Speeches

I am regularly invited to give keynotes, speeches and presentations on Open Government, Open Data, Open Strategies, Negotiating, Collaboration and Conflict Management.

In addition, I'm also frequently asked to give talks on Web 2.0, Generation Y and Public Service Sector Renewal. Listed below are some of my recent talks. If you are interested in inviting me to give a presentation my speaking engagements are handled by The Lavin Agency.

Public Policy Speeches, Panels and Presentations:

Upcoming

Speaker, Open Access and the Opportunity for Universities, Open Access Week, University of British Columbia, Oct 20th, 2010.

Speaker, Title TBD, GTEC, Ottawa, ON, Oct 5th, 2010.

Speaker, The Future of the Public Service, Financial Management Institute of Canada, Richmond, BC, Sept 29th, 2010. (event page)

Panelist, Conference for Parliamentarians: Balancing Openness and the Public Interest in Protecting Information, Ottawa, ON, Sept 28th, 2010

Speaker, Open Government and the future of Policy Development, Lisbon, Portugal, Sept 23rd, 2010.

Speaker, The Future of the Public Service, Ontario Digital Showcase 2010 (Government of Ontario), Toronto, ON, Sept 22nd, 2010.

Speaker, The Opportunity of Open Data and Regions, Edmonton, Al, Sept 20th, 2010.

Speaker, How Open Data is Making Vancouver Better, O'Reilly Media Gov 2.0 Summit, Washington, DC, Sept 8th, 2010.

Completed

Speaker, The Future of the Public Service, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Managers Retreat, Chiliwack, BC June 26th, 2010.

Speaker, GovCamp Toronto, Toronto Reference Library, June 17th, 2010. (register here)

Panelist, Opening up Government Data, Lac Carling 2010, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, June 16th, 2010.

Keynote, The Future of Open Government, MISA Annual Conference 2010, Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 15th, 2010.

Panelist, Personal Stories from the Open Government Movement, GovCamp Ottawa, Ontario, June 1st, 2010. (Live blog here)

Speaker, Local Government 3.0: Using the Web to cut costs and serve citizens better, Federation of Canadian Municipalities 73rd Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, May 28th, 2010

Speaker, Open Data, Baseball and Government, Gov2.0 Expo, Washington, DC, May 26th, 2010. (Video of my talk here)

Convener, Discussion on Open Government, Mesh, Toronto, Ontario, May 18th, 2010.

Panelist, Rethinking Government, Collingwood Conference, Collingwood, Ontario, May 15th, 2010.

Speaker, Social Media and the Future of the Public Service, Knowledge Talks at HRSDC, Ottawa, May 14th, 2010

Speaker, FutureEverything Conference, Vancouver, BC, May 13, 2010.

Moderator, Open Government Panel, Northern Voice, Vancouver, BC, May 7, 2010.

Panelist, Closing Panel, CIO Summit, Cornwall, ON, April 28, 2010.

Speaker, The Future of Open Government, Industry Canada, Ottawa, ON, April 27, 2010.

Panelist, Challenges of Open Government in Canada, GOL Communications Ottawa, March 25th, 2010.

Speaker, The Future is Open: Government, Policy and the Public Service, IPAC, Vancouver, March 23rd, 2010.

Panelists, What Guys are Doing to Get Women into Tech, SXSW, Austin TX, March 13, 2010.

Panelists, Social Business Design, Connect IT Conference, Ryerson Business Faculty, March 11th, 2010.

Speaker, Open Government in Canada, O'Reilly's Gov 2.0 International Online Conference, March 11th, 2010.

Panelist, Open City Workshop, City of Edmonton, March 6th, 2010.

Panelist, Open Government: Is a “Wiki” Government a Transparent Government?, Taking Stock of Tech, Centre for Law, Technology, and Society, University of Ottawa, March 5th, 2010.

Speaker, The Future is Open, Public Policy Forum Breakfast, Ottawa, March 5th, 2010.

Speaker, Collaboration and Open in Science, Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Feb 17th, 2010.

Speaker, Re-Designing the Public Service for an Open Era, Ontario College of Art & Design, Jan 14th, 2010. (Video here)

Speaker, Open Government and Open Data, Seattle City Council, Seattle, Dec 9th, 2009.

Speaker, The Future of Policy and Public Service, Health Canada Managers Conference, Vancouver, Dec 8th, 2009.

Panelist, Open Government, Toronto Innovation Showcase, City of Toronto, Nov 2-3rd, 2009. This event will be webcasted)

Panelist, Right to Know Week, Conference for Parliamentarians: Transparency in the Digital Era, Organized by the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, Sept 29th, 2009.

Speaker, The Future of Policy and Public Service, School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto, Sept 21st, 2009.

Speaker, Creating Cities that Think Like the Web: Why Open Data Matters, Municipal Information systems Association (MISA) WEST Conference 2009, Sept 17, 2009.

Speaker, Open Vancouver: Creating a City that Thinks Like the Web, Presentation to City of Vancouver Staff, June 16th, 2009.

Speaker, Open Vancouver: Creating a City that Thinks Like the Web, Open Web Vancouver, June 11th, 2009.

Speaker, Technology, Social Change and the Future of Government, Samara, June 4th, 2009 (notes via Alison Loat here).

Speaker, The Future of the Public Service, a series of lectures conducted for Health Canada in Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa (twice) and Halifax from Feb 23rd to Mar 11th, 2009. (excerpt here)

Speaker, FreeWork: Technology, Generational Change and the Public Service Sector Renewal, Statistics Canada Deputies Retreat, Nov 26th, 2008. (excerpt here)

Keynote on Free Work: Gen Y, Technology and the Future of the Public Service, Ministry of Children and Youth Services I&IT Cluster, Nov 6th, 2008.

Panelist on The 2008 U.S. Presidential Election: A Republican and a Democrat Go Head-to-Head: Is Canada on the Radar Screen? with Scotty Greenwood, Jim Kolbe, and Taylor Owen at The Banff Forum, Oct 10th, 2008.

Keynote on Free Work: Technology and Public Service Sector Renewal, Association of Public Sector Information Professionals, Summit 2008, Ottawa, May 8th, 2008.

Free Work: Gen X, Gen Y and the Future of the Public Service, Multigenerational Workplaces Forum, Edmonton, Jan 15th, 2008.

Keynote on Public Service Sector Renewal, Technology and Web 2.o, Correction Services Canada, Information Management Services, Cornwall, Jan 7th, 2008.

Panelist on Networks and Networking in the Public Service, IPAC Toronto Region 2007 Conference: Beyond Bureaucracy, Toronto, Nov 16th, 2007. (blog post here)

Keynote on Public Service Sector Renewal, Technology and Web 2.o, Treasury Board Secretariat's Executive Summit, Montebello, June 19th, 2007.

Keynote on The Future of Progressive Politics, Vision Vancouver Policy Conference, Vancouver, June 9th, 2007 (blog posts here).

Keynote on Does the Public Service Matter to Generation Y?, Association of Professional Executives of the Federal Public Service of Canada (APEX) 2007 Symposium: Public Service Matters - Says Who?, Ottawa, May 9th, 2007. (blog posts here).

North-South Dialogue Around the Melting Northwest Passage (with Robin Anawak), Millennium Scholarship Foundation ‘Think Again’ Conference, Ottawa, Sept 30th, 2006.

Keynote on Intergenerational Issues in Public Policy Development, Department of Heritage, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Dec 13th, 2005.

Panelist on Changing Canadian Foreign Policy, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute Annual Conference, Ottawa, Nov 1st, 2005.

Middle to Model Power – the future of Canadian Foreign Policy, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, May 31th, 2005.

Keynote on The Future of Canadian Foreign Policy, Radio Canada International, Montreal, Apr 13th, 2005.

Panelist on Canadians in the World: Making a Difference?, Canada in the World Conference, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Montreal, Feb 17th, 2005.

Negotiation, Strategic Relationship Management and Open-Source as Community Management

Enabling Healthy Open Source Communities: Case study -- Thunderbird (presented with Dan Mosedale) Free Software and Open Source Symposium, Seneca College, Oct 23rd, 2008. (blog post here)

Open Source as Community Management, Free Software and Open Source Symposium, Seneca College, Oct 25th, 2007. (blog post here, speech viewable here)

Open Source as Community Management, Facilitating Collaboration On-Line. Web of Change 2007, Hollyhock Leadership Institute, Sept 20th, 2007

Keynote on Collaborative Decision-Making, Ontario Legislative Assembly Staff, Toronto, May 11th, 2007.

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