Fourth International Conference on Online Deliberation (OD2010) (http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/), 30 June 2 July, 2010, Leeds, UK. Conference sponsored by: The University of Leeds, the Dipartimento di Informatica e Comunicazione Universit degli Studi di Milano, and the Public Sphere Project. The Conference will discuss specific advances in online deliberation from a number of different disciplinary perspectives.
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. The fourth OD conference focuses on, but is not limited to, the following topics:
> * current research on online deliberation; > * research challenges which deliberation, and in particular online >deliberation, pose for researchers, governments, communities and citizens; > * socio-technical design of online deliberative spaces; > * links between theories of deliberative democracy with experience with >online deliberation; > * descriptions of tools and techniques that are already being tested or >fielded; > * deliberative platforms using novel or unusual settings, technology or >approaches; > * experiences and findings related to relevant technological > theories (such >as Web 2.0) and/or relevant social theories of deliberation and governance >(such as public sphere, government 2.0 and civic intelligence); and > * case studies in applying and evaluating online deliberation in various >formal and informal engagement domains. > Important Dates (note new deadlines) > January 1, 2010 Submission system available >March 1, 2010 Early registration begins >March 1, 2010 Research paper submissions due >March 1, 2010 Exploratory papers due >March 1, 2010 Technology Demonstrators & Panel proposals due >March 31, 2010 Notices of paper acceptances >May 1, 2010 Completed research and exploratory papers due >May 1, 2010 Late registration begins >June 30-July 2, 2010 OD 2010
For further information please email: ics-conferences@leeds.ac.uk OD2010 website: http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/ Links to previous OD conferences: http://online-deliberation.net
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