Internet and Voting Conference
Observatory on Public Opinion in partnership with the University of California, Irvine
The conference is jointly organized by Alexander H. Trechsel and Mark Franklin , EUDO at the EUI and Bernie Grofman , University of California, Irvine, and coordinated by Andrea Calderaro , EUI
The Conference will explore new theoretical and/or empirical insights into the linkage between voting and internet based information and communication technologies.
The Conference will take place at the EUI (Villa La Fonte ) on 3 and 4 June 2010.
3 June Day 1
Morning
09h 15 - Registration
09h 30 – Alex Trechsel and Mark Franklin, Introduction: Advances in the field of Internet and Voting
10h 20 – Andrea Calderaro (EUI), Digital Parties Divide
11h 10 - Coffee Break
11h 30 – Daniel Bochsler (CEU), Can the Internet Increase Political Participation? An analysis of Remote Electronic Voting’s Effect on Turnout
12h 20 – Discussion
Afternoon
14h 00 – Alex Trechsel and Kristjan Vassil (EUI), Internet Voting in Estonia: 2005-2009
14h 50 – Nele Leosk (e-Governance Accademy, Estonia), Internet Campaigning during Local Elections in Estonia in 2009
15h 40 – Coffee Break
16h 00 – Kenneth M. Winneg (UPen, US), Online Political Participation and Voting in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election: Mobilizing, Reinforcing, or Both?
16h 50 – Luana Russo and Michela Natilli (Sant’Anna University, Italy), An Analysis of the Impact of the Web on the Political Participation
17h 40 – Discussion
4 June Day 2
Morning
09h 20 – Tetsukazu Okamoto Shoichiro Ishibashi (Kansai University, Japan), Do Candidates' Websites Have an Impact on the Vote? : Empirical Evidence from the 2007 Upper House Election in Japan
10h 10 – Esteban Romero-Frías (University of Granada, Spain) and Liwen Vaughan (University of Western Ontario, Canada), Political Trends Based on Web Linkage Patterns - Individual Political Groups in EP
11h 00 - Coffee Break
11h 20 – Dai-Chi Liao (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan) and Fu-Ren Lin(National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan), Activation Energy of the Internet on Legislative Performance: Taiwan ’s Fifth Term Legislative Yuan (2002-2005)
12h 10 – Final Discussion
13h 00 – Working Closed