The Conference Programme

Wednesday 27 October

Time	Title	Speaker/Comment
0830-0930	Coffee, Registration	Entrance: Riksplan
0930-0945	Opening speech by the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament speech	Björn von Sydow
0945-0955	Address by the Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Communications speech	Claes Roxbergh
0955-1015	Summary of previous conference	Susanne Kastner
1015-1100	Keynote 1 – The political challenge of e-democracy presentation part 1 presentation part 2	Ann Macintosh
1100-1130	Break
1130-1200	The mobile MP presentation	Lennart Blecher
1200-1230	E-mail solutions for Members of Parliament presentation, paper	André van der Meer
1230-1345	Photo session followed by Buffet Lunch photo 1, photo 2	Venue (Photo): The grand Staircase Venue (Lunch): The Grand Gallery
1230-1345	Demonstrations of current technological solutions in the Swedish Parliament (during the lunch break)	IT Department, Information Department, Swedish Parliament
1345-1430	Keynote 2 – MPs’ use of the Internet: Between the rock of technology and the hard place of politics presentation	Thomas Zittel
1430-1500	E-legislation in the German Parliament – Problems and attempted solutions presentation	Uwe Küster
1500-1530	Break
1530-1615	Round table discussion with three or four delegates (notified beforehand) Subject for discussion: How do politicians use ICT tools to carry out their political mission? Can they see any clear effects, good or bad, of ICT in this? paper	Moderator: Lars Ilshammar, University of Örebro, Sweden.
1615-1645	EPRI-information presentation	Marco Langhof
1645-1700	Wrap-up - Information about this evening’s events.	Chair
1700-1900	Free
1830	Bus leaves for the dinner at the VasaMuseum (Pick-up point: The Sheraton Hotel)
1900-2300	Dinner hosted by the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Björn von Sydow (Bus service provided for return to the hotel)	Venue: The Vasa Museum

Thursday 28 October

Time	Title	Speaker/Comment
0900- 0930	The Swedish IT Policy Strategy Group – Towards an Information Society for All presentation part 1 presentation part 2	Maria Häll
0935- 0945	Parliamentary Democracy in the Age of E-Governing speech	Filippos Tsalidiis
0945- 1000	Resolution – discussion	Chair
1000- 1030	Information Management – A new start in an old Parliament presentation, paper	Robert Key
1030- 1100	Break
1100- 1130	Information about IPEX, the InterParliamentary EU information eXchange presentation	Anders Forsberg
1130- 1215	General discussion
1215- 1245	Summary – Resolution – Conclusion
1245- 1300	Closure
1300- 1400	Lunch	Venue: The Grand Gallery
1415-	Optional guided tour of the Riksdag