Joint workshop of projects in ICT for governance and policy modelling

Objectives of the workshop

  • cross-fertilize among projects and contribute to community building among running FP 7 projects and a wider community
  • learn which approaches, tools and technologies, and policy or participation areas are tackled in running FP 7 projects
  • discuss future directions in the field – for research and practice.

 

Session 1: Opening and introductory presentations

Project logo and URL
Welcome to tGov: Zahir Irani (Brunel University, UK)

Opening

The Role of ICT in Participatory Democracy: Johannes Pichler (University of Graz, Austria)
Keynote Speech
tGov2013 Focus: CEES and eGovPoliNet Community Building and Knowledge Development:
Vishanth Weerakkody (Brunel University, UK)

www.policy-community.eu

Crossover Project - Results of success & case analysis: Phil Archer (W3C, United Kingdom)

crossover logo

www.crossover-project.eu

Crossover - Final roadmap on ICT for governance and policy modelling: David Price (DebateGraph, UK)
Session 2: Concepts, methods and techniques of policy modelling and simulation
Constructing a macro-finance agent-based model for central bank policy making
(CRISIS ): James Porter (City University London, UK)
crisis.jpg
www.crisis-economics.eu
ePolicy - Engineering the Policy-Making Lifecycle: Tina Balke (University of Surrey, UK)


www.epolicy-project.eu

PACITA - Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment: : Paidi O’Raghallaigh (University College Cork, Ireland), Csaba Csáki (University College Cork, Ireland), Frederic Adam (University College Cork, Ireland)

pacita project logo

http://www.pacitaproject.eu/

Session 3: Innovative ICT tools and technologies supporting policy analysis, modelling and governance
Integrated ICT toolbox for collaborative policy modelling and stakeholder engagement (OCOPOMO): Peter Bednar (Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia )


www.ocopomo.eu

Interactive Analysis Simulation and Visualisation Tools for Urban Agile Policy
Implementation (urbanAPI): David Ludlow (University of West England, UK)

urbanapi.jpg
http://www.urbanapi.eu/

Opinion collection and analysis through ubiquitous participation platform (UbiPol) : Habin Lee (Brunel University, UK)
www.ubipol.eu
Session 4: Concepts supporting the engagement of stakeholders and embarking on crowd solutions for policy analysis, modelling and governance

Policy Gadgets Mashing Underlying Group Knowledge in Web 2.0:

Enrico Ferro (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy)


www.padgets.eu

Requirements and Technological Architecture for a Passive Crowdsourcing
Environment for Government (NOMAD)
: Euripidis Loukis (University of the Aegean, Greece)


www.nomad-project.eu

Innovative governance through cloud computing in public sector (OASIS): Aggeliki Tsohou (Brunel University, UK)
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http://www.brunel.ac.uk/bbs/research/research-success/oasis-openly-accessible-services-and-interacting-society
UniteEurope: Social Media Analysis in the Realm of Migrant Integration in Europe: Bernhard Krieger (Potsdam University, Potsdam, Germany) unite europe logo
www.uniteeurope.org

Session 5: Panel Discussion

Moderators: Marijn Janssen (Delft University, Netherlands), and Yogesh Dwivedi (Swansea University, Wales, UK)

Panellists: Zahir Irani (Brunel University, United Kingdom), Jeremy Millard (Danish
Technology Institute, Denmark), Frank Banister (Trinity College, Ireland), John Bertot (University of Maryland, USA), Johhanes Pichler (University of Graz, Austria), Steve Capes (Cambridge Council, United Kingdom), Steve Jones (Conwy County Council, United Kingdom) , Nitham Hindi (Qatar University)

Session 6: E-Government Evaluation

CEES Project Outcomes and Final Results: Tunc Medeni (Turksat, Turkey), Zahir Irani, Habin Lee and Vishanth Weerakkody (Brunel University, United Kingdom)

cees logo
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/bbs/research/research-centres/iseing/current-research/cees-citizen-oriented-evaluation-of-e-government-services
Session 7: ICT Tools and Technologies (ICT PSP)

LiveCity, Live Video Supporting Smart Cities: George Diakonikolaou (OTE, Greece), Donal Morris (RedZinc, Ireland), and Andreea Molnar (Brunel University, UK)

livecity logo
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fire/connected-smart-cities/presentations/13-livecity.pdf

OpenFlow: Donal Morris (RedZinc, Ireland), and Luis Cordeiro (OneSource, Portugal)

cityflow logo
http://www.ict-fire.eu/fileadmin/events/2012-11-FEW/3.5_Donal_Morris.pdf
Session 8: Social Innovation and Public Services of the Future
Connect360 & eleven-one-two: Robert Link (University of Graz, Austria)
SI-DRIVE: Antonius Schröder (Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany)
Session 9: Round table discussion on "Converting Projects into ICT PSP and/or Thematic Networks"

Facilitator: Anuj Sood, David Fuschi, Brunel University, UK

Discussion Led by: Marijn Janssen (Delft University, Netherlands), Vishanth Weerakkody (Brunel University, UK), Jeremy Millard (Danish Technology Institute, Denmark), and Efthimios Tambouris (University of Macedonia, Greece)