The CROSSROAD Workshop on the Grand Challenges for ICT-enabled Governance

More than 50 international experts from all over the world participated in the Workshop organised by the CROSSROAD project (http://www.crossroad-eu.net/) on the new research roadmap for ICT-enabled governance.  The Workshop was held in IDHEAP Lausanne on 30th August 2010,  in conjunction with the IFIP International eGoverment Conference.  The agenda of the Workshop was as following:


Session A: Research Projects on ICT for Governance & Policy Modelling
• “PADGETS - Policy Gadgets Mashing Underlying Gruop Knowledge in Web 2.0 Media”, Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean

• “OCOPOMO - Open COllaboration for POlicy Modelling”, Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau

• “IMPACT: Integrated Method for Policy Making Using Argument Modelling and Computer Assisted Text Analysis” Radboud Winkels, University of Amsterdam

• “COCKPIT - Citizens Collaboration and Co-Creation in Public Service Delivery”, Fenareti Lampathaki, National Technical University of Athens



Session B: ICT Research Roadmap for Governance & Policy Modelling

• “CROSSROAD - A Participative Roadmap for ICT Research in Electronic Governance and Policy Modelling”

• Questionnaire on Grand Challenges (online and paper)

• Discussion on Grand Challenges and Overall Conclusions, led by the Workshop Chairs





You are invited to fill-in the online questionnaire for rating the Grand Challenges for ICT-enabled governance at http://bit.ly/b7HbVG



Workshop Chairs:

Yannis Charalabidis, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece

Gianluca Misuraca, JRC - European Commission, IPTS, Spain

Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany



More information on the workshop is available at http://www.crossroad-eu.net/