First came GovCamp in Ottawa (May 31st – June 1st), and now GovCamp is coming to Toronto! GovCamp is an “Open Government” or “Goverment 2.0” unconference with these two goals:
GovCamp Toronto will take place on the evening of Thursday, June 17th and will be an evening where all sorts of people, from private citizens to government officials to representatives of publicly-funded organizations will get together to talk about the intersection of:
Is GovCamp the sort of thing you should attend? It is if you’re one of the following:
Few people know more about setting up “Government 2.0” unconferences than Toronto’s favourite high-tech policy wonk Mark Kuznicki, and we’re very fortunate to have him as GovCamp Toronto’s MC and facilitator. Mark has been behind a number of similar unconferences, including ChangeCamp, TransitCamp and Metronauts.
There will be a number of special guests including:
GovCamp Toronto will be hosted by:
GovCamp Toronto’s venue is nice and also quite central: the Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street, just north of Bloor).
Here’s the agenda:
5:00 | Catered reception |
6:00 | Welcome |
6:10 | Opening remarks (David Eaves) |
6:25 | Discussion hosts introduce topics |
7:00 | Small group discussions and demonstrations |
8:30 | Closing wrap discussion |
9:00 | Catered reception |
There are a number of ways to participate:
There’s lot of information, ideas and reportage from the recent GovCamp in Ottawa at the GovCamp site – be sure to check it out!
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