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!
@sboots may not say GOSLINGS on the #FWD50 stage, but worth raising them. Nerds and Nachos is the current form. @russellmcormond @mcr314 @mirgray were a key part of keeping that fire for open source burning.
Can I throwback Tuesday to November 2019? Definitely missing not being at #fwd50 in person cc @robbutler
Great points about vendor lock-in with the Beeck Center. The UK realized that they needed to break the cozy relationship between vendors and government agencies. #FWD50
@sboots makes the case that developers working in the open opens things up to scrutiny. This can result in better outcomes. #fwd50
Does this also help establish trust? Developers productivity is literally out there for the public to observe. Certainly we dont want ppl to feel monitored/surveilled, but possibly some sort of public accountability/progress can be beneficial?
@digiphile It's really pretty good as a virtual conference too. The #FWD50 folks have done a great job of creating a hybrid event.
Aaron and the crew about to start talking about open source in government at #fwd50
I am grieving that officials & civil servants from U.S. government aren’t active participants in #fwd50 in person & online. I may be missing folks who are streaming & chatting on the @fwd50conf platform, so caveat this, but public timelines are empty. Feels like a missed chance.
