Sponsored by:                Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance

Co-sponsored by:        GTIS/PWGSC, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Public Policy Forum,
                                       and SAP Canada Inc.

When:                          Monday, February 25, 2002

Where:                         The Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
 

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

This is the first annual seminar of the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance (CCEG). E-governance and e-democracy are core values that are integral to governance in all commonwealth countries. CCEG deals with these issues throughout the commonwealth world. The purpose of this conference is to bring together key experts and professionals to discuss the fundamental ways in which the technologies are changing governance. The emphasis in this seminar is on e-governance and e-democracy.

Governments now have a visible and strong presence in cyberspace. Thus, this seminar will call upon senior officials and professionals from the public and private sectors, to discuss the evolving new technologies and the policies that governments are forming in order to face the new challenges. Particular attention will be paid to the extent to which information technologies are now changing governments and how this is impacting on the public service and the way it governs itself.

The speakers will examine how all levels of government itself might change as a result of the shifts in our society due to the rise of the Internet and other forms of new technologies. The panels will explore a range of issues, including case studies of the movement towards online consultation in the development of policy, how the citizen will be involved and engaged in our new forms of electronic government, and the role of organizations in governments, the academic world and civil society in developing tools for electronic democracy. Some of the questions to be explored will be the extent to which the nature of democracy is changing, and how many government departments and public groups are successfully using information technologies to both deliver services and develop interactive relationships with the citizenry. A main theme running through this one-day event will be what impacts do the developments in electronic governance, government online, and a host of related issues have on the inherent nature of public organizations. The seminar will also include discussions on the nature of electronic governance in our changing environments and shifts in society.

REGISTER AND BE PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS.
 

CONFERENCE CHAIR : Michael Turner, Assistant Deputy Minister, GTIS/PWGSC

8:45 – 9:15 am                  OPENING SPEAKER

                                   Michael Gillibrand, Director, Management and Training Services
                                   Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK

ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE IN A COMMONWEALTH CONTEXT
 

9:15 – 10:00 am                KEYNOTE SPEAKER

10:30 am – 12:00 pm        PLENARY SESSION
 

TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR
 

Chair:             David Brown, Director, Special Projects,Public Policy Forum, Ottawa
Speakers:       Helen McDonald, Director General, Government On-Line, Treasury Board
                      Secretariat of Canada
                      Dr. Richard Heeks, Senior Lecturer, Information Systems & Development
                      Institute for Policy & Management, University of Manchester, UK (invited)
                      Paul Hession, Director General, Information Management and Technology
                      Services, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Panelists will discuss the developments in their agencies and explain how information technologies are changing the nature of the public sector at all levels of government in Canada and abroad. The discussions will focus on how these changes are occurring and to what extent the impact is now being felt within governments.

12 noon – 1:00 pm        LUNCHEON/NETWORKING (included in the cost)

1:15 – 1:45 pm           KEYNOTE SPEAKER

                          Ian Wilson, National Archivist of Canada
 

ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND GOVERNANCE
 

1:45 – 3:00 pm           PLENARY SESSION
 

ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY: A CASE STUDY AND A DISCUSSION
 

Chair:             Roger Dumelie, Director, International NGO, Canadian Partnership
                       Branch, Canadian International Development Agency

Speakers:       David Brown, Director, Special Projects, Public Policy Forum, Ottawa
                      Anne Thurston, Executive Director, International Records Management
                      Trust, London, UK

This session will explore the importance of electronic records in setting benchmarks for accountability in government. The panelists will bring an international scope to the session and illustrate the importance of good information management and records-keeping practices in maintaining transparency and accountability in public sector agencies.

3:15 – 4:45 pm          PLENARY SESSION

ONLINE CONSULTATIONS

Chair:            Anne Marie Nowlan, Strategic Consultant, SAP Canada Inc., Ottawa
Speakers:       Thomas B. Riley, Chief Executive, Commonwealth Centre for Electronic
Governance:
                      Ann Macintosh, Executive Director, International Teledemocracy Centre,
                      Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
                      Steven Clift, Democracy Online, Minneapolis, Minnesota

This will be a discussion of the three workshops that were conducted in Ottawa in the autumn of 2001 by Human Resources and Development Canada in conjunction with a number of co-sponsors, including the Public Policy Forum, the Canadian Centre for Management and Development, the Canadian Policy Research Network, The Parliamentary Centre, and the Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance. These workshops looked at the role of the public sector, parliament and non-governmental organizations in the development of online consultation, the policy-making process and the citizenry. A paper, with the results of the workshop, will be available to the participants at the time of the conference.
 
 

REGISTER NOW AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EARLY BIRD PRICE

Cost:           $695 (plus GST = $743.65) if registered by December 12, 2001
                    $750 (plus GST = $802.50) if registered after December 12, 2001
                    Group Rate Discount: every four registered, fifth one free.
 

Call: (613) 236-7844 or Fax: (613) 236-7528 or email: info@rileyis.com

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