e-Democracy Conference June 2008

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                                                                        eDemocracy conference 2008
                             New Opportunities for Citizen Participation in an Information Society
                                                                                     5 June, 2008, 
                                           Press Room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

                                                                                          AGENDA

   9:30              Registration

  10:00             Opening of the Conference

  10:10 –11:30  I session: Present situation and current developments
                       Moderator: Silver Meikar, Member of the Estonian Parliament
  
                       e-participation solutions: international experiences - 
                       Prof. Alexander H. Trechsel, European University Institute
                       Civil rights in an information society – Ülle Madise, Chief Auditor, State Audit Office,

  11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

  11:45 – 14.00 II session: e-tools for active citizen participation
                       Moderator: Liia Hänni, Program Director, e-Governance Acedemy,

                       Analysis of the TOM Portal and ideas for its development – Peeter Marvet, TID+ project expert; 
                                                                                         Eero Elenurm, TID+ software developer
                       Citizens expressing opinions - governmental participation portal www.osale.ee – 
                                                                                         Hille Hinsberg, advisor to the State Chancellery, 
                       Introduction to the e-participation platform TID+; possibilities for implementation –   
                                                                                         Steven  Segaert, TID+ project manager;  

  14.00 – 14.45 Lunch

  14.45 – 15:45 III session: Perspetives on e-voting 
                       Moderator: Heiki Sibul, National Electoral Committee, Chairman 
  
                       The e-voting experience: what have we learned and how to proceed? – 
                                                                                         Dr Guido Schwerdt, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
                       Developing the Estonian e-voting project: m-voting – Tarvi Martens, e-voting project manager

  15:45 – 16.45 Panel discussion: „Online Participation, The New Media and Politics: Who Needs to Take the Initiative?"
                       Moderator: Raul Rebane, media consultant
                      
                       Panelists:  Jaanus Lillenberg (Postimees),
                                      Liisa Past (Eesti Päevaleht),
                                      Peeter Marvet (TID+ project expert),
                                      Hannes Rumm (Member of the Estonian Parliament) 

  16.45 - 17.00  Summary of the conference: 
                       Urmo Kübar, Network of Estonian Nonprofit Organisations, Executive Director
                       Andrew Glencross, European Union Democracy Observatory

Agenda in pdf can be found here