Dear Friends,
It is our pleasure to invite you to ‘Different: Lateral thinking meets the Department of No’: An afternoon of real-world examples, radical proposals, citizen empowerment and local government technology.
The aim of the afternoon is to show you how radical things can be achieved in local government, both quickly and effectively. We will provide you with the case studies and inspirational ideas to take on those who look to shut down innovation and entrench existing practice. There will also be opportunities for discussion and networking.
No speaker presentations will be longer than 15 minutes, and speakers include William Heath of MyDex CIC (on personal identity); Emer Coleman of London Data Store (on freeing data); Cllr Liam Maxwell (on radical transparency); Michael Wagstaff of YouGov and Roger Hampson CEO London Borough of Redbridge (on online participatory budgeting); Mark Taylor CEO Sirius IT(on open-source software in government).
The Network for the Post-Bureaucratic Age, an informal group of activists, civil servants, writers, policy experts and technologists which I chair, is co-hosting this event with the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.
Practical Details:
Date: Tuesday 9th November 2010
Time: 2pm – 6pm (though you are welcome to join us for drinks afterwards)
Venue: Maidenhead Town Hall (easily accessible via train from London Paddington.)
Spaces are limited so please RSVP to network@pbage.org as soon as possible.
We sincerely hope you are able to join us.
Best Wishes
Stephan Shakespeare (Chair, Network for the Post-Bureaucratic Age; CEO YouGov plc)
Cllr. Liam Maxwell (Lead Member for Policy and Performance, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead)
The Network for the Post-Bureaucratic Age 
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