In a special live recording of a session at CeBIT Gov 2.0 Conference in Australia’s capital city Canberra, facilitator John Wells leads an interactive discussion with a panel featuring:
- Zachary Tumin, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
- Deirdre O’Donnell, Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner NSW
- Martin Stewart-Weeks, Director, Public Sector Consulting APAC, Cisco
The broad-ranging conversation tackles questions such as:
- How can a culture of Gov 2.0 impact the relationship of citizens to government? And within government?
- What are the connections between e-government, social media and open government
- What are the risks, rewards, and potential of open and connected government?
The discussion also features excerpts from Gov 2.0 Radio interviews with Chris Vein, David Ferreiro, Nigel Shadbolt, David Eaves and Barbara Ubaldi.
For more information on the, including a curated social stream, visit the Gov 2.0 Radio CeBIT Gov 2.0 page.
Panel images courtesy CeBIT Australia
About the panel
Zachary Tumin
Zachary Tumin is Special Assistant to Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Over his career, Zach has served at the Kennedy School in research and staff positions, and in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors as chief executive, staff, and consultant to leaders in industry and government.
Deirdre O’Donnell
Deirdre O’Donnell is the inaugural New South Wales Information Commissioner.
Prior to taking up this role, for almost three years Ms O’Donnell held the position of Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman where she led the TIO scheme through unprecedented growth.
From 2002 to 2007, she was the Western Australian Ombudsman, a position with wide investigative powers, including those of a Royal Commission. Western Australia was the first State to establish an ombudsman’s office in 1972, and Ms O’Donnell was the first woman to be appointed to the position.
Ms O’Donnell was also a State Records Commissioner, a member of the Western Australian Integrity Coordinating Group, and the Energy Ombudsman Western Australia.
In recognition of her work in Western Australia, Ms O’Donnell received a public service medal in the Australia Day Honours for 2008.
Martin Stewart-Weeks
Martin Stewart-Weeks is a director in the global public sector practice of the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG)., He has more than 20 years of experience in organizational management and consulting in the corporate and public sectors, and with a wide range of not-for-profit organizations. In his work with the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), Martin’s focus is primarily on the public sector. He works at the senior-executive and political levels to help shape Internet business solutions and online strategies.
A consistent theme of Martin’s professional experience has been public policy and management. He has held senior policy, management, and advisory positions for ministers and government agencies at the federal and state government level in Australia. In the early 1980s, he held the position of Senior Private Secretary to a Federal Minister, and in the early ‘90s he was a consultant in the Office of Strategic Planning in The Cabinet Office in New South Wales.
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- Where Government 2.0 meets Society 2.0 – Zach Tumin
- Countdown to OGP and NASA’s global Space Apps Challenge – Chris Vein
- Social media, record-keeping and open government – David Ferriero
- Launching the Open Data Institute: bottom-up, middle-out, top-down – Nigel Shadbolt
- OECD e-Leaders 2012: From e-Gov to OpenGov – David Eaves
- The ongoing eGovernment evolution – Barbara Ubaldi
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