Conferences

The 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2011)

ICEGOV 2011 took place in Tallinn, Estonia during 26 - 28 September. This year we all had an honour to welcome  524 people from 63 countries! The conference brought together up to 350 practitioners, developers and researchers from government, local municipalities, academia, industry and civil society. Read more...

e-Democracy conference "Governance and elections in an information society" Nov 2009

New changes that have been provoked by the rapid development of our information socity were observed  during the conference in the light of European Parliament elections and local elections. The possible channels and opportunities for enhancing citizens' involvement into decision-making process have been discussed. Read more... (in Estonian)

e-Democracy conference "New Opportunities for Citizen Participation in an Information Society" June 2008

What are the perspectives of e-democracy development? E-voting, TOM portal, civil rights in an information society - this and much more has been discussed during the conference labeled "New Opportunities for Citizen Participation in an Information Society". Read more...

e-Estonia Conference "e-Governance - new horizons?" Jan 2008

Conference focuses on the future - what will happen in 10 years from now? Different views by several well-known people, business and enterprises in 2018, citizens´ participation in politic decisions by the year 2018, people in 2018. Read more...

e-Estonia Conference "e-Estonia 2007: Information society for everybody"Jan 2007

Estonia is claimed to be a successful e-state, but what kind of state do we really want? The conference gave an overview of the developments and achievements as well as the future perspectives. The experts from abroad placed Estonia into international context. Read more...

UNDP Inter-regional meeting of ICT4D Sub-practice Dec 2006

The seminar's objective is to learn about the fundamentals of the Informations Society and brainstorm UNDP's policy responses in the context of its development work, regionally and globally. Read more...

e-Voting conference Oct 2006

The purpose of the conference was to understand Estonian e-voting experience and put it into wider context. Lecturers looked into both legal and practical problems of e-voting as well as the use of the Internet in political campaigns in order to raise the activity of voters.   Read more...

e-Democracy conference "Democracy in an information society" Jun 2006

It has been 5 years since the e-democracy portal Today I decide (in estonian - Täna Otsustan Mina, TOM) has been launched. The birth of this portal can be regarded as the inception of Estonian e-democracy, as it has given our citizens a new channel for participation in and influence of political decision-making. Our conference gave an opportunity to share the ideas about future perspectives of e-democracy on the state as well as on the local level. Read more...

WiMax conference April 2006

Our conference presented a unique opportunity for politicians, businesspeople, regulatory authorities, visionaries, developers and other technologists to meet one another and open a dialogue about one of the most promising technologies our world will see.  Read more...