ITWeb's eGovernment 2007 conference, taking place at Emperors Palace on 7 and 8 August, will provide a platform for delegates, as well as local and international industry specialists, to discuss and deliberate the possibilities of implementing e-government locally.
The impact of ICT on economic development and growth is well documented, and e-government is predicted to have no less an impact on the local economy.
<B>ITWeb's</B> <B>eGovernment 2007 conference</B>
Taking place at Emperors Palace on 7 and 8 August, ITWeb's eGovernment 2007 conference will focus on e-government best practice.Click here for more information.
Research shows that if any government truly wishes to maintain its status as community leaders, then it should not deny the citizen the full range of opportunities arising from the spread of new technology.
Matt Poelmans, director of the e-Citizen Programme in the Netherlands, is one of the international keynote speakers who will add insight, through Dutch case studies and experience.
His presentation will take a look at the Dutch e-Citizen Charter, which aims to improve information exchange, service delivery and interactive participation by introducing a new partnership between citizen and government.
The charter has become a guiding principle in the Netherlands Government Reference Architecture: the basis for national interoperability standards on e-government. He will also advise how the charter can be adapted and implemented in other countries, such as SA.
Carl-Markus Piswanger, e-government architect at the Austrian Federal Computing Centre, is another of the international speakers. His presentation aims to provide a European perspective of e-democracy and what it means. Piswanger will explore methods of finding e-government best practice scenarios that can be inferred on the local public sector.
Local speakers joining the discussions include: Trudy Van Wyk from the ministry of education, Dr Henry Chasia from ENEPAD e-Africa Commission, Ernst & Young's Kayode Adesemowo, Mike Brierly from MTN Networks, Michael Silber from Beacon IT Group, Conology's Kevin Meltzer, Professor Barry Dwolatzky from the JCSE.
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