General Information
General Information on the Conference
The International Virtual Conference Internet:Enabling:Democracy is focused on how political communication functions online. It is our aim to con-nect experts and liberal minded practitioners from around the world. Together we want to document, exchange and make available best practices to a broader audience by learning from each other. This one-off conference is conducted by the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, and partici-pation is free of charge.
The objective of our conference is to answer just one key question: can the internet - with all its sophisticated features - help us to achieve a liberal agenda in different political, cultural and economic environs? We sincerely hope that this conference will be, in itself, an answer to this question. Does the interac-tive Web help us to implement political participation of individuals, freedom of speech, community-building and campaigning? We aim to unite participants from all continents for a free exchange of experiences and a discussion of best practices, practices which seem to empower the individual and the liberal cause for democracy and freedom in all realms. Best practices reflect how appropriate and successful these new technologies are in a given socio-political environment. You can find the full agenda here.
How can I participate and what is a Virtual Conference?
Although we do not meet face-to-face, we talk, listen, discuss, exchange views and provide information by employing the full range of internet features, including multimedia. We are therefore connected as a networking community, regardless of location and time zones. The conference is fully moderated and we ask you to invest something around 45 minutes of your time each day. But you do not have to participate each day. Participants only need to be connected to the internet (broadband access is useful, though not strictly necessary) and we shall expect you to be engaged in strengthening the cause of democracy, freedom and human rights. That´s pretty much all there is to it. We can guarantee that participant´s privacy will be respected at all times and that we will not disclose their data to any third party.