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Which of these groups of people at tonight’s Symposium wine reception looks the happiest to you? (Click to enlarge.) Attach a comment with your vote and include their names if you know who they are.
The group with the most votes after a week gets their very own blog entry, with names included. Yes, this is partially a ploy to give you experience in attaching comments to a blog entry. But do it anyway!
On duty
These two teams were on duty all afternoon. Click to enlarge.
Left: The UK’s Government Connect team were staffing their booth.
Right: 21Consultancy’s Alice Chicken and colleagues Justin Lee and Kerry Westwood were staffing the registration area.
Proud pappa, proud momma
Left: The youngest of the Symposium attendees is apparently Julia Glidden’s e-baby.
Right: The oldest of the attendees is apparently presenter Deb Markowitz’s dad.
Click photos to enlarge.
Young people at the Symposium
Photos of some of the young people (with an occasional elder inserted) who are attending the Symposium this week. Click to enlarge.
Don Norris’ remarks
Research findings presentation by Don Norris, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland.
Click play to listen. 18 minutes, 58 seconds.
Lawrence Pratchett’s remarks
Research findings presentation by Lawrence Pratchett, Professor of Local Democracy, De Montfort University.
Click play to listen. 24 minutes, 54 seconds. (The first 6 minutes have background noise from the projector… apologies!)
Jonathan Ortmans’ remarks
Partner speech by Jonathan Ortmans, President of Public Forum Institute.
Click play to listen. 16 minutes, 15 seconds
Deb Markowitz’s remarks
Partner speech by Deb Markowitz, President of NASS.
Click play to listen. 12 minutes 0 seconds.
Michael Remmert’s remarks
Partner speech by Michael Remmert, Head of Good Governance in the Information Society, Council of Europe.
Click play to listen. 8 minutes, 47 seconds.
Najat Rochdi’s remarks
Partner speech by Najat Rochdi, UNDP Representative in the Arab Region.
Click play to listen. 14 minutes, 20 seconds.
Guido Bertucci’s remarks
Partner speech by Guido Bertucci, Director for Public Administration & Development Management, UNDESA.
Click play to listen. 10 minutes, 31 seconds.
Julian Bowrey’s remarks (partial)
An audio clip from the end of Julian Bowrey’s keynote speech. Julian is Head of Sustainable Communities Summit and Former Head of Local eGovernment in the UK.
Click the play button to listen. 5 minutes, 45 seconds.
Post-session socializing
The first afternoon session was followed by a coffee break. A wine reception followed the later session.
I took several dozen photos of the socializing and have added them to the ICELE Budapest photo set.
Wednesday afternoon sessions: Opening Plenary, Research Findings
Left photo: Today’s plenary opened at 3 PM with remarks from Symposium Director Dylan Jeffrey, DCLG.
Left Center: Keynote speeches were next: Andrew Pinder CBE, Symposium Chair and Former UK e-Envoy; and Julian Bowrey, Head of Sustainable Communities Summit and Former Head of Local eGovernment.
Right Center: Partner speeches were made by:
- Guido Bertucci, Director for Public Administration & Development Management, UNDESA
- Najat Rochdi, UNDP Representative in the Arab Region
- Michael Remmert, Head of Good Governance in the Information Society, Council of Europe
- Hon. Deb Markowitz, President of NASS
- Jonathan Ortmans, President of Public Forum Institute
Right: Reseach findings were presented by Lawrence Pratchett, Professor of Local Democracy, De Montfort University and Don Norris, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Click photos to enlarge.
I’ll have audio clips of several of these presentations posted later tonight.
Cow Parade visits Budapest
The Cow Parade is in Budapest until September. Click photos to enlarge.
It’s generating some controversy here. A couple weeks ago, one of them was removed. See this story and a photo of the melting blue cow in this Budapest Sun article: CowParade turns heads in the city. This Budapest blogger wrote about it, too.
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An ICELE weblog covering the International e-Participation and Local Democracy Symposium in Budapest, Hungary and Baltimore, Maryland. Summer, 2006.
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