Public Sphere #2

Senator Kate Lundy has attracted wide interest in her Public Sphere initiative, with the 2nd event being held tomorrow at Parliament House. Seats for the camp are booked out but people can still participate through Twitter (#publicsphere), videofeed and liveblogging through Sen. Lundy’s website.

The debate on how citizens effectively engage with Government is not new, but what is new is the ability to use technology and advances in communication as enablers to improve transparency, engagement and innovation.

The focus of Public Sphere 2 is “Government 2.0: Policy & Practice” and the Public Sphere team have assembled an impressive list of speakers. I’ve grabbed the agenda and speaker list below for info.

Further ideas and discussions on Gov2.0 can be found at the Gov2.0Australia Group.

Time	Who	Role	Subject
0900	Senator Kate Lundy	Senator for the ACT	Opening remarks and welcome
0905	William Perrin	Secretary of the Power of Information Taskforce	Gov 2.0 in the UK: Policy and Status *
0915	Michael de Percy	University of Canberra	Citizen Engagement & Policy Learning: Forming, storming, norming and performing
0930	James Dellow	Headshift	If it isn’t broken, why fix it?
0945	Stephen Collins	Founder Acidlabs	What culture change is needed for Government 2.0?
1000		Break and networking
1015	Des Walsh	Former APS and NSW public servant	Why parliamentarians and public sector managers need to participate actively in social media (briefing papers and slideshows won’t cut it)
1030	Lynelle Briggs	APS Commissioner	Citizen-centric public engagement *
1040	Martin Stewart-Weeks	eGovernment Head CISCO	New models of public governance in The Connected Republic
1055	Dr Owen Cameron	Program Manager, CCRSPI (Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industry) Coordinator, Primary Industry Adaptation Research Network	New media and NRM policy consultation – meeting, listening and hearing to enhance service delivery
1110		Break and networking
1120	Professor Brian Fitzgerald	Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation, QUT	Copyright Strategies for Government 2.0
1130	Peter McEvoy	Executive Producer Q&A	Old media/New media – tools for political engagement
1145	Minister Tanner Minister Ludwig	Minister for Finance and Deregulation Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary	The Rudd Government and the Government 2.0 agenda
1200		Lunch
1250	Justin Freeman	Agileware	Bringing Web 2.0 to Defence and other Government agencies
1255	Zachary Zeus	BizCubed	Open Tools for Open Government
1300	Raul Vera	Engineering Manager, Geospatial	Victorian bushfires case study: Lessons learned for online public engagement
1315	Nerida Hart	LWA	Case study: Knowledge for Regional Natural Resource Management program
1330	Marghanita da Cruz	Consultant	Local Community Engagement 2.0
1345	Reem Abdelaty & Diana Mounter	Local Government Web Network	Challenges in Local Government (NSW) with regard to Gov 2.0, community engagement and other aspects of government online
1400		Break and networking
1410	Matthew Landauer	OpenAustralia	Open access to government data, open source software in government
1425	Damien Donnelly	TweetMP	Ways of increasing civic engagement through Twitter
1430	Ben Searle	Office of Spatial Data Management	Spatial data for Gov 2.0 – the role of Government
1445	Roxanne Missingham	The Parliamentary Library	APH website – Federal experience of digital engagement with citizens
1500	Dr Crispin Butteriss	Bang the Table	Bang the Table – Local government experience with online public consultation
1510		Afternoon tea
1525	Andrew Boyd	Independent consultant	The importance of user experience in Government 2.0
1540	Sally Rose	Open Forum	National Human Rights Committee online forum
1555	James Purser	Collaborynth	Open source, Open standards, Open Government
1610		Break and networking
1620	John Shanahan	CEO Colmar Brunton	Online communities – linking the citizens and customers into decision making in a totally new way.
1625	Kevin Cox	GreenID	Identity by presence versus identity by name.
1630	Shoaib Burq	GeoLabs	Opening of geographic data
1635	John Haining	Director of Innovation for Michael Johnson Associates	Helping government understand the Web 2.0 needs of businesses.
1640	Mark Spain	Global Learning	Community participation in building a sustainable future.
1645	Tom Worthington	Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the ANU	m-Government 2.0 – Making government accessible online on your phone
1700	Senator Kate Lundy	Senator for the ACT	Closing remarks and farewell