Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government

Tuesday 22 January 2008 13:45 - 18:00

Location: Portcullis House, London.

Registration: Please email your name and affiliation to events@oii.ox.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)1865 287209

Speakers

• Professor Ross Anderson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory

• Dr Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute

• Professor David Cope, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, POST

• Simon Davies, London School of Economics

• Jerry Fishenden, Microsoft

• Lord Merlin Hay, Earl of Erroll, House of Lords

• William Heath, Ideal Government

• Alun Michael, MP

• Professor Jim Norton, Institute of Directors

• Tom Steinberg, mySociety

• Martyn Thomas, Visiting Professor, Oxford University Computing Laboratory

Abstract

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 design 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?

Join our globally renowned speakers to imagine a step change in public sector information system performance and radical redesign of public services and democratic engagement.

Agenda

Time	Sessions
13:45	Coffee
14:00	Welcome - Dr Ian Brown (Oxford Internet Institute) and Professor David Cope (POST)
14:05	On-time, on-budget, on-spec government information systems (Prof. Jim Norton, Institute of Directors, and Prof. Martyn Thomas, Oxford University Computing Laboratory)
14:30	Incentivising successful public-sector IT (Prof. Ross Anderson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory)
14:45	Panel Q&A and discussion, chaired by Alun Michael, MP
15:05	Coffee Break
15:25	Reinventing Government for the Internet age (Jerry Fishenden, Microsoft)
15.40	Citizen redesign of user-centric government (William Heath, Ideal Government)
15:55	Small is beautiful: Reengineering government from the bottom-up (Tom Steinberg, mySociety)
16:10	Panel Q&A and discussion, chaired by the Earl of Erroll
16:30	Drinks reception with speaker Simon Davies (LSE) on Critical friends and successful coalition building
18:00	Close

Webcasts

• Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government, Part 1

  Recorded on: 22 January 2008 Duration: 00:22:24

  Introduction. Does the contemporary Internet have lessons for why government and public services fail to engage people?

• Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government, Part 2

  Recorded on: 22 January 2008 Duration: 00:14:39

  Ross Anderson on incentivising successful public-sector IT. Does the contemporary Internet have lessons for why government and public services fail to engage people?

• Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government, Part 3

  Recorded on: 22 January 2008 Duration: 00:31:41

  Q and A chaired by Alun Michael. Does the contemporary Internet have lessons for why government and public services fail to engage people?

• Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government, Part 4

  Recorded on: 22 January 2008 Duration: 00:18:48

  Jerry Fishenden on reinventing Government for the Internet age. Does the contemporary Internet have lessons for why government and public services fail to engage people?

• Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government, Part 5

  Recorded on: 22 January 2008 Duration: 00:16:28

  William Heath on citizen redesign of user-centric government. Does the contemporary Internet have lessons for why government and public services fail to engage people?

• Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government, Part 6

  Recorded on: 22 January 2008 Duration: 00:14:44

  Tom Steinberg on reengineering government from the bottom-up. Does the contemporary Internet have lessons for why government and public services fail to engage people?

• Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government, Part 7

  Recorded on: 22 January 2008 Duration: 00:26:15

  Q and A chaired by the Earl of Erroll. Does the contemporary Internet have lessons for why government and public services fail to engage people?

Partners and sponsors

This event has been organised in partnership with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST).

Last updated on: 2 February 2010