Budapest indoors
I have no idea what the weather was like today as I spent it all in the air-conditioned splendour of the conference hotel.
The morning got going with a session on trust in electronic voting. All the speakers touched on the need for voters to trust the technology - not, in my view, a problem since they seem happy to trust the National Lottery system and reality show voting even though they understand the weakness of the latter system. But no-one mentioned the need to build trust in the candidates, so that they feel confident that the results reported by the machines really do match the votes cast. Political parties will remain reluctant to support e-voting until this is addressed.
I spoke in the afternoon in a session on Social Inclusion. I concentrated on two initiatives in Kingston - the YoungLivin website and e-petitions - and showed how they were used by groups that can be excluded from local participation, such as looked after children.
A session on engaging young people drew all the members of the Youth Parliament present. We heard about 'I'm a councillor, get me out of here' which is an interactive online reality show involving five local councillors who have to persuade all the young people in the area that they should not be thrown but become the Young People's Champion. This will be coming to Kingston for the first time in the Autumn.
The day ended with entertainment from Hungarian musicians and dancers and much talking....
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The morning got going with a session on trust in electronic voting. All the speakers touched on the need for voters to trust the technology - not, in my view, a problem since they seem happy to trust the National Lottery system and reality show voting even though they understand the weakness of the latter system. But no-one mentioned the need to build trust in the candidates, so that they feel confident that the results reported by the machines really do match the votes cast. Political parties will remain reluctant to support e-voting until this is addressed.
I spoke in the afternoon in a session on Social Inclusion. I concentrated on two initiatives in Kingston - the YoungLivin website and e-petitions - and showed how they were used by groups that can be excluded from local participation, such as looked after children.
A session on engaging young people drew all the members of the Youth Parliament present. We heard about 'I'm a councillor, get me out of here' which is an interactive online reality show involving five local councillors who have to persuade all the young people in the area that they should not be thrown but become the Young People's Champion. This will be coming to Kingston for the first time in the Autumn.
The day ended with entertainment from Hungarian musicians and dancers and much talking....
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