Konferencija „Towards Information Society in SEE: The Role of eDemocracy“ održana je 19. maja 2009. u hotelu Continental u suorganizaciji Informacionog društva Srbije, Centra za razvoj eGovernance-a u jugoistočnoj Evropi (www.cegd.eu), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, www.undp.org) i Regional Cooperation Council (RCC, www.rcc.int) a povodom Svetskog dana Telekomunikacija i informacionog društva.
Konferenciju je otvorio Državni sekretar u Ministarstvu za telekomunikacije i informaciono društvo, g. Boris Barjaktarović, pozdravljajući i naglašavajući značaj regionalne kooperacije u ovom domenu.

Konferencija je okupila 78 učesnika iz 15 zemalja Regiona koji su tokom celodnevnog rpograma mogli da čuju predavanja grupisana u sesije:

1. The Role of eDemocracy in Policy-Making Processes – eParticipation View
2. The Role of Relevant Stakeholders in the Development of Information Society – eInclusion View
3. Tools for Participatory and Representative (e)Democracy and
4. Foresight Showcasing on eDemocracy in SEE Region

Specijalni gost Konferencije, g. Miha Pogačnik, je uz nesvakidašnji muzički performance održao predavanje „Towards the Future of Europe: Musical Inspiration for a Successful Strategy“.

Otvaranje Konferencije

Državni sekretar, g. Boris Barjaktarović,
Ministarstvo za telekomunikacije i informaciono društvo Republike Srbije

g. Miha Pogačnik

g. Goran Radman, Predsedavajući “Business Advisory Council for SEE”

g. Blaž Golob, Direktor Centra za razvoj eGovernance-a

Prof. Yannis Charalabidis Ph.D., The Information Systems Laboratory (ISLab) of the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, Greece

Učesnici Konferencije

g. Vasko Kronevski, CEO Nextsense, Makedonija

Ms. Jelica Minić, Deputy Secretary General and Head of Expert Pool, 
Regional Cooperation Council

Prof. Alexander Prosser, Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Institute for Production Management, Austria

prof. dr Zora Konjović, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Ms. Nera Nazečić,  Programme Manager of the eLeadership Programme for the Western Balkans/ Head of Regional Cooperation Council eSEE Initiative Secretariat, United Nations Development Programme Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mr. Toni Petreski,  Chairman of the SEE ICT Forum Managing Board

Ms. Milica Daković, Project Manager and Analyst, Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognoses (ISSP), Montenegro

Mr. Ozcan Saritas, Research Fellow at Manchester Business School,
University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Predavači i organizatori

Atmosfera na kafe pauzama

Upravni odbor Informacionog društva Srbije:
prof. dr Miodrag Ivković, prof. dr Zora Konjović, prof. dr Branimir Đorđević, Igor Pavlica

Organizacioni tim:  Blaž Golob, Jelena Pantelić, Tina Vuga, Miodrag Ivković i Tit Neubauer