Steven Clift is the founder of E-Democracy.Org, creator of the world's first election information website in 1994 and a global expert on democracy online who has given speeches across 27 countries. Today, as an Ashoka Fellow, he is expanding E-Democracy.Org's non-profit local online town hall Issues Forums in the U.S., the UK, and New Zealand.

in this keynote talk, he cites numerous examples of countries around the world that are reinventing government in the internet age, bemoans the limited development of e-democracy in America, and outlines a concrete program for change.