From e-Government to Open Governance
The rise of new technology is changing the way we organise our lives completely – including the very nature of the state and governance. Can we and do we even want to understand how these developments have come about and what the future holds? These issues were examined in a series of presentations and discussions at a conference marking the 10th anniversary of the e-Governance Academy.
Session 1. The first 10 years of e-Government’s success story |
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| 09:30-10:00 | Arrival, morning coffee | |
| 10:00-10:30 | GISI. The key position of e-Estonia in the world. Estonia as a think tank of e-Government. The eGA/GISI initiative Speaker: Toomas Hendrik Ilves President of the Republic of Estonia |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Networked society and networked governance Speaker: Patrik Regårdh Head of Networked Society Labs and Head of Strategic Marketing, Ericsson |
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| 11:00-11:30 | The first ten years of Estonia’s e-Government and the role of eGA Speakers: Ivar Tallo, founder of eGA and Member of the Management Board Arvo Ott, Executive Director of eGA Taavi Kotka, Deputy secretary general responsible for ICTs, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee break | |
| 12:00-12:30 | Advancing e-Governance in Moldova and Tunisia Speakers: Stela Mocan, Executive Director of the e-Government Centre, Government of Moldova, Riadh Oueslati, Head of e-Services Department, E-government Unit in the Presidency of the Tunisian Government |
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| 12:30-13:10 | Discussion panel. Developing e-Governance – why do some countries succeed? Speakers: Ivar Tallo, Linnar Viik, Ants Sild, founders of eGA,Christine Leitner, member of eGA Supervisory Board, Andre Pung, Director General of the External Economic and Development Cooperation Department, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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| 13:10-14:10 | Lunch | |
Session 2. Vision of 2023: the influence of technology on governance in the next decade and the changing nature of democracy |
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| 14:10-14:40 | Big Data – The end of Privacy or Privacy Redefined! Speaker: Dejan Cvetković, Regional Technology Officer, Microsoft Central and East Europe |
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| 14:40-15:00 | E-governance – taking democracy a step further Speaker: Ambassador Maria Leissner, Secretary General, Community of Democracies |
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| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee break | |
| 15:20-15:50 | The Conversational Century: Citizen Engagement on the Social Web Speaker: Elizabeth Linder, Politics & Government Specialist, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Facebook |
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| 15:50-16:30 | Debate between technologists and democrats. Is open governance replacing e-government? Innovating governance based on new technologies. Speakers: Yuri Misnikov, Christine Leitner, members of eGA Supervisory Board; Dejan Cvetković, Regional Technology Officer, Microsoft Central and East Europe, Elizabeth Linder,Politics & Government Specialist, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Facebook, Liia Hänni, e-Democracy Program Director, e-Governance Academy |
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| 16:30-16:40 | Moderator’s summary | |
| 19:00- | Reception at Tallinn Town Hall. Keynote lecture on the future of democracy. Speaker: Alexander Trechsel, Professor, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute |
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| The working languages of the conference are Estonian and English. | ||
Have a look at the conference photos and the slideshow „e-Governance Academy: first ten years in photos“.
Venue and TravelThe venue took place at the Parliament Conference centre in Tallinn.
PresentationsDejan Cvetkovic: Big Data – The end of Privacy or Privacy Redefined
Elizabeth Linder: The Conversational Century: Citizen Engagement on the Social Web
Arvo Ott, Ivar Tallo: The first ten years of Estonia’s e-Government and the role of eGA
Riadh Oueslati: Advancing e-Governance in Tunisia
Patrik Regardh: Networked society and networked governance
Stela Mocan: Advancing e-Governance in Moldova
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