The Automated Election System Watch (AES
Watch) will be holding the first-ever nationwide conference on
automated elections, on June 13, 2011 at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural
Center in UP Diliman. Entitled FILIPINO IT for Election (FIT4E),
preparations are being spearheaded by conveners engaged in IT,
science and technology, citizen's participation, and policy study
and research.
"One year after the Philippines' first automated polls of May 2010,
the quest for a reliable and secure election technology continues.
This time, it should involve the participation of the country's IT
community whose expertise and professionalism counts among the best
in the world. The FILIPINO IT can create, innovate, and automate.
AES Watch believes the FILIPINO can do it," a statement from the
coalition posted on their website reads.
The Automated Election System Watch (AES Watch) is a broad,
non-partisan, and independent citizens’ watch group comprised of 40
organizations including the UP Alumni Association (UPAA), CBCP-Nassa,
AMRSP, CenPEG, Philippine Computer Society Foundation, Computing
Society of the Philippines (CSP), Transparentelections.org, MGG,
NAMFREL, NCCP, computer science Deans and faculty of DLSU, Ateneo,
and UP, PhiCert, Transparency International – Philippines,
Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines,
Solidarity Philippines, and many others.
For more information, the FIT4E secretariat may be reached at tel.
nos. 436.2217 / 920.2080 / 920.2036; email
[email protected]. Their office is at the UP Information Technology
Training Center (UP ITTC), 2/F Vidal Tan
Hall, Quirino Ave. cor. Velasquez St., University of the
Philippines, Dilliman, Quezon City. |
