VoIP Technology and the Political Process
This morning I was invited to speak at the 13th annual 2006 Politics Online Conference, March 7th and 8th at The George Washington University's Marvin Center, specifically in a panel about VoIP and politics, titled "Making Next Generation Phone Calls." For the last decade this conference has been the premier national gathering of academics, companies and political professionals involved in politics and issue advocacy on the Internet.
Here's a conference bullet about the panel discussion:
If free phone calls sounds to good to be true, then it's time to learn about how you can use Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies such as Asterisk™ to reach out to your constituents, voters and supporters using just your existing Internet connection!The event is sponsored by the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet. IPDI is the research arm of the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University.
From a lead-time perspective, I can't coordinate making the trip to DC to participate, but I have offered to join via video teleconference if the conference audio-visual team can support that sort of collaborative effort in the time allotted. I'll post more news as we work through details and as I learn what might be available online for any of you who are interested.
Update 24 hours later: After some discussion back and forth
we've determined that this year just isn't feasible. I'm on the list
for next year's conference.
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