February 2010 E-Democracy News — Upcoming Events

e-Governance Africa Forum
The 2010 e-Governance Africa Forum, scheduled from March 23-25 in Maputo, Mozambique, will focus on effective governance, transparent public services and citizen empowerment through information and communication technologies. The event is aimed at facilitating and promoting information and communications technology development through knowledge-sharing events.

For more information, visit the conference site.


Transparency Camp

On March 27-28 in Washington, DC, this un-conference will convene a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, journalists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent, accountable and meaningfully accessible to the public. Just as E-Democracy.org played a role at the recent CityCamp, we will be in DC gathering ideas for the next generation of local online civic engagement.

For more information, visit the conference site.

Danube University Conference on eDemocracy

The eDem 10, 4th International Conference on eDemocracy is set for May 6 at the Danube University campus in Krems, Austria. The conference focuses on trends occurring in the following areas: transparency and communication, participation and collaboration, architecture, various approaches and disciplines, and research methods.

For more information, visit the conference site.

Conference on e-Democracy, e-Government and e-Society
The World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology is sponsoring the ICDGS 2010: “International Conference on e-Democracy, e-Government and e-Society, in Paris from June 28-30.

The conference aims to bring together academic scientists, leading engineers, industry researchers and scholar students to share their experiences and research results about all aspects of e-Democracy, e-Government, and e-Society, and also to discuss the practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted.

For more information, visit the conference site.

International Conference on e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice
The IADIS International Conference on e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice is set for July 26-28 in Freiburg, Germany. The event is part of the IADIS Multi-Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. This conference aims to encourage and foster efforts of researchers and practitioners by sharing cutting-edge research, innovations, models, theories and strategies that address issues and challenges related to cultivating online communities for grassroots democracy, equity and social justice.

The Call for Papers is open until Feb. 19.

For more information, visit the conference site.

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