On 11 March 2010 at 10am, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT will host a round-table debate at the BCS headquarters in London, as part of the ongoing Savvy Citizens campaign.
The topic to be debated will be: ‘Will the internet determine the outcome of the next general election?’
The panellists are:
Elizabeth Sparrow, President, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Paul Staines, leading political blogger Guido Fawkes
Jag Singh, former advisor to Hillary Clinton; founder of political ad agency MessageSpace
Derek Wyatt, Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Mark Thompson, Liberal Democrat blogger at Mark Reckons
Michael Cross, a freelance journalist and regular contributor to The Guardian, will chair the session.
You are invited to watch this live at:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/citizenshippanel
The event will be live-tweeted from the Savvy Citizens Twitter account: @SavvyCitizens
Questions to be put to the panel should be submitted in advance via Twitter @SavvyCitizens or via email savvycitizens@bcs.org or as a comment to this blog post.
Q&A: Matthew Oliver of Vote Match
Matthew Oliver is Project Manager for Vote Match 2010. Vote Match aims to help people better understand the key policy differences between the political parties that are standing in the coming general election. In this video, Matthew talks about what Vote Match is, what it aims to do, and how it can help people become more informed, savvy citizens in the run up to the general …