[Air-L] OD2010, the Fourth International Conference on Online Deliberation

[Stephen Coleman]

OD2010, the Fourth International Conference on Online Deliberation
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Richard Allan, Head of Public Affairs for Facebook Europe, 'Social  Politics - Lessons from the UK Election on Facebook'

Beth Noveck, director of the White House Open Government Initiative, 'The View from the White House' (through video link)


30 June - 2 July, 2010
Leeds University Business School, UK

The widespread diffusion of the Internet and a growing trend towards
democratisation worldwide have encouraged new modes, projects and  
visions
of citizen participation in decision making and governance.

OD2010 aims to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners
from a wide range of academic and applied backgrounds to provide a  
unique
opportunity to better understand the notion of deliberation in a virtual
environment and to discuss specific advances in online deliberation  
from a
number of different disciplinary perspectives.


RESEARCH PAPER SESSIONS
see details at http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/index.php?pgid=3


PANELS
Why Online Deliberation? chaired by Scott Wright, University of East  
Anglia

Emerging Technologies for Online Deliberation, chaired by Simon  
Buckingham Shum, Open University

Online Deliberation in the Post-Soviet Context, chaired by Yuri  
Misnikov, University of Leeds

The Leeds Declaration: The Future of Citizenship: The Loudest Shout or  
the Best Argument?, chaired by Giles Moss, University of Leeds


REGISTRATION FEE - early registration until the 1st June
£100 Registration fee
£50 Registration fee for students

Details on the conference web site
http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/ or email ics-conferences at leeds.ac.uk