TED Workshop:
e-Participation in Environmental Decision Making
May 19. - 22.2005, Helsinki and Conference Boat, Finland
Supported by the "Towards Electronic Democracy" (TED) project of the ESF
Organizer:
Systems Analysis Laboratory,Helsinki University of Technology
http://www.ted.tkk.fi
General
The internet provides new possibilities for interaction, communication
and decision support which are particularly interesting for
environmental decision making where visualization, value trade-offs and
distributed geographic locations are typical. These characteristics
represent drivers for the need of electronic support and the web in
participation.
The workshop will review the needs, possibilities, experiences and
applicability of decision and communication models in internet supported
participation methods. Our special focus will be participation methods
which include the use of decision support tools. Behavioural issues as
well as GIS will also be considered. The expected participants include
researchers in decision modelling, decision support, participation
methods and GIS as well as practitioners in environmental policy and
management.
Workshop goals
Earlier literature on participation methods describes ways to gain
acceptance of the stakeholders and to generate citizens a fair process.
How can these goals be reached when using the new electronic
opportunities? This is the main topic of the workshop. We hope to review
the state of the art of this field and generate ideas for new approaches
based on e-participation. The aim is to create a forum for
interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and outline an agenda for future
research. The possibility of editing a book or a focused special issue
in a journal based on the papers presented is being considered.
Topics
The topics listed are representative areas of interest for the workshop
- stakeholder participation with web support
- use of web based decision support software
- multicriteria decision support
- group support systems
- web supported facilitation
- multiobjective planning and optimization
- negotiation support and game theoretic approaches
- GIS supported participation processes
- e-voting
- e-auctions
- risk and decision communication
- behavioural issues and stakeholder perceptions
- contingent evaluation
- internet, media and stakeholder interaction
Call for participation
Speakers
The workshop format will only allow a limited number (max 20) speakers.
These will be selected and invited so that we will get a balanced and
multifaceted program. The local accommodation in Helsinki and on the
boat as well as the meals will be free for the speakers.
If you are interested in participating and presenting a talk in the
workshop please e-mail us the following information to
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Your name and affiliation
Preliminary title and short abstract of presentation
E-mail
Personal and research web page if available
Would you like to contribute a paper into an edited volume (after the
workshop)?
Please forward this info to researchers who might be essential players
in the field and should be informed of this workshop.
Doctoral students and poster presentations
We also encourage doctoral students to participate and present their
research results by posters. The students have to cover their own costs
from their own sponsoring organizations. Please send the above
information as well.
Important dates
Please send your expression of interest as soon as possible but not
later than March 30, 2005. Accepted speakers and doctoral students will
be notified by April 25, 2005.
Program committee
Prof. Raimo P. Hämäläinen, Chairman
Prof. Ortwin Renn
Prof. Simon French
Local organizing committee
Prof. Raimo P. Hämäläinen, Chairman
Prof. Ahti Salo
Mr. Jyri Mustajoki, Registration
Dr. Paula Siitonen, General organizations
Mr. Antti Punkka, Facilities, web-site
Mr. Totti Könnölä, Intensive courses
Ms. Leena Porraskorpi, Secretary
Arrangements
The workshop starts in Helsinki and continues on the conference boat
Silja Serenade sailing through the archipelago from Helsinki to
Stockholm and back. The workshop organizer is the Systems Analysis
Laboratory at the Helsinki University of Technology.
The accommodation on the boat and hotel as well as meals during the
workshop are free for the speakers. The number of presentations in the
workshops will be limited. There will also be a possibility to present
research results by posters. Doctoral students and practitioners are
also encouraged to participate. Non-speaker participants have to cover
their hotel (~ 110 euros/night) and conference boat costs. The boat
package includes all meals and will cost 319 Euros in a single cabin,
184 Euros in a double cabin and 148 Euros in a triple cabin.
Registration info will be sent later to the accepted participants. The
workshop website is http://www.ted.tkk.fi/workshop/.
Intensive courses
There will be pre and post workshop intensive courses for doctoral
students. The lectures will be given by Professors Ortwin Renn (May 16 -
19) and Emery Roe (May 26 - 27). The courses are open to everybody but
priority is given to full time doctoral students. For details see the
web-pages: http://www.sal.tkk.fi/Opinnot/Mat-2.136/paasivu.html. For
practical arrangements contact Mr Totti Könnölä at SAL/HUT.
Sponsoring organizations for the courses
- Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology
- Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies (HIST), a
research institute established jointly by HUT, University of Helsinki
and Helsinki School of Economics
- the Graduate School in Systems Analysis, Decision Making and Risk
Management of the Helsinki University of Technology and the Helsinki S
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Professor Raimo P. Hamalainen
Helsinki Univ. of Technology Tel. Int+ 358 9 451 3054
Systems Analysis Laboratory Fax. Int+ 358 9 451 3096
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FIN-02015 HUT, FINLAND Cell. Int+ 358 500 677 942
http://www.hut.fi/Units/Systems.Analysis/
http://www.decisionarium.hut.fi/
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