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  • Lindsay Tanner

    Minister for Finance and Deregulation

  • Dr Nicholas Gruen

    Chair of the Government 2.0 Taskforce

  • Laurence Millar

    Independent Advisor

  • Fay Styman

    Australian Taxation Office

  • Senator Kate Lundy

    Australian Capital Territory

  • Bobby Graham

    National Library of Australia

  • Dr Melodie Mayberry-Stewart

    New York State

  • Dr Andy Williamson

    Hansard Society, UK

  • Patrick McCormick

    State Services Authority

  • Gavin Atkinson

    e-Government Results

  • Damian Lewis

    Smart Service Queensland

  • Damien McCormack

    Vision Australia

  • Sally McIntyre

    Department of Premier & Cabinet (Vic)

  • Bruce Thompson

    Department of Sustainability & Environment (Vic)

  • Dionne Lew

    VicRoads

  • Sally Rose

    Open Forum

  • Sandra Wade

    City of Melbourne

  • Craig Thomler

    Department of Health and Ageing

  • Margaret Manning

    Margaret Manning

    CEO of Reading Room

Gov 2.0 Conference is a Wrap

Over 250 delegates converged at CeBIT Australia's Gov 2.0 conference in Canberra to learn from high-profile local and international speakers as they discussed the future of using Web 2.0 to increase participation, collaboration and efficiency in government.

The Conference proved to be a successful networking event on the day, both at the venue and via the online sphere. Hundreds of people from Australia and around the world viewed the conference proceedings online through live streams.

The Conference was hailed as an overall success by speakers, attendees and the wider community who followed the day’s proceedings through a range of live social media links. In particular, the Twitter Wall was a popular feature of Gov 2.0, with both physical and virtual attendees adding to the day's conversation using the #gov2 Twitter hashtag.

Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation, The Hon Lindsay Tanner, delivered a Ministerial Address highlighting that the key to accepting Web 2.0 within government relies on a cultural change within government itself, rather than a change within technology. 

Other key speakers on the day included:

  • Dr. Nicholas Gruen, Chair of the Government 2.0 Taskforce analysed using Web 2.0 to improve government interaction with the public, especially regards to Inquiry 2.0.
  • Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, New York State Chief Information Officer and Director of the Office for Technology, New York State, USA explained how her department develops, implements and oversees IT investments for the State of New York and how she led the implementation of the New York State’s “Empire 2.0” strategy.
  • Dr. Andy Williamson, Director, eDemocracy Programme, Hansard Society UK outlined how the UK’s Hansard Society drives online political communications to further “digital democracy”.
  • Fay Styman, Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Communications Branch, Australian Tax Office explained how the ATO uses social media tools to positively influence compliance risks, corporate objectives and new policy initiatives. 

The success of Gov 2.0 will be further developed in CeBIT Australia’s 2010 e-Government Forum on May 25, 2010, organised in conjunction with the Australian Government Information Office (AGIMO) within the Department of Finance and Deregulation.

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Testimonials

"Extremely valuable in both content and networking opportunities."
Ben Searle, General Manager, Office of Spatial Data Management
 
"Far exceeded my expectations. Great speakers, learned a lot."
Jade Gulliver, Web Officer, City of Moonee Valley.
 
"Good insights and good speakers."
Vikas Jayray, Policy Officer, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

Gov 2.0 News

A Twitter guide for Government

THE Australian Government is considering following the UK Government's lead and producing a guide for how Government Departments make use of the popular Twitter micro-blogging site.

A spokesman for the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) last week said a taskforce would decide by the end of the year whether to follow the lead of the UK's Department for Business, which recently produced a 20-page guide on how to use Twitter in government.

"The taskforce will make recommendations on the application of social media to improving online engagement with citizens, information dissemination, and collaboration across government. It will consider the need for further guidance on these subjects," the spokesman said.

"It will look at Britain's guidance as part of this work."



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