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

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.

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