The Symposium Weblog

Symposium Director Dylan Jeffrey spoke at the end-of-day dinner and handed out small gifts of appreciation to those colleagues who helped work on the Symposium.

Closing remarks from:

Richard Kerby, United Nations Department for Economic and Social
Affairs Senior Inter-Regional Advisor on e-Government

Cllr. Matthew Ellis, Deputy leader of Lichfield Borough Council and member of Staffordshire County Council; Chair, ICELE

Dylan Jeffrey, Department for Communities and Local Government, United Kingdom and Symposium Director

7 minutes, 57 seconds

The panelists on e-Participation and e-Deliberation Best Practice included:

G. Scott Aikens, Robert B. Aikens and Associates

Richard Kerby, United Nations Department for Economic and Social
Affairs Senior Inter-Regional Advisor on e-Government

Steven Clift, Board Chair, E-Democracy.Org

Andrea Kavanaugh, Senior Research Scientist, Associate Director
Center for Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Virginia Tech

12 minutes, 30 seconds (I was able to only capture the audio from Steve and Andrea.)

Jonathan Bruel, Senior Fellow of the IBM Center for The Business of Government, and former senior advisor to the deputy of the Office of Management and Budget, presented on how to create a strategy to implement an e-Government agenda

21 minutes, 8 seconds

Steve Clift took this photo of me presenting on citizen journalism and leadership blogging.

What am I clutching in both fists? A laser pointer and a remote screen projector controller. Click to enlarge.

Note the Northfield.org slide in the background. It’s reminiscent of the photo from my presentation at Westminster in 2005.

With online elections getting quite a bit of buzz - and internet campaigning continually evolving, this session looked at what will be modernized and what still needs improvement in the world of e-Voting.

Alan Winchcombe, Head of Electoral Services at Swindon Borough Council


8 minutes, 22 seconds

Linda Lamone, Maryland State Board of Elections


7 minutes, 36 seconds

Lori Steele, CEO of Everyone Counts


7 minutes, 28 seconds

Roger Alan Stone, CEO of Advocacy Inc.


9 minutes, 5 seconds

This session explored ideas for engaging the large number of individuals who do not fully participate in the democratic process.

Steven Clift, Board Chair, E-Democracy.Org


2 minutes, 0 seconds (introductory comments)


4 minutes, 58 seconds (pre-discussion comments)

Carol Darr, Director, Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, George Washington University


11 minutes, 49 seconds

Pallas Snider, Anne Arundel County Student Forum, AACStudents.org


3 minutes, 42 seconds

Tom Dawkins, National Coordinator of Vibewire Youth Services


5 minutes, 48 seconds

Audience discussion

21 minutes, 33 seconds