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Dr. Pieter van Teeffelen

"Knowledge democracy is 'communicating with' in stead of 'communicating'."


To all participants of the International Conference "Towards Knowledge Democracy", which took place in Leiden, The Netherlands, in August 2009

It was a delight to have you as a guest and/or speaker at our conference. I would like to thank you all for your contributions. We had hoped that the conference would offer a unique opportunity to share visions and experiences on how to deal with the challenges and possibilities that occur on the interface between science, politics, society and the media. According to the many reactions during and after the conference, this aim was achieved. The concept of Knowledge Democracy has shown to be a viable concept that serves as a starting point for interesting discussions between scientists, politicians, government officials, media professionals, societal organisations and other interested parties. Many found meeting professionals from other metiers refreshing and exiting.

This conference website was transformed into a post-conference website, which includes the conference recommendations, which were put together in the ‘Leiden Agenda’. In addition, the impressions of the Browser Brigade and the outcomes of the “Planning for Action”-session are available here. We have also tried to make most plenary and parallel session information digitally available to you. Especially for those of you who weren’t able attend the conference at the last minute, the website will provide a wealthy source of information.

We regret however to inform you that the Netherlands Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, dr. Jacqueline Cramer, has decided to abolish the RMNO per 1st January 2010, after 29 years of boundary work between the domains of science, policy and society. 
 
This website, as well as the RMNO site www.rmno.nl  will be online until the end of 2010. In March 2010 a post conference book "Knowledge Democracy" will be published by Springer (Heidelberg, Germany). 
 
I hope that the body of knowledge and the reflections gathered during the conference will live on. The network infrastructure is already there: the LinkedIn group Knowledge Democracy serves as a permanent platform for those who like to continue the discussion. Let’s join efforts to keep this community alive! http://tinyurl.com/mbuu66

To download my paper which introduces the conference theme, please click here.
To download the Leiden Agenda, please click here (English version). 

 

Wishing you all the best,
Kind regards,

On behalf of the conference team:
 
                                                                         

Roeland J. in 't Veld
Chairman RMNO
                                                                                            

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