[LINK] E-Conference - Internet, Democracy and Public Goods - Brazil

[Karin Geiselhart]

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>>From:                   José Eisenberg <jeisenbe@fafich.ufmg.br>
>>To:                     <do-wire@tc.umn.edu>
>>Subject:                Electronic Conference - "Internet, Democracy and 
>>Public Goods"
>>Date sent:              Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:12:55 -0200
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>> From November 6 to December 6, the Political Science Department of the
>>Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and the Mayorship of Belo Horizonte
>>(Brazil) will be promoting an electronic conference entitled "Internet,
>>Democracy and Public Goods".
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>>Internet voting, eletronic governance, civic networking over the Internet,
>>eletronic media, cyberdemocracy, Internet lobbying and campaigning, public
>>services and information over the Internet. These are amongst the numerous
>>ways by which the Internet increasingly invades the political life of
>>contemporary democracies. It is becoming ever more important for social
>>scientists to understand how this new communication technology will affect
>>politics in the twenty-first century. Particularly, in the light of market
>>struggles for control over the new medium, it becomes important to reflect
>>upon its role as a public good. This conference is an experiment with new
>>forms of organizing intellectual debates over the Internet, using
>>computer-mediated communication to discuss the event's theme.
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>>Lectures and roundtables will occur at the university campus from November
>>6 to 9. Due to net congestions, we will not be able with live radio
>>broadcast on the Internet (in English and Portuguese), but excerpts will
>>be available soon thereafter. Guestspeakers include James Fishkin
>>(University of Texas, Austin - USA), Martin Ferguson (Society for IT
>>Management, UK) and Anthony Wilhelm (Benton Foundation, USA).
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>>Throughout the month of the conference, the papers accepted to the
>>conference's electronic panel sessions will be available at the conference
>>site and will be discussed using the software Lotus Quickplace. All you
>>need to participate in the debates of the online portion of the conference
>>is to have Internet Explorer (5.0 or higher) installed on your computer
>>and register at the conference site.
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>>For more information, visit the conference site:
>>http://www.e-democracy.lcc.ufmg.br
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>>José Eisenberg
>>Departamento de Ciência Política
>>Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Karin Geiselhart
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Electronic Commerce
School of Business Information Technology
RMIT University  Melbourne
ph 03 9925 1352
fax 03 9925 5482
http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/kgeiselhart