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Apr 20th, 2010 | Jaimey Walking Bear

Get ready for awesome Gov 2.0 Expo Keynotes

Jaimey Walking Bear

Only Gov 2.0 Expo offers you the perfect blend of in-depth technical content, access to speakers, networking opportunities, and face time with leading edge technology vendors critical for you to make a difference in your workplace or agency today:

If you haven’t checked it out, we’ve assembled an amazing list of keynote speakers from within government (U.S. and international) and the technology community. These are the people making a tangible difference in government and in the world right now; people that will inspire you to do the same, including:

  • Linda Cureton (NASA)
  • Mary Davie (GSA)
  • Tim Berners-Lee (World Wide Web Consortium)
  • Randi Levin (City of Los Angeles)
  • Tim O’Reilly (O’Reilly Media)
  • Price Floyd (Department of Defense)
  • Dave Girouard (Google)
  • Alec Ross (State Department)
  • Gary Vaynerchuk (VaynerMedia)
  • Sonal Shah (U.S. Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation)
  • Brad Smith (Microsoft)
  • Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Government)
  • Jay Parkinson (The Future Well)
  • Jeff Jonas (IBM Entity Analytics)
  • danah boyd (Microsoft Research)
  • Clay Johnson (Sunlight Foundation)
  • Bill Eggers (Deloitte)
  • Anil Dash (Expert Labs)
  • Jack Dangermond (ESRI)

As mentioned in our last post, we’ll be featuring a special Keynote Kickoff event on Tuesday, May 25, featuring over a dozen rapid fire presentations about amazing, innovative projects happening today that are driving efficiency, collaboration and delivering citizen services in new, innovative ways.

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Jaimey Walking Bear is on the Marketing team for Gov 2.0 Expo. He can be reached @gov2events or @jaimeywb

Mar 4th, 2010 | Jaimey Walking Bear

Welcome to the Gov 2.0 Events blog!

Jaimey Walking Bear

Hello and thanks for reading this first post of our new Gov 2.0 Events blog. In the coming weeks, you’ll be able to find insights from our program chairs, event team, and the Gov 2.0 community right here.

We recently opened registration for Gov 2.0 Expo, happening May 25-27, 2010 at the Convention Center in downtown Washington, D.C.

You can save 20% on registration today if you use code BLOG

Gov 2.0 Expo will give government employees and contractors access to the practical tools, in-depth training, and industry contacts critical to answering the new mandate for transparency, efficiency, and cost containment.

The program is already looking fantastic and includes these featured speakers:

  • Marie Davie (General Services Administration)
  • Tim Berners-Lee (World Wide Web Consortium)
  • Sonal Shah (U.S. Office of Social Innovation and Public Participation)
  • Alec Ross (U.S. State Department
  • Linda Cureton (NASA)
  • Price Floyd (Department of Defense)
  • Bill Eggers (Deloitte)
  • Anil Dash (Expert Labs)
  • Jay Parkinson (The Future Well)

Topics and themes at Gov 2.0 Expo we’ll be delving into include:

  • Cloud Computing
  • Open Data
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Management
  • Collaboration Systems
  • IT Services & Interoperability

Be sure to check out the full, current list of featured speakers, sessions, and workshops.

Cheers!

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Jaimey Walking Bear is on the Marketing team for Gov 2.0 Expo. He can be reached @gov2events or @jaimeywb