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GOVIS Test Meetup

Tue, 27th February 2024, 4:30pm - 6:30pm, Ministry of Social Development, 55 The Terrace, WellingtonWellington Government Test Community meets again – with some interesting results.It has been a while between meetups for the Wellington Government Software Testing community. But that does not mean that it has stood still during that timeframe. In fact – there has been quite a lot developing away in the Wellington Government Software Testing community.Our local Wellington testing com...

GOVIS AGM

Thu, 7th September 2023, 5pm-7pm, Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, WellingtonCome and join GOVIS for our annual AGM!We welcome you to the GOVIS AGM to hear an update of our past year and provide the opportunity to new members and officers to stand for election to the GOVIS Committee.We had an awesome Conference held in June & you can check out the collateral over here.If you’ve enjoyed GOVIS in the past and would like to get involved in delivering amazing events, the GOVIS ma...

Conference 2023

GOVIS 2023 Digital ResilienceFriday 16 June 2023Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, WellingtonEarly bird registration is now open - you can register online here. This conference will look at how we can build digital public sector resilience in a global period of change and uncertainty. In just the last three years this country has faced many challenges - including major floods exacerbated by climate change, high inflation, a pandemic, reduced social cohesion, geopolitical tensions, supply c...

GOVIS AGM 2022

Wed, 12th October 2022, 5pm-7pm, Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, Wellington Come and join GOVIS for our annual AGM!We welcome you to the GOVIS AGM to hear an update of our past year and provide the opportunity to new members and officers to stand for election to the GOVIS Committee. Over the last year we have delivered more events online or utilising an online/in-person hybrid approach. We plan to continue to evolve in person and digital experiences to support connecting, sharing ...

Conference 2022

 Digital Diversity, Collaboration, Inclusion Friday 28 October, 2022 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Early bird registration is now open - you can register here online. Key dates for GOVIS 2022 Sponsorship opens June 2022 Call for Presentations opens 27 June 2022 Early bird registration opens mid-July 2022 Call for Presentations closes 25 July 2022 Presenters confirmed August 2022 Programme released August 2022 Early bird registration closes Early October 2022 For mo...

Refreshing the Strategy for a Digital Public Service

Tues, 24th May 2022, 12-1pm, ONLINECome along to a Discovery workshop & help contribute to a new action plan for the Stategy for a Digital Public Service (SDPS).View the slide deck here. What should the refreshed Strategy for a Digital Public Service look like? On 24 May, the Digital Public Service branch (DIA) is running a Discovery workshop with GOVIS as part of the work to refresh the action plan for the Strategy for a Digital Public Service (SDPS).The Digital Public Service br...

GOVIS Christmas Drinks and Nibbles at Hudson

Wed, 15th December, 2021, 4:30-7:30pm, Hudson, 56 Victoria St, Te Aro, WellingtonCome and join GOVIS for an end-of-year celebration at Hudson! Bring a friend, meet some new people and enjoy a drink on GOVIS! Lets take this chance to swap stories about the year past and to share what we would like from GOVIS in 2022.Note: Unfortunately due to the Covid Traffic Light system in place, the venue's requirement is that ONLY those who are fully vaccinated & have a valid vaccine passport would...

Exploring digital skills needed for a digitally transformed public service

Fri, 29th October 2021, 11:30am-1pm, ONLINEWhat skills do we need to digitally transform Aotearoa's public service?This GOVIS Lunchtime Forum will include a diverse panel discussion on what skills are needed in a modern, digitally enabled public service, including skills needed for user-centric service delivery, for policy innovation, for modern IT and architecture, plus a little about digital skills for social and cultural inclusion inclusion. Our esteemed panel will have 8 mins each as a tease...

Documenting New Zealand’s experience of COVID-19

Tues, 31st August 2021, 12pm-1pm, ONLINEWhat has Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand been doing to preserve this country's experience of COVID-19?This time GOVIS takes a look at the work of Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand to record and archive the videos and photographs, emails, websites, blogs, diaries and letters, memes, tweets and artworks that reflect the individual, family, community, and organisational experiences of COVID-19 in Aot...

Applying the new Public Service Act in practice - the follow up

Back on August 5th we had a great panel talking about the opportunities presented by the Public Service Act 2020. We also got our audience to contribute ideas and commitments... so what's our take-home from it all? The four presenters provided compelling and thought provoking ideas and stories to the forum. A huge thank you to our panelists! This was reflected in the excellent contributions from participants in the workshop. Below is a brief overview some of the feedback contributed from the wor...

GOVIS AGM 2021

Tues, 7th September 2021, 5pm-5:45pm, ONLINEWe welcome you to the GOVIS AGM to hear an update of our past year and provide the opportunity to new members and officers to stand for election to the GOVIS Committee. Over the last year we have delivered more events online or utilising an online/in-person hybrid approach. We plan to continue to evolve in person and digital experiences to support connecting, sharing and learning across government.If you’ve enjoyed GOVIS in the past and would like to...

Renewal is everyone's job: Applying the new Public Service Act in practice

Thurs, 5th August 2021, 12-1:15pm, Meeting rooms G.01, G.02 and ONLINE, MBIE head office, 15 Stout Street, Wellington The new Public Service Act (2020) provides a powerful lever for systemic change, but a lever is only effective when you use it. At the end of the day, the Act is what you make of it, what we all make of it. If we “wait for it to be implemented”, then we are, at best, missing an opportunity. How can we take this moment and make it count? The lever is there, let’s see ho...

GOVIS Lunchtime Forum - Reflecting on COVID-19 # 3 - Digital Public Service

Wed, 21st July 2021, 12:30-1:30pm, ONLINE #3 in a series of forums reflecting on the impact of COVID-19 on government information and technology.The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most significant events to affect New Zealand in recent history. All of us have been affected in some way.This forum looks at how COVID-19 has impacted the way the public service works, in both Canada and NZ. Julie Watson from the Digital Public Service Unit at DIA will talk about what happened in NZ. Pia Andrew...

GOVIS Lunchtime Forum - Reflecting on COVID-19 #2 - The Covid Tracer App

Wed, 16th June 2021, 12:30-1:30pm, Meeting rooms G.01 and ONLINE, MBIE Head Office, 15 Stout St, Wellington #2 in a series of forums reflecting on the impact of COVID-19 on government information and technology.The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most significant events to affect New Zealand in recent history. All of us have been affected in some way.This forum looks at the Ministry of Health's Covid Tracer App. Merrin Macleod and Patrick Hindmarsh from the team involved with developi...

GOVIS Lunchtime Forum - Reflecting on COVID-19 - Data System Impacts

Fri, 28th May 2021, 12:30-1:30pm, Meeting rooms G.02 and ONLINE, MBIE Head Office, 15 Stout St, Wellington#1 in a series of forums reflecting on the impact of COVID-19 on government information and technology.The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most significant events to affect New Zealand in recent history. All of us have been affected in some way.  This forum looks at how COVID-19 impacted the New Zealand government data system. What have we learned from the COVID-19 experience...

GOVIS Lunchtime Forum - The Official Information Act in context

Fri, 26th March 2021, 12-1:30pm, Meeting rooms G.02 and G.03, MBIE Head Office, 15 Stout St, Wellington This forum presentation will offer a brief history of New Zealand citizens’ rights to information. The Official Information Act turns 40 next year, so it’s been an ever-present companion to public servants’ working lives. But what’s the history behind rights to information, what can New Zealand learn from other countries’ experience, and what’s the future of this key part of our go...

GOVIS Lunchtime Forum (VIRTUAL) - Flexible Working

Mon, March 1, 2021, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM, MS Teams What does flexible working mean for public service culture, systems, and technology? How have different agencies made this shift? Demand for flexible working has been building for decades. But over the past year COVID-19 has given that long-term trend a huge boost. Many public sector agencies have now moved to ‘flexible-by-default’ arrangements. What does flexible working mean for public service culture, systems, and technology? How have dif...

End of Year Celebration - December 2nd 2020

Come and join GOVIS for an End-of-Year celebration at Hudson! Bring a friend, meet some new people, and enjoy a drink on GOVIS! Let's take this chance to swap stories about the year past and share what we would like from GOVIS in 2021. For catering purposes, please RSVP by Friday (November 27th). Numbers are limited to 40 people (with preference to GOVIS member agencies) - so be sure to register here on Eventbrite. Location: Hudson, 56 Victoria St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011 Date & Time: December 2...

GOVIS 2020 AGM

Thursday September 3, 2020, starting at 5:00 pm followed by networking drinks Venue:  The George Room (upstairs), Thistle Inn, 3 Mulgrave St, Thorndon, Wellington We welcome you to the GOVIS AGM to hear an update over the past year and provide the opportunity to new members and officers to stand for election to the GOVIS Committee. We are repositioning GOVIS to continue delivering in these unusual times. If you’ve enjoyed GOVIS in the past and would like to help would like to get i...

GOVIS Lunchtime Forum - What does the new Privacy Act mean for government ICT? (Rescheduled)

*** Rescheduled ***Fri, August 21, 2020, 12:00 PM – 1.00 PM, Online event. After 27 years, we have a new Privacy Act! The changes include mandatory reporting of privacy breaches, a new Information Privacy Principle strengthening controls on information going overseas, and new enforcement powers for the Privacy Commissioner. The aim of the new legislation is to encourage agencies to be more proactive about privacy - to identify risks and prevent incidents that could cause harm. What does the ne...

Office 365 and Information Management - Update #2

Based on today’s updated Covid-19 management advice regarding indoor gatherings, GOVIS has decided to cancel the Office 365 and Information Management event. We will continue to adhere to the Ministry of Health’s guidelines and endeavour to reschedule the event in the future when it is suitable and safe to do so.Thanks for your understanding, the GOVIS Committee. ...

Office 365 and Information Management - Update

Update: GOVIS Lunchtime Forum - Office 365 and Information Management Given the concern with Covid-19, we wish to outline the impact on our upcoming event “Office 365 and Information Management”. Currently this event has 90 attendees. Based on Ministry of Health (MoH) guidance, we still would like proceed with it, however this may change depending on any change in advice from the MoH. However, for those who have signed up to attend please: Please do not attend if you are not feeling well or ...

GOVIS Lunchtime Forum - Office 365 and Information Management

Tue, March 24, 2020, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Ground floor of MBIE, G.02 and G.03, 15 Stout Street, Wellington  The majority of New Zealand Government information is created and managed within a Microsoft technology environment. Microsoft’s office productivity suite Office 365, used in coordination with other Microsoft applications, including SharePoint Online, is being adopted by an increasing number of New Zealand Government organisations. Come along to this session to hear a panel of expe...

GOVIS Lunchtime Forum - Deliberate campaigns of Disinformation

Mon, March 9, 2020, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM, ACC, Ground Floor, Shamrock House, 83 Molesworth St, Wellington. Tom Barraclough and Curtis Barnes have been researching legal and institutional responses to the potential impact of disinformation. In May 2019 they released the New Zealand Law Foundation report “Perception Inception: Preparing for deepfakes and the synthetic media of tomorrow". Particularly in an election year, agencies may find that information is circulating that is misleading. It ma...

We’ve got some big plans for 2020!

We have decided to try something new in 2020 and replace our annual two-day conference with smaller, more regular events throughout the year that will vary by format and topic. We will then review the success of this new approach at the end of next year to decide what 2021 will look like.This is an exciting opportunity for us to be innovative and try fresh ideas while honouring our longstanding mission – support people in government agencies to connect, learn and share about all aspects o...