Democracies Online
Australia and New Zealand Research and Speaking Tour
October 28 - November 16, 1997
This schedule contains information on a number of public presentations or events that are being organized while I am in Australia and New Zealand over the next few weeks.
If you have any questions, I will have periodic e-mail access to:
clift@freenet.msp.mn.us
While what I cover is tailored to each audience, the base presentation that I use is viewable on the WWW or can be downloaded from:
http://www.e-democracy.org/do/library/build/
This last minute trip was made possible through an invitation to the Virtual Opportunity Congress - http://www.virtual-opportunity.com.au - where I will be speaking on October 30. A more detailed schedule that lists exactly where I will be and my wonderful hosts (thanks) is available upon request.
See you in Australia and New Zealand,
Steven Clift
Director, Democracies Online
Democracies Online - Public Presentations and Events
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Tuesday, October 28 - Melbourne
Presentation: Democracies Online: Building Civic
Life on
the New Frontier
URL: http://www.vicnet.net.au/multiling/clift.htm
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: At Victorian Association of Community Information
Centres, 4th Floor, 136 Exhibition St.
Contact: Larry Stillman - larrys@vicnet.net.au
Tel: W - 9669 9710
Saturday, November 1 - Melbourne Interact! Conference, Midday
URL: http://www.interact-events.com.au
- DETAILS PENDING
Time: Midday
Contact: Victor Perton, MP - victorp@vicnet.net.au
URL: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~victorp/
Tel: (3) 9840 1566
Monday, November 3 - Canberra - Two Events
Presentation: Democracies Online - Full Presentation
Location: ACT Legislative Assembly Reception Room
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Contact: Rowena Mueller, Communications Management, ACT
Chief
Minister's Department - rowena_mueller@dpa.act.gov.au
2nd Contact: Karin Geiselhart -
k.geiselhart@student.canberra.edu.au
Event: Internet Reality Check - Democracy On The
Line
Time: 5:30pm Drinks, 6:00pm Short Talk
URL:http://www.acslink.net.au/~tomw/irc/irc.html
Place: Boardroom, National Press Club,National Circuit,
Barton,
Contact: Tom Worthington, President, Au Computer Society
E-mail: tomw@acslink.net.au
Tel: 0419 496150
Wednesday, November 5 - Sydney
Event: Informal Lunch Possible
Contact: Steven Clift - clift@freenet.msp.mn.us
Friday, November 7 - Cairns
Presentation: Being Planned
Contact: Eric Wainwright - Eric.Wainwright@jcu.edu.au
Tuesday, November 11 - Wellington
Presentation: Being Planned
Contact: Rex Widerstrom - polemic@geocities.com
Friday, November 14 - Auckland
Event: Participation on Panel at Interactive New Zealand
Forum
Contact: Donna Baldock - BaldockD@tuanz.gen.nz
URL: http://www.inz.org.nz
Monday, November 17 - Auckland
Possible Presentation or Informal Lunch Meeting
Contact: Steven Clift - clift@freenet.msp.mn.us
Biography Prepared for Virtual Congress:
Steven L. Clift is the Director of Democracies Online, a new
international initiative and partnership to promote the development
and sustainability of online civic participation and democracy
efforts. The project seeks to help improve democracy as major
functions converge with the Internet by networking interested
individuals and organizations. He also serves as the Co-Editor
of
the soonto be released G7 Government Online and Democracy White Paper
which has 18 chapter authors from across the world.
From late 1994 through July,1997 he served as Project Coordinator for
the State of Minnesota's North Star government online statewide
effort. "North Star 2" recently gained a full legal mandate and
received a one million dollar two year budget from the Minnesota State
Legislature. North Star is now one of the best funded "one-start"
citizen-focused comprehensive government online efforts in the world.
With North Star on a strong footing, he recently left the Minnesota
Office of Technology to establish Democracies Online.
In 1994 he started Minnesota E-Democracy a non-partisan, citizen-based
project whose mission is to improve participation in democracy in
Minnesota through the use of information networks. With the help
of
many volunteers, the world's first election-oriented WWW site was
established. He is now Board Chair of Minnesota E-Democracy.
The
Minnesota E-Democracy experience is a cornerstone for analysis of
information and communication convergence and their potential impact
on "real" democracies around the world.
In the last 18 months he has given democracy online and government
online presentations in dozens of cities in 10 different countries.
Following the conference he will speak in a number of cities in
Australia and New Zealand and shortly upon returning to Minnesota
travel to Ottawa and Cape Breton in Canada.
Last updated - October 25, 1997