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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080906
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SUMMARY:MobileHCI 2008
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/389934/ ] MobileHCI 2008 is the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. MobileHCI 2008 will be held 2-5 September 2008 at the Royal Tropical Institute Conference Center in Amsterdam\, the Netherlands\, and will be preceded by the MobileHCI 2008 Doctoral Consortium on 1 September 2008. MobileHCI 2008 is organised by Telematica Instituut\, Freeband Communication and Philips Research Europe\, in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGMOBILE.
      
      The MobileHCI series provides a forum for academics and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the design\, evaluation and application of techniques and approaches for all mobile and wearable computing devices and services.
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DTSTAMP:20071219T005240
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CATEGORIES:Education
ORGANIZER;CN=kaeru:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/11190/
LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/2600/":KIT Tropentheater @ Mauritskade 63\, Amsterdam\, Noord-Holland NL
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NAME:KIT Tropentheater
ADDRESS:Mauritskade 63
CITY:Amsterdam
REGION;X-ABBREV=nh:Noord-Holland
COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=nl:The Netherlands
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080917
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SUMMARY:Euro mGov 2008
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/802022/ ] The Third International Conference & Exhibitions on Mobile Government
      
      Mobile Government involves revolutionary approaches to the modernization of public sector via utilization of networked mobile technologies in the local or central government organizations. It aims to enhance the businesses of the public sector by bringing new opportunities for providing services to the citizens and improving business processes in public organizations. mGovernment is now a recognized field of practice and research\, and constitutes the next evolutionary step of the progresses in eGovernment.
      
      The Euro mGOV Conference series establish a forum and provide a showcase for the developments on the public administration and mobile Internet technologies\, services and business models\, and tie them to the existing and future m-government applications and government business models. The series will present evidences of applications and trends in mobile government implementations from various parts of the world. The conference is a prime platform for presenting\, exchanging and disseminating the recent developments\, ideas\, applications and services in the field of mGovernment among three essential constituents: public and private sector professionals and the researchers.
      
      Euro mGov conference organization cordially invites researchers and practitioners from academia\, public sector\, IT and Telecom Industry to participate and contribute to this largest gathering of the mobile government professionals.
       
      Who will attend?
      
      * Public sector professionals such as policy and decision makers\, managers of departments developing or implementing mobile technologies\, politicians and representatives of civil society organisations and NGOs.
      
      * Private Sector professionals from\, for example\, mobile telco`s\, infrastructure\, hardware\, content\, applications and service providers to the public sector.
      
      * Researchers from academia and other research organizations.
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DTSTAMP:20080615T140839
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CATEGORIES:Education
ORGANIZER;CN=rolf:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/57937/
LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/152679/":Sheraton Voyager @ ?\, Antalya\, Antalya TR
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NAME:Sheraton Voyager
ADDRESS:?
CITY:Antalya
REGION;X-ABBREV=ad:Antalya
COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=tr:Turkey
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081001
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SUMMARY:EDem2008 EDemocracy Conference
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/802027/ ] „E-Democracy“ has managed the jump from trendy “e-word” to reality. Following recommendations issued by the European Council\, studies and projects conducted in Europe are starting to provide initial findings and results.
      
      We are proud to present the following keynote speakers at the EDem 2008:
      
      * Steven Clift (Ashoka Fellow\, E-Democracy.Org\, USA)
      * Ann Macintosh (Professor Digital Governance\, University of Leeds\, UK)
      * Peter Parycek (Head of the Center for E-Government\, Danube University Krems\, A)
      * Matt Poelmans (Director\, Citizenlink\, The Hague\, NL)
      
      There are a number of E-Democracy applications\, ranging from providing information to discussion\, deliberation\, decision-making and voting\, thus encompassing the entire democratic process. The technical devices have become a means to an end\, and there are other questions that now need to be raised and answered:
      
      To what extent can E-Democracy support and enrich our democracy?
      What and where are the interfaces\, what methods can be used to integrate E-participation in present politics public administration processes?
      
      * How can we ensure that the greatest number of people are reached and are able to use the means of participation?
      * How can the modern media support political education?
      * How can the Internet increase participation in political discussion?
      * What are the limitations and the risks of E-Democracy?
      
      The EDem2008 conference presents the opportunity to look into these questions and discuss the answers. During the conference experiences will be collected\, examples good and bad practice analysed\, the State-of-the-Art and future scenarios will be presented and discussed.
      
      We are looking for contributions on all areas and levels of electronic democracy and participation systems\, precedence will be given to those contributions which include national and/or international experiences. Concrete projects can also be submitted\, and\, if accepted\, would be presented as examples of “hands-on” demonstrations of E-Democracy and E-Participation.
      
      Papers and projects can be submitted in English or German\, the tracks in German and English language will be held parallel.
      
      We invite individuals from academic and practical backgrounds as well as public administration offices\, public bodies\, NGOs\, education institutions and independent organisations\, to submit their contributions.
      
      Cost: EUR 95\,- including proceedings
      
      The Proceedings will be published by the OCG (Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft)
      In cooperation with the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
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DTSTAMP:20080615T141639
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CATEGORIES:Education
ORGANIZER;CN=rolf:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/57937/
LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/112441/":Donau-Universität Krems @ Dr. Karl Dorrek Straße 30\, Krems\, Niederösterreich AT
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NAME:Donau-Universität Krems
ADDRESS:Dr. Karl Dorrek Straße 30
CITY:Krems
REGION;X-ABBREV=noe:Niederösterreich
COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=at:Austria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081118
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SUMMARY:New Media: Advocacy through Blogging
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/729488/ ] The one-day conference will present the results of the "New Media: Advocacy through Blogging" pilot-program of the Soros Foundation Romania. 
      
      The first part of the conference will be dedicated to presentations made by the five teams of NGOs & new media experts involved in the project.
      
      During the second part of the day\, an expert in social media\, Beth Kanter (Boston\, USA)\, trainer and author of the blog "How Non-profits Can Use Social Media" \, will hold a workshop on the effective use of blogs and other social media tools for obtaining social change.
      
      Details about the program here: http://www.soros.ro/en/program_articol.php?articol=93
      
      Details about the event are to be posted on the project's website no later than a month before the event.
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DTSTAMP:20080527T021624
LAST-UPDATED:20080527T021624
CATEGORIES:Education
ORGANIZER;CN=Mirela Soros:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/233928/
LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/146770/":Soros Foundation Romania @ 33\, Caderea Bastiliei str.\, Bucharest\, Bucuresti RO
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NAME:Soros Foundation Romania
ADDRESS:33\, Caderea Bastiliei str.
CITY:Bucharest
REGION;X-ABBREV=b:Bucuresti
COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=ro:Romania
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