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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.
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Important Dates (note new deadlines)
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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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