdam Review: Laurence Monnoyer-Smith (FR) Université de Technologie de Compiègne CNRS, Communication and Politics Laboratory Scenario: Eric Maigret (FR) University Sorbonne Nouvelle CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Paris Debate: Alexander H. Trechsel (CH) Faculty of Law, University of Geneva Sylvain-Victor Nahum (CH) Director, Polirights-Nagravision, Geneva Peter Van den Besselaar (NL) Royal Academy Institute 11:45 a.m. End of Session 12h00 Luncheon at the CNRS Cafeteria 2:00 p.m. Round-Table n° 3 : " Links with e-governance " There are many different institutions and organizations that participate in e-governance (administrations, companies, lobbyists, politicians, etc). E-democracy cannot be achieved without creating a relationship between e-governance institutions and citizens. How do technical decisions account for the different dimensions of e- democracy? It is crucial to the democratic project that e-governance be perceived as a global network that includes citizenry. As previously stated, there is a lot that can be learned from the numerous experiments conducted in Europe. The scenarios put forth offer different types of development situations that in turn create various dimensions of democracy. Keynote speech: Stephen Coleman (GB) Director, e-democracy programme, Hansard Society Associate Professor, London School of Economics Review: Ignace Snellen (NL) Professor, Erasmus Univeristy of Rotterdam "E-governance and e-democracy:Are they bedfellows?" Scenario: Jorge Vieira da Silva (FR) President and CEO of MTA (Marketing& Technologies Avancées), Paris Debate: Javier Ossandon (ES) Director, ELANET, Brussels Tomas Sabol (SK) Dept. of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence Technical University of Košice Béatrice Van Bastelaer (BE) Ministry of the Wallone Region, in charge of NICT Robert de Beukelaer (NL) Project Manager POLITESS, Schweers Gmbh, Meerbush 4:30 p.m. Coffee break 5:00-6:00 p.m. Conference Closing Conclusion of the three sessions and visions of e-democracy for the years to come, by Eric Maigret. (Manager of the EVE project, Information Society Technologies programme of the European Commission). ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. 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