Us Now launch

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (GMT)

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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 FutureGov and Counterpoint - the British Council think tank

After success at screenings to governments all over the world, Us Now is launching online. The launch event brings together 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. A live web connection will be provided to a parallel event at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.

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 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (GMT)

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Curzon Soho
99 Shaftesbury Avenue
W1D 5DY London
United Kingdom

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