The Conference Season Is Open 27. August 2010 – 16:54 by John Heaven (TuTech Innovation GmbH)

speicherstadt by Jens Pletsch

As we head full-speed towards autumn, this weekend will see the first eParticipation conference of the season: the EPart2010 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is into its second year and aims to lay the foundations for interdisciplinary eParticipation.

We have a lot to look forward to in terms of conferences: also in its second year is the Personal Democracy Forum Europe taking place in Barcelona from 4^th to 5^th October, which comes shortly after our very own PEP-NET Summit on 23^rd September.

Speaking from our experience of organising the first ever PEP-NET Summit, there is certainly demand for eParticipation conferences from delegates and speakers . Perhaps people have had enough of lazing around on Europe’s beaches and are looking forward to coming together to plan the next steps for eParticipation and think about where to invest their newly-acquired energy and enthusiasm.

If you have had enough of the beach and like the idea of discussing eParticipation amongst Hamburg’s canals in the historic Speicherstadt, then make sure you register soon on the PEP-NET Summit page because places are very quickly filling up. We promised that things would “get loud” at our Summit; judging by the number of people signing up, we weren’t wrong. So put away your bucket and spade, get your trousers on and come and make some noise. Register now to avoid disappointment.