Dear All, apologies for cross-posting, but I would like to invite you to join us at the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, CeDEM17, 17-19 May 2017, in Krems, Austria CeDEM17 17-19 May 2017 Danube University Krems, Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem17 The CeDEM17conference provides 3 days of programme including: * 4 keynotes -Ines Mergel on "Digital Transformation in the Public Sector"(Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, DE) -Keren Flavell on "Reinvigorating the Role of Media to Educate and Engage Citizens"(TownHall App Pty Ltd, US) -Todd O*Boyle on "Digital Tools and Digital Democracy: US Cities and Civil Society in 2017"(Next Century Cities, US) -Dave Karpf on "The Promises and Pitfalls of Digital Listening: Analytic Activism in 2017 and Beyond"(George Washington University School of Media & Public Affairs, US) * Workshops, panel discussions and presentations on: -Emerging Topics -E-Democracy and E-Participation -Communities, Participation and Civic Engagement -Social Media, Public Administration and Citizen Engagement -Open Collaborative Government Connected Smart City -Open Data, Transparency and Open Innovation -Identity, Privacy, and Security -Political Communciation & Public Spheres in a Digital Age * As well as: -Reflections Session -PhD Colloquium -Open Space (*opportunities to contribute a presentation, workshop,etc. available up until the start of the Open Space!*) - Best Paper Prize: 5 nominees, find out this year's winner is on Day 2! -Social Events CeDEM17 Registration: http://tinyurl.com/cedem17registration (early-bird rate now still available until 6 March 2017!) Look forward to seeing you! Best regards Noella Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Research Fellow Department for E-Governance and Administration Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov CeDEM Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Society Lab http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/