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Electronic Democracy - Civic Exchange in Cyberspace
October 23/24, Bielefeld, Germany
The Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law (ITM, University of Münster) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF, University of Bielefeld) are pleased to announce a two day conference on electronic democracy. The event will be co-sponsored by Oxford University's Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), the International Journal of Communications Law and Policy (PCMLP), the Research Alliance Data Security NRW and Bodies Electric LLC, New York. It will be opened with an introduction by Germany’s Minister of Justice, Prof. Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin, who will emphasize the significance of the electronic democracy for the nation state. An opening keynote on the eEurope initiative will follow, presented by Mr. Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for the information society (asked). Afterwards, four different panels will focus on particular issues related to E-Democracy: Chances and risks of the Internet for a democratic society (panel 1), online voting (panel 2), civic exchange in cyberspace (panel 3) and electronic government (panel 4). The conference will conclude with a closing keynote by Prof. Dr. Benjamin Barber of the Walt Whitman Center at Rutgers University.