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Great Conferences Coming Up

Lots of great conferences coming up. Sadly, I can only make a couple of them. I will be at the Politics Online Conference on March 4-5. I hope to see lots of you there. The weekend before Politics Online, I will be attending the e-Democracy Camp in DC (see below for details). It will be a bar camp/unconference style event focused entirely on e-Democracy. That is my idea of a fun weekend. :)

Also coming up and worth attending is the We Media conference in Miami February 26-28 (note the lovely picture of me in the lower right corner of the conference info page). Also, NTEN will hold its National Technology Conference in New Orleans March 19-21. I will miss these two, sadly, but have attended them in the past and highly recommend them.

In between these conferences in the mega-event known as South by Southwest. In addition to films and music, there is a great interactive media component. I have yet to make one of these, but hear it is a blast.

Also on the horizon, the PDF conference will be this June 23-24 in NYC at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall. I went to last year’s conference and it was great. This year should be even better. Early bird registration ends tomorrow, February 5th.

Well, that is the quick roundup. Please read below for more info on the eDemocracy Camp on March 1-2 in DC.

Best,
Alan

eDemocracyCamp
March 1-2, 2008 in Washington DC

eDemocracyCamp is the first barcamp (an informal, participant-driven conference and workshop) with a sole focus on all things e-democracy.  eDemocracyCamp will connect citizens, researchers, developers, practitioners and anyone else interested in this exciting field.  Topics may include (but aren’t limited to): e-democracy, e-participation, e-government, e-voting, online civic engagement, online political campaigning, online dialogue and deliberation.

The general goal is to learn and share how the web can help us better govern ourselves, support democratic structures, make online civic participation more accessible, convenient, fun, efficient etc.  Specifically, we’d like to explore these questions: What is out there today (in terms of tools, processes, projects, products, initiatives etc.)? What works, doesn’t work, needs work? What are opportunities for collaboration as we move forward?

With only a few weeks left until the event, a lot of work still remains, and we need your support to pull it off.  Here’s how you can help (please do):

  • Get the word out
  • Connect us with someone active in the field (e.g. a person or organization in the political, government, non-profit, or web/tech sector who has a thing or two to say and share around e-democracy).
  • Volunteer (core team needs 2-3 more people).
  • Recruit a sponsor (for venue, cash, or in-kind donations).
  • Sign up and participate.

    • For more info and to RSVP (and yet more ways you can volunteer), please go to any of these fine sites:

    Thanks so much, and see you in March!

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