The provision of accurate, accessible information by government organisations is a critical part of our democracy. Current government information online approaches are based on the belief that it will enable improvements in the provision of government
services and citizens' participation in democratic processes. The expectation is that citizens have a right to know, and that in the delivery of government information to the public they have a right to privacy. However, there are inevitable gaps between the
assumptions of government and the expectations and abilities of citizens to access and use this information ethically and effectively. This event draws on a range of perspectives to explore those gaps and the current and potential activities that might bridge
them.
Participants
Maureen Henninger is a senior lecturer in Information and Knowledge Management at the University of Technology Sydney. Her teaching and research interests are in information retrieval, information
management and data journalism, with particular reference to search in the digital environment and has written books on Internet searching and the hidden Web. More recently, she has been working in the areas of accessibility and preservation of public sector
information and open government data and its visualisation for analytical purposes.
Matt Landauer is a co-founder of the Open Australia Foundation and former Head of Product at the Digital Transformation Office. He has worked
in the feature film industry as a software developer for digital visual effects in the UK, the USA and Australia since 1995, was a Director of Visual Appliance Ltd, a visual effects software company. He has a PhD in Physics from Cambridge University.
Elizabeth Tydd is the Chief Executive Officer and NSW Information Commissioner. She has occupied a number of significant executive leadership roles in the NSW public sector and has led the development and delivery of major regulatory reforms including
in the liquor and gaming industries and consumer law. Elizabeth has published a number of reports and articles to elevate industry performance and public sector integrity. She possesses a Bachelor and Master of Laws.
Dr Kate Cumming is the Acting Director of the Information and Data Policy team at the NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation. Kate is working across with colleagues across the NSW public sector to improve information and data maturity and capacity.
For more than 20 years Kate has worked for local, state and federal government, running projects to improve digital information creation, use and access. She has a PhD from Monash University, is a co-founder of the Recordkeeping Roundtable discussion group,
and has won three Mander Jones Awards from the Australian Society of Archivists (2007, 2014 and 2016), for publications making the greatest contribution to the recordkeeping profession.
