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                        <h1><font size="4"><span class="summary">Open Government. Will it be Transformative?</span></font></h1>  

                            <h2>Thursday, June 21, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM (ET)</h2>

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                                <h2>Ottawa, Ontario</h2>
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<span class="vevent"><span class="description"><p style="text-align:left"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small">Recently The Government Canada published its <strong>Action Plan on Open Government “</strong>
 the objective of which is… to foster greater openness and 
accountability, to provide Canadians with more opportunities to learn 
about and participate in government, to drive innovation and economic 
opportunities for all Canadians…”  </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small">Learn about the transformative impact of this initiative from a <strong>panel of subject matter experts from the federal, municipal and private sectors.</strong> 
 Their insights will focus on the strategic objectives, outcomes, 
applications of and challenges associated with the Open Government 
initiative.   In particular our speakers from Treasury Board of Canada 
Secretariat, Human Resources and Skills Development (HRSDC), The City of
 Ottawa  and a legal expert will explore initiatives relating to Open 
Government that:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small">•Make it easier for citizens to access information;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small">•Foster innovation by sharing data that may be reused for commercial and research purposes;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small">•Empower citizens to engage more directly in the policy making process; and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small">•Provide a more efficient licensing framework associated with government published data.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small">According
 to a 2011 research conducted by Oxford Economics the size of the 
digital economy is estimated at $ 20 trillion which represents 
approximately 14% of all goods and services sold worldwide, by far the 
fastest growing segment of the global economy.    The Open Government 
initiative is an important dimension of the broader strategy to empower 
businesses to achieve sustainable economic benefits that the digital 
economy represents for all Canadians.  </span></p>
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<p class="Default" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 2.95pt"><span style="font-size:x-small"><span style="color:#1f497d">Plenary Speaker: Stephen Walker, </span><span style="color:#1f497d">Senior Director, Information Management Strategies Treasury Board of Canada Information Management </span></span></p>

<p class="Default" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small">o Panelists: </span></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 2.7pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small"> George Kielf, Assistant Director Human Resources and Skills Development Canada </span></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 2.7pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small">
 Thomas Prowse, n2one inc. founder, is an Ottawa based technology lawyer
 who has actively worked in the open source software (“oss”) and hi tech
 world for over two decades. </span></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d;font-size:x-small"> Robert Giggey, City of Ottawa Open Data initiative. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:x-small"><strong><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Join us June 21^st at the Sheraton Hotel.  Registration is at 8 am, continental breakfast will be served.   The meeting starts at 9 am.   <br>
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<br><span style="font-size:x-small"><strong><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt">Cheers,<br>
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Richard</p></span></span>