Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government
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Introduction by Dr Ian Brown (Oxford Internet Institute) and Professor David Cope (POST), followed by Prof. Jim Norton (Institute of Directors) and Prof. Martyn Thomas (Oxford University Computing Laboratory): 'On-time, on-budget, on-spec government information systems'.
Incentivising successful public-sector IT (Prof. Ross Anderson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory)
First Panel Q&A and discussion, chaired by Alun Michael, MP
Reinventing Government for the Internet age (Jerry Fishenden, Microsoft)
Citizen redesign of user-centric government (William Heath, Ideal Government)
Small is beautiful: Reengineering government from the bottom-up (Tom Steinberg, mySociety)
Second Panel Q&A and discussion, chaired by the Earl of Erroll
Further Information:
Speakers:
- Dr Ian Brown (Oxford Internet Institute)
- Professor David Cope (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, POST)
- Professor Jim Norton (Institute of Directors)
- Martyn Thomas (Visiting Professor, Oxford University Computing Laboratory)
- Professor Ross Anderson (Cambridge University Computer Laboratory)
- Alun Michael, MP
- Jerry Fishenden (Microsoft)
- William Heath (Ideal Government)
- Tom Steinberg (mySociety)
- Simon Davies (LSE)
- The Earl of Erroll (House of Lords)
Description:
For over a decade UK government has been busy moving online. This has made some progress, for example in driver and vehicle licensing, but is yet to take off in terms of usage in the way of some spectacular contemporary Internet examples like Facebook and iTunes.
Is this inevitable? Are there good reasons why government and public services do not engage people in the way music, shopping and social networking do? Or is government not yet going about this in the right way, and does the success of the contemporary Internet have important lessons for the ddesign of public services and public engagement? How can we improve value for money, and achieve higher returns on investment, better services and improved operational efficiency? How can we build public trust and protect privacy?
This event has been organised in partnership with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)