Australian Senator Kate Lundy is soon to visit Wellington, presenting her talk Three Pillars of Open Government.

"Innovation facilitation refers to the government responsibility to ensure the opportunities are made available for innovation that adds value to government data and systems, [taking into account] privacy, security or commercial responsibilities."

Senator Lundy, (ACT, Australia) will be talking about how she, as a politician and a big advocate for ICT, can see citizens and government working together for citizen-centric services, open and transparent government, and innovation facilitation.  More information on her topic Three Pillars of Open Government: What roles do we have in 21st century government? can be found on her website here >

A free-and-frank discussion panel session with Kate and others will follow the talk, examinig what we are doing in Australia and NZ.

Event Details:

When: Weds 26th August 5pm-7.30pm
Where: National Archives training room, Mulgrave street, Wellington
RSVP: to ros.coote@gmail.com by 24th August
For more info: visit the NZOSS website

Nibbles provided by GOVIS and drinks provided by New Zealand Open Source Society.

Government and non-government folks are all welcome. This is joint GOVIS and New Zealand Open Source Society event and is FREE to attend.