PdF Poland-Central Eastern Europe 2014

March 13-14, 2014

Copernicus Science Centre (Polish: Centrum Nauki Kopernik) in Warsaw, Poland

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Personal Democracy Forum Poland-Central Eastern Europe (PDF PL-CEE)

Briefing:

The 3rd edition of PDF PL-CEE 2014 is going to be organized by Personal Democracy Media and Fundacja ePaństwo on April 16-17, 2015 in Warsaw! It will gather again hundreds of activists, policy-makers, bloggers and journalists to explore the interaction between open internet and open democracy. We are going to highlight key players and initiatives from Central Eastern Europe and connect them with stakeholders from around the globe. Save the date!

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Questions can be directed to the Polish organising team: Karolina Wysocka tel 0048 607 046 535, pdf@epf.org.pl.

Sessions:

Archived Agenda (Day One)

08:30 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:30 Challenges for CEE region nowadays?
Overview of main activities regarding open government, civic engagement and democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
Sandor Lederer (video)
Sergejus Muravjovas (video)
Marko Rakar (video)
Svitlana Zalishchuk (video)
10:30 - 11:30 Ukraine
Ukraine conflict: people, technology and politics
Tomasz Piechal (video)
Bartosz Wieliński (video)
Igor lyubashenko (video)
Dymitro Gnap / Yanukovich Leaks (video)
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 12:45 Open society in Poland
Agata Wacławik-Wejman (video)
Katarzyna Szymielewicz (video)
Jarosław Lipszyc (video)
Paweł Adamowicz (video)
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Breakout session
The benefits of open data policy on cities
Joanna Kusiak (moderator), Wojciech Pelc, Eila Ratasvuori, Barbara Szymańska
Strengthening civic movements in Eastern Europe
Alexey Sidorenko (moderator), Dmytro Gnap, Tatyana Tolsteneva, Gleb Kannonokau, Roman Udot, Tata Peklun
The impact of independent media on democracy
South Caucasus
Paweł Lickiewicz (moderator), Caroline Sutcliffe, Onnik Krikorian, George Jologua, Iwona Kaliszewska
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 - 16:15 Breakout session
The future of civic engagement in Poland
Krzysztof Izdebski (moderator), Małgorzata Steiner, Jan Niedośpiał, Agnieszka Ziółkowska, Darek Kraszewski
Advocacy for parliamentary openness
Zuzana Papazoski (moderator), Kamil Gregor, Karolis Granickas, Sandor Lederer, Stefan Candea
Balkan elections: opportunities and challenges for technology-enabled citizen action
Anna Kuliberda (moderator), Darko Brkan, Veljko Milicevic, Bardhyl Jashari, Milica Kovačević
16:15 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30 Future of transparency movement
Daniel Domscheit-Berg (video)
Júlia Keserű (video)
Gavin Starks (video)
Eva Constantaras
Andrew Rasiej

Archived Agenda (Day Two)

08:30 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:45 New ways of engaging citizens and governments
Michal Olszewski
Jakub Górnicki
Katarzyna Mikołajczyk (video)
Eila Ratasvuori
Mark van Embden Andres (video)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:15 Breakout session
Privacy and surveillance - how the game has changed
Micah L. Sifry (moderator), Katarzyna Szymielewicz, Daniel Domscheit-Berg
The benefits of open government data
sponsored by Omidyar Network
Stephen King (moderator), Júlia Keserű, Gavin Starks, Marcus Dapp
Is technology in activism making any difference
Marek Tuszyński (moderator), Gregory Asmolov, Eric Barrett, Marcin Koziej, Dmitry Savelau
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 15:00 Breakout session
Citizen journalism - making things better or worse
Paweł Luty (moderator), Adam Thomas, Nataliya Gumenyuk, Solana Larsen, Tomasz Machała
Hacking democracy - what is next?
Michał Mach (moderator), Maxim Dubinin, Kamila Sidor, Vitaly Vlasov, Sebastian Grabowski
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00 The way forward in the battle for systemic change
Micah L. Sifry
Edwin Bendyk
Paweł Kowal (video)
Solana Larsen (video)