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All stakeholders worldwide are invited to participate and join us in discussing the democratic social and economic potentials of public sector information online. The Workshop is taking place as part of the International Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2010: ‘Developing the Future Together’. The Workshop is jointly organised by Proyecto Aporta (http://www.proyectoaporta.es/web/guest/index) and the European Public Sector Information Platform (ePSIplatform) (http://www.epsiplatform.eu/) Registration is Open http://www.igf2010.lt/index.php/en/welcome/index Options for Participants: 1. Attend and participate in workshop 120 and the IGF5 event (onsite) 2. Participate in workshop 120 remotely via the remote moderator 3. Actively use social media tools such as twitter during the IGF5 and in particular workshop 120 to promote public sector information and the important role that it plays in society Twitter Hash Tag: #PSI_120 How to Participate in Workshop 120 Remotely Remote participants can follow the workshop using videocasts or audiocasts, and can send text questions which the remote moderator will forward to the Panel when the floor is opened for questions from the audience. a) Test your computer is webex ready: http://www.webex.com/lp/jointest/ b) Check the time difference: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock c) On Friday 17th in plenty of time go to IGF website http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/ d) Find the links to remote participation (available on or after Monday, 13 Sep 2010!) e) Each link matches a different room (main and rooms 1 to 9) f) Click on the link that corresponds to our session g) Follow the instructions to join W120 Friday 11.30am (local time) h) No registration nothing - see you there in person or remotely! The following bodies are involved in the presentation of workshop 120: 1. The Spanish Aporta project 2. The European Public Sector Information Platform 3. The Australian auPSI information platform 4. The KM Africa Information platform 5. The Information Society Development Committee under the Government of the Republic if the Lithuania 6. IT for Change 7. Electronic Frontier Foundation 8. PSI Alliance The workshop will be chaired – Moderated by Christopher Corbin, Advisor to the European Public Sector Information Platform, UK http://www.epsiplatform.eu Panel Members (alphabetic order): Chris Corbin, European PSI Platform Web: http://www.epsiplatform.eu/ Follow the ePSIplatform on Twitter: @epsiplatform http://twitter.com/epsiplatform Anne Fitzgerald, Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Web: http://www.law.qut.edu.au/staff/facstaff/afitzgerald.jsp Follow Anne Fitzgerald on Twitter: @fitzgeam http://twitter.com/fitzgeam Rolf Nordqvist, Chair of the European PSI Alliance, Sweden Web: http://www.psialliance.eu/Follow the PSI Alliance on Twitter: @PSI_Alliance http://twitter.com/PSI_Alliance Waltraut Ritter, Research Director, Asia Pacific Intellectual Capital Centre, Hong Kong Web: http://www.apicc.asia/ Follow Waltraut Ritter on Twitter: @KDialogues http://twitter.com/KDialogues Antonio Saravia, the Spanish Aporta Project Web: http://www.aporta.es/web/guest/index Follow the Aporta Project on Twitter: @Proyecto Aporta http://twitter.com/proyectoaporta Paminder Singh, IT for Change, India Web: http://itforchange.net/ Follow It for Change, India on Twitter @ITforChange http://twitter.com/ITforChange Workshop Remote Moderator (onsite): Moderator to be appointed