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Canadian Premiere: Us Now Film - Vancouver with Director Ivo Gormley

Friday, February 20, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)

Vancouver, British Columbia

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MASS LBP is pleased to announce the Canadian premiere of Us Now with national partners IPAC and the British Council and Deloitte.

Us Now is a new British documentary about the power of mass collaboration, government and the Internet in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, and Vancouver.

Us Now tells the stories of online networks that are challenging the existing notion of hierarchy. For the first time, it brings together the foremost thinkers in the field of participatory governance to describe the future of government.



Panelists:

 

David Eaves — an expert in negotiation and public policy and fellow at the centre for the study of democracy at Queen’s University.

Dr. Gerri Sinclair — Canadian businessperson and technologist and current Executive Director of the Masters of Digital Media Program.

David Beers — founding editor of The Tyee and is founding member of IMPACS, a former vice chair of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, and a lecturer at the UBC School of Journalism.

Alexandra Samuel — CEO of Social Signal, a Vancouver-based social media firm. Her work builds on her ground breaking doctoral research into online engagement, as well as years of consulting, research and writing on online community and civic participation.

Andrew Medd —Manager for Deloitte where he specializes in strategic planning and performance management for public sector clients. Prior that he served as the Executive Director of Canada25.