http://old.techpresident.com/taxonomy/term/11485/0 Birgitta is a politician (poetician) and an activist member of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, formerly representing the Citizens' Movement which she co-founded in the wake of the Icelandic financial crisis and The Movement, but now representing the Pirate Party. Her district was the Reykjavik Constituency South for the Civic Movement, but the South West for the Pirate Party. She was elected to the Icelandic parliament in April 2009 on behalf of a movement aiming for democratic reform beyond party politics of left and right. Birgitta has been an activist and a spokesperson for various groups, such as WikiLeaks, Saving Iceland and Friends of Tibet in Iceland. She also co-founded International Modern Media Institute with a group of 21st legislative transformation enthusiasts and experts, and she currently serves as the chairman of its board. en http://old.techpresident.com/media/can-internet-generation-come-power http://old.techpresident.com/media/can-internet-generation-come-power#comments Video Getting to Real Change Birgitta Jónsdóttir NYC 2015 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:22:54 +0000 jol 25568 at http://old.techpresident.com http://old.techpresident.com/media/more-democracy-more-openness http://old.techpresident.com/media/more-democracy-more-openness#comments Video Europe Gov't Officials Bård Vegar Solhjell Birgitta Jónsdóttir Heidi Lunde Nordby Jon Wessel Aas Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:43:16 +0000 Thomas Charging Hawk 20980 at http://old.techpresident.com http://old.techpresident.com/media/icelandic-modern-media-initiative http://old.techpresident.com/media/icelandic-modern-media-initiative#comments Video Europe Gov't Officials Birgitta Jónsdóttir 2010 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:33:47 +0000 admin 20736 at http://old.techpresident.com