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Bill Sobel 
SobelMedia 
 
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When

Friday June 10, 2011 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT

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Where

The Samsung Experience 
Time Warner Center
10 Columbus Circle/3rd Floor
(59th Street and Broadway)
New York, NY 10019 

 
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A DIALOGUE ON OPENING GOVERNMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

Can Open Data Drive Innovation?

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Friday Morning, June 10, 2011


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Can Open Data Drive Innovations in Government and Society?

 
Government holds of a treasure trove of information that has the potential to improve the lives of citizens, spawn whole new industries, and make government more efficient. In 2009, the Obama Administration’s Open Government Directive brought new attention to the value of data as a public asset and a new commitment to making it available for use. In New York City, Mayor Bloomberg recently announced a new digital road map that commits the city to providing a whole new level of openness and services its citizens.
 
While the enthusiasm for these ideas is high and many organizations, across the sectors are investing in them, critical questions about the value of open government remain unanswered.
 

 
SPECIAL GUEST HOST
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Rachel Sterne: Chief Digital Officer/NYC Digital 

NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME)

Rachel Sterne is the City's first Chief Digital Officer at NYC Digital, a role established by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) Commissioner Katherine Oliver, with the goal of improving communication with residents and businesses by enhancing government transparency and working closely with digital media.

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MODERATOR 

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Daniel Sieberg 
Daniel is an Emmy-nominated and award-winning TV correspondent/host/author whose work across four continents has appeared on CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, BBC, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, NPR, PBS, CNET,  Discovery Networks, Oprah, Details, The Dr. Oz Show, The Nate Berkus Show, and countless publications. His new book The Digital Diet was released in May (Crown/Three Rivers). 

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PANELISTS
 

Girish Chhugani
Girish Chhugani, Senior Advisor to Commissioner,

NYC DoITT: NYC Department of IT and Telecommunications.

DoITT provides for the sustained, efficient and effective delivery of IT services, infrastructure and telecommunications to enhance service delivery to New York City’s residents, businesses, employees and visitors.

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Theresa Pardo
Theresa A. Pardo, Director

Center for Technology in Government/University at Albany/SUNY

The mission of the Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany is to foster public sector innovation, enhance capability, generate public value, and support good governance.

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Andrew Hoppin, Founder

New Amsterdam Ideas  and former CIO NYS Senate

New Amsterdam Ideas LLC is a New York-based company working on projects aimed at radically accelerating public access to government data and saving costs without sacrificing performance through open-source, mobile and cloud technology innovation. We work across multiple political geographies to improve government transparency, citizen participation and operational efficiency through affordable technology.

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Ashlock Phil  

Phil Ashlock

Open Government Coordinator at OpenPlans/Civic Commons

 

Phil helps to facilitate collaboration between cities and other government bodies on the development of open standards and best practices for civic technology and open government initiatives. Phil helped launch the non-profit Civic Commons with a focus on developing a community knowledgebase around civic technology. He has also been leading the development of the Open311 standard so that cities can leverage web enabled 311 services in an open and interoperable way.


 
DOORS OPEN AT 7:30AM

THE PROGRAM BEGINS AT 8:15AM

AND CONCLUDES AT 9:45AM

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