Governance and Information Technology:
From Electronic Government to
Information Government
Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 9:00-3:30
09:00 Welcome: David Lazer & Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Conference Chairs and
Stephen Goldsmith, Director of Innovations in American Government Awards Program,
Ash Institute
09:30 From Electronic Government to Information Government: David Lazer
10:00 Morning Panel: Technological Change and Information Flows in Government: Chaired by David Lazer
-Global Perspectives on E-Government: Darrell West, Brown University
-Challenges to Organizational Change: Multi-Level Integrated Information Structures: Jane Fountain, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
-It Takes a Network to Build a Network: Maria Binz-Scharf, City College of New York, CUNY
-Weak Democracy, Strong Information: The Role of Information Technologies in the Rulemaking Process: Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania Law School
12:15 Lunch: Pippa Norris, introduced by Jerry Mechling
1:30 Afternoon Panel: Information Government, Democracy and Intermediation:
Chaired by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
-Socio-Technologies of Assembly: Sense Making and Demonstration in Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: Monique Girard & David Stark,
Columbia University
-Freedom of Information and Electronic Government: Herbert Burkert, University of St.Gallen (Switzerland)
-"Open-Source Politics" Reconsidered: Emerging Patterns in Online Political Participation: Matt Hindman, Arizona State University
3:00 - 3:30 Information Government - the Normative View & Closing, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Bell Hall, 5th floor Belfer
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
79 JFK St. Cambridge, Ma 02138
Light Breakfast, Lunch, and Afternoon Snack will be served
Sponsored by the following KSG organizations: The Program for Networked Governance . The Dubai Initiative .
The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
