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Christoforos Korakas is a Project Manager at Access2Democracy and an expert on eVote/eDemocracy for the Research & Academic Computer Technology Institute of Greece. We had a chance to talk after his session and there may some areas of collaboration, especially regarding web forums. Left photo (click to enlarge): Christoforos was one of the panelists for [...] In today’s New York Times: All the Internet’s a Stage. Why Don’t C.E.O.’s Use It? by Randall Stross. (That link should work, even if you’re not logged in with a username.) The headline’s a bit deceiving. The article is all about the lack of CEO’s blogging, not about their general lack of use of the internet. He focuses [...] Jože Gricar is Professor & eCenter Director, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, at the University of Maribor in Slovenia. He’s also Chair of the Annual Bled eConference. His presentation was part of the Friday eGovernment Connections and Challenges panel here in Budapest. Click the photos to enlarge. When he attended my blogging session, we chatted [...] During his closing remarks, Dylan put up a slideshow of the 100+ photos I took during the socializing parts of this week’s Budapest Symposium. He chose to end with this one (click to enlarge) so likewise, I’m putting it up here. These ICELE people have been seen occasionally at the Budapest symposium this week… and you’re likely to keep hearing and seeing them in the weeks and months to come. Click photos to enlarge. L to R: Fraser Henderson, Operations Director; Rita Wilson, Interim CEO; Dylan Jeffrey, Board Member and Bellringer; Mathew Ellis, [...] Tonight’s reception was an inclusive family affair. Click the photos to enlarge.Left: DCLG’s Peter Blair and familyCenter, L to R: University of Maribor professor Jože Gricar, Julia Glidden (21c) and Alexander, and (I’ll find out the other two)Right: DCLG’s Julian Bowrey, IDeA’s Jane Ratford and their new little one named (I’ll find out) At tonight’s reception here in Budapest, I had the honor of meeting Etienne Chouard (left – click photo to enlarge), a French citizen who has a very influential, anti-EU Constitution referendum weblog. See this BBC News article from last year for some background: Bloggers take on European elites. I couldn’t attend his panel session today [...] From tonight’s reception, 3 video clips of Hungarian music and dancing and a 4th of the audience in a line dance. 24 seconds. 28 seconds. 40 seconds. 52 seconds. I’ve added five dozen photos from tonight’s reception to the ICELE Budapest photo set. The first afternoon session was followed by a coffee break. A wine reception followed the later session. I took several dozen photos of the socializing and have added them to the ICELE Budapest photo set. Left photo: Today’s plenary opened at 3 PM with remarks from Symposium Director Dylan Jeffrey, DCLG. Left Center: Keynote speeches were next: Andrew Pinder CBE, Symposium Chair and Former UK e-Envoy; and Julian Bowrey, Head of Sustainable Communities Summit and Former Head of Local eGovernment. Right Center: Partner speeches were made by: Guido Bertucci, Director [...] The Cow Parade is in Budapest until September. Click photos to enlarge. It’s generating some controversy here. A couple weeks ago, one of them was removed. See this story and a photo of the melting blue cow in this Budapest Sun article: CowParade turns heads in the city. This Budapest blogger wrote about it, [...] Four favorite photos from my two hours of Budapest tourism yesterday (click to enlarge): Left: the setting sun hung on the edge of this small thunderhead for nearly an hour.Left center: the largest billboards I’ve ever seen outside of Times Square, on the sides of buildings to the right of the tunnel under [...] Of all the sites I took photos of yesterday, this water fountain on the Buda side near the Castle was one of the more intriguing. If you can translate the words, please attach a comment. And yes, the fountain does remind me of the same thing that you’re thinking. Click the photos to [...] I’ve started an ICELE Budapest photo set on Flickr where I’ve placed my photos from yesterday afternoon and last night. I’m using the tag “ICELE Budapest” which has this RSS feed. The photo set can be viewed in a variety of ways, including a slideshow. |
  
  
 
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