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I Have just finished attending an excellent symposium  ‘Government 2.0 and Beyond…Harnessing Collective Intelligence’ which was hosted by the US Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration) DOD Chief Information Officer and the Information Resources Management College, US National Defense University.
Government 2.0 Symposium in the IRM Government Center in Second Life

The Panelists were
• David […]

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From an article by Peter Nowak from CBC News Canada.
Quebec’s open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company’s products rather than using free alternatives.
The lawsuit by Facil was lodged with the Quebec Superior Court on July 15 and made public on Wednesday. […]

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A free seminar organised by the Hansard Society to discuss eDemocracy in Scotland.

Speakers will be Dr Laura Miller (Senior Researcher, eDemocracy Programme, Hansard Society), Navraj Singh Ghaleigh (Lecturer in Public Law, University of Edinburgh), Aileen Campbell MSP (Scottish National Party MSP for South of Scotland), Fergus Cochrane (Clerk to the Public Petitions Committee, Scottish Parliament).
“There […]

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30 September 2008, Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin.

The eSymposium will provide public sector professionals, from both central and local government, with a forum for the exchange of visions, ideas, practice, results and experience.
 Advancing eGovernment: The Next Challenge
Conference Chair - John Bowman
Agenda
9.00am:     Registrations and Coffee
9.45am:     Opening Address - Maeve Kneafsey, Managing Director, Elucidate
Keynote Presentations:
9.50am: […]

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mashup* events have a couple of 10 minute top quality speakers, followed by an hour long panel and audience debate - followed by drinks.
On average over 200 professionals and entrepreneurs attend from the following disciplines: Internet, web2.0, mobile, telcoms, IT, media, broadcast, advertising, agency, PR, legal, regulatory, accounting, venture, banking, private equity, design and consulting. […]

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Very Interesting Article by Dion Hinchcliffe on SocialComputingmagazine.com entitled ‘Ten Aspects of Web 2.0 Strategy That Every CTO and CIO Should Know’
…the power of the network has deep roots in some profound shifts in society and culture, particularly the singular move from push-based systems (the 1.0 era going way, way back until right around now) […]

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Article by Andrew Hendry  on Computerworld.au
The federal government has released the report of the Review of the National Innovation System  Venturous Australia, which details recommendations for remodeling the nation’s innovation system.

Among 72 key recommendations was a call for an advisory committee of Web 2.0 practitioners to be established to propose and help steer governments as […]

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Co-hosted by CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing, Division of eHealth Marketing and WestEd. This online discussion will focus on Social Networks, Blogs, and other Web 2.0 applications and their uses in health marketing and public health. Participants will share examples of how they have used these applications and hear from others about ways of […]

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ScotWeb2.0 is an unconference being held at Edinburgh University on 31st October 2008.

Confirmed speakers include Simon Dickson, Ross Ferguson, Iain Henderson and Stewart Kirkpatrick.
The seminar is hosted by Edinburgh University, and is supported by BT and is targeted at all those interested in learning about Web 2.0, from practitioners,to government and business users.
An informal, bar […]

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Article by Alexandra Rampy on Read Write Web asking’To 2.0 or Not 2.0? That is The Government’s Question’
Rampy answers the question providing the answer,  three answers actually:
Listen, learn, and let go…If you are within government or outside of government, here are three helpful strategies to be the social media maven for your agency: Listen. Learn. […]

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