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US NOW ONLINE PREMIERE AT HARVARD

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM (ET)

Cambridge, MA

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"An important and provocative film that people who believe in democracy need to watch"
- Don Tapscott (Wikinomics)


Us Now launch events, hosted by Harvard Kennedy School of Government Gov20 Club, the Leadership for a Networked World Program, FutureGov and Counterpoint - the British Council think tank


After success at screenings to governments all over the world, Us Now is launching online. The Harvard Launch will feature a panel discussion moderated by Zach Tumin, Executive Director, Leadership for a Networked World Program and including as panelists:

Ari Herzog Principal,Online media strategist and author
Omar Wasow, Ph.D. candidate in African American studies and Government at Harvard and co-founder of BlackPlanet.com
David Stephenson, E-government, Web 2.0, and crisis management strategist and theorist
Alexander W. Hunziker, Leadership for a Networked World fellow

The event will coincide with the online launch and an event in London, UK with eminent sociologist Richard Sennett, Minister for Transformational Government Tom Watson and Catherine Fieschi, Director of Counterpoint, to discuss the theory and practice of transforming governments through participation.

About the film:
Us Now tells the stories of online networks that are challenging the existing notion of hierarchy. For the first time, it brings together the fore-most thinkers in the field of participative governance to describe the future of government.
Us Now follows the fate of Ebbsfleet United, a football club owned and run by its fans; Zopa, a bank in which everyone is the manager; and Couch Surfing, a vast online network whose members share their homes with strangers.
Us Now takes a look at how this type of participation could transform the way that countries are governed. It tells the stories of the online networks whose radical self-organising structures threaten to change the fabric of government forever.


Contributors:

Saul Albert
Giles Andrews
Lee Bryant
Alan Cox
Liam Daish
David Courtier-Dutton
William Heath
Shane Kelly
Ed Miliband
Paul Miller
George Osborne
Sophia Parker
MT Rainey
Clay Shirky
Tom Steinberg
Don Tapscott
Mikey Weinkove
When

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM (ET)

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Harvard Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK Street
Littauer, room 230
Cambridge, MA 02139




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