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Programme Co-Chairs: Dan Jellinek, Editor, E-Government Bulletin Martin Greenwood, Director, Socitm Insight Programme. NB: For details of parallel demonstration sessions from the Local Directgov programme, please see note at the foot of this page. |
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09.45 |
Introduction and Welcome |
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Keynote: Usability and the Citizen Dominic Tinley, editor-in-chief of the Parliament website. |
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10.30 - 11.10 |
Presenting Better Connected 2007 –
the review process, this year’s findings, planned developments
for next year Martin Greenwood, Socitm |
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11.10 - 11.40 |
Networking & Refreshment Break |
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11.40 - 12.25 |
Two parallel workshops: A: Better Connected Live An interactive debate workshop session Martin Greenwood, Socitm Sheenagh Reynolds, Home & Community Franchise Manager, Socitm Web Manager sponsored by Jadu B: Webcasting and Podcasting Yuniea Semambo, Head of Local Democracy and Member Services, London Borough of Haringey |
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Two parallel workshops: C: Accessibility and Usability The new WCAG 2.0; and usability testing Donna Smillie, Senior Web Accessibility Consultant, RNIB Alex Li, Manager, Accessibility Standards and Policies, SAP Labs and Member, W3C Web Content Working Group D: Effective integration of third party website applications John Fox (Web Development Manager) and Steve McComb (Corporate Webmaster), Salford City Council |
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Lunch |
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14.15 - 14.45 |
Council web portals and shared web services
– launch of new research Mary Wintershausen, Socitm Insight Associate |
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14.45 - 15.15 |
Councillor web pages: a political hot
potato? Mary Reid, Councillor and former Mayor, Kingston upon Thames and Board Member, ICELE Paul Evans, Project Manager, LGA councillor.info Project Peter Thomson, Policy Officer (e-government), Wolverhampton City Council |
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15.15 - 15.30 |
Refreshment and networking break |
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15.30 - 16.15 |
The ‘Wow Factor’ – secrets
of creating a compelling and engaging website Featuring the favourite sites of 3/4 reviewers. Brian Gordon, Brent Council Aideen Flynn, Independent Consultant |
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| NOTE: A series of demonstration sessions will be run at intervals during the day by our headline sponsor, the Local Directgov Programme. All delegates will have a chance to register for one of these. For more information on Local Direcgov see the ‘Sponsors and exhibitors’ section of this website. | |