Twenty-one years since the first DIAC Symposium!
 

 
Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing;
Conference on Online Deliberation
(DIAC-2008/OD2008)

Most of the conference will take place in South Hall, the home of the Information School at University of California, Berkeley.

 

In addition to the wide range of planned events there will be extensive opportunities for collegial discussion at the conference. Register now for an innovative and compelling exploration of the future of meaningful social participation. We have kept registration fees low to encourage wide attendance.

This program may still change.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Time	South Hall 110	Foyer	Berkeley Marina Doubletree Hotel
12:30 - 1:30		Registration, coffee, and snacks
1:30 - 3:00	Opening Session / Conference organizers and others
3:00 - 3:30		Snacks and conversation
3:30 - 5:00	CoLPE: Communities of Learning Practice Environment        Santi Caballe and Jerome Feldman Trust for Online Deliberation on Wicked Problems: Implications for the Design of Internet-based Large Scale Collaborative Platforms        Ali Gurkan and Luca Iandoli
7:00 - 9:00			Europe in One Room This documentary tells the story of the first European Wide Deliberative Poll in which a scientific sample of all of Europe gathered in the Parliament Building in Brussels to deliberate for three days about the future of Europe. Presented by James Fishkin. This screening is in the Yerba Buena Room.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Time	South Hall 110	South Hall 202	Foyer
9:00 - 9:30			Registration, coffee, and snacks
9:30 - 11:00	Designing a General Architecture to Support eGovernment        Carlos Grima-Izquierdo and David Ríos Insua Integrating online Deliberation into Transportation Investment Decision-making: Preliminary Reflections on a Field Experiment        Kevin S. Ramsey and Matthew W. Wilson Aspirational Goals and Incremental Tools: Does Forecasting Exclude Other Frameworks for Strategic Planning?        Gregory Hill, Michael Monticino, Eric T. Jones, Steven Kolmes, and Rebecca McLain	"Tools for Participation" as a Citizen-Led Grand Challenge        Douglas Schuler On Social Function: New Language for Discussing Technology for Social Action        Andy Dearden and Ann Light "Liberating Voices" in South Asia: Case Study of Networked Resistance in Jharkhand        Justin Smith
11:00 - 11:30			Snacks and conversation
11:30 - 1:00	Supporting Collaborative Deliberation Using a Large-Scale Argumentation System: The MIT Collaboratorium        Mark Klein and Luca Iandoli Growing a Global Issue Metamap: An Issue-based Approach to Policy Deliberation        Jeff Conklin Patterns, Process and Systems-Thinking: Putting Social Pattern Languages to Work        Justin Smith	Exploring the Potential for Open-Source Self-Governance        Mike Mussman Computer, Neural, and Social Networks        Jerome Feldman, Daniel Lee, and David Thaw Community Network Analysis: Understanding the Contexts and Content of Community Communications        Peter Day
1:00 - 2:00			Lunch (on our own)
2:00 - 3:30	What Makes a Search Engine Good for Democracy? Public Opinion Polling and the Evaluation of Software        Jo Ann Sison and Warren Sack Networked Publics: Publicity and Privacy on the Internet        Colin Koopman Privacy Awareness for the Design of Pervasive Home-Based Technology for Elders        Tonya Thompson	ACRAW Alliance for collaborative research work at Arab countries        Lilia Kakaradova Community, Disability And Response to Disaster Mitigation in Bangladesh        Ms. Salma Rahman and Mr. Shahid Mallick Community Media and Community Development: a Disruptive Innovation?        Peter Day	Posters Social Software's Social Side Effects: Political Discourse in Non-political Spaces        Sean Munson and Paul Resnick Designing Social Psychological Incentives for Online Collective Action        Judd Antin
3:30 - 4:00			Break / Snacks and conversation
4:00 - 5:30	Panel Discussion Social Justice, Change, and Media: A Discussion about Projects-In-Progress.        Panelists include: David Silver, Emy Tseng, and CB Smith-Dahl. Organized by Blanca Gordo	Technology Demonstrations VizBlog: A Visualization Tool for Blog Discovery        Candida Tauro, Sameer Ahuja, Manuel A. Peérez-Quiñones, Andrea Kavanaugh, and Philip Isenhour Reframe It        Robert Fishkin TransparentDemocracy: Online Voter Guide        Kim Cranston and Jeff Manning CivicEvolution        Brian Sullivan

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Time	South Hall 110	South Hall 202	Foyer
9:00 - 9:30			Registration, coffee, and snacks
9:30 - 11:00	A Two-room E-Deliberation Environment        Fiorella De Cindio, Cristian Peraboni, and Leonardo Sonnante The Kerbabel™ On-line Deliberation Support Tool        Aurélie Chamaret b-involved: Extending Electronic Public Participation        Paulo Rosa, Ângela Guimarâes Pereira, and Gonçalo Lobo	Colloki: Rethinking local conversations on the web        Sameer Ahuja, Manuel A. Peérez-Quiñones, Andrea Kavanaugh, Candida Tauro, and B. Joon Kim Online Shopping Relationship as Collaborative Decision Process: A Focus on Buyer-seller Interactions        Thomas Stenger Representing Community Concerns in Agent-Based Models: A Web 2.0 Approach        Catriona Kennedy
11:00 - 11:30			Snacks and conversation
11:30 - 1:00	Workshop Role Challenges in Technology and Social Action Projects: Bridging the Gap Between Social Software and Social Contexts        Organized by Nick Plant	Workshop Community Networking Strategies: Partnerships for Community Practice, Research and Engagement — Creating a Shared Knowledgebase        Organized by Peter Day
1:00 - 2:00			Lunch (on our own)
2:00 - 3:30	Invited Presentations Tools and Participation: Tales from the Trenches        Todd Davies Political Reforms? Results from an Online Deliberative Poll        James Fishkin	Technology Demonstrations Knowledge Media Tools for Capturing Deliberation in Participatory Spatial Planning        Anna De Liddo and Simon Buckingham-Shum e-Liberate: Support for Online Meetings Using Roberts Rules of Order        Douglas Schuler Dialogue Mapping Demonstration        Jeff Conklin
3:30 - 4:00		Technology Demonstrations	Break
4:00 - 5:30	Panel Discussion and Closing

Sunday, June 29, 2008, Open Space Session

The Future of Tools for Participation: Visions, Resources and Needs

Details forthcoming...

We're planning an Open Space Technology session as a capstone event on our last day, June 29. We are currently planning for this to be event to available to the public. This approach may be the best way to spend less structured time as a collective group to formulate research and action plans.