Digital Technologies for 21st Century Democracy

Information and network technologies are influencing and changing the world, as we know it: from politics to economics to social habits. The biggest turning point for governments, institutions, media companies, journalists, came when they realized that speaking or telling their own story was not enough, now they had to listen. And not only that, but they had to engage in a continuous dialogue where different voices who had struggled to be heard now started playing an active role that changed, not only the rules, but the game itself.

Speakers at the conference include:

- Patrick Meier, Director of Crisis Mapping & Partnerships, Ushahidi

- Anthony Barnett, Founder, OpenDemocracy

- Anita Gurumurthy, Founding Member and Executive Director, IT for Change 

- Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York

- Christopher Walker, Director of Studies, FreedomHouse