E-Leaders Conference 2008

Organised by the OECD and the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the 2008 E-Leaders Conference 'The Future of E-Government - Agenda 2020' was held in The Hague on 6-7 March 2008. The conference was chaired by Mr. William Perrin, Director, e-Government Unit, United Kingdom and was opened with an address by Ms. Ank Bijleveld-Schouten, State Secretary, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands.

The event brought together the most senior government officials responsible for e-government in OECD countries to discuss three main issues:

• Governments in 2020 - The Role of e-Government;
• E-Government's impact on economic development;
• Creating a future agenda for e-government and public sector service delivery.

The main conclusions of the conference can be found here.

Presentations

• Where is e-government going in 2020?, Bruno Lanvin, eLab, INSEAD
• E-Government and the Rise of the Fifth Estate, William Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University
• Building good services: the end user's perspective, Kees Keuzenkamp, Information and Innovation Policy Public Sector, Ministry of the Interior and Kindgom Relations, The Netherlands
• The Future of E-Government - a Citizen-Centred Perspective, Brian Marson, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Canada
• Competencies and skills for e-government development and implementation, Knut Rexed, Rexed&Sporndly
• Public Private Partnerships, David Broster, eGovernment and CIP Operations, European Commission
• Strategic approaches to user take-up of e-government services, Yih-Jeou Wang, Innovation and Integrity Division, OECD
• OECD Peer Review - e-Government Belgium, Frank Leyman, Fedict, Belgium
• OECD eGov Country Report: Belgium Case Peer Reviewer, Yvan Lauzon, Government of Quebec, Canada
• Peer Review for Portugal, Anabela Pedroso, Agency for the the Modernisation of Administration, Portugal
• Roadmap for indicators, Gwendolyn Carpenter, Innovation and Integrity Division, OECD
• Making government work better, William Perrin, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom