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iCities is a Conference about Blogs, e-Government and Digital Participation.Here come my notes for session III. Case Study: Gijón. The Connected CityChairs: Chiqui de la Fuente José M. Pérez The political role is fundamental in the process of change. Active listening is crucial, and it’s very important to avoid the “Big Brother” paranoia in order to let information flow free. Only with absolute openness can the Administration make its information interact with the citizen’s. Interconnection requires openness and access to private information — not the same thing as surveillance. This can be made possible by making public the “what” but anonymizing the “by whom”. Interesting experience: digital literacy courses which enrollment had to...