Estonia has achieved high levels of internet penetration and digital government services. Through initiatives like Tiger Leap and programs offering computer training, Estonia developed an e-government infrastructure connecting databases across levels of government through the X-Road system. This allows citizens to access most government services online. Estonia's success is attributed to the political commitment to ICT development, allocating around 1% of the budget annually from 1994-2004. Estonia prioritized digital transformation with consensus across society and active government leadership through project-based approaches.
Total serious crime in Trinidad and Tobago decreased from 2008 to 2012, falling from 18,739 cases to 17,533 cases. The largest crime categories were general larceny, wounding and shooting, and sexual offences. Regionally, the Northern Division consistently had the highest crime rates while Tobago had the lowest. Traffic fatalities decreased from 262 deaths in 2008 to 188 in 2012. Firearm seizures by police fluctuated between 391 and 482 per year over the five-year period.
Telenor is an international provider of telecommunication services operating in 11 markets across Europe and Asia. It has over 180 million mobile subscribers and approximately 40,000 employees. Telenor holds a 39.6% stake in VimpelCom, which operates in 10 additional markets. The mobile industry is experiencing rapid changes including market competition, global players, increased data usage, and shifts to software services. Telenor innovates across three horizons to balance short and long term initiatives. It focuses on customer-driven innovation and open innovation with partners. Opportunities exist in mobile broadband access, social networks, location-based services, augmented reality, financial services, the Internet of Things, and ICT healthcare applications.
The document provides an analysis of 280+ private technology company exits from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden between 1998-2009. It summarizes that the Nordic region has created over €2 billion in exit value per year, with 34 exits larger than €100 million. Sweden and Norway represent 67% of exits and 78% of total exit value. The largest sectors are software and internet services, comprising 66% of exits. While the Nordics produce successful companies, international expansion is important as most large exits occur outside the region through M&A or IPO on US exchanges.
Digital trends in Vietnam 2013, Strategy for businessBui Hang
Bài thuyết trình của Mr. Tom Simpson - Trưởng bộ phận truyền thông số (Head of Digital) thuộc Mindshareworld, công ty thuộc GroupM tại Hội nghị Định hướng tiếp thị trực tuyến 2013 tổ chức ngày 29/11/2012 tại HCM. Chi tiết Hội nghị xem tại http://hoinghi.marketingonline.vn
The document summarizes key topics from the ICEGOV 2011 Conference on the management and coordination of e-government. It discusses evolving roles of government in providing services to citizens, consumers, and taxpayers. It outlines an agenda covering vision/strategy, public sector change management, and performance management. It emphasizes that e-government requires strong leadership, commitment to change, and a focus on users. Key challenges include balancing openness with stakeholder interests and providing more for less.
This document provides an overview of electronic governance for sustainable development (EGOV4SD). It discusses how governments face pressures to be more responsive, efficient, and deliver public value. New technologies like web 2.0, cloud computing, and mobile services are transforming governments' use of technology and interactions with citizens. EGOV4SD aims to advance social, environmental, economic and transitional sustainability goals through open government and policy development that utilizes these new technologies.
This document discusses some of the key legal issues related to cloud computing. It identifies three main categories of issues: data privacy and security, contracts and liability, and compliance. Under data privacy and security, it discusses issues around data location, cross-border data transfers, and ensuring appropriate security measures. For contracts and liability, it outlines various risks that should be addressed in service contracts such as data backups, disaster recovery, and security breach handling. The compliance section notes some national rules regarding public records, access to information, and public procurement requirements.
The document discusses strategies for increasing internet access and reducing poverty through digital inclusion in Colombia. It outlines Colombia's plan to multiply internet connections by 4 times by 2014 to reach more households and businesses. The plan is governed by principles of public-private partnership and reducing barriers to expand infrastructure and access. The specific goals are to increase online government services, transition to paperless systems, and link all public entities to an electronic contracting system to improve transparency and civic participation.
Total serious crime in Trinidad and Tobago decreased from 2008 to 2012, falling from 18,739 cases to 17,533 cases. The largest crime categories were general larceny, wounding and shooting, and sexual offences. Regionally, the Northern Division consistently had the highest crime rates while Tobago had the lowest. Traffic fatalities decreased from 262 deaths in 2008 to 188 in 2012. Firearm seizures by police fluctuated between 391 and 482 per year over the five-year period.
Telenor is an international provider of telecommunication services operating in 11 markets across Europe and Asia. It has over 180 million mobile subscribers and approximately 40,000 employees. Telenor holds a 39.6% stake in VimpelCom, which operates in 10 additional markets. The mobile industry is experiencing rapid changes including market competition, global players, increased data usage, and shifts to software services. Telenor innovates across three horizons to balance short and long term initiatives. It focuses on customer-driven innovation and open innovation with partners. Opportunities exist in mobile broadband access, social networks, location-based services, augmented reality, financial services, the Internet of Things, and ICT healthcare applications.
The document provides an analysis of 280+ private technology company exits from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden between 1998-2009. It summarizes that the Nordic region has created over €2 billion in exit value per year, with 34 exits larger than €100 million. Sweden and Norway represent 67% of exits and 78% of total exit value. The largest sectors are software and internet services, comprising 66% of exits. While the Nordics produce successful companies, international expansion is important as most large exits occur outside the region through M&A or IPO on US exchanges.
Digital trends in Vietnam 2013, Strategy for businessBui Hang
Bài thuyết trình của Mr. Tom Simpson - Trưởng bộ phận truyền thông số (Head of Digital) thuộc Mindshareworld, công ty thuộc GroupM tại Hội nghị Định hướng tiếp thị trực tuyến 2013 tổ chức ngày 29/11/2012 tại HCM. Chi tiết Hội nghị xem tại http://hoinghi.marketingonline.vn
The document summarizes key topics from the ICEGOV 2011 Conference on the management and coordination of e-government. It discusses evolving roles of government in providing services to citizens, consumers, and taxpayers. It outlines an agenda covering vision/strategy, public sector change management, and performance management. It emphasizes that e-government requires strong leadership, commitment to change, and a focus on users. Key challenges include balancing openness with stakeholder interests and providing more for less.
This document provides an overview of electronic governance for sustainable development (EGOV4SD). It discusses how governments face pressures to be more responsive, efficient, and deliver public value. New technologies like web 2.0, cloud computing, and mobile services are transforming governments' use of technology and interactions with citizens. EGOV4SD aims to advance social, environmental, economic and transitional sustainability goals through open government and policy development that utilizes these new technologies.
This document discusses some of the key legal issues related to cloud computing. It identifies three main categories of issues: data privacy and security, contracts and liability, and compliance. Under data privacy and security, it discusses issues around data location, cross-border data transfers, and ensuring appropriate security measures. For contracts and liability, it outlines various risks that should be addressed in service contracts such as data backups, disaster recovery, and security breach handling. The compliance section notes some national rules regarding public records, access to information, and public procurement requirements.
The document discusses strategies for increasing internet access and reducing poverty through digital inclusion in Colombia. It outlines Colombia's plan to multiply internet connections by 4 times by 2014 to reach more households and businesses. The plan is governed by principles of public-private partnership and reducing barriers to expand infrastructure and access. The specific goals are to increase online government services, transition to paperless systems, and link all public entities to an electronic contracting system to improve transparency and civic participation.
The document discusses data center consolidation and cloud computing in government information and communications technology, noting that data center consolidation through adopting cloud computing can help reduce costs and improve effectiveness and efficiency by consolidating infrastructure and applications. It provides an overview of data center consolidation efforts, introduces cloud computing and traditional vs cloud models, and discusses challenges to consolidation like resistance to change and ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery.
The document discusses the European Cloud Computing Strategy. It defines cloud computing and outlines the key challenges including security, interoperability, privacy, and legal issues. It summarizes the European cloud computing market and notes the need for an EU-wide strategy. The strategy focuses on developing a legal framework, addressing technical and commercial barriers, and supporting ongoing research projects related to cloud computing.
The document discusses several key questions regarding eGovernment frameworks:
1) Whether eGovernment policy should be the driving force or develop in response to technological developments.
2) The optimal organizational setup for coordinating eGovernment initiatives, whether through a strong centralized unit or decentralized approach.
3) The different models for coordinating implementation and policymaking, ranging from fully decentralized to fully centralized.
The document then outlines some of the factors that can drive successful eGovernment development, including stable coordination structures, leadership, legal/fiscal frameworks, and interoperable technical architectures.
The document discusses Moldova's plan to implement an e-governance technology platform called M-Cloud based on cloud computing. M-Cloud will provide common services to government agencies through a private government cloud (G-Cloud) using modern, cost-efficient technologies. The platform aims to reduce costs while increasing flexibility, mobility and focus on innovation for IT staff and government organizations through a service-oriented architecture hosted in the cloud.
This document discusses cloud computing and defines key concepts such as infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service. It outlines opportunities and risks of cloud computing related to legal, structural, economic and technical aspects. The document also discusses how electronic identification and security will be impacted by cloud computing and proposes possible approaches for Austria, including defining suitability criteria for cloud services and standards for cloud providers.
The document discusses electronic identification (eID) in Austria, including:
- The Austrian citizen card concept combines electronic signature, unique electronic identity, and representation data.
- A valid legal basis is provided by the E-Government Act, which mandates electronic IDs from various sectors that are linked to a citizen's identity.
- Identity is comprised of a citizen's unique "sourcePIN" cryptographically bound to their public key certificate from an accredited certification services provider.
- Citizen cards have been issued on physical cards like health insurance cards as well as digitally through mobile phone signatures.
Colombia has made significant progress in developing its online government system over the past decade. It now ranks highly in international rankings of e-government. The government's strategy is coordinated through the Online Government Program and aims to improve efficiency, transparency, and citizen participation through expanded online services. Key achievements include establishing an integrated access point portal for government services, implementing an e-procurement system, and providing over 700 online transactions and services across all local governments. The strategy focuses on continuing to expand online information, interactions, transactions, and democratic participation to build an increasingly digital government.
Korea has made significant progress in developing its e-government systems over the past few decades. It established foundational laws and projects in the 1990s and 2000s to build administrative computer networks and promote informatization. Key achievements include consolidating administrative procedures, establishing common platforms, and advancing internal processes and integrated public services. Korea now provides seamless online services and is recognized as a global leader in e-government development. However, challenges remain such as further developing seamless and converged services. The government aims to complete this transition through tasks focused on usage, convergence and citizen-centered services.
This document discusses cyber identity and e-government structures in Argentina. It notes that technology accounts for 15% of e-government, while processes, people, and culture each account for 25%. It then outlines several digital inclusion initiatives in Argentina including the distribution of netbooks to schools and the expansion of wireless networks. The document emphasizes the importance of cyber identity and discusses the use of biometrics, passwords, and digital signatures for trusted online identities. Finally, it provides an overview of Argentina's national cyber security agency and its role in protecting critical infrastructures.
The document discusses interoperability in the framework of the Digital Agenda for Europe. It outlines several key initiatives and strategies to enhance interoperability across governments in Europe, including the European Interoperability Strategy, the European Interoperability Framework, and cross-border authentication projects like STORK and ECAS. The goal is to create more open, flexible and seamless eGovernment services through increased cooperation and aligned standards between member states.
The document discusses eGovernance in Oman. It provides an overview of Oman's digital transformation strategy and approach to eGovernance. The strategy has 6 pillars, and initially focused on national infrastructure, governance & standards, and promotion & awareness. The approach to eGovernance involves defining standards/processes, governance frameworks, policies, and enforcing national laws/regulations across 4 key areas: structure, frameworks, policies, and laws.
The document describes a tutorial on electronic governance for sustainable development and collaborative policy development. It discusses the need for open government and inclusive policy making to address complex global challenges. It then introduces the OCOPOMO project, which aims to support stakeholder participation in policy formulation through an integrated ICT platform and methods to develop evidence-based scenarios and conceptual policy models. Finally, it outlines the integrated policy process in OCOPOMO involving domain experts, stakeholders, and policy analysts.
The document discusses Georgia's G3 governmental gateway project. It outlines several goals of the project including establishing electronic messaging between government agencies, developing information technology and security policies, and promoting efficiency and transparency in governance through the use of IT systems. It then provides examples of IT systems already in use by various government agencies and ministries in Georgia and benefits those systems provide such as increased access, reduced costs, and improved services for citizens. Potential challenges for e-governance initiatives are also mentioned such as limited budgets, lack of standards and security, and shortage of qualified personnel.
This document discusses the major activities and functions of central banks. It explains that central banks historically served as bankers to governments and had control over money supply through printing currency. Their modern functions include conducting monetary policy to stabilize economic growth and inflation through interest rate adjustments and money supply management. The primary reason for establishing central banks is to ensure control over a country's currency and monetary system. The document also outlines the objectives, design considerations, and fundamental tools of central banks like the European Central Bank.
The document discusses Belgium's e-government system and its reliance on interoperability and electronic IDs (eIDs). It outlines how eIDs allow Belgian citizens to access a variety of e-applications from healthcare to home banking. The system provides efficiency, speed, transparency and lower costs for both citizens and the government. It also describes ongoing developments to make services hardware-agnostic and standardize modules, process flows and identity management across different levels of government.
The document summarizes Malaysia's ICT environment and initiatives to promote broadband access and internet usage. It notes that in 2010 Malaysia launched its High Speed Broadband project to expand broadband infrastructure like WiMAX and LTE networks. However, internet access remains relatively expensive for Malaysians compared to other countries. The government has implemented several programs through the Multimedia Super Corridor to boost the ICT sector, improve infrastructure, and increase broadband penetration to over 60% of households by 2012. The National Key Economic Areas plan aims to further develop Malaysia's digital economy and ICT capabilities by 2020.
Helen Milner discusses rethinking the digital divide in her presentation at the National Digital Conference 2012. She notes that internet use is exploding everyday, yet a divide still exists between first generation and next generation internet users. Next generation users, who are younger, use multiple internet applications and devices, while first generation users are older and less active online. Milner advocates growing confident and independent internet users through 3,800 community partners and 500 access points that provide training and support. She argues that technology should help people achieve goals, like digitizing public services, rather than be the goal itself. The key is combining local partners, technology, and scale to connect people and help close the digital divide.
Helen Milner - ND2012 Day 2, Plenary 1: Everyone OnlineGoONND2012
Helen Milner discusses rethinking the digital divide in her presentation at the National Digital Conference 2012. She notes that internet use is exploding everyday, yet a divide still exists between first generation and next generation internet users. Next generation users, who use multiple internet applications on smartphones and own multiple digital devices, are more common among students, employed individuals, and retired people compared to unemployed individuals. She advocates growing confident and independent internet users through local community partners and technology at scale, emphasizing that the most important factor is people.
My research focuses on the use of open-source platforms for supporting education in the public schools of Nepal. I, therefore, focus on the fields of mobile HCI, ICT4D and mobile learning.
The focus of this research is on relatively cheaper and sustainable mobile technologies.
My research aims to make a contribution by highlighting the possible role of previously unexplored mobile open-source hardware/software platform as a potential tool to provide mobile learning that takes into account of the context.
This study will review considerable challenges faced by technologies challenges for mobile learning.
Ipsos MediaCT: Business Elite Breakfast SeminarIpsos UK
This document summarizes a breakfast seminar on understanding the business elite. The seminar included presentations on how the business elite have evolved since the 1970s and remain influential leaders of large companies who are early adopters of new technologies. While their media consumption and wealth have increased, they also face challenges relating to volatile markets and attracting top talent. The business elite were discussed from an ethnographic perspective, noting their broad knowledge skills and efficient use of information for business purposes.
Podcasting: Get It Online — National Press Club PresentationRichard Harrington
What is a podcast and how can it help my organization reach people online?
At this month's "Get It Online" lunch discussion, learn what a podcast is and why both communicators and journalists are increasingly using them to successful reach niche audiences. This informative session will share secrets on creating professional looking video for podcasting and other video-sharing technologies.
Podcasting is another name for audio and video blogging. The general idea is that you post audio or video content that someone can subscribe to. You are essentially creating a channel, one that you add audio, video, or print content to so it can be automatically downloaded to a subscribers’ computer or media player. All of this can occur without the need for email blasts, people logging onto websites, or expensive shipping bills.
Additionally, podcasting is much more affordable than streaming and web video options. Podcasting uses a distributed model, so instead of everyone coming to your website and clicking (then wanting to watch the video at the same time), podcasts download in the background automatically. This means that podcasts are there, waiting to be watched whenever and wherever the consumer wants them.
The document discusses data center consolidation and cloud computing in government information and communications technology, noting that data center consolidation through adopting cloud computing can help reduce costs and improve effectiveness and efficiency by consolidating infrastructure and applications. It provides an overview of data center consolidation efforts, introduces cloud computing and traditional vs cloud models, and discusses challenges to consolidation like resistance to change and ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery.
The document discusses the European Cloud Computing Strategy. It defines cloud computing and outlines the key challenges including security, interoperability, privacy, and legal issues. It summarizes the European cloud computing market and notes the need for an EU-wide strategy. The strategy focuses on developing a legal framework, addressing technical and commercial barriers, and supporting ongoing research projects related to cloud computing.
The document discusses several key questions regarding eGovernment frameworks:
1) Whether eGovernment policy should be the driving force or develop in response to technological developments.
2) The optimal organizational setup for coordinating eGovernment initiatives, whether through a strong centralized unit or decentralized approach.
3) The different models for coordinating implementation and policymaking, ranging from fully decentralized to fully centralized.
The document then outlines some of the factors that can drive successful eGovernment development, including stable coordination structures, leadership, legal/fiscal frameworks, and interoperable technical architectures.
The document discusses Moldova's plan to implement an e-governance technology platform called M-Cloud based on cloud computing. M-Cloud will provide common services to government agencies through a private government cloud (G-Cloud) using modern, cost-efficient technologies. The platform aims to reduce costs while increasing flexibility, mobility and focus on innovation for IT staff and government organizations through a service-oriented architecture hosted in the cloud.
This document discusses cloud computing and defines key concepts such as infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service. It outlines opportunities and risks of cloud computing related to legal, structural, economic and technical aspects. The document also discusses how electronic identification and security will be impacted by cloud computing and proposes possible approaches for Austria, including defining suitability criteria for cloud services and standards for cloud providers.
The document discusses electronic identification (eID) in Austria, including:
- The Austrian citizen card concept combines electronic signature, unique electronic identity, and representation data.
- A valid legal basis is provided by the E-Government Act, which mandates electronic IDs from various sectors that are linked to a citizen's identity.
- Identity is comprised of a citizen's unique "sourcePIN" cryptographically bound to their public key certificate from an accredited certification services provider.
- Citizen cards have been issued on physical cards like health insurance cards as well as digitally through mobile phone signatures.
Colombia has made significant progress in developing its online government system over the past decade. It now ranks highly in international rankings of e-government. The government's strategy is coordinated through the Online Government Program and aims to improve efficiency, transparency, and citizen participation through expanded online services. Key achievements include establishing an integrated access point portal for government services, implementing an e-procurement system, and providing over 700 online transactions and services across all local governments. The strategy focuses on continuing to expand online information, interactions, transactions, and democratic participation to build an increasingly digital government.
Korea has made significant progress in developing its e-government systems over the past few decades. It established foundational laws and projects in the 1990s and 2000s to build administrative computer networks and promote informatization. Key achievements include consolidating administrative procedures, establishing common platforms, and advancing internal processes and integrated public services. Korea now provides seamless online services and is recognized as a global leader in e-government development. However, challenges remain such as further developing seamless and converged services. The government aims to complete this transition through tasks focused on usage, convergence and citizen-centered services.
This document discusses cyber identity and e-government structures in Argentina. It notes that technology accounts for 15% of e-government, while processes, people, and culture each account for 25%. It then outlines several digital inclusion initiatives in Argentina including the distribution of netbooks to schools and the expansion of wireless networks. The document emphasizes the importance of cyber identity and discusses the use of biometrics, passwords, and digital signatures for trusted online identities. Finally, it provides an overview of Argentina's national cyber security agency and its role in protecting critical infrastructures.
The document discusses interoperability in the framework of the Digital Agenda for Europe. It outlines several key initiatives and strategies to enhance interoperability across governments in Europe, including the European Interoperability Strategy, the European Interoperability Framework, and cross-border authentication projects like STORK and ECAS. The goal is to create more open, flexible and seamless eGovernment services through increased cooperation and aligned standards between member states.
The document discusses eGovernance in Oman. It provides an overview of Oman's digital transformation strategy and approach to eGovernance. The strategy has 6 pillars, and initially focused on national infrastructure, governance & standards, and promotion & awareness. The approach to eGovernance involves defining standards/processes, governance frameworks, policies, and enforcing national laws/regulations across 4 key areas: structure, frameworks, policies, and laws.
The document describes a tutorial on electronic governance for sustainable development and collaborative policy development. It discusses the need for open government and inclusive policy making to address complex global challenges. It then introduces the OCOPOMO project, which aims to support stakeholder participation in policy formulation through an integrated ICT platform and methods to develop evidence-based scenarios and conceptual policy models. Finally, it outlines the integrated policy process in OCOPOMO involving domain experts, stakeholders, and policy analysts.
The document discusses Georgia's G3 governmental gateway project. It outlines several goals of the project including establishing electronic messaging between government agencies, developing information technology and security policies, and promoting efficiency and transparency in governance through the use of IT systems. It then provides examples of IT systems already in use by various government agencies and ministries in Georgia and benefits those systems provide such as increased access, reduced costs, and improved services for citizens. Potential challenges for e-governance initiatives are also mentioned such as limited budgets, lack of standards and security, and shortage of qualified personnel.
This document discusses the major activities and functions of central banks. It explains that central banks historically served as bankers to governments and had control over money supply through printing currency. Their modern functions include conducting monetary policy to stabilize economic growth and inflation through interest rate adjustments and money supply management. The primary reason for establishing central banks is to ensure control over a country's currency and monetary system. The document also outlines the objectives, design considerations, and fundamental tools of central banks like the European Central Bank.
The document discusses Belgium's e-government system and its reliance on interoperability and electronic IDs (eIDs). It outlines how eIDs allow Belgian citizens to access a variety of e-applications from healthcare to home banking. The system provides efficiency, speed, transparency and lower costs for both citizens and the government. It also describes ongoing developments to make services hardware-agnostic and standardize modules, process flows and identity management across different levels of government.
The document summarizes Malaysia's ICT environment and initiatives to promote broadband access and internet usage. It notes that in 2010 Malaysia launched its High Speed Broadband project to expand broadband infrastructure like WiMAX and LTE networks. However, internet access remains relatively expensive for Malaysians compared to other countries. The government has implemented several programs through the Multimedia Super Corridor to boost the ICT sector, improve infrastructure, and increase broadband penetration to over 60% of households by 2012. The National Key Economic Areas plan aims to further develop Malaysia's digital economy and ICT capabilities by 2020.
Helen Milner discusses rethinking the digital divide in her presentation at the National Digital Conference 2012. She notes that internet use is exploding everyday, yet a divide still exists between first generation and next generation internet users. Next generation users, who are younger, use multiple internet applications and devices, while first generation users are older and less active online. Milner advocates growing confident and independent internet users through 3,800 community partners and 500 access points that provide training and support. She argues that technology should help people achieve goals, like digitizing public services, rather than be the goal itself. The key is combining local partners, technology, and scale to connect people and help close the digital divide.
Helen Milner - ND2012 Day 2, Plenary 1: Everyone OnlineGoONND2012
Helen Milner discusses rethinking the digital divide in her presentation at the National Digital Conference 2012. She notes that internet use is exploding everyday, yet a divide still exists between first generation and next generation internet users. Next generation users, who use multiple internet applications on smartphones and own multiple digital devices, are more common among students, employed individuals, and retired people compared to unemployed individuals. She advocates growing confident and independent internet users through local community partners and technology at scale, emphasizing that the most important factor is people.
My research focuses on the use of open-source platforms for supporting education in the public schools of Nepal. I, therefore, focus on the fields of mobile HCI, ICT4D and mobile learning.
The focus of this research is on relatively cheaper and sustainable mobile technologies.
My research aims to make a contribution by highlighting the possible role of previously unexplored mobile open-source hardware/software platform as a potential tool to provide mobile learning that takes into account of the context.
This study will review considerable challenges faced by technologies challenges for mobile learning.
Ipsos MediaCT: Business Elite Breakfast SeminarIpsos UK
This document summarizes a breakfast seminar on understanding the business elite. The seminar included presentations on how the business elite have evolved since the 1970s and remain influential leaders of large companies who are early adopters of new technologies. While their media consumption and wealth have increased, they also face challenges relating to volatile markets and attracting top talent. The business elite were discussed from an ethnographic perspective, noting their broad knowledge skills and efficient use of information for business purposes.
Podcasting: Get It Online — National Press Club PresentationRichard Harrington
What is a podcast and how can it help my organization reach people online?
At this month's "Get It Online" lunch discussion, learn what a podcast is and why both communicators and journalists are increasingly using them to successful reach niche audiences. This informative session will share secrets on creating professional looking video for podcasting and other video-sharing technologies.
Podcasting is another name for audio and video blogging. The general idea is that you post audio or video content that someone can subscribe to. You are essentially creating a channel, one that you add audio, video, or print content to so it can be automatically downloaded to a subscribers’ computer or media player. All of this can occur without the need for email blasts, people logging onto websites, or expensive shipping bills.
Additionally, podcasting is much more affordable than streaming and web video options. Podcasting uses a distributed model, so instead of everyone coming to your website and clicking (then wanting to watch the video at the same time), podcasts download in the background automatically. This means that podcasts are there, waiting to be watched whenever and wherever the consumer wants them.
The document summarizes Nokia's corporate strategy presentation by CEO Stephen Elop. It discusses Nokia's history and rise as the dominant mobile phone manufacturer, the shift to smartphones, and Nokia's declining market share as Android and iOS surpassed its Symbian operating system. The presentation notes that while Nokia and Microsoft still have significant assets, it remains uncertain if they can capitalize on their partnership to compete against Apple, Google, and other major players in the new landscape of mobile platforms and ecosystems.
Martin Lewerth and Niclas Ekdahl are executives at MTG. Lewerth is EVP of Pay-TV and Technology, while Ekdahl is CEO of Viaplay. Both joined MTG in the early 2000s. Lewerth loves being prepared and planning properly, while Ekdahl loves football. The document discusses MTG's transition to digital and streaming services like Viaplay as viewing habits change. It shows increasing revenue and profits as MTG expands its customer base and adds new services. MTG believes Viaplay can continue growing while having limited impact on existing satellite customers.
The presentation provides an overview of the evolution of e-Government in Europe, highlighting the current policy directions and instruments available. It introduces the need for a multidimensional perspective in addressing local governance and ICTs challenges in a global complex landscape. The presentation concludes by envisioning scenarios for Digital Europe 2030 and debating ICT-enabling ‘policy modelling’ issues for evidence-based policy making.
The document outlines Estonia's Electromobility Program 2011-2013. The key aspects of the program include:
1. A demonstration project that provides 507 electric vehicles to social workers around Estonia to promote electromobility.
2. Incentives of up to 50% of the purchase price (maximum 18,000 euros) for buyers of electric vehicles until the end of 2012 along with 1,000 euros for a home charging station.
3. Development of a fast charging infrastructure across Estonia with 1,200-250 fast chargers that support both CHAdeMO and AC charging standards. The infrastructure will enable emergency, routine, and travel charging scenarios.
Almost all enterprises in the EU have internet access, with broadband connections increasing considerably between 2007 and 2008. Large enterprises most frequently provide job vacancy information on their websites. More than two thirds of enterprises use the internet to interact with public authorities, mostly to obtain information or forms. In four member states, nine out of ten enterprises use broadband to connect to the internet.
The document discusses the state of the European economy and entrepreneurship in 2010. It notes that while unemployment has peaked and consumer/business sentiment is improving with low interest rates, GDP growth remains unstable and the Greek debt crisis raises questions about other vulnerable economies. Internet access and online advertising are growing steadily. Though European VC funding and investments continue declining, internet company valuations and shares have rebounded since 2009. IPO markets are also slowly opening up again.
The document discusses the economic environment facing entrepreneurs in 2010. It summarizes that the Icelandic volcanic eruption disrupted European air travel costing airlines billions. The Greek debt crisis raised concerns about contagion to other Eurozone nations. Unemployment peaked in the EU and US in 2009 but has since declined slightly. Interest rates remained low helping improve business and consumer sentiment in the EU and US. Online advertising spending has overtaken traditional media as internet access and usage increased globally. While some internet companies failed in the late 1990s/early 2000s, others like online retailers have since thrived. Stock market indices and internet company shares rebounded from early 2009 lows reflecting a recovery.
The document discusses the global digital and health divides between developed and developing nations. It notes that developing regions have significantly lower rates of access to technologies like phones, internet, and broadband as well as lower health spending and doctor availability per capita. This widening digital divide risks increasing inequality in health outcomes. To address this, the document argues for rethinking solutions to prioritize the developing world context, reduce communication costs, and find sustainable funding models in order to maximize the benefits of technologies for improving health.
This document summarizes digital media usage across Asia based on research conducted by Michael Netzley. It begins by noting the diversity within Asia and issues with viewing it through a Western lens. It then provides statistics on internet penetration rates in various Asian countries, showing China and South Korea as leaders. National social networks, search engines, and communication tools are also described as varying by country. Survey results from Singapore are presented showing differences in online behaviors by age. Reasons for going online and issues like internet blocking are also briefly discussed.
Updated Talk delivered to AmCham and MICA in Singapore, Nov 09. New examples include Queenstown, New Zealand and Obolo's blogger relations fiasco. Also, you find new data on ICT ranking in Asia. Enjoy!
Trends in Digital Sustainability CommunicationKWD Webranking
This document discusses trends in corporate social responsibility reporting among large European companies. It finds:
1) Nearly all of the largest 250 global companies and 100 largest UK companies publish CSR reports. CSR reporting has increased dramatically over the past two decades.
2) Most large European companies communicate about CSR/sustainability on their websites and publish sustainability reports. Spanish and Italian companies showed the most improvement in transparency.
3) Financial markets increasingly demand information around companies' environmental targets, sustainability initiatives, and supply chain standards in CSR reporting.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
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Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
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-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
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e-Estonia:
strategic decisions for success
Ivar Tallo
Just to remind you ….
We are a very small country in
a cold Nordic neighborhood!
Population: 1.4 mil people
Area: 45.000 km2
Member of the European Union
and NATO as of 2004
Regained independence from
the USSR in 1991
Adopted euro in 2011
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Rank=19 Rank=12
Rank=28
Rank=34
Rank=47 Rank=12
Rank=25 Rank=28
Rank=24
The Global
Competitiveness
Raport 2011 - 2012
World Economic Forum
Internet penetration 2011 (%)
100%
97
92
90% 86 85
80
80% 76
69 68
70% 66
60 58 58
60%
50%
48
43
40% 34
30%
20%
10%
0%
Internet penetration, 31th Mar 2011Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats4.htm#europe
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GDP per capita in PPS (2009)
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
EUROSTAT
Why Estonia?
Internet penetration – 76 %
98% of under 35’s are frequent
internet users
Fully functional e-government
infrastructure
7 years experience of complex
e-service provision
92% of Personal Income Tax
Declarations submitted on-line
i-Voting on all elections since 2005
First evercyber-riots
„Cradle“ of Skype
9/28/2011
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How did we get there?
Tiger Leap Foundation Come Along, computer usage
to support ICT in schools courses for 100 000 citizens
2009
1997 2002
2010
Computer and Internet
usage courses for 100 000 citizens –
look@world project
729 Public Internet Access Points
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Some landmarks
An intriguing question …
Why did Estonia differ from its Baltic neighbours? ⃰
74 2000
71
Estonia 53
64 2002
42
29
2004
68
63 2006
54
Latvia 39
22 2008
6
2010
62
55
44
Lithuania 31
: ITU World Telecommunication / ICT Indicators Database
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: ITU World Telecommunication / ICT Indicators Database
⃰Internet penetra on rate as measured by Emor
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Politics matters
Similar size
Similar geographical location
Similar social and political experience
Estonia prioritized the ICT development and backed it
up by real government resources ~ 1% of budget every
year between 1994 and 2004
The total sum not as important as continuity
The reasons for success
General consensus among main forces
in Estonian society
Commitment of political elites
Right mix of private and public initiative
Active role of government
Project based development
Little baggage of previous practices
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E-cabinet
2000 2011
e-Estonia as a political project.
E-Government infrastructure
Access
– citizens: PIAPs, Look@World
– offices – village road 1, 2, 3
Digitalized information
– Information systems and databases in all levels of government
Formalized exchange
– x- Road - the connection of government databases by a data
exchange service layer
Electronic Identity
– Authentication of a user by digital certificate imbedded in the ID
card or SIM card
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Databases / information systems Banks
Document • Ühispank
National Pension
Documents
Population
repository
Insurance
Register
Insurance
Register
• Hansapank
Register
record
Document
Register
Vehicle
Health
Document
management
record • Krediidipank
record
systems
management • Sampo Pank
management
systems • Nordea Pank
systems
Security Security Security Security Security Security Security
server server server server server server server
Internet X-road
Security :: … :: Security
server :: E-institution – institution view :: Central server
Central
:: E-county – county view :: server I monitoring
http://www.riik.ee/arr/
:: Governmental Portal – Your Estonia ::
Institutional view of Thematic view of ID – card
Databases
the state the state Central HelpDesk
Register
National
www.riik.ee www.eesti.ee server II
AIT
KIT EIT
Public servant X-road certification center
Citizen view Enterpriser view
view
Certification Center
X-road center
National ID card
Issued by:
Department of Citizenship and
Migration
Subcontractor:
TRÜB Switzerland
First card issued: 01.01.2002
Over 1.100.000 now
Satisfies the requirements of:
ICAO Doc. 9303 part 3
Based on 16 Kb RSA crypto-chip:
2 private keys; authentication
certificate;
certifacate to issue digital signature;
A file with personal data
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Reform of Government 1990s
Weberian Bureaucracy + Internet
Reform of Government 2000s
One Stop Shop approach
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Privacy by design
Digital case file
Digital prescription
Controlling the access to my data
Empowering others
Getting better service
Helmes session tomorrow at 15.00 in Allegro
The coming e-government
Integration of different levels of government in service
provision
Integration of different user roles in a single gateway
24/7 government
“Do it yourself” government
Mobile-government: government coming to you ...
Some more working examples of integrated e-government:
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100
91% 92%
e-declarations 90 82%
80 74%
submitted 70
59%
to the tax 60
50
board 36%
40
30 21%
20 9%
10
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2009 2010
Parential leave benefit claim
A so called complex or
integrated e-service ….
18 data requests between
5 information systems + calculation = 7
documents in real life = 3 minutes data
input +1 mouse click
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Driving forces of eGov
Stable and functioning organizational setup for
coordination
Leadership and political will
Fixed info-political principles
PPP, good telecom infrastructure and high level of
eBanking
Supporting legal and fiscal frameworks
Interoperable ICT architecture
Status of e-gov developments
Information society/paperless office/on-line
government/e-government/m-government
/e-governance/good governance
Spread of e-government “deeper”
Spread of e-government “broader”
– From early adaptors to mainstream
– Both in terms of institutions & people
– Inclusive e-gov, reinforcing the concept of inclusiveness
of information society
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We are in a new reality where ICT useage is not a hobby,
not a tool but a major building block of that reality
The reality has already changed but our minds have not
recognized it yet
We need to work on new fundamentals and not just
sharpening our knives and swords
e-Estonia.com
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Thank you!
Questions?
Ivar.Tallo@ega.ee
Check for additional information WWW.EGA.EE
This presentation is financed by Estonian Information System’s Authority from
European Regional Development Fund.
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