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And most importantly, a huge thank you to all our attendees from all over the world who have tuned into the conference both in-person and online! We appreciate the support and we cannot wait for the next edition of #FWD50 where we will continue to strive to answer our fundamental question: How can we use technology to make society better for all?
#FWD50 2023 has officially wrapped! 🥳👏🏻
We've closed this edition of the world's leading digital conference with engaging talks by government leaders from Canada and Abu Dhabi, a professor from Columbia University (Alexis Wichowski), an online workshop with Ramy Nassar, an in-person workshop with Code for Canada and the popular 'Mentor Meetups'!
What a way to kick off our third and final day at #FWD50 2023!
We've had our host @acroll set the stage for Nele Leosk (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia) to summarize Estonia's digital development over the past 30 years, followed by a chat with John Cousens (Google Cloud), Honey Dacanay (McMaster University) dropping some big truths about Canada's digital journey, and finally Riley Ohler (J5 Design) sharing an incredibly powerful reminder to design with compassion and empathy.
Tomorrow, the main stage kicks off at 10AM EST—giving you all an extra hour of sleep—as we conclude the final day of the conference with keynote talks from Nele Leosk, John Cousens from Google Cloud, Riley Ohler, Alexis Wichowski, and #FWD50 favourite Honey Dacanay!
Lastly, we want to thank our wonderful sponsors for helping us make #FWD50 a success! https://www.fwd50.com/partners
Day 2 at #FWD50 2023 has wrapped!
From excellent keynotes in the morning to main stage takeovers (thank you Public Digital, the crew at RDGS, and the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation), to interactive workshops taking place in-person and online (shout out to Apolitical), we couldn't have asked for more inspiring content on digital government!
Day 2 at #FWD50 2023 and we're bringing more incredible content for all our in-person and virtual attendees!
Kicked off the morning with another keynote by our Content Chair and Founder @acroll, following up with presentations by Tom Loosemore (Partner, Public Digital), Aaron Reich (CTO, Avanade), Mirko Kleiner (Lean-Agile Procurement Alliance), Martha Edwards (Service Designer, BC Public Service), Peter Near (Field CTO, VMware), and Catherine Luelo, the CIO of the Government of Canada!
That's a wrap for Day 1 at #FWD50 2023! And what a day it was; asking ourselves questions on digital transformation, service delivery, digital maturity, Indigenous knowledge, team management, user research and more within the context of public service and government!
The fun doesn't end there - tonight at 6PM, grab your tickets for 'Glorious Blunders: A Public Service Fail Fest' at the Three Brewers in Ottawa (https://www.fwd50.com/session/1245/glorious-blunders-a-public-service-fail-fest)
It's been a full house this morning to kickoff Day 1 of #FWD50 2023.
We opened with our welcoming keynote from Co-Founder and Content Chair @acroll, The Hon. Anita Indira Anand (President, TBS), Kris Lovejoy (Global Practice Leader, Security & Resiliency Kyndryl), Robyn Scott (Co-Founder & CEO Apolitical), Jacqueline Lu (President & Co-Founder Helpful Places), @sboots, Jennifer Pahlka, and The Hon. Terry Beach (Minister of Citizens’ Services, Government of Canada).
Dr. Morgan Kahentonni Phillips and Brad Greyeyes-Brant share the stage with other great panelists tomorrow at #FWD50 to discuss the challenges and solutions of sharing Indigenous owned data. https://www.fwd50.com/session/1185/open-science-and-indigenous-knowledge-challenges-and-solutions
Jean-Clément Chenier, Senior Director at Natural Resources Canada and Mike Badour, General Manager of the CRM Experience at Canada Post, will join Karen Hay from Salesforce to talk about factors that drive citizen satisfaction in a digital-first reality tomorrow at #FWD50 on the Industry Innovations stage! https://www.fwd50.com/session/1187/navigating-governments-digital-odyssey-for-citizen-services