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Sent: 28 January 2008 16:23
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Subject: OII News [2008.01.28]: Gov2.0 Webcasts Available

Dear Colleagues,   
   
Over 150 people participated on Tuesday in our Government 2.0 event at the Houses of Parliament. Topics ranged from reducing the failure rate of big government IT projects through to the use of designers and 'start-small' evolutionary alternatives to £20bn monsters like the NHS's National Programme for IT and the proposed National Identity Register.   
   
If you want to find out more you can watch video of all of the sessions (see below). Let us know if you disagree with any of the opinions expressed! Thanks again to all of our speakers; to our co-organisers POST; and to everyone who came along and contributed. Thanks also to Microsoft and Kable for sponsoring a drinks reception after the event.   
   
You can read more on my blog:   
http://dooooooom.blogspot.com/   
   
Best wishes,   
Ian Brown, OII Research Fellow   
   
   
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1. Gov2.0 Webcasts Available   
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Webcasts available at:   
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20080125_209   
   
1. 'On-time, on-budget, on-spec government information systems'   
Prof. Jim Norton, Institute of Directors, and Prof. Martyn Thomas, Oxford University Computing Laboratory [22min]   
   
2. 'Incentivising successful public-sector IT'   
Prof. Ross Anderson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory [15min]   
   
3. First Panel Q&A and Discussion   
Chair: Alun Michael, MP [31min]   
   
4. 'Reinventing Government for the Internet age'   
Jerry Fishenden, Microsoft [18min]   
   
5. 'Citizen redesign of user-centric government'   
William Heath, Ideal Government [16min]   
   
6. 'Small is beautiful: Reengineering government from the bottom-up'   
Tom Steinberg, mySociety [15min]   
   
7. Second Panel Q&A and Discussion   
Chair: the Earl of Erroll [26min]   
   
Webcasts available at:   
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20080125_209   
   
OII Webcasts Home:   
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/   
   
The event was blogged by Alejandro Ribo-Labastida:   
http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/aribo/   
   
Fragment: 'Tom and William have a very fresh perspective of e-government, and I reckoned that much can be learned from them. William stressed the importance of design and of one single point of access; while Tom advocated for small projects, 'small is beautiful', so 'stop big projects!', he said. He showed how small things can make a difference for citizens with the 'world premiere' of a map that shows where someone can live in London according to the time he/she wants to spend commuting and money he/she wants (or can) spend in a house.'   
   
And here is the map:   
http://www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/   
   
This event was organised by the OII in partnership with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). It took place at Portcullis House on 22 January 2008.   
   
   
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2. Events Reminder   
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Wednesday 30 Jan:   
The Prime Minister's e-Petition: One Year On   
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=175   
   
Thursday 31 Jan:   
Knowledge Ecosystems: Technology, Motivations, Processes, Performance   
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=174   
   
Thursday 31 Jan:   
The Power of Diversity: The Performance of Distributed Problem Solving Networks [to be webcast]   
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=173   
   
Monday 4 Feb:   
First OII Blogging Roundtable: Blogging the US Elections   
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=177   
   
Thursday 7 Feb:   
Anti-Social Networking: Reflecting on the case of Orkut in Brazil   
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=178   
   
Thursday 14 Feb:   
Networked Information Processing and Changing Attitudes to Privacy in Japan   
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=165   
   
Events:   
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/   
   
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