2.7: Emerging Technologies

Advance the use of emerging technologies to enhance collaboration and conflict resolution.

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Advancing the use of emerging technologies to enhance collaboration and conflict resolution in the environmental and natural resources arena -- The U.S. Institute is providing leadership within the federal government to increase the use of emerging technologies that enhance collaboration and participation on federal environmental and natural resource issues. This includes the use of geographic information systems, visualizations, decision support systems, and other tools to aid in the collaborative synthesis and transparency of key information and to ensure all stakeholders can participate effectively... Flagship Initiative -- In line with the Administration's Open Government Initiative, the U.S. Institute has taken a lead role in working to advance technology-enhanced environmental conflict resolution (ECR) in the federal arena. To launch this initiative, the U.S. Institute hosted a Technology in ECR National Strategic Planning Workshop in May 2009. Approximately 90 participants representing the federal government, academia, technology providers, and ECR practitioners participated in this national planning effort. Workshop sessions engaged participants in discussions about the opportunities and challenges of integrating emerging technologies into ECR processes to improve environmental governance. The following is an outline of the key components of this initiative including the federal and public partners involved, and details of how this initiative will promote open, participatory and collaborative government... The U.S. Institute's partnership with a multi-stakeholder coordinating committee, including several federal partners, is designed to capitalize on public and private sector expertise and resources to guide and sustain this initiative. To learn more about the work of the Technology and ECR National Coordinating Committee visit: http://sites.google.com/site/techecr/Home or contact Larry Fisher, project lead and U.S. Institute senior program manager at fisher@ecr.gov.

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• Larry Fisher: project lead and U.S. Institute senior program manager

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