Guest speaker: Pia Waugh

Pia Waugh is an open government and data ninja* who has recently joined the digital transformation and gov as a platform cabal. She works within the (public sector) machine to enable greater transparency, democratic engagement, citizen-centric design and real, pragmatic actual innovation in the public sector and beyond. Pia was awarded as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Australia for 2014.

Pia will talk about the possible roles of government in society now and into the future, the shift from controller to enabler, and helping government become a node in the network. Citizens are more powerful than ever before, a fact that governments everywhere struggle with but need to understand and embrace.

*Pia has also studied martial arts since 1990, so she is more qualified than most to this title ;)

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Hacknight Session #49: Featuring Pia Waugh from the Government of New Zealand

University of Ottawa - Lamoureux Hall, Room 243

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