We just got around to schedule the next Drupal Public Sector Exchange following the success of the the first one. On the 8th of May we will convene at the Hub Westminster at 7pm to discuss how we increase adoption of the Open Source content management system Drupal in the public sector with a focus on councils.
It was clear from the first event that the most important issue is to increase coordination, collaboration and communication in between councils, developers and stakeholders. While the cost benefits are easily explained – see our earlier post here -one of the central topics for this DPSX will be to discuss how we can create a platform and community that fosters regular exchange of what works best and eventually the sharing of code, which is well written and documented.
DPSX will always have talks on specific topics of interest to this growing community and also allow space for the general exchange of ideas that are useful for this community. To this end we have asked the following speaker to present:
Dave Denton from the GCloud Propogation Team will be explaining the G-Cloud platform and provide insight into how the team are attempting to change the way the public sector procures and operates ICT.
Mark Taylor CEO of Sirius, and member of the Open Source Consortium
will be sharing experiences from acting as a technology advisor to all main UK political parties and multiple Government departments, includig a 6 month stint as Chair of the Cabinet Office New Suppliers to Government working group.
Peter Brownell, will on behalf of DPSX, facilitate the discussion about next steps for DPSX to grow into a better platform and community for Drupal enabled councils.
We will be announcing a detailed program shortly, but already have:
Peter Brownell – DPSX
Dave Denton – G-Cloud (TBC)
Mark Taylor – Open Source Consortium (TBC)
You can register via Eventbrite
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