If you want to follow along with the Personal Democracy Forum Europe conference live by audio, we’re pleased to be partnering with Civico, an internet radio station based in Birmingham, England, which will be streaming all the sessions over the next two days at http://www.civicolive.com/pdfeu.
All the plenary sessions will be aired live, along with the main hall breakout sessions. The other breakouts will also be recorded and played later each day. In addition, all the sessions will be archived for later playback. So, if you want to follow along, just check the schedule here–Friday/Saturday and tune in (don’t forget to factor in the time difference as we’re in Barcelona, Spain). The Twitter hashtag to follow or chime in with is #pdfeu.
Civico is a digital service which offers greater access and involvement to citizens and communities by using on-line social media facilities during the democratic process. Developed by Birmingham’s award-winning Rhubarb Radio project, the service uses the latest social web technologies to bring democracy to everyday the PCs, PDAs and mobile phones to thousands of people, and has attracted the attention of local authorities and public sector organisations across the UK and beyond. The service uses audio streaming accessed via Internet radio, and features seamless integration with multimedia tools such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr to allow individuals to virtually attend and participate in council meetings without leaving their homes.
November 20, 2009