You are invited to attend the forthcoming British Computer
Society/Development Studies Association seminar on 'IT, Government
and Development', to be held at the LSE on Thursday Nov. 26th.
There is no charge for attendance.
Details follow below.
Richard Heeks
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'IT, Government and Development'
One-day British Computer Society/Development Studies Association
seminar
Thursday November 26th
D202, Clement House, London School of Economics
Introduction and welcome to seminar (0930-0945)
Session 1: IT, Government and Reform 1 (0945-1045)
`Process architectures in public organisations: a political issue',
Philip Veasey, Axum Ltd
`Accountability and automation in African governments', Dr Piers
Cain, International Records Management Trust
Session 2: IT, Government and Reform 2 (1100-1200)
`The barriers to effective implementation of government IT systems in
Africa', Vic Munro, Logica
`Chaos, information and the public sector: some thoughts from
Malawi', Dr David Mundy, University of Manchester
Session 3: IT, Communities and Local Government (1315-1445)
`Beyond access and awareness: getting benefits from Internet-based
community networks in Belfast', Dr David Newman, Queen's University
Belfast
`Community governance, ICTs and local government', Dr Jean Hartley and
John Benington, Warwick Business School
`Information management and local governance in megacities: the
case of Bangalore', Dr Shirin Madon, London School of Economics
Session 4: IT Failure in Government (1500-1600)
`IT and the modernisation of public administration: lessons from
social security in Greece', Dr Chrisanthi Avgerou, London School of
Economics
`Why do most IT-based systems in government fail?', Dr Richard Heeks,
University of Manchester
Please note there is no charge for attendance at the seminar, and all
are welcome. A limited number of copies of papers will be available
on the day.
Clement House is located at 95 Aldwych, next to the Aldwych Post
Office. Nearest tube station is Temple. Holborn, Covent Garden and
Charing Cross are alternatives. Room D202 is located on the second
floor of Clement House.
For further details, contact the seminar organiser:
Dr Richard Heeks, University of Manchester, 0161-275-2870,
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Seminar Web site:
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/itgovsem.htm
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