This panel will survey the virtual world phenomena, introduce the governance issues that arise there and suggests why the digital government community can both contribute to virtual worlds’ success and benefit from the online laboratory these environments provide. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.4.1 Public Policy Issues General Terms Experimentation, Legal Aspects Keywords Virtual Worlds, Digital Government, Experimentation, Conflict Resolution
Ethan Katsh, Alan Gaitenby, Norman K. Sondheimer