Digital society in the Citizen 2.0 Era Organised by the city of Issy-les-Moulineaux (near Paris) and chaired by Mr. Santini, the city’s mayor and French Minister of State for the Civil Service, the eight edition of the World e-Democracy Forum will be held on 3-4 October in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

This 2007 edition will gather again over 1 000 participants from around the world, including renowned speakers, decision-makers, researchers and experts as well as businesses and NGOs representatives, to debate around this year’s key topic; “Digital society in the Citizen 2.0 Era”.

The event agenda covers a wide range of issues related to the development of eGovernment, the emergence of eDemocracy, and eInclusion. The two plenary sessions will be respectively dedicated to “Building up trust in e-Government” and “Society in the citizen 2.0 Age”. Concurrent roundtables will also be addressing key matters, among others: “What kind of public services can we expect in the User 2.0 Age?”; “European e-government of the future”; “How can we bridge the digital divide?”; “Internet citizenship during electoral campaigns”, and more.

This year’s guest of hounour country is the United Kingdom. In addition, the e-Democracy awards winners will be announced at a dedicated ceremony on 3 October.

Attendance is free and registration can be performed online at the Forum’s website.

The Forum will also host an ePractice Workshop on Customer Orientation whose objective is to analyse a set of eGovernment cases where services to citizens have played a crucial role and have been incorporated as a key requirement since the early phases of the projects.

Event website:
http://www.edemocracy-forum.com/

Venue:
Palais des Sports d’Issy-les-Moulineaux
Boulevard des frères Voisin
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France

Contact:
E-mail: eric.legale@ville-issy.fr