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PsyberNetic Media: PlaNetwork Conference to Feature Internet Activism's Rising Stars

Opportunities and Lessons for 2004
Planetwork Interactive held June 5-6, 2004
San Francisco Presidio at the Golden Gate Club

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2004 -- A multidisciplinary community of social change agents and technologists will be gathering here to explore how social networks, information technologies and the Internet can play a key role in the 2004 election and beyond. The Dean Campaign and other online organizing efforts have already demonstrated that the Internet has become perhaps the most potent force in U.S. political fundraising, if not organizing, tapping an online mass movement that is already changing the rules of the game while, many believe, still just getting started.

This large-scale event, significant during this election year, will bring together the luminaries of online InterActivism; MoveOn, True Majority, Act for Change, the Dean Campaign, Get Active Software and others to discuss where political organizing is going, while a major self-organizing component of the program will provide an opportunity for all participants to bring forward their own passions and projects. This process will begin online in advance of the conference with participants posting proposed presentation topics and discussion sessions and ranking which ones are of greatest interest...

...Nature teaches us much about assembling complexity. Nothing evolves or survives on its own. Life co-evolves through relationships and networks; constantly learning, perturbing, and seeking both to optimize their own wellbeing while simultaneously creating a greater whole. Complexity is assembled from the bottom up following simple rules of organization and communication - as Kevin Kelly points out beautifully in: Out of Control.

Our design will use these principles as the template for the InterActive event, making it easy for us to follow them, understand their significance, and in the process, become more adept with the dynamics of self-organization...

posted by moshido praxis 5:43 PM