This Sunday, April 19, there will be a one-day eDemocracyCamp with a particular focus on e-participation (using the internet to support public participation) at George Washington University, The Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet (IPDI) and The Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM), Media and Public Affairs Building, 805 21st Street, NW / Washington, DC 20052 (USA). The goal of the gathering is to connect government officials, researchers, developers, practitioners, and regular citizens for a day of intense collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Co-sponsored by NCDD, this event is free to attend, but the organizers request an RSVP prior to the event (which you can do at the event’s wiki page at http://barcamp.org/eDemocracyCamp2). Sandy and I will be attending, and we hope to see a lot of NCDD members there!

Here are a few of the topics that may be addressed at eDemocracyCamp2…

• 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
• etc…

Sign up or learn more…

Sign up on the wiki: http://barcamp.org/eDemocracyCamp2
Spread the word on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=58034912834
Join the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/edemocracycamp/
Follow eDemocracyCamp on Twitter: http://twitter.com/edemocracycamp