The innovation imperative

Under intense pressure to deliver more with less, governments are pioneering new ways to serve their citizens in the 21st century. Their stories offer insights for governments across the world to improve efficiency and meet rising citizen expectations.

Across the globe, governments of every kind are confronting demands to produce economic growth and provide efficient public services – with limited resources. In the U.S. and much of Europe, leaders are struggling to cope with significant debt and deleveraging. In high growth and emerging economies, governments are seeking to broaden opportunities and welfare of their citizens. Governments are also grappling with how new technologies can transform societies as well as governments.

In short, the innovation imperative is ferocious.

In an exciting collaboration, the Blavatnik School of Government and McKinsey & Company are holding a conference of high-ranking government officials, academic, business and civil society leaders to share their experiences and begin to codify broader lessons on government in the 21st century. The conference will be held at Merton College on 6 and 7 December 2011.

Session titles and confirmed attendees.

Stories from the Edge -- Creating the Conditions for Innovative Government

Innovations in Transparency and Citizen Engagement         

Resourcing Innovation at the Edge

Breakout parallel sessions:

Making the most of people  

Designing E-Government Approaches that work 

The Last Mile: Partnering to ensure that Innovation delivers

Mobilising innovation in government, economy and society:

Joining up Government: Changing Everyday Lives for the Better

Global Cooperation and the challenges of the current crisis

Attendees

We are delighted to welcome the following people to the conference:

• Masood Ahmed, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund
• Dr Caroline Anstey, Managing Director of the World Bank
• Leonardo Burlamaqui, Ford Foundation
• Professor Paul Collier, Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University
• Ceci Connolly, Consultant, author and commentator
• Datuk Daud, former Permanent Secretary of Higher Education, Brunei
• Dr Alison Evans, Director of the Overseas Development Institute
• Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Center for Government; Former Deputy Director of National Economic council
• Dr Arunabha Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, council on Energy, Environment & Water
• Liia Hanni, Director of the E-Governance Academy, Estonia
• Professor Helen Margetts, Director, Oxford Internet Institute
• Michael Ignatieff, Author, academic and former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
• Jacques Meyer, Financial Director, South Africa Revenue Service
• Professor Ncube Mthuli, Vice president and Chief Economist, African Development Bank
• Geoff Mulgan, Executive Director of NESTA
• D. Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication, Kenya
• Gideon Rachman, Chief foreign affairs commentator of the Financial Times and author of Zero-Sum World
• Gabriela Ramos, Chief of Staff, OECD
• Andy Ratcliffe, African Governance Initiative
• Vicki Sellick, Young Foundation
• Simon Tucker, Chief Executive of the Young Foundation
• Professor Andrés Velasco, Senior Academic Adviser to the Blavatnik School of Government; former Finance Minister of Chile
• Professor Sir John Vickers, Professor of Economics and Warden of All Souls College, Oxford University
• Professor Jennifer Widner, Politics and International Affairs, Princeton
• Brett Wigdortz, CEO and Founder, Teachfirst UK

Further information

Please direct all documents and questions to: events@bsg.ox.ac.uk
or +44 (0) 1865 61 43 43.

Registration

Registration has now closed and we have a reserve list of applicants. We are therefore unable to accept any more potential registrants

Bursaries

Several bursaries have been made available to confirmed delegates. We regret that no further bursaries will be available for this event.