Event Applies Web 2.0 Principles to Stimulate Change in Government
San Francisco, CA, March 9, 2009 - O’Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb, co-producers of the annual Web 2.0 Summit and Web 2.0 Expo events, today announce the launch of the Gov 2.0 Summit. This new event will bring government leaders and innovators of Web 2.0 together to explore how technology can enable transparency, participation, collaboration, and efficiency at all levels of government. Gov 2.0 Summit will take place September 9-10, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington DC, with a follow up Gov 2.0 Expo to take place in 2010. For more information visit http://gov2summit.com.
“The success of the Obama campaign in using new media and participatory democracy techniques has set high expectations for the use of those same techniques in governing,” said Tim O’Reilly, CEO and founder of O’Reilly Media. “Meanwhile, there is enormous talent on the consumer Internet that can be applied to the problems the government is working so hard to tackle. We can uniquely bring these two elements together, and help the leaders in Washington enable transparent, participatory, and efficient government.”
