This month the Gov 2.0 event in Canberra has been organised at the last minute to take advantage of a rare visit to Canberra by Facebook’s Manager of Public Policy, Katie Harbath. All the details are on the Eventbrite page at: http://www.eventbrite.com.au/event/6670292023 You can also find out more about Katie from her Facebook page: www.facebook.com/katieharbath See…
Today the ‘Opening the vault’ event is being held in Brisbane, discussing open data in the context of the state. Following from the Queensland Government’s commitment to open data (with the appointment of Australia’s first e-Government Assistant Minister), the event was opened by Premier Newman and is being livestreamed on the web – demonstrating the…
I’m currently in Singapore, having just finished running a two-day masterclass for Singaporean public servants on how to use social media in emergency management. It is a very interesting topic and one I don’t think is high enough on the radar in Australia or many other countries, although there’s now plenty of case studies on…
BarCamp Canberra is back, with the 6th annual event to take place on Saturday 16 March at the Inspire Centre. The free event, which annually attracts 100-150 people, is a participation-based unconference, where every attendee is encouraged to actively participate in workshops, give a presentation on a favoured topic and to network with other attendees….
Today I’m at the Open Government miniconference at Linux Conf 2013. I’ll be liveblogging part of the day. Open Gov miniconf
Canberra’s free Gov 2.0 lunchtime events continue for the fourth year in 2013, with the first monthly event featuring two great presentations: “R.I.P. to the media release, hello crowd sources” on the use of social media in real-time emergency communications by Darren Cutrupi of the ACT Emergency Services Agency, and “The British Invasion – how…
Over the next few days I am in Singapore at Liquid Learning’s Future Citizen Engagement for Government Forum Asia conference. I’ll be liveblogging the presentations today and may liveblog parts of tomorrow, when I am chairing, speaking and on a panel. Liveblog: Future Citizen Engagement for Government Forum Asia
It took a little while to pull together, but November’s Canberra Gov 2.0 lunchtime event is now open for registration at: gov20november2012.eventbrite.com With a focus on mobile app development and digital accessibility, the event is being held in DEEWR’s Theatre at 50 Marcus Clarke Road from midday – 1pm on Friday, 16th November. That means there’s…
I attended and keynoted RightClick 2012 yesterday in Perth and wanted to share my notes, which I presented as a round-up at the event, as well as my presentation. It was a good event, with an excellent turn-out of WA public servants. From the feedback I overheard, the attendees were pretty happy with the event….
Science and the scientific process is core to the delivery of modern government, with its focus on evidence-based policy and sound social research. So it’s about time we had an organisation in Australia focused on exploring how the arrival of Web 2.0 and Gov 2.0 is affecting science – how it is conducted, reported and…
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