Issues forum event

Issues Forums: A Global Model for Local Democracy in the Information Age

An audio webcast from this event is available via Democaster.

AGENDA

London, Monday, June 6, 2005

Location:

Conference Rooms One and Two
Local Government Association
Local Government House
Smith Square
London SW1 3HZ
http://www.lga.gov.uk
Map

RSVP Required - Register here.

This event will be followed by an informal DoWire in London pub gathering.

Optional Lunch Session

1 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

E-democracy Best Practices Discussion
- Light lunch provided, space limited. Participants will be expected to have read the global case study summary document listed on the UK highlights page. Scan the "briefs" as well.

Main Session

Issues Forums

2:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Democaster Demonstration - 20 minutes
- Democaster is a low cost prototype for webcasting the audio and webcam images produced by the Enhanced Webcasting project. The target "producer" audience for Democaster are Parishes, community groups, small government committees where video webcasting is not viable. See: http://democaster.org

Issues Forum Presentation - 40 minutes
- General presentation with videos and questions for Steven Clift, Project Director

UK Issues Forum Experiences and Discussion - 40 minutes
- Panelists from Brighton & Hove, Newham

GroupServer Demonstration - 20 minutes
- Live demonstration of GroupServer - a look under the hood - http://e-democracy.org/groupserver

What's next for UK Issues Forum? - 15 minutes
- Open discussion, starting more
- Those interested in starting Issues Forums are encouraged to review the new Issues Forum Guidebook.

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