For over two days at the end of January this year, over 20 speakers from government and industry shared the platform at TechGov 2018 to talk about Digital Transformation, Open Government, Citizen Engagement, Innovation for Results, Service Delivery and Technology and Change Management.
TechGov is an event produced by Canadian Government Executive with the mandate to contribute to excellence in public sector management.
Built on the theme of Technology and Government in supporting service delivery, people and innovation, TechGov provided the opportunity for public service executives to learn, engage and dialogue about the challenges and solutions of digital transformation.
“We need to move from 150 departments delivering services to one GC delivering services to all Canadians,” said Marc Brouillard, CTO, The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat in setting the stage for the event.
Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary of the Cabinet during his keynote talked about how government needs to listen to Canadians so as to help them with the services they need.
On the second day, Minister Scott Brison summed it up nicely by saying, “We need to design services based on citizens.”
In this article, we share with you TechGov 2018 in pictures and tweets.
Pictures
DAY 1
DAY 2
Tweets
There must be a partnership between IT and business. Marc Brouillard, CTO, TBCB. #techgov18
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
Infrastructure should never be a barrier in delivering services. We need to get to that point. #techgov18 Marc Brouillard.
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
We need to be digitally literate. That’s the key to the future. Jason Hermitage. @microsoftcanada #techgov18
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
We will generate more data in the next two days than we did from the start of history to 2003. #techgov18
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
Security is the reason why people are moving to the cloud. Jason Hermitage @microsoftcanada #techgov18
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
Hackers have evolved to stealing information to build a virtual profile of you. Imran Ahmad. #techgov18
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
Simulators can speed up time. What will take a human 2 years to get done, can be done instead in 10 minutes with simulators. Arnold Liwanag @PwC_Canada #techgov18 pic.twitter.com/Jx4ASDUIaR
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
Digital is at the core of getting things done within our cities. Omar Rashid @microsoftcanada #techgov18 pic.twitter.com/waq8Lpy3qp
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
We are getting dumber when it comes to digital transformation. Why? Because we can’t keep up. Nadir Hirji, Partner @PwC_Canada #techgov18 pic.twitter.com/GhPZf6Aqnm
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
Any government wants to be lean and productive. Michael Wernick. #techgov18
— CGE Magazine (@CGExec) January 29, 2018
To view more tweets from TechGov18, go here.
Stay tuned to Canadian Government Executive. We planned on sharing more stories and articles from speakers who participated at TechGov 2018 on Technology and Government.
