A Stanford Mini-Conference on Online Deliberation

In celebration of Online Deliberation 2005 / DIAC-2005:

The Second (International) Conference on Online Deliberation:

Design, Research, and Practice

Hosted at Stanford May 20-22, 2005

(see http://www.online-deliberation.net/conf2005)

[Main conference requires a registration fee]

Schedule:

9:00-10:30 Introductory Session: The Promise of E-Democracy

(Student Chair: Brendan O'Connor, PIECE/Deme Project, Stanford)

* Todd Davies, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford

"Designing an Online Environment for Group Deliberation"

* Douglas Rivers, Political Science Department, Stanford

"The State of the Art in Web Surveys"

* Mark Cooper, Free Press and Center for Internet and Society, Stanford

Law School

"The Political Economy of Regime Change in Technology: From Corporate

Commodification and Coercive Hierarchy to Collaborative Production and

Deliberative Decision Making"

10:45-11:30 Round Table Discussion: Taking Philosophy Public: Technology,

Pedagogy, and Deliberative Democracy

(Student Co-Chairs: Aaron Tam and Benjamin Newman, PIECE/Deme Project,

Stanford)

* Kenneth Taylor, Philosophy Department, Stanford

* Joshua Cohen, Political Science and Linguistics and Philosophy

Departments, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

* James Fishkin, Communication and Political Science Departments, Stanford

11:30-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00-2:00 Panel: The Age of the Blog

(Student Chair: Alex Cochran, PIECE/Deme Project, Stanford)

* Lauren Gelman, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School

* Scott Reents, E-ThePeople.org

2:15-3:15 Special Guest Lecture: Douglas Engelbart

(Student Chair: Brandi Thompson, PIECE/EPA.Net Project, Stanford)

* Introduction: Terry Winograd, Computer Science Department, Stanford

University

* Douglas C. Engelbart, Bootstrap Institute

"Bootstrapping: Accelerating the Evolution of Collective IQ"

3:15-4:30 Panel: Virtual Communication - From 1985 to 2005

(Student Chair: Andrew Parker, PIECE/Deme Project, Stanford)

* Fred Turner, Communication Department, Stanford

"The Countercultural Roots of Virtual Community"

* Jeremy Bailenson, Communication Department, Stanford

"Transformed Social Interaction in Immersive Virtual Reality"

* Discussant: Terry Winograd, Computer Science Department, Stanford

NOTE: The Stanford Mini-Conference on Online Deliberation is free and open

to all members of the Stanford community. The mini-conference is the

kick-off event for the all-weekend international conference Online

Deliberation 2005 / DIAC-2005. The main conference, which begins at 5:15

p.m. on Friday, requires a registration fee. For more information, see

the conference website: http://www.online-deliberation.net/conf2005.

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