Government

Username: yvonnert

Firstname: Yvonne R.

Surname: Thompson

City: Melbourne

Country: Australia

Age: 50

Organisation: ESTA

Url: http://www.esta.vic.gov.au

Sector: Government

Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Environment, Government and Public Policy, Networks and Collaboration, Research, Methods and Tools, Crime and Safety

Description: Manager involved in a variety of national strategy and policy issues on the quality of public sector information, particularly the spatial/location based information available for emergency services 000 call-taking and dispatch.

Username: christianbason

Firstname: Christian

Surname: Bason

City: Copenhagen

Country: Denmark

Age: 36

Organisation: MindLab

Url: http://www.mind-lab.dk

Sector: Government

Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Business and SI, Government and Public Policy, Technology, Design, Networks and Collaboration, Democracy and Participation, Research, Methods and Tools, Employment

Description: Christian Bason is head of MindLab, a unit for citizen-centred innovation. MindLab involves citizens and businesses in the co-creation of new public policy and services. MindLab is part of the Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, the Ministry of Taxation and the Ministry of Employment. Christian is a regular columnist and blogger and the author of three books on leadership, innovation and change in the public sector.

Username: hwakelam

Firstname: Harriet

Surname: Wakelam

City: Melbourne

Country: Australia

Age: 40

Organisation:

Url: http://www.technologytwitter.typepad.com

Sector: Government

Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Business and SI, Education and Skills, Technology, Design, Networks and Collaboration, Communities and Cities

Description: I work with technology. I am interested in technology as a facilitator of connections. At the moment, I'm particularly interested by the ways in which we can move from 'crowd' discussions to action. I'm researching how new forms of decision making can be supported by new technology. I currently work with educational technology, managing the production of Australian Flexible Learning Framework Toolboxes since February. I'm also responsible for commercial content development. I'm fascinated by the ways in which traditional models of society, compliance and education are both revolutionised and distilled by new technology.