Brett Husbands is founder and CEO of Firmstep supplier of eforms and citizen-self service software to a third of UK municipal government. Brett has been innovating in delivering solutions with city and county governments over the last 10 years, initially through e-government tools to drive efficient delivery of citizen services and more recently bringing modern customer service experiences to citizens via self-service and social tools. Brett is passionate about citizen services, user experience and well architected technology, especially in the cloud. Previously Brett has worked in both municipal government and in the private sector on large scale software projects, he holds a degree in Economics for Liverpool University in the UK.

This presentation will focus upon Tucson's efforts to open transit data and make it useful for our citizens. These efforts have required the formation of a new local non-profit organization, OpenTucson, and a partnership with the Mayor's Office and Sun Tran, the City of Tucson's transit system. Our on-going story is a case study on how a city insider can also be an outsider, how civic partnerships can make a difference when local government can't do it alone and how volunteer developers can come together to improve a community's quality of life.

Andrew Greenhill is the Mayor’s Chief of Staff for the City of Tucson. He has worked extensively on wide-ranging issues facing Tucson and Southern Arizona such as water, transportation, environmental sustainability, urban planning, economic development and local government reform. Andrew’s strong interest in Government 2.0–the intersection of technology and government–has led to the development of a number of technology initiatives both inside and outside city government. He serves on the Board of Directors for Code for America, a national non-profit loosely modeled after Teach for America, where civic-minded web developers will work closely with local governments to develop applications and other technological solutions for communities. And he is a co-founder of OpenTucson, a non-profit startup formed to develop and promote web and mobile technologies that generally improve the quality of life in the Tucson community.

Government agencies need to know why and how to develop data sharing practices and to engage their customers. Citizens need information to participate and collaborate effectively. They need to know when, where, and what issues are relevant. Colorado Smart Communities was created to provide outreach regarding open government and to provide a platform for government agencies and the public to share information and communicate. Colorado Smart Communities is supporting the open government movement through efforts like CityCamp Colorado and the Open Government Initiative.

Scott Primeau is a board member of Colorado Smart Communities, a nonprofit organization established in 2009 to promote the adoption of data transparency; provide education and outreach on open government; and provide a platform for Colorado government agencies and the citizens of Colorado to share information, interact among each other, and collaborate on improving government transparency and efficiency. Scott co-organized the Gov 2.0 Camp Rocky Mountains in June 2010 and CityCamp Colorado in December 2010. Scott is helping to lead the development, promotion, and adoption of the Model Local Open Government Directive that was started at CityCamp Colorado. Scott has also been an employee for a Colorado state agency since 2003. He provides project management support, user experience design, legal research, policy research and analysis, and customer relations services. Scott has a bachelor’s degree in public affairs management from Indiana University and is a passionate supporter of improving citizen participation and government collaboration.

A summary of approaches, ROIs seen in a couple of case studies including internal cost savings, job creation, quality of service improvements.

John is an open government strategist, consultant, and analyst. He has experience working with local governments and small and medium business owners to achieve their goals. His experience with social media strategies, CRM, and a plethora of other solutions provides immense value to all of our clients. John has built engineering organizations, learned sales and marketing, run customer service teams, and built and executed strategies for social media thought leadership and branding.

The state of local government websites, and potential of OpenGov & Open Source platforms

Kristy is a speaker and public servant. Lately, she has been talking a lot about social media and Gov 2.0. Kristy is the Web Services Manager for the City of Reno, Nevada. She manages the award-winning Reno.gov website and coordinates training programs for over 70 content authors in city departments. Kristy graduated with honors from Northern Illinois University with a Master's Degree in Communication. She is formerly the Public Relations Coordinator for the City of Wheaton, Illinois, and Deputy Clerk for the Town of Cortland, Illinois. Kristy is also an experienced teacher, and has had the privilege of instructing classes at TMCC, NIU and the University of Phoenix.

Mobile access to information - anywhere any time – is becoming a natural part of daily life. Governments will have to adapt these new technologies and the way how to communicate and relate to their constituents. What can you do with mGovernment? What is happening in Asia, Europe, North and South America? What does it cost to go mobile? Will mGovernment replace the eGovernment? On thing is certain: mGovernment is inevitable.

If the title would exist, Michael Riedyk could best be labelled a "serial-eGov-entrepeneur". He worked as advisor for the European Parlement in Brussels on the long term vision of ICT for the EU, founded one of the leading eGov software companies in Europe in 1998, founded website & social media archive company PageFreezer.com in Vancouver, BC in 2009 and DotGov, Inc. in Seattle in 2010, where he is working on getting all local government agencies mobile with YouTown.

Local and Global Collaboration to Change Our Neighborhoods and the World

Adriel Hampton is a passionate advocate for harnessing emerging technologies to make government more effective, collaborative and transparent. He is an early Gov 2.0 adopter and co-founded the popular public interest podcast Gov 2.0 Radio. In addition to producing the weekly show, Adriel is a community leader at GovLoop.com, the social network for government, and group manager for the LinkedIn Gov 2.0 group and its more than 4,000 members. Since 2003, Adriel has worked as an investigator for the San Francisco City Attorney's Office, and he began his career as an editor, designer and writer for several San Francisco Bay Area daily newspapers. In 2009, he ran a grassroots campaign for U.S. Congress.

Socrata is the leading developer and provider of Open Data Services, a category of cloud-based Web 2.0 solutions that enable federal, state, and local governments to dramatically improve the reach, usability and social utility of their public information assets.

The Socrata Social Data Platform is a turnkey information delivery platform that reduces lifecycle management costs for government customers while boosting their ability to disseminate relevant information and data-driven services to a wide range of audiences including citizens, civic application developers, researchers, journalists and internal stakeholders.

Kevin is the founder and CEO of Socrata. In 2002 Kevin founded MessageRite, a web-based email archiving software developer and service provider. In 2004 FrontBridge Technologies acquired MessageRite where Kevin functioned as CTO. In 2005 Microsoft acquired FrontBridge. At Microsoft Kevin served as Software Architect and Director of Operations before leaving to found Socrata in 2007. At heart, Kevin is a software entrepreneur with a passion for and focus on making customers elated by delivering great software as a service. You can read and subscribe to No Wiggle Room, Kevin's personal blog on entrepreneurship, technology and startups.

A summary of approaches, ROIs seen in a couple of case studies including internal cost savings, job creation, quality of service improvements.

John is an open government strategist, consultant, and analyst. He has experience working with local governments and small and medium business owners to achieve their goals. His experience with social media strategies, CRM, and a plethora of other solutions provides immense value to all of our clients. John has built engineering organizations, learned sales and marketing, run customer service teams, and built and executed strategies for social media thought leadership and branding.

Zach Nash, @zachnash, is creative manager for the City of Oklahoma City. His primary responsibilities include www.okc.gov , City Channel 20, graphic design, brand management, writing and gov 2.0 strategies. In addition to his day-to-day roles, Zach also represents the City as a public information officer (PIO) during emergency responses. Since 2009, as a PIO, he has worked alongside emergency responders during multiple floods, wildfires and tornadoes, as well as an ice storms, blizzards and a record hail storm. Nash is a former print journalist, working at both daily and weekly newspapers throughout the state. Prior to joining the City's Public Information and Marketing Department, he worked at the Oklahoma Press Association, a trade organization serving over 200 Oklahoma newspapers. Nash holds a bachelor's degree in mass communication from the University of Central Oklahoma and has a passion for government transparency and photography. In 2010, he was honored by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management with the Ben Frizzell Memorial Award for his dedication to emergency public information including his use of social media to communicate with the public and media during disasters.

Jason Murphey is as a third generation, life-time resident of Logan County. He is married to wife, Raleah, and they have two children, Jarod and Jarel. Murphey started his own business at the age of 19 when as Executive Officer of G&C Security & Investigations INC., he provided security services to the Oklahoma City area. In 2000, he started his second business WebTeks CMS Software. Murphey graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree from Charter Oak State College in May of 2006 with National Honors, is a member of the National Rifle Association, attends church at Church of God Outreach in rural Logan County and has achieved Toastmasters International's highest award for communication and leadership (DTM). In 2001, Murphey was elected to the Guthrie City Council where worked to place government proceedings on television and the Internet, defeated property and sales tax increases and called for spending reductions. In 2006, Murphey campaigned for State Representative on a platform of never accepting contributions or gifts from lobbyists or groups that employ lobbyists. Murphey was first elected to the State House in 2006 and was re-elected in 2008 and 2010. He serves as the Chairman of the House Government Modernization Committee.

John Butler is Team Leader for Oklahoma Crisis Mappers, a volunteer organization which provides online crowd-sourced maps for the general public, combining input from official emergency management and other governmental sources, traditional broadcast media, amateur radio, storm spotters, and social media from the general public. OCM began on Christmas Eve, 2009, during the blizzard that hit Oklahoma with their first map, http://www.okicemap.com. The group's products have now expanded to include http://okfires.crowdmap.com & http://oktornado.crowdmap.com, along with several other maps in reserve "just in case." They also produce Twitter feeds at @OKIceMap, @OKTwister, @OKFires, and @OKQuake. John has pastored Beal Heights Presbyterian Church (PCA), in Lawton, Oklahoma, since 1989. A former chaplain with the Oklahoma Army National Guard, he provided support during the recovery response to the A. P. Murrah Federal Building bombing. He holds a bachelor's degree in Radio/TV broadcasting (with several year's experience in operations management), and a Master of Divinity degree. John is also an adjunct instructor in the Department of History and Government at Cameron University in Lawton.

Hillary Hartley has worked for NIC and its portals for over a decade, starting at Arkansas.gov in 1997. In her current role as Director of Integrated Marketing, Hillary oversees NIC’s Web design, usability and social media programs. She is a frequent speaker on social networking trends and Web 2.0 best practices for government. Follow Hillary on Twitter for “Gov 2.0” news, as well as a taste of life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

As President and CEO of i2E, Tom Walker leads i2E’s efforts to develop and invest in companies that create knowledge-based jobs in Oklahoma. Tom is a passionate entrepreneur at heart and applies both an executive and investor perspective to the more than 150 entrepreneurs that i2E supports annually.

Under Tom’s leadership, i2E has experienced the largest growth in programs and infrastructure in its history.  Net assets have increased 30 percent and operating budgets have increased more than 35 percent. The i2E team has been instrumental in dramatically increasing the amount of risk capital available for entrepreneurs in Oklahoma.

Tom believes that innovation and entrepreneurship is a team sport that touches every part of the economy, starting with the dedicated professionals at i2E and extending to individuals and organizations in Oklahoma, other regions and states, federal entities, and around the world.

He has united i2E with key state, national, and international research and development and entrepreneurial communities producing an increased recognition of Oklahoma’s desirability as a place to start companies as well as measurable new economic opportunities for Oklahomans. This focus has established an entrepreneurial infrastructure for advanced technology opportunities in Oklahoma, with i2E earning international recognition and awards as a leading, innovative venture development organization. 

In the late nineties, Tom organized his first angel investment group and fund and has been engaged with angel investing ever since. An experienced investment fund manager, he founded SeedStep Angels. With chapters in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, SeedStep Angels is now the region’s most organized and largest angel group.

Tom served as an advisor to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (EMKF), the country’s largest foundation devoted entirely to new business creation and entrepreneurial education and was also a founding board member of the Angel Capital Association (ACA). His hands-on experience makes him a sought-out participant and speaker in the national and international entrepreneurial scene. He has testified before state and federal legislatures and has served on and advised multiple Small Business Administration (SBA) national task forces.

Tom shares his insights and enthusiasm for building Oklahoma’s tech-based economy in a weekly column in The Oklahoman, the state’s largest daily newspaper. He also blogs about entrepreneurial topics regularly at www.i2E.org and recently authored The Entrepreneur’s Handbook, an easy-to-understand step-by-step guide to commercialization for entrepreneurs with big ideas.

Tom is committed to contributing to the Oklahoma entrepreneurial ecosystem. He serves on the board of Oklahoma Bioscience Association, Oklahoma Health Center Foundation, Oklahoma Academy for State Goals and the Governor of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Task Force, as well as on the Board of Directors of several private technology companies.

He is a graduate of the 27th Annual Venture Capital Institute, the 4th Annual Venture Capital Institute Graduate Program, and Leadership Oklahoma Class XVIII. Tom was recognized as one of Oklahoma’s business leaders under the age of 40 and the Tulsa People magazine’s 40 business leaders under 40.

Tom holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, and a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University. He began his career at Battelle Memorial Institute, an international science and technology enterprise that explores emerging areas of science, and develops and commercializes technology.

Governor Mary Fallin was elected November 2, 2010, during a historic election in which she became the first-ever female governor of Oklahoma. She was inaugurated on the steps of the Oklahoma Capitol as the state's 27th governor on January 10, 2011.

After a successful career in the private sector as a manager for a national hotel chain, Fallin made her first foray into public service in 1990 when she was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. This began her long and distinguished career of public service dedicated to conservative, commonsense solutions to the challenges facing Oklahoma families and small businesses.

During her time in the House, Fallin earned a reputation as a consensus builder who was willing to reach across the aisle. Serving in the Republican minority, she managed to pass more than a dozen bills that were signed into law by the state's Democratic governor, including Oklahoma's first 'anti-stalker law' and measures aimed at improving the business climate in Oklahoma. She also worked to lower the health care costs of small businesses in Oklahoma and for her work in this area was honored as a 'Legislator of the Year' by the American Legislative Exchange Council.

In 1994, Fallin would first make history by becoming the first woman and first Republican to be elected lieutenant governor of Oklahoma, an office she would hold for 12 years. In this capacity, Fallin focused her attention on issues affecting job creation and economic development. She served on 10 boards or commissions involving business and quality-of-life issues in Oklahoma.  In 1997, she chaired the Fallin Commission on Workers' Compensation, which released a comprehensive reform plan to lower costs of workers' comp while creating a system that was fair to both businesses and workers. Fallin also used her position as president of the Oklahoma State Senate to allow the citizens of Oklahoma to vote on 'Right to Work,' which ended the practice of compelling workers to join and pay dues to a union. In 2001, Oklahoma became the first state in the country to pass such a law in more than 25 years.

Fallin was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2006 where she represented the Fifth District of Oklahoma. In Congress, Fallin served on the committees for small business, transportation and infrastructure, natural resources and armed services. Fallin coauthored numerous pieces of legislation to lower taxes, reduce regulation on businesses and individuals, fight federal overreach, increase American energy production, create jobs and protect constitutional liberties.

As governor, Fallin has listed as her priorities job growth and retention, government modernization and streamlining, education reform and protecting Oklahoma from the intrusions of Washington, D.C.

Fallin is married to Wade Christensen, an Oklahoma City attorney who is the state's the first 'First Gentleman.' The couple has six children between them. They attend Crossings Community Church in northwest Oklahoma City.

Wynn is a UX developer at HP working on web and mobile platforms. As an evangelist for Compass and Sass, it's no surprise that his mobile development secret weapon is CoffeeScript-on-Titanium. He has seen the future and it's pre-processed. When he's not slinging code, he plays the part of open source fanboy on The Changelog podcast. Wynn has helped create some very cool GOV 2.0 applications like Tweet Congress which took home a SXSW Web Award in 2009.

Information on how private sector companies can get involved with the growing open government market.

John is an open government strategist, consultant, and analyst. He has experience working with local governments and small and medium business owners to achieve their goals. His experience with social media strategies, CRM, and a plethora of other solutions provides immense value to all of our clients. John has built engineering organizations, learned sales and marketing, run customer service teams, and built and executed strategies for social media thought leadership and branding.

Vance Lucas created his first website at the age of 12 and has been focused on web development ever since. Driven to learn more about the web to make better and more interactive websites, Vance taught himself programming with PHP and MySQL back when PHP3 was new at the age of 13. Since PHP5's release, Vance has been focused on and obsessed with object-oriented programming and the advantages it has over the traditional PHP procedural coding style. Vance created the phpDataMapper ORM library as a project to demonstrate the benefits of object-oriented code and the Standard PHP Library (SPL). Vance launched InvoiceMore, an invoicing web application as the flagship product of Actridge, LLC, a company that he founded in February 2009. Vance has recently been re-learning Ruby on Rails with his Keynot.es social conference directory venture, and is especially excited about changes in the Rails 3.0 release.

Derrick Parkhurst is owner of Thirty Sixth Span Internet Technologies, a software development consultancy specializing in the development of social networking tools and platforms. He has interests in Human Computer Interaction, User-Centered Interface Design, and User Experience Design. Derrick has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Johns Hopkins University.