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Enabling Government, Engaging Communities: An Online Perspective
Event Location and Timing
Brisbane 17-18 November 2004
About this Event
Information and communication technologies continue to provide new opportunities for government to transform policies, programs and services. In meeting the challenges of the 21st century, the success of government is increasingly reliant on the tailoring of its business to the needs of customers, citizens and community.
How does government adapt to an environment where stakeholders are increasingly informed about the options facing them? What is the role of information and communication technologies in factoring citizen and community perspectives into government decision-making? Correspondingly, what is government's role in building the type of networks, or community bases, from which stronger engagement with individual citizens can be harnessed?
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), in partnership with the Queensland Government and Cisco Systems, presents Enabling Government, Engaging Communities: An Online Perspective, a discussion forum. This event will:
- raise awareness of online engagement issues within government
- analyse the imperatives and role for government in engaging citizens further
- provide a springboard from which to achieve greater coordination and consistency between government approaches in ICT-enabled citizen and community engagement
- examine new and ICT-enabled ways by which public sector decisions can be constructively informed by citizens and community.
This discussion forum was open by invitation to the government, community and academic sectors across Australia and from Asia-Pacific countries.
Event Program
Day One - 17 November
| MC | Ms Robyn Fleming, acting Division Manager, Department of Finance and Administration |
| 8.00am | Registration |
| 8.45am | Welcome | Ms Dianne Jeans, Executive Director, Policy Development and Coordination, Strategic Policy Directorate, Department of Communities, Queensland Government |
9.00am |
Opening address Download PDF (216.7KB) | Mr John Grant, Acting Australian Government Chief Information Officer, Department of Finance and Administration |
9.30am |
Keynote presentation: E-democracy 2.0 Download PDF (4.8MB) | Mr Steven Clift, e-democracy.org founder, United States |
| 10.00am | Morning Tea |
| 10.30am | Online Policy Consultation | Chair: Ms Melissa Nugent, Portfolio Leader, Citizen Engagement, Brisbane City Council |
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The Queesland Perspective
Online Policy Consultation and the Development of E-Democracy in Australia: Examples Challenges and Possibilities
Audience and Panel Discussion |
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| 12.00pm | Lunch |
| 1.00pm | Building Trust | Chair: Mr Martin Stewart-Weeks, Executive Advisor, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems |
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Investing in Trust Community Services and the Public - the ACOSS website Trust and e-Democracy: Australian Civil society and the WSIS Process Audience and Panel Discussion |
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| 2.30pm | Break |
| 2.45pm | E-democracy Community of Practice Meeting | Chair: Ms Cheryl Kut, Assistant Manager, Policy and Strategy, Australian Government Information Management Office, Department of Finance and Administration |
| 4.45pm | Close |
Day Two - 18 November
| MC | Mr Martin Stewart-Weeks, Executive Advisor, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems |
| 8.45am | Opening address | Mr Warren Pitt MP, Queensland Minister for Communities, Disability Services and Seniors |
| 9.00am |
Keynote presentation (by video) | Professor Stephen Coleman, |
9.30am |
Regional Presentation Download PDF (77.3KB) | Secretary Virgilio L. Peņa, Chairman, Commission on Information & Communications Technology, Republic of the Phillipines |
| 10.00am | Regional Presentation Download PDF (3.1MB) | Mr Steve Barclay, Assistant Director, Efficiency Unit, Chief Secretary for Administration's Office, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| 10.30am | Morning Tea |
| 11.00am | Connecting People | Chair: Ms Robyn Fleming, acting Division Manager, Department of Finance and Administration |
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Moving from Centre-Stage to a Facilitator in the Wings Local Government Perspective -Brisbane City Council Darebin eForum The Darebin e-Forum: An Analysis Victorian e-Democracy Inquiry Audience and Panel Discussion |
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| 12.30pm | Lunch Presentation | Mr Martin Stewart-Weeks, Executive Advisor, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems |
| 2.00pm | Technologies: their applications and limitations | Chair: Mr Fergus Hogarth, Manager E-democracy Policy, Department of Communities, Queensland Government |
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Media Perspective E-democracy as effective community-bases content creation and distribution Online Dispute Resolution: Applications and Limitations Audience and Panel Discussion |
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| 3.30pm | Closing Comments | Ms Robyn Fleming, acting Division Manager, Department of Finance and Administration |
| 4.00pm | Close |
Contact Details
email: engagement@agimo.gov.au