IAS Future Directions Project Review

Thursday, June 9. 2005

We've commended previously the IAS for the Future Directions Project, an online consultancy seeking global input into the design of the 2006 International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Since launch, the project has gathered about 75 public suggestions on conference design, most thoughtfully presented, representing voices from many countries. The IAS should distill good ideas from this feedback. What would be useful would be feedback from the IAS itself. The Project is currently unidirectional, with participants providing ideas. There is no public comment from the IAS, nor an idea of timelines, nor next steps. The "e-mail update" facility doesn't appear to have been used. A site blog with periodic updates could turn a public monologue into a true dialogue, make the exercise even more effective, and serve as an early model of the interactivity the IAS seeks to promote in its conferences.

Posted by Jim Cashel in Technology at 00:34 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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Thanks for noting the Future Directions project. The goal of the project is to make recommendations for improvement of International AIDS Conferences based on input from all those who are interested in the Conferences. IAS will be posting draft recommendations on the Future Directions website in July 2005. There will then be a comment period for people to review the recommendations and make suggestions. Ideas from Future Directions will also be fed into the process for planning the upcoming Toronto Conference. Final recommendations, based on this input, will be presented to the IAS Governing Council in November 2005. More information about the project, with background documents, and online forums, is available at www.iasociety.org/futuredirections.

#1 Chris Collins (Homepage) on 2005-06-17 18:04 (Reply)

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