Welcome to iDemocracy Camp !
What : iDemocracyCamp is an unconference (what's this?) about enabling citizen awareness and engagement with governments using online and mobile platforms/applications. The goal is to connect researchers, developers, practitioners, citizens and other enthusiasts for a day of intense collaboration and knowledge sharing. Examples of existing platforms/applications are FixOurCity, ObamaCTO, TheyWorkForYou, UK Petitions, JaagoRe, VoteReport India, AP2009.in and many more.
Where : Cognizant, ASV Suntech Park, 148 Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai - 600096
When : On June 6, 2009 between 9:30am - 1pm
Agenda :
9:30am - 10am : Introductions
10am - 10:30am : Brief presentation on current landscape of technology + governance in India and around the world.
10:30am - 11am : Decide on sessions for the camp
11am - 11:15am : Break for snacks/tea + Networking
11:15am - 11:55pm : Sessions 1-3 (to be held simultaneously in 3 rooms)
12pm - 12:40pm : Sessions 4-6
12:45pm - 1pm : Conclusion
Stuff we might talk about:
A lot of the following topics overlap and there often isn't a clear-cut boundary with neighboring themes.
- Overview of the online democracy landscape in India and around the world
- Using Open Source, Amazon Web Services and SaaS to put together quick and compelling civic engagement websites
- How to work effectively with Government(s)
- Mobilizing funding and volunteering resources
- Open discussion on key areas to focus over next couple of years
- Use of online tools for public involvement, citizen participation or citizen engagement in government planning and decision making (e-participation)
- E-participation (using technology -- especially the Internet -- to broaden and deepen political participation by helping citizens to connect with one another and with their elected representatives and governments)
- Collaborative problem solving, consensus building and decision making
- Online voting or e-voting
- Online dialogue, deliberation and debate
- Crowdsourcing of the policy making process
- Online petitions or e-petitions
- E-rulemaking
- Online townhall meetings
- Case studies (what has already worked, what didn't work?)
- Tools, both commercial and open source (what's already out there, what's being worked on?)
Things Needed:
Projector - available onsite
Whiteboards - available onsite
Large white paper - needed
Sticky name tags - needed
Markers and Erasers - needed
Volunteers - needed
Planners: Please mail if you're interested in being a planner/organizer.
- Selvam Velmurugan (selvam @ emoksha dot org)
Volunteers: Please add your name below, with times and tasks you'll be able to help.
- Shanmugam Sriraman (shanmugam dot sriramana @ gmail dot com)
- Elango Subramanian (elangops @ gmail dot com)
- Raman Nidamarthi (nvramankumar @ gmail dot com)
Attendees: Due to space constraints we had to restrict the event to 50 attendees (first-come basis). Please click here to sign-up for the event.
Sponsors:
- Cognizant Technology Solutions
- eMoksha.org
Check back with us in another few days for details on speakers, sessions schedules, and more.