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GOVIS 2007 Wellington Town Hall, Civic Square, Wellington, New Zealand Wednesday 9 to Friday 11 May 2007
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GOVIS 2007 Conference Registration Information We are pleased to invite you to take part in our 2007 Conference, to be held in the Wellington Town Hall from Wednesday, 9 May to Friday, 11 May. For full registration details please download the Registration Booklet. Early Bird closes 28th March 2007. All fees include GST and are in $NZ. Entitlement to attend Preference is given to GOVIS members and sponsors of the conference. GOVIS members can invite their business partners or other organisations that they think will benefit. Check your membership on www.govis.org.nz/members.htm. Secondary preference is given to staff of Departments of the Public Sector, Crown Entities and Local Government where the organisations are not GOVIS members. Other people may apply, but GOVIS reserves the right to decline their application. Full conference registration Full conference registration includes all conference sessions on Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 and Friday 11 May; the Welcome Function on Wednesday 9; Happy Hour on Thursday 10; and the GOVIS Conference Dinner on Friday 11 May; as well as all morning and afternoon teas and lunches. Also includes a free Conference Dinner ticket for a partner, friend or colleague. Full conference registration fees
Shared registrations Full conference registrations can be shared amongst employees of an organisation. Up to three delegates can share a full conference registration. If you are part of a shared registration, only one person from the shared registration is able to attend the conference at one time. The name badge for a shared registration will be held under the organisation name, and will list those nominated as delegates for the shared registration. Shared registrations will be asked to nominate a primary delegate. The primary delegate has automatic entry into social events and can nominate a second person to attend the GOVIS Conference Dinner. Only the primary delegate receives a conference pack. One day conference registration One day conference registration includes all conference sessions for that day, morning and afternoon tea and lunch. It includes one ticket to the Welcome Function and Happy Hour. It does not include entry to the GOVIS Awards and Conference Dinner, however tickets can be purchased. Please contact the Conference Organiser on +64 4 568 4576. One day conference registration fees
Accommodation If you require accommodation please contact the Conference Organiser on +64 4 568 4576. |
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Tuesday 8 May 2007 Seats are limited for pre conference workshops - register early to secure your place. |
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Workshop presenters: Zef Fugaz and Bob Medcalf - Provoke and Elyssa Timmer - Boulder Services Full day workshop 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Our one-day intensive workshop teaches you how to incorporate user goals and agency needs into the web design process. You’ll develop a detailed understanding of users through user research, usage scenarios and conceptual models. You’ll help create a user-centric government website that meets both agency and user needs. You’ll learn how to conduct simple in-house usability tests. You’ll learn about the impact on your design decisions in context of government web standards, the search experience and ‘web 2.0’ concepts. Be prepared to be engaged while gaining practical, actionable knowledge! This workshop is for website managers, business analysts, interaction designers, information architects and anyone interested in the user experience. Power to the People! workshop fees
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Workshop presenters: Kathy Sierra, co-creator of the Head First “brain-friendly” book series and original founder of Javaranch.com Full day workshop 9:00 am – 5:00 pm includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. What do cognitive scientists, game designers, neurobiologists, and filmmakers know about creating passionate users? How can we take better advantage of how the brain works to reach our users at a deep emotional level that inspires their enthusiasm and participation? The latest research in brain chemistry can help us figure that out. We’ll look at how to work around the brain’s natural filters that keep our messages from being seen, heard, and understood. We’ll explore the techniques of game developers to keep users engaged and wanting more, and we’ll look at how these techniques can be applied to virtually any kind of communication. Most importantly, we’ll look at the lessons learned from the organizations and individuals who’ve succeeded at turning on the hearts and brains of their users. Whether you’re looking to drive up participation on your web site, increase membership and involvement, or build a passionate “fan” base, the answer lies in reverse engineering the things for which people are passionate, and finding ways to implement those same attributes in what we offer, even for things we don’t normally associate with “games” or even “fun”. This workshop is for anyone who’d like to create more passionate, involved users. Creating Passionate Users workshop fees
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Workshop presenters: Don Lenihan, CEO Crossing Boundaries National Council, www.crossingboundaries.ca plus others to be determined. Half day workshop 9:00 am – 12:30 pm includes morning tea, it does not include lunch. E-government isn’t just about technology. As information fl ows more freely among the new digital infrastructure of networks, servers and websites, there are serious political questions on the horizon: does sharing personal information to deliver better services mean less privacy? Does ‘joining-up’ agencies mean muddied accountability for delivery of policy and programs? Does the growing capacity of agencies to gather public input for policy development and service improvement put pressure on our traditional models of democratic representation? For over a decade, Don Lenihan, CEO of Canada’s Crossing Boundaries National Council and keynote speaker at GOVIS 2007, has been bringing together politicians and public servants to talk about the politics of e-government. Join him in a half-day ‘tactical’ workshop that will equip you with the means to effectively communicate and respond to politicians and agency leaders on the toughest e-government issues of the future. The Politics of E-Government workshop fees
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Unveiling the beauty of statistics with animations Workshop presenter: Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Half day workshop 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm includes afternoon tea, it does not include lunch. Hans Rosling has spent two decades studying the links between poverty, agriculture and disease in remote rural areas across Africa. He-founded Gapminder (www.gapminder.org) together with his son and daughter-in-law to promote better use and understanding of statistics by converting international statistics into moving, interactive and enjoyable graphics. The aim is to promote a fact based world view through increase use and understanding of freely accessible public statistics. This workshop will review how different factors presently indicate that the web 2.0 concept will change the way statistics is used on the Internet. It is suggested that we will soon see a paradigm shift go from dissemination to access in user oriented services known as “web 2.0”. “Many eyes” and “Swivel” are recent examples of new technologies and services that emerge between the producers of statistics and the new type of users on the Internet. One strong force is the new opportunities for graphics that will unveil the beauty of statistics by converting boring numbers to enjoyable animations. Another factor is the enormous gain of a unifi ed format for time series that would enable comparability across sector, countries and administrative levels by a click of the mouse. It is foreseen that these changes will enhance the usefulness of the many billions of dollars that the world annually invest in production of statistics and by bringing more users to statistics and improving the productivity of statistics there should also be possible to bring more resources to statistics. This may however require the provision of data as public goods. Unveiling the Beauty of Statistics with Animation workshop fees
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You are able to register online Alternatively to register by post or fax … Download, print and complete the registration form. Remember to make a copy for your records. Either send the completed form with your registration fee payment to: Paardekooper & Associates GOVIS Conference PO Box 41 002, Eastbourne WELLINGTON, New Zealand Or fax your registration to: +64 4 568 4563 You may pay by credit card, cheque or we can invoice you. Please make cheques payable to Paardekooper & Associates. |
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Conference Programme The Conference Programme is included in the downloadable Registration Booklet (PDF 874 KB).We will develop a web page version of the programme as soon as we're able. |
