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	*PLANB PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS** Participation to all PLANB events is free of charge, no advance reservation necessary. All presentations and discussions will be held in English, except the last discussion on Sunday 6 Feb (Public Opinion) which will be held in Finnish. The discussions are moderated by Juha Huuskonen & Aura Seikkula (PlanB). Updated 29 Jan 2005

	Alexander Rose / Long Now Foundation Kiasma seminar room : Thursday 27 Jan, 5-7 pm Language: English The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to today's "faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better" thinking. The foundation was established by a group of people who have been influential in helping us understand the social and cultural effects of technological development. These people include Stewart Brand and Peter Schwartz (founders of the Global Business Network), Brian Eno ('the father of ambient music') and Kevin Kelly (founder of WIRED magazine). Alexander Rose, the executive director of The Long Now Foundation, will give a presentation about the foundation and its activities. More information >> The Long Now Foundation

	Micronations Kiasma Theatre : Wednesday 2 Feb, 5-7 pm Language: English Micronations are nations which have been established by individual people or small (artist) groups. These 'self-made' nations are introduced by Oliver Kochta and Tellervo Kalleinen, who were the curators of Amorph!03 Festival. The Amorph!03 performance art biennale hosted the first »Summit of Micronations«, where the kings, presidents and representatives of "self made" countries met each other for the first time. A documentary film from the Amorph!03 festival will be presented as a part of the presentation. More information >> Amorph!03 / Micronations

	Our right to vote - a limited form of democracy? Kiasma Theatre: Friday 4 Feb, 4-7 pm Language: English The themes of this discussion are Referendums and direct democracy. Should we possess more power as members of a nation by having a right to vote multilaterally and more often? Or would this conclude to direct populism? Per Norbäck introduces the Demoex-party, a direct democracy experiment. Paavo Arhinmäki (Vasemmistonuoret) and Jiri Räsänen (Leader of The Free World-project) will also participate in the discussion. Per Norbäck is a 35-year-old teacher who has put direct democracy through the internet in practice in his home town Vallentuna, located north of Stockholm. After an intensive discussion about democracy he and his students decided to start a non-partisan political party that would make all their decisions with the help of a specially developed e-democracy solution for the internet. They called this party Demoex that stands for "Democracy Experiment". The Demoex internet system is open for all the inhabitants in the city of Vallentuna to join. Demoex took one seat in the local community council of Vallentuna in the elections of 2002. More information >> Demoex / Utopian World Championship More information >> www.leaderofthefreeworld.com

	Utopias of democracy / Brand New Worlds Kiasma Theatre : Saturday 5 Feb, 1-3 pm Language: English Jon Brunberg introduces Utopian World Championship, a worldwide competition in utopian thinking. The competition was started in 2001 and the first winner was T.R.O.Y. with an essay New World Disorder - a global network of direct democracy and community currency. The competition is currently running its second championship round and one of the entries this time is from the Demoex-party. Other participants of the utopian discussion are Oliver Kochta and Tellervo Kalleinen (Amorph!03 / Micronations), member of the Finnish Parliament Irina Krohn and Kaisa Eskola (Attac). More information >> Demoex / Utopian World Championship More information >> Amorph!03 / Micronations

	Julkinen Mielipide / Public opinion Kiasma seminar room - Sunday 6 Feb, 1-3 pm Language: Finnish !! The last PLANB discussion will focus on the results of the PLANB Referendums and Public Opinion. The participants of the discussion are PlanB projects 2000.katastro.fi, Homokaasu.org* ja Kaulbach Society. More information >> 2000.katastro.fi More information >> Homokaasu.org More information >> Kaulbach Society