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Conference Programme

Co-Chairs:
Dan Jellinek, Editor, E-Government Bulletin
Martin Greenwood, Director, Socitm Insight Programme.

09.00 - 09.45

Registration and Coffee

09.45 - 10.30

Keynote: 'Citizen focus: The best thing local government can do on the web is get out of the way'
Gerry McGovern, GerryMcGovern.com

10.30 - 11.00

Presenting Better Connected 2008 - this year's lessons, next year's plans
Martin Greenwood, Director, Socitm Insight Programme

11.00 - 11.30

Coffee

11.30 - 12.25

Three parallel workshops:

A: BC Live: An interactive debate workshop session
Chair: Martin Greenwood, Director, Socitm Insight Programme
Christine Banfield, Web & IT Programme Manager, Exeter City Council
Brian Gordon, Senior Project Manager, Tangent Labs

B: The use of Web 2.0 techniques on council websites
Suraj Kika, Founder, Jadu
Steve Johnson, Director Customer Services and Performance, Redbridge
Carl Haggerty, Web Innovations, New Media and Portal Manager, Devon County Council

C: Building accessibility into software procurement
Panellist: Tom James
, Salisbury District Council
Other panellists tbc

12.30 - 13.20

Two parallel workshops

D: Take-up: why does it matter and who's responsible?
Chair: Vicky Sargent, Marketing Consultant, Socitm and Director, Boilerhouse Communications
Panellists: Carl Welham, Head of Customer Service and Communication, Buckinghamshire County Council and Executive Committee Member, LGcommunications
Nick Jones, Director of Interactive Services, COI
Paul Clarke, Proposition and Strategy, Directgov

E: Designing for diversity: how to ensure web content is accessible, inclusive and easy to understand
Chair: Dan Jellinek, Editor, E-Government Bulletin
Katie Grant, Raincharm Communications
   

13.20 - 14.20

Lunch
   

14.20 - 15.00

Plenary Debate: 'Lies, Damned Lies and Website Statistics:' the truth about hits, pages views and visitor analytics
Sarah Hinksman, Corporate Website Manager, Birmingham City Council
Nick Mailer, Director, Positive Internet
   

15.00 - 15.30

Coffee break

15.30 - 16.15

The wow factor: the future of websites
Lamorna Spry, Better Connected Reviewer
John Fox, Better Connected Reviewer
Dan Jellinek, Headstar and Better Connected Reviewer

16.15

Conference ends