Connecting People, Data and Ideas

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Engagement

Prof. Ashish Lall

"SG GovCamp is a misnomer … it is less about ‘Gov’ and more about us. It should be called SG UnConference - where everyone has a voice. Governments all over the world are putting out their data for citizens to use as they please. The new buzzwords are co-creation, collaboration and crowdsourcing. GovCamp involves everyone – students, educators, bloggers, the private sector, civil society, the media and ‘Gov’. We all come together with a good dose of humility and trust to move toward citizen-driven public policy.”

Society Engagement

27/10/2011

Society Engagement: Gov 2.0 begins with citizens and society.  The way we engage with each other reflects or impacts how we engage with government.  How...

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Government Engagement

27/10/2011

Government Engagement: Are public officials and others in positions of ‘power’ ready of the leadership challenge posed by citizen engagement?  Citizen engagement requires more transparency,...

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Business Engagement

27/10/2011

Business Engagement: What is the role of corporations in a more collaborative, open and transparent environment?  Usually government mandates disclosure of certain types of information...

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Social media is the virtual social circle

02/11/2011

How do we better integrate various people of similar interest into the right social circle?  should we consider a "blind group date"? This may allow...

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Open Data as a Platform for Co-creation

Dr. Pallab Saha

"GovCamp is a wonderfully conceived and delivered event in the area of Open and Connected Government. Having made its mark in a select group of countries, the Singapore GovCamp is shaping up to be a premier event in e-government. GovCamp provides the platform to enable a confluence of new ideas on the future of government by bringing together thought-leaders and leading practitioners from the academia, industry, government and policy groups and the civil society. I am privileged to be involved with the GovCamp and hope to see it grow further in stature across Asia"







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