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Photo: Kista, Sweden's "Science City" shows international visitors its e-democracy programs.

Kista, located just 15 minutes from Stockholm's Arlanda airport, is Sweden's "Science City," with 65,000 regional residents working in more than 700 high-tech companies, including Ericsson, Nokia, TietoEnator, HP, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Intel, and Oracle. Plans for Kista include developing university, cultural and recreational facilities to attract even more skilled people. In keeping with its ICT focus, Kista is developing a strong e-democracy program. Last year, GTI's editor was part of an international jury that visited Kista, and here, Ulla Skid