Organized since 1992, the Economic Forum has become one of the most important economic events in Europe attended by political and business elites. The 24th Economic Forum in Poland will have six Plenary Sessions and more than 100 panel discussions, lectures of the personalities of the public sphere, workshops and round table discussions.
One of the panel discussions is themed “Local E-Government: Wishful Thinking or Reality?”. It will include nine panelists, among which there’s Joonas Pekkanen, Open Democracy Expert form the D-CENT project and Forum Virium Helsinki.
Panel – Local E-Government: Wishful Thinking or Reality?
Services provided by EU local e-governments are increasingly better, but the citizens’ expectations are higher and higher. According to the EU roadmap in 2015, more than 50% of the EU citizens and 80% of the companies shall be served by e-administration. The EU countries are able to support the development of e-administration (at all levels) from EU funds. It is important, however, that electronic solutions introduced by the local governments should be in line with those at the central administration level. Another major problem for e-administration is private data protection.
Panelists:
Joonas Pekkanen, Open Democracy Expert, D-CENT project, Forum Virium Helsinki, Finland
Alexander Aygistov, General Director, Russian Agency for Development of the Information Society, Russia
Daniel Kaplan, Co-founder & Director General, Fondation Internet Nouvelle Generation (FING), France
Lidia Terrones, Head of Internal Affairs, Department of Education, Catalonian Government, Spain
Roman Dmowski, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Administration and Digitization, Poland
Alexander Aygistov, General Director, Russian Agency for Development of the Information Society, Russia
Daniel Kaplan, Co-founder & Director General, Fondation Internet Nouvelle Generation (FING), France
Lidia Terrones, Head of Internal Affairs, Department of Education, Catalonian Government, Spain
Roman Dmowski, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Administration and Digitization, Poland
The 24th Economic Forum will have 2500 invitees from Europe, Asia, USA and Middle East countries. The event is organised by Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies, Economic Forum Programme Council and partners of the Economic Forum.
The Ninth Annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Meeting will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2-5 September 2014. The IGF is a forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue on public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance issues, such as the Internet’s sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development.
The United Nations Secretary-General formally announced the establishment of the IGF in July 2006 and the first meeting was convened in October/November 2006. The meeting is open to all World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) accredited entities, as well as other institutions and individuals with proven expertise and experience in matters related to Internet Governance.
The draft of the event’s programme is available here.
- | All Day Venue: The Barbican Centre in London, UK
Wikimania is a 2000+ person conference, unconference, festival, meetup, workshop, hackathon, and party, spread over five days in August 2014, preceded and followed by fringe events. It’s the official annual event of the Wikimedia movement, where you’ll discover all kinds of projects that people are making with wikis and open content, as well as meet the community that produced the most famous wiki of all, Wikipedia!
Fringe: from May 2014
Hackathon: 6–10 August 2014
Programme: 8–10 August 2014
From the early days of open source, OSCON has been the event that covers the open source stack in its entirety. It brings all of the pieces together: developers, innovators, businesspeople, and investors. Now in its 16th year, OSCON is a gathering of all things open source, where participants find inspiration, confront new challenges, share expertise and form new connections.
The OKFestival is an international gathering of open communities in Berlin. As well as the two days of keynote lectures, discussion sessions, workshops and hackathons, there’ll be additional fringe events around the city. See the website for more info.
CAPS can be described as non-commercial, open Internet platforms, connecting citizens to each other – and to the “Internet of Things” whenever necessary. The abbreviation refers to Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation.
After the first call, various CAPS initiatives have been emerging, day after day, in Europe and in other parts of the world. A second Call is foreseen within the Horizon 2020 EU research programme, opening in September 2014.
The CAPS2014 event will provide existing projects and initiatives with an opportunity to discuss their impact, increase their visibility, develop synergies and roadmaps. It is also a chance to liaise with any interested stakeholders: civil society organisations, NGOs, local communities, students and hackers, academic and industrial institutions, policy makers, national agencies, new Members of the European Parliament.
CAPS2014 event is organized under the aegis of the European Commission through the CAPS2020 project, coordinated by Sigma Orionis. It is one of the CAPS projects selected at FP7 Call 10.
The World Summit on the Information Society +10 (WSIS+10) High-Level Event which will be held in ITU Headquarters, Geneva. The event will be an extended version of the WSIS Forum. It is designed to review the progress made in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes under the mandates of participating agencies, and to take stock of achievements in the last 10 years. The summit is coordinated by ITU and co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP.
Emerging Communications Conference & Awards (eComm) is a three-day communications technology innovation lovefest. It’s where those passionate come, those who actually care about technology mediated communications and the future of it. It joins visionaries, thinkers, hackers, designers, executives, engineers and entrepreneur’s together to debate, discuss, collaborate, inspire, advance and showcase the future of communications technology.
Personal Democracy Forum is about the world of technology and politics. It brings together a thousand top opinion makers, political practitioners, technologists, and journalists for two days to network, exchange ideas, and explore how technology and wired citizens are changing politics, governance, and civil society.
The User Experience Conference offers three days of inspiration, education and skills development for user experience designers. The event engages industry leaders from around the world, combining inspirational talks with hands-on workshops. Each day of the conference focuses on a different theme: Products, People, Platforms.
