Internet Governance Forum 2010 - Workshop 120
The fifth annual IGF Meeting will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17 September 2010. The overall theme is: 'IGF 2010 – developing the future together'. An open invitation addressed to all stakeholders is available.
Workshop 120, “Public sector information online: democratic, social and economic potentials” is scheduled to run from 11.30am - 1.30pm on 17 September 2010. According to ePSIplatform:
The aim of the workshop is to provide an open discussion forum and a meeting point for public sector, businesses and citizens in the endeavour to work together and understand and meet the challenges of unveiling the value of public sector information in the digital economy and for the benefit of citizens and the whole society.
The workshop will be focused on learning more about the value of public sector information when it is opened up for re-use. It is meant to stimulate dialogue, discussion and debate starting at the economic and social potential value of public sector information for citizens, moving on to its economic promising contribution to economic growth through innovative business models and then examining the future challenges of e-government.
The workshop will be chaired by Christopher Corbin, Advisor to the European Public Sector Information Platform, UK. Workshop panel members are:
- Chris Corbin, European PSI Platform
- Anne Fitzgerald, Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
- Rolf Nordqvist, Chair of the European PSI Alliance, Sweden
- Waltraut Ritter, Research Director, Asia Pacific Intellectual Capital Centre, Hong Kong
- Katitza Rodriguez, Electronic Frontier Foundation, USA
- Antonio Saravia, The Spanish Aporta Project
- Paminder Singh, IT for Change, India