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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'!

Wrapping up at #fwd50 and @acroll is thanking the volunteers and crew. Amazing work by everyone involved. 🙌 @fwd50

Many thanks to Alistair, Rebecca, & the entire @fwd50 staff for putting on an excellent event that connected online & offline participants with ideas and to one another — and to all of the public servants here who show up every day to listen, engage, & build better societies. #fwd50

“I think it's worth it, I think we are worth it, and I look forward to seeing what kind of technology we build.” Dr. Alexis Wichowski #fwd50 @fwd50

“If people are having a freak-out about technology, it's a good time to have a reflection on technology. Not just emerging technology, but also the technology already all around us.” Dr. Alexis Wichowski #fwd50 @fwd50

Leaving YOW en route home from #FWD50, feeling equal parts physically drained & psychoemotionally re-invigorated. In particular, referring to one of the inimitable @honeygolightly’s slides, inviting us into a next phase, feeling motivated to contribute to cultivating what comes next.…

#teamhoney #Phase2 #beyonddelivery

That is #FWD50 all done for me - finished with a lovely bunch of round table chats about hiring, retention and more.
Thanks to all my Canadian crew for a great 3 days and to the organisers for a wonderful and well run event! See you next year maybe 🤔

I just spent an hour at a workshop on data and analytics where I was ostensibly an expert. Instead, I got to cohost and moderate a discussion among the extraordinary conferees at #FWD50, who quickly shared the depth and bread of their expertise in public service, & tried to nurture open conversations that created far more value than we captured. A reminder of what a privilege it is to be here & of the latent & applied knowledge within this community.

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Point about organizations being legacy systems is good (although I have some reservations about how term "legacy system" is often used.)