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Social Media is gaining increasing importance and is leading to many social dynamics. KAS wants to understand and follow up with these developments in the best possible way by promoting dialogue with various experts.

The invention of the printing press in the 15th century, the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century and the widespread introduction of electricity in the 20th century all had dramatically changed the workings of the social and political orders of their ages. In our times, the internet is the supreme transforming agent, radically changing the ways and manners in which the world and the many societies within it work and interact. The information highway has turned hitherto scarce information flows into abundance, and has thus affected nearly all phenomena that compose the daily life of any given individual.

One central topic in this epic story has been the empowerment of the individual. For the longest time in human history, organized interests had led the vanguard in providing information flows and forming public opinions. The internet however has battered down that monopoly. It made it possible for anyone with internet access to participate and contribute to the information creation process. In doing so once established patterns have been torn upside down, new dynamics of interaction are constantly introduced.

This dynamism has already affected almost all imaginable areas of human conduct and there is no doubt that the internet and Social Media have played a central role in the global wave of protests and revolutions. How governments are reacting and adapting to these technological and social changes will be the focus of our discussion.

Program on June 10th:

13:30 Accreditation

14:00 Opening: Jose Raimundo Carvalho (Federal University of Ceará) and Christian Matthäus (KAS)

14:30 Panel 1: Virtual Democracy and Political Accountability

Speakers:

- Kalinka Copello, Expert on participative and democratic processes, “Plataforma Brasil”

“Processos democráticos e deliberativos online”

- Sivaldo Pereira da Silva, Professor at UFAL and UnB

“Democracia digital: características, impactos e perspectivas”

16:00 Coffee Break

16:30 Panel 2: Virtual Democracy and the Implementation of Economic Success

Speakers:

- Victor Hugo de Oliveira, Analyst of Public Policies at IPECE/SEPLAG - Instituto de Pesquisa e Estratégia Econômica do Ceará; Professor at Unifor (Centro de Comunicação e Gestão)

“O Sistema de Inserção e Monitoramento do Egresso da Educação Profissional no Mercado de Trabalho”

- José Raimundo Carvalho, Associate Professor at CAEN/UFC; LECO Coordinator (Laboratório de Econometria e Otimização) at CAEN/UFC

“Acessibilidade e Transparência das Estatísticas Criminais: A Curta Experiência do LANECRI (Laboratório de Análise Estatística e Criminal) da Secretaria de Segurança Pública do Estado do Ceará”

18:10 Final considerations

Topics: Economic Success, Social Media, Regional Development and Responsive Politics.

Location: Federal University of Ceará - Fortaleza, Brasil

Registration: Romina Ram: adenauer-rio4@kas.de

Please include the following details in your application mail:

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Registration for Virtual Democracy - Fortaleza

Full name, work or study institution, identity number and e-mail.

Please use the following hashtags while twittering: #kas, #DemocraciaVirtual