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Web 2.0 Hits Malmo!29. September 2009 – 18:26 by Julia Glidden |
You know that an ICT trend really has come of age when it takes centre court at a Ministerial level eGovernment Conference. eVoting made its debut in 2003 in Como, eParticipation at Manchester in 2005 and now Web 2.o looks set to follow suite in Malmo.
I imagine many PepNet members thinking ‘ but of course!’ while reading this entry. Still, I recall well the near-stunned silence when I first pasted pictures of young person’s MySpace and Facebook pages on the massive plasma screens adorning the halls of the Slovenian Luanch of the EU Presidency in 2008. I also recall well my relief that I wasn’t hauled off the stage when I used a photo of a scantily clad young woman in red lingerie to visualise generational differences about privacy!
That Malmo will now feature a special session on how Web 2.0 can be used to increase citizen involvement in the production and use of public services shows just how far the topic has come. While I won’t use any half naked photos to illustrate my points during this session – I will certainly be making the point that the expectation of communication, collaboration and co-creation that Web 2.0 has unleashed is here to stay!
For those of you interested in the topic, please join my session ‘Experiences and Initiatives – Engaging the Citizens of the eUnion’ on Thursday November 19, 2009. Please also feel free to forward me any ideas you might have on the making of a great presentation!
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2 Responses to “Web 2.0 Hits Malmo!”
By Danish Technological Institute on Sep 30, 2009
A number of eParticipation projects will also be exhibiting at the Ministerial eGovernment Confererence.
This includes the Cologne – Particapatory Budgeting (Germany), Participa en Andalucía (Spain) and the eDialogos initiative(Greece).
Both projects are submitted for the Awards category for eGovernment services empowering citizens.
These are just three of the 52 finalists for the 4th European eGovernment Awards who will be exibiting in Malmö (Sweden).
A full list of the 52 finalists (including links) is available on http://www.epractice.eu/en/awardsfinalists2009
By Georgia Sigala on Oct 6, 2009
I would be interested to know if there are any presentations delivered as webconferences please (eg. Dim Dim)?
It would be wonderful to participate online to the Q&As at least, after having watched/listened to the presentation.
And since there are IP issues in something like this, maybe a nominal connection fee could be levied to ensure only trully interested folk log in?