Event type:

In person

Date & time:

15 Jun 2023, 17:30 – 19:00

Digital Public Infrastructure for the Public Good

The UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) invites you to the sixth public talk of the IIPP 2023 Festival: The Entrepreneurial State 2.0. - Rethinking the State in the 21st Century​.

Digital Public Infrastructure for the Public Good
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Digital Public Infrastructure for the Public Good

15 Jun 2023, 17:30 – 19:00

Anir Chowdhury

The Policy Advisor of the a2i Programmme of the ICT Division

Government of Bangladesh/UNDP Bangladesh

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David Eaves

Associate Professor in Digital Government

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

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In addition to his work at HKS David co-founded and served as CEO of a civictech start up that successfully grew to serve over 400 governments across North America. He’s advised on governance and collaboration strategies for open source communities such as OpenMRS, Drupal and Mozilla and provided training to almost every cohort of Code for America fellows, White House Presidential Innovation Fellows and Code for Canada fellows.

David is also proud of his work as a negotiation adviser to numerous tech organizations, governments and environmental groups. He served as negotiation advisor to a coalition of Canadian environmental government organizations during two years of negotiations with the Forestry Products Association of Canada (FPAC) which helped cement the ground-breaking Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement

Priscilla Koo Wilkens

Senior Economist in Innovation and Digital Economy

Bank for International Settlements - BIS

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Prior to this, she served in various roles at the Central Bank of Brazil, including heading the Pix Management Division and co-leading the technical development of the Brazilian Credit Information System. Priscilla holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo and a master's degree in Public Administration with a concentration on Economics and Finance from Cornell University.

Matthew McNaughton

Principal of the SlashRoots Foundation

The SlashRoots Foundation

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Further information

Ticketing

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Free

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All

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IIPP Communications

iippcomms@ucl.ac.uk