London: 15 September 2009

OPSI (UK Office of Public Sector Information) working with Civil Service World is hosting a conference on 20 October 2009, London.

The Conference ‘PSI in Action Transforming the Information Landscape’ offers a forum for policy makers, public content providers, re-users and industry leaders and experts to come together to discuss how public bodies can realise and unlock the potential of public sector information.

Why Attend?

• Hear a Government representative set out its agenda on public sector information
• Examine the barriers that can impede effective re-use of PSI
• Consider the recent report of the Power of Information Taskforce and the Government’s response – how will the recommendations affect your organization?
• Understand where innovation and new developments might take your organisation’s use of PSI
• Discuss the critical issues facing PSI practitioners with our expert panel of speakers
• Network with your peers and counterparts across Government and the wider public sector

Conference Registration Information

Conference Programme (provisional) (online)

Chair’s Welcome and Introduction - Professor David Rhind, Chair, Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information

10:00 - Transforming the Information Landscape, Carol Tullo, Director, Office of Public Sector Information

10:15 - Public Sector Information – Towards a more felicitous economy, Dr Nicholas Gruen, Chair, Government 2.0 Taskforce (Australia’s POI Taskforce)

10:35 - PSI – Lifeblood of Communities, William Perrin, William recently took a sabbatical from his Cabinet Office role to set up www.talkaboutlocal.org to spread the benefits of grass roots community websites more widely

10:55 - Public Service Delivery: Howe can we raise the bar?, Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, Martin Ferguson, Head of Policy, SOCITM

11:45 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS, Michael Wills MP, Minister for Information, Ministry of Justice

12:00 - Beyond PSI – Extending Digital Engagement across Government, Andrew Stott, Head of Digital Engagement, Cabinet Office

12:30 - PSI in Action – Making it work (a panel discussion)

• Brian Fitzgerald, Professor of Intellectual Property & Innovation, Queensland University of Technology
• Catherine Grout, e-Content Programme Director, Joint Information Systems Committee
• Charlie Villar, Director, Shareholder Executive
• Christian Lister, Operations Director, X-Press Legal Services

14:00 - Public Information Delivery – Opening up Government Data

• Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Cabinet Office adviser on Public Information Delivery (invited)
• Nigel Shadbolt, Professor of Artifical Intelligence, University of Southampton and Cabinet Office adviser on Public Information Delivery

14:30 - Knowledge Sharing Sessions

1. The Price of Information – How do we put a value on it?, Facilitators: Patricia Seex & Prabhat Vaze of APPSI
2. The Search for Information – What are the best enabling mechanisms for finding information & making it available?, Facilitator: John Sheridan, Co-chair, eGov group, W3C
3. Opening up access to information – free up or lose control?, Facilitator: Jim Wretham, Head of Information Policy, OPSI
4. Competition and Discrimination – Hindrance or help?, Facilitator: Chris Jenkins, Office of Fair Trading

16:30 – Lighting Talks

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