Schedule of Events
Sunday, 17 July
18:00 First meeting at Hotel Eurostars Das Artes
Carol Flake Chapman on “Gary’s Global Tribe” and Sharon Strover, Overview
18:45 Welcome reception at Hotel Eurostars Das Artes
20:00 Dinner at Restaurante Porto e Virgula
Monday, 18 July
9:00 Talk and discussion at Hotel Meeting Room - Eurostar
Laura Stein, Policy, Participation and Power on YouTube, Facebook, Blogger and Wikipedia
10:30 Open time
16:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Derek Lackaff, Open Innovation as Digital Democracy
17:30 Coffee break
18:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Diego Gómez, Building community-based digital experiences
19:30 Break for dinner
20:00 Communal Dinner at Restaurante Porto e Virgula
Tuesday, 19 July
9:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Alison Powell, #FAIL: Black boxes, open-source, and the collaborative futures of the internet
10:30 Open time
16:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Graham Attwell and Cristina Costa,
Session 1. Academia and their knowledge safes – how technology influences or hinders innovative practice
Session 2 The Democratisation of knowledge: what does it mean for learning?
17:30 Coffee break during the combined session
19:30 Break for dinner
20:00 Communal Dinner at Restaurante Porto e Virgula
Wednesday, 20 July
9:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Fiorella De Cindio, What after protests? Design issues and software tools toward deliberative democracy
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Andy Carvin, TBA
12:30 Lunch on your own
14:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Ademar Aguiar, Tomorrow’s Schools Start Today: Let’s Go!
15:30 Break
16:00 Depart by bus for Guimarães and Paço dos Duques
Dinner excursion to the nearby city of Guimarães where a 15th century castle still dominates the landscape. Dinner at Paço dos Duques de Bragança (ends approximately 22:00; extra fee for additional people.)
Thursday, 21 July
9:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Smári McCarthy, Infrastructure, Authority, and the Industrialization of the Internet
10:30 Open time
16:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Sunil Abraham, India’s Unique Identity Number: The world’s largest biometric database
17:30 Coffee break
18:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Sara de Freitas, The Gamification of Life
19:30 Break for dinner
20:00 Communal Dinner at Restaurante Porto e Virgula
Friday, 22 July
9:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Leslie Regan Shade, Young Canadians, Participatory Digital Culture and Policy Literacy
10:30 Open time
16:00 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Jillian York, Who Owns Your Content? Best Practices for Navigating the Quasi-Public Sphere
17:15 Coffee break
17:30 Talk and discussion at Eurostar
Topic to be Determined
19:00 Board buses for Farewell dinner
Dinner at Casa da Musica and Optional Concert; Board buses at 19:00pm, return at 24:00 (for additional people there will be an extra charge)
Saturday, 23 July
Faculty and students depart.