About the event:
The Executive Education Program in Digital Transformation equips senior EU public servants and elected officials with the confidence and expertise they need to lead the successful digital transformation of public services to better meet the needs of their citizens.The program is delivered over five weeks, consisting of three live interactive sessions and on-demand content you can fit around your schedule. Throughout the program, in addition to live panels and Q&A, Sessions will be interactive, and attendees will have plenty of opportunities for networking. Live interactive sessions include working where you will apply your learning, like using design thinking, in transforming a digital service.
By attending the Executive Education in Government Transformation program you will be enrolled in the AWS Institute Network. The AWS Institute Network is a peer-to-peer professional community for senior public sector leaders to convene around common challenges and best practices in a trusted space.
Agenda
Module 1 - Why – Big Trends / Paradigm Shifts / Competing Values
9:00-9:15 AM (CEST) |
Welcome
Sven Van Kerckhoven, Professor of Business and Economics and Research in European Economic Governance and Vice Dean for Education, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
9:15-10:15 AM (CEST) |
Keynote and Q&A: Resilience and Responsive Government “reactive”Liam Maxwell, Director Government Transformation, AWS |
10:15-10:30 AM (CEST) |
Break |
10:30-11:30 AM (CEST) |
Panel: Digital Transformation in Europe
Panellists Moderator: |
11:30-11:45 AM (CEST) |
Closing
Sven Van Kerckhoven, Professor of Business and Economics and Research in European Economic Governance and Vice Dean for Education, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
Module 2 - How – Impact on Democracy / Citizen Interactions
9:00-9:15 AM (CEST) |
WelcomeTrisha Meyer, Director of the Research Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Principal Investigator, European Digital Media Observatory for Belgium and Luxembourg (EDMO BELUX) |
9:15 -10:15 AM (CEST) |
Interactive Session: Desgin Thinking
Alex Holmes, EMEA Advisor Government Transformation Team, AWS |
10:30-11:30 AM (CEST) |
Panel: Designing Digital Public SpacesPanelists: Moderator: |
11:30-11:45 AM (CEST) |
ClosingTrisha Meyer, Director of the Research Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Principal Investigator, European Digital Media Observatory for Belgium and Luxembourg (EDMO BELUX) |
Module 3 - What’s Next – Impact on Organisation / Internal Processes
9:00-9:15 AM (CEST) |
WelcomeJamal Shahin, Programme Director Advanced Master in European Integration, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Senior Lecturer, University of Amsterdam; Professorial Fellow, United Nations University-CRIS |
09:15-10:15 AM (CEST) |
Keynote & Q&A: Rethinking Data Policies in View of Open Science: Essential Building Blocks for a Global Data CommonsStefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder and chief Research and Development Officer, The GovLab, NYU |
10:15-10:30 AM (CEST) |
Break |
10:30-11:30 AM (CEST) |
Demo: Open Government Solutions and Performance Dashboard and Startups
Caroline Mulligan, Sr. Manager Government Services, AWS |
11:30-11:45 AM (CEST) |
ClosingJamal Shahin, Programme Director Advanced Master in European Integration, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Senior Lecturer, University of Amsterdam; Professorial Fellow, United Nations University-CRIS |
On-Demand
Masterclass 1: How the 4th Industrial Revolution has changed everyone’s business |
Prof Mark Thompson, Digital Economy in INDEX, Board Member of TechUK, and Strategy Director of Methods, Exeter University |
Masterclass 2: How can you adapt government for the Internet era |
Prof Mark Thompson, Digital Economy in INDEX, Board Member of TechUK, and Strategy Director of Methods, Exeter University |
Masterclass 3: Cloud First and transformation |
Liam Maxwell, Director Government Transformation, AWS |
Masterclass 4: Intro to situational awareness and Wardley Mapping |
Simon Wardley, Former CEO, former advisory board member of start-ups, a fellow of Open Europe, inventor of Wardley Mapping, researcher for the Leading Edge Forum |
Masterclass 5: Design thinking and working backwards form your users |
Sarah Richards, Content Design |
Masterclass 6: What digital culture looks and feel like |
Prof Alan Brown, Professor in Digital Economy, Exeter Business School, University of Exeter UK |
Masterclass 7: Digital delivery and ways of working |
Prof Brian Gannon, Associate lecturer, Birkbeck University of London |
Masterclass 8: Turning it all into reality – getting started with your transformation |
Liam Maxwell, Director Government Transformation, AWS, UK’s Government’s first CTO Alex Holmes, EMA Advisor Government Transformation Team, AWS |
Specialist talk 1: Security and data sovereignty |
Andrew Hodges, Senior Security Advisor, AWS |
Specialist talk 2: Data classification |
Arturo Cabanas, AWS Security, AWS |
Specialist talk 3: Artificial intelligence and Machine learning |
Neil Mackin, Principal TechBD AI/ML, AWS |
Specialist talk 4: Procurement |
David DeBrandt, Global Capture, AWS |
Specialist talk 5: Tackling your technology legacy |
Christine Halvorsen, Senior Technical Business Development Manager, AWS |
Specialist talk 6: Open data and open source |
Matt Assay, Cloud and open source executive, AWS |
Digital Government in the Next Generation EU |
Gianluca Sgueo, Associate Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Research Associate, Centre for Social Studies of University of Coimbra |
(Digital) Sovereignty 2.0 |
Jamal Shahin, Programme Director Advanced Master in European Integration, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Senior Lecturer, University of Amsterdam; Professorial Fellow, United Nations University-CRIS |
EU Ethics and Artificial Intelligence |
Mihalis Kritikos, Associate Fellow, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Principal Digital Adviser to MEP Eva Kali, Chair of the Future of Science and Technology Panel in the European Parliament (STOA) and the Centre for Artificial Intelligence (C4AI) |
Evolving Digital Communication and Public Trust |
Jonas Lefevere, Assistant Professor in Political Communication, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
The EU, Social Media, and Disinformation |
Trisha Meyer, Director of the Research Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); Principal Investigator, European Digital Media Observatory for Belgium and Luxembourg (EDMO BELUX) |
Digital European Identity |
Sean O'Dubghaill, Social and Cultural Anthropologist and Adjunst Professor, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
Nurturing a Digital Innovation Ecosystem to Accelerate Digital Transformation |
Munira Aminova, Assistant Professor Business and Economics, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussels), Consultant at International Telecommunication Union |
Summary:
21 Sep - 05 Oct - 19 Oct
9am - 12pm (CEST)