November 21, 2016
8:30 am Welcome
Nick Scott, Executive Director, New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network
Imelda Perley, Elder-in-Residence, Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre, Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick
The Honourable Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
CO-CHAIRS:
Cheryl Hansen, Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Information, Technology and Risk, and Office of the Chief Information Officer / Treasury Board / Government of New Brunswick
Pascale Paulin, Owner and Communications Specialist, Forté Communication
9:00 am New Urban Mechanics: How to do Human Centered Government
Nigel Jacob, Co-founder of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston
10:00 am BREAK
10:30 am Concurrent Stream: Transparency
1) Transparency for Government Committees
Steven Polunsky, former Committee Director, Texas Senate
2) Raising the Bar on Openness and Transparency: The Government of Canada’s Approach to Open Government
Jaimie Boyd, Team lead, Open Government Implementation, Chief Information Officer Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada.
10:30 am Concurrent Stream: Participation
1) Digital Government? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!
David Alston, Tech and Social Impact Entrepreneur
2) Policy Hack
Julia Sable, Senior Consultant, Engagement and Innovation team, Nova Scotia Public Service Commission
Shannon Chambers, Halifax Area Account Manager, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency in Nova Scotia
Sarah Carter, Human Resources Program Planning Officer, Civilian Human Resources Service Center (Atlantic), National Defence
10:30 am Concurrent Stream: Collaboration
Open Data Canada Panel
Moderator: Mark Levene, Senior Advisor, Open Government, Chief Information Officer Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada
Erin Flood, Chief Operating Officer, HotSpot Parking Inc.
Colleen Boldon, Director, Digital Lab & Digital Identity, Public Services & Smart Province, Service New Brunswick
11:30 am NouLAB Presentations
Amanda Hachey, Director, NouLAB
Healthy Aging Team: Jeanne Brideau, Founder, Adagio Seniors
Gender Equality Team: Beth Lyons, Executive Director, New Brunswick Women’s Council
12:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm Concurrent Stream: Participation
1) The Sharing of Decision-making Power… From Theory to Practice!
Luc Richard, Director, Organizational Performance Department, City of Dieppe
2) Lightning Talks
The Data Party: Tips for Involving Stakeholders in Meaningful Data Analysis
Brenda Stead, Independent Consultant, Stead Consultants
Demo of New Tools to Connect Citizens with Governance
Dr. Jake Arsenault, Co-founder, The Black Arcs
Online Voting: Impossible or Inevitable?
Nick Taggart, Information Technology Instructor, New Brunswick Community College
Speak Out Fredericton
Sandi MacKinnon, Executive Director, Greater Fredericton Social Innovation
Understanding the Canadian Open Data Landscape
Michael Chan, Business Development Officer, Canada’s Open Data Exchange
Citizen-Government Public Sector Innovation in Ontario: The Current-State
Dr. Carrie Wright, Research Associate, Social Innovation and Venture Creation, Wilfred Laurier University
William Sutter, Research Assistant, Social Innovation and Venture Creation, Wilfred Laurier University
Hopes and Fears for Big Data in Agriculture
Dr. Kelly Bronson, Acting Director of Science and Technology Studies, St. Thomas University
Program and Policy Improvements through Evaluations
Julie Nadeau, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (federal department) and Member of the Canadian Evaluation Society Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Development of a Continuum of Digital Skills Among All Citizens
Dr. Viktor Freiman, Director of the Réseau CompéTICA and Full Professor, Université de Moncton
1:00 pm Concurrent Streams: Collaboration
Panel & Workshop – Public Innovation Labs: Global Leadership, Local Impact
Facilitator: Amanda Hachey, Director, NouLAB
Kit Lykketoft, Senior Consultant, Workz
Joeri van den Steenhoven, Director, MaRS Solutions Lab
Nigel Jacob, Co-founder of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston
3:00 pm BREAK
3:30 pm Legitimizing Change
Kyt Lykketoft, Senior Consultant, Workz
4:30 pm Closing Remarks
November 22, 2016
8:15 am Welcome
Dawn Russell, President and Vice-Chancellor, St. Thomas University
CO-CHAIRS:
Cheryl Hansen, Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Information, Technology and Risk, and Office of the Chief Information Officer / Treasury Board / Government of New Brunswick
Pascale Paulin, Owner and Communications Specialist, Forté Communication
8:30 am 7 Lessons for Designing Innovation Labs that Work
Dr. Alan Kantrow, Senior Advisor, The Governance Laboratory
9:00 am Concurrent Workshop: Transparency
Mainstreaming Open Government: Strategies for Measuring Open Government Performance
Facilitator: Jaimie Boyd, Team lead, Open Government Implementation, Chief Information Officer Branch, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada
9:00 am Concurrent Workshop: Participation
Opening Up Our Dialogue: Starting and Continuing Conversations Between Citizens and Governments
Facilitator: Laura Wesley, Executive Director, Consultations and Public Engagement, Communications Branch, Privy Council Office
9:00 am Concurrent Workshop: Collaboration
Open Data Beyond the Check Box
Facilitator: Dr. Alan Kantrow, Senior Advisor, The Governance Laboratory
10:45 am BREAK
11:00 am Recommendations & Calls to Action from the Workshops
11:20 am ODVC: Pitch Competition
Moderated by:
Ed McGinley, CEO, TechImpact
Pascale Paulin, Owner and Communications Specialist, Forté Communication
12:10 pm ODVC: Big Data and Advanced Analytics in Strategic Forest Planning
Elliot Sullivan, Product Manager, Remsoft Inc.
12:15 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm ODVC: Announcing the Winners
Dr. Rozita Dara, Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Guelph
1:30 pm Municipal Panel with NB Mayors
Moderated by: Hance Colburne, Host, Information Morning Saint John, CBC
Dawn Arnold, Mayor of Moncton
Don Darling, Mayor of Saint John
Mike O’Brien, Mayor of Fredericton
Cyrille Simard, Mayor of Edmundston
2:30 pm BREAK
3:00 pm Government in the Making: A Reflection on the State of Public Innovation & Open Government
Joeri van den Steenhoven, Director, MaRS Solutions Lab
