OD2010, the Fourth International Conference on Online Deliberation ===================================================== KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Richard Allan, Head of Public Affairs for Facebook Europe, 'Social Politics - Lessons from the UK Election on Facebook' Beth Noveck, director of the White House Open Government Initiative, 'The View from the White House' (through video link) 30 June - 2 July, 2010 Leeds University Business School, UK The widespread diffusion of the Internet and a growing trend towards democratisation worldwide have encouraged new modes, projects and visions of citizen participation in decision making and governance. OD2010 aims to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners from a wide range of academic and applied backgrounds to provide a unique opportunity to better understand the notion of deliberation in a virtual environment and to discuss specific advances in online deliberation from a number of different disciplinary perspectives. RESEARCH PAPER SESSIONS see details at http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/index.php?pgid=3 PANELS Why Online Deliberation? chaired by Scott Wright, University of East Anglia Emerging Technologies for Online Deliberation, chaired by Simon Buckingham Shum, Open University Online Deliberation in the Post-Soviet Context, chaired by Yuri Misnikov, University of Leeds The Leeds Declaration: The Future of Citizenship: The Loudest Shout or the Best Argument?, chaired by Giles Moss, University of Leeds REGISTRATION FEE - early registration until the 1st June £100 Registration fee £50 Registration fee for students Details on the conference web site http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/ or email ics-conferences@leeds.ac.uk