Well I'll start the ball rolling by nominating Pia Waugh and Senator Kate Lundy for their series of Publicsphere conferences.
The Publicsphere conferences have been a very interesting and to my mind successful experiment in participatory democracy. It has opened a new avenue for people to get involved in Policy development and has already shown the way for others (witness the NSWSphere event).
Absolutely. Pia has done more in six months, on a shoestring, than any gov.au department could attempt. The main difference is that she has been willing to experiment. PS3# attempted what will become the norm in .gov and .edu shortly = distributed conferencing. i.e linking at least three sites together and streaming (in time, to a TV broadcast channel), then compiling the feedback into a report. As one of presenters highlighted, this has everything to do with (a perpetual beta) culture and very little to do with the tools used.
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