Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2011 about Democracy

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Friday 11th March 2011

• Lessons Learned from the Arab Spring Revolutions

  by Azmat Khan, Habib Haddad, Katherine Maher, Russell Dubner, Susannah Vila and Vadim Lavrusik

  The current events in the Middle East and North Africa have shone a spotlight on how activists and ordinary citizens are using social media and connection technologies both to organize for social change and as to broadcast information from the streets in near real time. Our panelists will address questions such as, "What have been the most innovative and interesting uses of 21st century technologies in the recent campaigns?", "What are the ways activists are effectively leveraging 21st century technologies for their benefit?", "How could they use these tools more effectively and what lessons can protesters in other regions of the world learn?" and "How do we think these tools can be leveraged in these societies to improve democracy and open government?"

  • Activism
  • Democracy
  • Middle East

  At 2:00pm to 3:00pm, Friday 11th March

  In Town Lake Ballroom, Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lake

Tuesday 15th March 2011

• Innovation Dot Gov: Designing Democracy for the Age of Networks

  by Beth Simone Noveck

  Former White House Deputy CTO and Open Government leader addresses how to use technology to design smaller and smarter government for the 21st century. Bringing innovation to the public sector doesn’t require new legislation or new budgets. It requires changing the default way of working from closed to open.

  • Democracy
  • Government
  • Innovation

  At 9:30am to 10:30am, Tuesday 15th March

  In Room 9ABC, Austin Convention Center