1. Government at The Edge
The emergence of a new public sector
Martin Stewart-Weeks
Director, Public Sector (Asia-Pacific), Internet Business Solutions Group
msweeks@cisco.com
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2. Paul Baran’s Theory of Distributed Networks…the World of “Connectedness”
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3. …a capacity for rapid learning and
innovation, for large-scale
collaboration and shared power and for
new patterns of engagement with a
more complicated and rapidly evolving
mix of interests and people outside of
government,
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4. Participation,
collaboration,
transparency and
engagement.
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5.  Harnessing distributed
intelligence and empowerment
 Creating social capital to fuel
innovation and invention, and
 Creating new platforms to more
effectively connect people,
knowledge and services.
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6. http://theconnectedrepublic.org/
The network as a platform for creativity and
collaboration
The power of us
Empower the edge
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7. Government 2.0?
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