• To discuss and evaluate how advances of interactive decision-analytic tools might help develop e-Democracy.
• To develop e-Government systems which involve their citizens more fully in the public decision making process.

As part of this program, a conference on interdisciplinary methods and techniques related to the TED program is being held in Olten in November 2006.

The conference aims at addressing a large spectrum of issues that are relevant and have to be investigated for a successful transition from the traditional form of government to a new form known as e-Government.

The conference has a strong interdisciplinary character and aims to bring together people from different sectors, including researchers, technology providers, administrative staff, and politicians.

Lastly, the conference is jointly organized by the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Knowledge and Business Engineering and the University of Applied Sciences, St. Gallen.

For more information: http://international.fhso.ch/ted/ted