Other speakers mentioned, next to Tim Berners Lee, are the Mayor of Ghent (tbc), Geert Mareels (Director of CORVE), Jos Creese (Head of IT at Hampshire County, UK), Carlota Perez, Cory Doctorow (EFF and SF author), Dries Buytaert (Drupal), Geert Bourgeois (Vice Minister President of the Flemish Government)

The invitation / event description reads:

Flemish Conference on Local e-Government

How can national governments and the European Union (EU) support and promote the development of ICT and eGovernment in local authorities? This interesting and often overlooked issue affects all EU Member States. Developing good eGovernment services is feasible for large cities, but a nearly impossible task for small communities.

The conference, which the Flemish government will hold during the Belgian EU Presidency in 2010 will provide answers to this question. This one day conference will be followed by the 'Lift-off towards Open Government: Putting eEurope in practice' conference hosted by the Belgian federal government on 15 and 16 December 2010 in Brussels where the European Union will present its Digital Agenda Europe.

During the event, participants will have the opportunity to learn about examples from several European countries exploring the theme of 'eGovernment for local authorities'. These presentations and case studies will also be of interest to an international audience. The conference programme has been developed in association with the European 'Smart Cities' project and the Linked Organisation of Local Authority ICT Societies (LOLA).

Furthermore, a statement on the European policy on local eGovernment will also be presented and discussed.

The purpose of the conference is to exchange good practices. A key theme in the presentations will be identifying relevant 'shared services' that can be used by smaller municipalities with limited resources. A small panel consisting of representatives from local authorities will conclude the presentations by reviewing how the conference's presentations and findings may be relevant for their work.

This is an open and free-of-charge conference. However, registration is mandatory and it should be performed online via the event's website, which is to be released in September 2010 (no website at that URL yet as of writing this).