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13th July 2018 Universität Mannheim, Schloss
Ostflügel, Fuchs-Petrolub-Saal

For maps and travel directions, you will find more information here in English and German.

09.30 – 10.00 Registration
10.00 – 10.15 Welcome Address – Nils Schaks, Universität Mannheim

1st Panel: Digitization and the State

10.15 – 10.45 Wessel le Roux, University of the Western Cape
10.45 – 11.15 Stephanie Schiedermair, Universität Leipzig
11.15 – 12.15 Discussion

12.15 – 13.30 Lunch break

2nd Panel: Democracy in Times of Digitization

13.30 – 14.00 Joana Botha, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth
14.00 – 14.30 Klaus F. Gärditz, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
14.30 – 15.30 Discussion

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break

3rd Panel: Digitization and the Open Society 

16.00 – 16.30 James Fowkes, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
16.30 – 17.00 Thomas Wischmeyer, Universität Bielefeld

17.00 – 18.00 Discussion

18.00 – 18.10 Closing Address: Towards the 2020 meeting in Stellenbosch 
(Henk Botha, Wessel le Roux, Nils Schaks, Dominik Steiger)

Please find here the updated version of the flyer. 

The conference is kindly supported by: