Hi all,
Sorry for the late notice, and for our first Gov 2.0 event for 2012 being on Valentine's Day! But I chatted to the AIIA and to Salesforce and managed to coordinate some of Vivek Kundra's time for a talk and discussion about Gov 2.0.
I thought it would be great to pick his brains about driving technology innovation in the public service after his experience with the Open Government agenda in the US Government as the inaugural CIO of the Federal US Government.
It's at the Ottoman in Barton, which is a bit pricey but salesforce have offered to cover dinner.
BUT - there are only about 30 or so places, so RSVP straight away to Cara Josse at
cjo...@salesforce.com
Should be an interesting evening and I'm certainly keen to pick Vivek's brains about his work and the Open Government agenda in the US.
If you can't come for dinner, Vivek's talk will be from 5:30 till 6:30, so you could just RSVP for that part before heading off for your Valentine's plans :)
Please find full details below.
On Tuesday 14th February,
salesforce.com is hosting a Gov 2.0 forum & private dinner with Vivek Kundra (@vivekkundra), former US Government CIO, at Ottoman Cuisine in Canberra.
On behalf of the Gov 2.0 community, I am delighted to be able to invite you to join us, and a select group of your peers to discuss Vivek's experience one on one.
This one-off forum & dinner is a unique opportunity to gain insight into how government organisations are leveraging latest technology and embracing cloud computing to drive unprecedented innovation and change. We hope you can join us.
Date: Tuesday, 14th February 2012
Time: 5.30pm - 10.00pm
Venue: Ottoman Cuisine
Corner Broughton and Blackall Streets
Barton ACT 2600
Program:
5:30pm-5:40pm Arrive
5:40pm-6:30pm Forum: Open Government: the challenges & practicalities to achieving technology innovation in the public service
6:30pm-7:30pm Networking pre-dinner drinks
7:30pm-10:00pm Dinner with Vivek Kundra
Cost: Free
As places are strictly limited please email Cara Josse at
cjo...@salesforce.com at your earliest convenience if you would like to attend.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Regards,
Philip Henry
ANZ Marketing Director
ANZ Marketing Director
salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM)
Phone:
+61 2 9394 7507Email:
phe...@salesforce.com
About Vivek:
As United States Chief Information Officer, Vivek authored a "Cloud First" policy which aims to guide government IT organisations around the world on how to be efficient with fewer resources. As the inaugural CIO of the United States, he managed more than $80 billion in technology investments and was an early evangelist of cloud computing in the public sector. Vivek is also a Harvard Fellow and recently joined
salesforce.com as the Executive Vice President of Emerging Markets.