Integrating Government with New Technologies '02: How is Technology Changing the Public Sector? A Seminar and Training Session

Presented by:	RILEY INFORMATION SERVICES INC.
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? AGENDA REGISTRATION

AGENDA

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

                                                David Zussman, Executive Director, Public Policy Forum, Ottawa

GOVERNANCE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE: HOW IS TECHNOLOGY CHANGING THE RULES?
 

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.