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DEMO-net Newsletter - November 2008
November News Report from DEMO-net: The eParticipation Network
November 2008
In this newsletter, we provide you with the latest updates on eParticipation news, events and publications. We remind you that the link of the network is http://www.demo-net.org.
Now you can find the eParticipation Network in the most popular Social Networks. Facebook and Linkedin host groups for the ePN.
You are invited to keep track of what is happening in the DEMO-net project and the ePN through participating in the ePN Facebook Group. The eParticipation Network Group on Facebook is already counting 60 members.
You are also invited to connect with the ePN through the moderated group on Linkedin which has already 11 members.
The objective of both groups is to allow for communication and interaction between group members who are interested in eParticipation issues as well as DEMO-net results.
DEMO-net has also created the ePweb channel at the Mogulus Social Network website.
Mogulus is a social networking website which provides live broadcasting facilities. The user chooses a specific video to watch from the given categories. The epweb channel contains 42 on-demand videos which are divided into six main categories.
Call for papers
The first international conference on eParticipation will take place on September 2-4, 2009 in Linz, Austria. The conference specifically provides a ground for researchers of distinct disciplines to come together and discuss advances of eParticipation research from distinct disciplinary angles. ePart follows the traditions of high-level scientific conferences. It is organized by key experts in the field and will be supported by a multidisciplinary program committee of DEMO-net partners and affiliated members. The call for papers can be found on the Virtual Research Centre.
Events Coming Up
This UK annual conference on e-Democracy will focus on local e-Democracy, with UK and European case studies. The Hansard Society will unveil the final phase of its 'Digital dialogues' research programme.
This hands-on seminar will explore several key themes related to eInclusion and immigration in the EU, which will be illustrated with relevant case studies presentations and interactive discussion groups. The three key themes are: Local community development and entrepreneurship, Language and identity in a culturally diverse Europe, Introduction initiatives and services, inclusive eGovernment and participation.
This Special Track focuses on how social software, SOAs and semantic technologies transform the citizen-state interaction. Selected papers from this track will be considered for publication in IEEE Intelligent Systems, Special Issue on Transforming E-government and E-participation.
The World e-Parliament Conference 2008 is co-organized by the European Parliament and the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, represents a unique opportunity for leaders and members of parliaments, parliamentary officials and experts to exchange views at a global level on the impact of new technologies as tools to strengthen the representative, legislative and oversight functions of regional and national assemblies.
The biennial ICT Event of the European Commission brings together researchers and innovators, policy and business decision-makers working in the field of digital technologies. The ICT Event is organised by the European Commission's Directorate General for the Information Society and Media and is usually hosted by the current Presidency of the European Union.
Networking sessions on eGovernment and eParticipation at ICT 2008, Lyon, France, 25-27 November 2008
Two networking sessions will take place within ICT 2008 conference of the European Commission: "eGovernance and eParticipation" organized by Maria Wimmer and "Policy modelling and simulation" organized by Jeremy Millard.
The conference will bring together practitioners, developers and researchers from government, academia, industry and non-governmental organizations to share the latest findings in the theory and practice of Electronic Governance.
The 1st International Conference on "M4D" will be a research stream with a traditional conference design and a practitioner's stream where industry, NGOs, and public bodies can disseminate their knowledge.
Recent Past Events
Sabrina Scherer presented the paper "Investigating Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) in eDeliberation" by Sabrina Scherer, Maria A. Wimmer, and Christian Schneider in the session on eGovernment - Leveraging Co-operative Platforms.
Recent Publications
Boyd, O.P. - P. Mambrey (eds.), Empowerment and e-Participation in Civil Society: Local, National and International Implications. In: International Reports on Socio-Informatics vol. 5 issue 1 2008. (http://www.iisi.de/102.0.html?&L=3)
Grimm, Rudiger, Helbach, Jorg, Mambrey, P., Pipek, Volkmar: Elektronische Wahlen, elektronische Teilhabe, Societyware - Beherrschbare Systeme? W?nschenswerte Systeme? In: Hegering, Heinz-Gerd et al.: Informatik 2008: Beherrschbare Systeme dank Informatik. Band 2. Beitrage der 38. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik e.V. 8.-13. September 2008 in Munchen, S. 403-404.
Mambrey, Peter: Civil Society, New Media and Participation In: Boyd, O.P. / P. Mambrey (eds.), Empowerment and e-Participation in Civil Society: Local, National and International Implications. In: International Reports on Socio-Informatics vol. 5 issue 1 2008, pp. 50-65.
Mambrey, Peter: Civil Society, New Media and Participation. In: Hegering, Heinz-Gerd et al.: Informatik 2008: Beherrschbare Systeme dank Informatik. Band 2. Beitrage der 38. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft f?r Informatik e.V. 8.-13. September 2008 in M?nchen, S. 423-428.
Rose, J. and O. Saebo (2008) "Establishing Political Deliberation Systems: Key Problems", European Conference on Information Systems. Galway, Ireland.
Saebo, O., J. Rose, et al. (2008) "The shape of eParticipation: characterizing an emerging research area", Government Information Quarterly 25: 400-428.
Sabrina Scherer, Maria A. Wimmer, and Christian Schneider (2008) Investigating Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) in eDeliberation In: Collaboration and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies, ed. by Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham, pp. 270-277, Amsterdam, IOS Press.
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Contact Information
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Scientific Coordinator Professor Ann Macintosh University of Leeds Tel.: +44 (0) 113 243 1751 E-mail: A.macintosh@leeds.ac.uk |
Dissemination Leader Dr. Efthimios Tambouris University of Macedonia Tel.: +30 2310 464 160 (167) E-mail: tambouris@uom.gr |
Newsletter created by the University of Macedonia, Greece
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