Eighth European Conference of Members of National Parliaments on Information and Communication Technologies - Prague 15 – 16 March 2006-

At the cross point of eGovernment & eDemocracy: How ICT in the parliamentarian environment is setting standards in participation and usage

Wednesday 15 March, 2006

Slot	Time	Preliminary Title/Theme	Speaker
101	16:00- 17:00	Coffee, Registration
102	17:00- 17:10	Opening speech by the Speaker of the Czech Senate	Premysl Sobotka
103	17:10- 17:20	Welcome address and information about the evening event and the agenda of the next day by the Chairman of the Standing Senate Commission on Media	Jiri Oberfalzer
104	18:00- 19:30 19:30- 20:00	A guided tour of the National Library The National Library in the view of digitalization	organised by the Czech Senate
105	20:15- 23:00	Dinner hosted by Microsoft	Restaurant “V Kolkovne” – Czech typical dish

Thursday 16 March, 2006

Slot	Time	Preliminary Title/Theme	Speaker
201	08:30-09:00	Coffee, registration
202	09:00- 9:30	Summary of the previous conference	Monica Green
203	09:30-10:00	Keynote 1: Assessing the effectiveness of eDemocracy applications	Richard Allan Head of Government Affairs, UK and Ireland, Cisco Systems
204	10:00-10:30	Presentation: eDemocracy development and implementation in the New Member States in line with the Lisbon Strategy	Olav Aarna, Chairman of the Cultural Affairs Committee, Estonian Parliament
205	10:30-10:45	Coffee break
206	10:45-11:15	Keynote 2: eDemocracy & eGovernment: understanding the present creating the future	Jeremy Millard Danish Technological Institute
207	11:15-11:45	Presentation: eDemocracy in the perspective of the eCzech Strategy 2006	Jiri Oberfalzer
208	11:45-12:15	Keynote 3: The Parliament as focal point of societal discussion and problem solution: How eDemocracy supports basic standards of monitoring, participation and traceability	Susanne Kastner, Vice President German Bundestag
209	12:15-13:15	Photo Session Lunch break Exhibition of current technology solutions in the Czech Senate
210	13:15-13:45	The role of EPRI in a process of encouraging eDemocracy	Marco Langhof
211	13:45-14:30	Round table discussion with panelists Subject for discussion: How ICT in the parlamertian environment is setting standards in participation and usage
212	14:30-15:00	General discussion
213	15:00-15:30	Coffee break
214	15:30-15:45	Summary- Resolution- Conclusion
215	15:45- 16:00	Closure
216	16:30- 18:30	Optional guided sight seeing tour in boat

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