The McGowan Forum - Web 2.0 Technologies and Participatory Democracy

In the fifth annual McGowan Forum on Communication, Technology and Government, experts discuss the transfomative effect of Web 2.0 on the relationship between citizen and government.

The panel, moderated by Darrell M. West, vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, discusses how collaborative democracy can be designed. Panelists include Beth Simone Noveck, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Mark H. Webbink, visiting professor of law, New York Law School, and executive director, Center for Patent Innovations; Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder, Public Knowledge; and Jason R. Baron, director of litigation, National Archives.

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• National Archives
• NARA
• Web 2.0 and government
• mcgowan forum
• Darrell West
• Brookings Institute
• Beth Simone Noveck
• Mark Webbink
• NYU
• Center for Patent Innovations
• Gigi Sohn
• Jason Baron

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14 minutes in and not one speaker can "speak" without reading their speech. How annoying! Audiences need to see the faces of speakers, including their eyes. Constantly looking at their speech is a major distraction from what the speaker is saying! I would love to view this hour-and-a half forum, but am too focused on the speakers' inability to engage their audience.