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PARALLEL EVENT “From here to e-democracy: promoting e-participation, and dealing with ‘harmful content’ and the ‘risk of harm’ from online and related offline activities – responsible behaviour by key actors” organised by the Council of Europe Tunis, 17 November 2005, 3 – 7 pm, Room Jerba,
PROGRAMME First session: E-democracy: New channels for voting and civic participation (3 – 5 pm) 15:00 - Introduction and overview: Michael REMMERT, Head of Council of Europe E-governance Project 15:10 - Phil NOBLE, Charleston (SC), USA, Founder and CEO of PoliticsOnline: Keynote speech: E-democracy: state of the art and future development 15:30 - Panel discussion: - Julian BOWREY, Head of UK National Project on Local e-democracy: The UK national local e-democracy project - Lawrence PRATCHETT, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK: The barriers to e-democracy - Alexander TRECHSEL, Professor, European University Institute, Florence, Italy: E-voting and new forms of e-participation in Europe and Latin America - Representative of the European Commission, DG Information Society (tbc): The Commission’s approach to e-participation 16:40 - Conclusions 16:45 - Close of session Second Session: ‘Harmful Content’ And The ‘Risk Of Harm’ From Online And Related Offline Activities - Responsible Behaviour by Key Actors (5 – 7 pm) 17:00 Introduction and overview:
17:05 - ‘Harmful content’ and the ‘risk of harm’: Joanne BRYCE, and Rachel O’CONNELL, Cyberspace Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire, UK 17:30 - Harmful content and responsible behaviour - Introduction by the moderator
17:40 - The roles and responsibilities of key actors in the Information Society - Divina FRAU-MEIGS, Professor, Université Paris 3-Sorbonne Sociologue des Médias, vice-présidente, AIERI/IAMCR (Ass.Int.des Etudes et Recherches en Info-com), PARIS, France - Heleen JANSSEN, Legal Specialist/Adviser, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands - Phil ARCHER/Stephen BALKAM, Internet Content Ratings Association, United Kingdom 18:40 - Concluding remarks: Mark KELLY, Director, Human Rights Consultants, Ireland 18:45 - Close of session |