14:00-14:45

ICA Board Meeting & Programme Committee

Chair: Shimon Broner, Chairman, ICA

14:45-17:45

ICA 49^th Annual Council Meeting & Elections

Chair: Shimon Broner, Chairman, ICA

Attendees: Governing Board, Programme Committee, National Representatives and Deputy National Representatives only (no substitutes)

• Treasurer Report
• Report back of Study Groups
• Report back on strategy 2.0
• New website
• Elections-to be conducted by life member

17:45 – 18:15

Welcome and information session for new observing countries

Chair: Larry Caffrey, Treasurer, ICA

18:45

Meet at Scandic Grand Central Hotel lobby for scenic walk to Stockholm City Hall. (Mini bus will be provided for those opting not to walk)

19:15-19:30

Group Picture - City Hall, Blue Hall staircase

19:30-21:30

City Hall Event - Invitation Only

• Welcome speech by Eva-Louise Erlandsson Slorach, President of the Stockholm City Council- Prince Hall
• Welcome speech by ICA Chair-Prince Hall
• Stockholm City sponsored walking buffet-Prince Hall
• Guided tour of the City Hall

21:30

Walk back to Scandic Grand Central Hotel. Mini bus available for those opting not to walk.

Dress Code: Smart Casual

08:00

Meet at Scandic Grand Central Hotel lobby to walk together to the MoE (200m from the hotel)

08:30-09:00

Welcome by ICA Chair-Shimon Broner
Opening speech by the Swedish Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Information Technology- Mehmet Kaplan

09:00-10:40

Session I:  STRATEGY & CHANGE MANAGEMENT

The world of IT has in recent years witnessed a series of significant transformations caused by simultaneous emergence of new technologies.  These transformations have practical impact on the enterprise’s existing computer infrastructure and the organization’s human resources, especially the interaction between the two without receiving the attention it deserves.

The formulation of a comprehensive master plan of IT implementation, which combines the needs and requirements of the business processes with diverse opportunities the new technologies enable is imperative, however this macro view is usually set aside for other more “critical” short term demands on IT services.  The open issues we will confront during this session are:

• How do you build a comprehensive master plan for IT?
• What tools and services are available to build such a plan?
• What are the constraints which must be taken into account when building the plan?

Speakers:

• Stefan Olowsson, CIO Swedish agency for Social Security, Sweden
• Lars Wiigh, European Union and Business Development Executive Public Sector and Energy market , IBM Nordic
• Yair Frank, Government CIO, Prime Minister’s Office, Israel

10:40-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:20    

Session II:  INTEGRATION OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES WITH CITIZEN-CENTRIC  APPROACHES

The steady integration of mobile technologies into the everyday lives of people, businesses and governments provides a new context for policy-making for governments and can give rise to new forms of engagement and relationships in the public sphere. Smart phones in combination with easily accessible apps creates opportunities for a fast and wide penetration of digital public and social innovations ­– and not simply a support for existing government processes. As a result, new approaches are needed to support a shift from governments anticipating citizens’ and business’s needs (citizen-centric approaches) to citizens and businesses determining their own needs and addressing them in partnership with governments (citizen-driven approaches). This session explores different ways of coping with this new policy-landscape.

Chair: Dr. Magnus Enzell, Senior Adviser - Ministry of Enterprise and ICT, Sweden

Speakers:

• Dr. Somya Joshi, eGovlab, Sweden
• Cheow Hoe Chan, Government CIO of Singapore
• Claes Persson, CEO Mobilearn

12:20-13:15

Lunch at MoE

13:15-15:00

Session III: GOVERNMENT ANALYTICS FROM BIG DATA

This discussion picks up from last year’s top rated panel on big data initiatives. We have allocated two hours for presentations and table discussions that will allow us to learn from each other’s experience.  What sources of big data are being used by governments around the world? What can be inferred from social media? What can we discover by tapping into the Internet of Things (IoT)? What techniques are being used to manage and analyze the tremendous volume of data? Finally and most important, how are government’s applying this emerging field of information technology to make decisions and achieve desired societal outcomes for their citizens?

Chair: Peter Bruce, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Projects and Client Relationship, Canada

Speakers:

• Joshua Belinko, Executive Director at TraceCanada, Canada 
• Dr. Oliver Popov, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Chi-Lung Chang, Senior Systems Analyst E-invoice Promotion Division, Fiscal Information Agency, Ministry of Finance, Taiwan
• Iurie Turcanu, Executive Director at the e-Government Center, Moldova
• David Craelius, CEO Gavagai

15:15-16:45

Session IV: CYBERSECURITY TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS IN THE DIGITAL WORLD

Cyberattacks are clearly on the rise. Government CIOs consistently rank Cybersecurity high on their agendas. Even as governments across the world invest heavily to protect its citizens' data and other information assets, all that could be easily undermined through the actions of an unwitting employee or contractor. This panel will give us an all-round view by sharing what their governments are doing to protect their information assets, the citizens' data.

Chair: Yew Joseph, CIO Ministry of Law, Singapore

Speakers:

• Dimitra Liveri, NIS Officer, Information Security & Data Protection Unit, ENISA
• John Stienen, Senior policy advisor, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands
• Mo Cashman, Director, Enterprise Architects, EMEA, McAfee, Part of Intel Security, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Victor Villar, Member of the Board of Directors of AGESIC, Uruguay

17:40

Meet at Scandic Grand Central Hotel lobby

18:00-20:00

City Boat Tour - Invitation Only

Travel under fifteen bridges and pass through two locks connecting the Baltic Sea with Lake Mälaren. Experience many of the city’s sights-the inner city, the Old Town, the islands Södermalm, Lilla and Stora Essingen, the new area Hammarby Sjöstad and the green areas of Djurgården.  Finger food and cocktails will be served aboard the vessel.

Dress Code: Casual

Bus return to Scandic Grand Central Hotel

08:00

Meet at Grand Central Hotel lobby

08:15

Buses Depart for Kista

09:00-11:00

Ericsson Experience Center - 'Horizontal technology platforms'

Presentation will cover the logic to plan cross sector. The 2014 edition of the Networked Society City Index examines and ranks 40 cities
from around the world, looking at their performance, challenges and opportunities in terms of ICT, sustainability and development. The
extensive research gives us a glimpse into the future of the city. The 40 min demo tour will be where we are able to show different industry
solution examples and research projects.

11:00 - 12:00

Session V:  ENABLING mGOVERNMENT 

Focus on gov app innovation. Most governments collect and publish enormous amounts of data, but have limited resources to get it into the hands of their citizens in creative and engaging ways. This Session will provide the opportunity to be part of an event that draws together people from government, industry, academia and of course, the general public to mash up, reuse, and remix data by focusing on “life events.” Keyword  “mobile.”

This session aims to provide some examples of possible gov apps that are based on a whole of government approach and can trigger innovation based on a private-public-research partnership.

Following a small presentation of similar approaches visualized by MoE and eGovlab and depending on participation, we will split in groups during this workshop (ideally 2-3).  Each group will address a societal challenge and come up with app solutions that reflect the topic assigned to this group comprised of ICA members, Nordic/Baltic representatives, Swedish private/public sector and academia.

Chair: Vasilis Koulolias, Director of eGovlab, Sweden

 Life Event Workshops:

• Group 1: Migration
• Group 2: Risk & Disaster Management
• Group 3: Building a house  

12:00-13:00

Lunch at the NOD Building

13:00-16:45

Session V:  ENABLING mGOVERNMENT (cont.)

16:45-17:30

Report-back

17:30-19:30

Networking event
Europe’s leading ICT cluster – Kista. A close relationship between private enterprise, research and academia has made Kista one of Stockholm’s most important growth regions. Today, the area hosts more than 1000 ICT companies that combined employ around 25,000 people. The cluster is nest to the international academic institution, Stockholm University. Academia, private enterprise and the public sector collaborate in Kista. Kista is an excellent example of how academia, private enterprise and the public sector can collaborate.

This networking event is a great opportunity to meet and network with a broad range of stakeholders from Kista to get an insight in the dynamics of Europe’s leading ICT cluster.  Finger food and cocktails will be served.

08:40

Meet at Scandic Grand Central Hotel lobby to walk together to the MoE

09:00-11:00

Session VI:  COUNTRY REPORTS

Chair: Caffrey Larry, ICA treasurer, UK
Challenger: Oleg Petrov, Program Coordinator, World Bank

11:00-11:15

Short Coffee break

11:15-12:00

Session VII: FUTURE LEADERS

This year’s Future Leader fellows, Ms. Daiva Kirkilaité -Chetcuti and Mr. Lourino Albert Chemane will be introduced. Presentation of conference summary.

12:00-13:30

 Lunch at MoE

Session VIII: JOINT MEETING WITH NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

The joint session with the northern European countries aims to highlight the potential of a shared Nordic infrastructure towards a digital single market within Europe. By fostering an ecosystem for open innovation towards co-creation of common services it will result in job creation, economic growth and efficient government.

This session will provide an excellent opportunity to share best practice, learn from each other and to find new ways for collaboration within an northern, pan European and international context.

13:30-14:45  

Topic 1: Shared Nordic infrastructures towards a digital single market

Chair: Francisco García Morán, Chief IT Advisor at European Commission

Speakers:

• Stefan Krook, CEO KIVRA, Sweden
• Yih-Jeao Wang, Head of the Director-General’s Secretariat, Ministry of Finance: Agency for Digitalisation, Denmark
• Warren Lloyd Hero, Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, S. Africa

14:45-15:00

Coffee Break

15:00-16:30

Topic 2: Open innovation; the Nordic ecosystem

Chair:  Barbara Chiara Ubaldi, Division for Public Sector Reform at the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Speakers:

• Siim Sikkut, Digital Policy Adviser - Government Office of Estonia
• Amos Tan, Director, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
• Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg, Professor of Law & Informatics at Stockholm University, Sweden

16:30-17:30

CLOSING SESSION

Chair: Shimon Broner, Senior Chief Information Officer Ministry of Economy, Israel

Conference Summary: James Mackison, Rapporteur, USA

Looking ahead to the 50th ICA Conference: Presentation - María Isabel Mejía Jaramillo, Deputy Minister of IT Ministry, Colombia

17:30

Walk to hotel

18:30

Bus departure from Scandic Grand Central Hotel lobby

19:00-23:00

Closing event- “Meet the Archipelago”
Enjoy traditional Swedish cuisine while cruising through Stockholm’s Archipelago, home to over 30,000 islands.  Our tour will depart from downtown Stockholm and will last for approximately 4 hours.

Dress Code: Formal/cocktail

23:00

Bus departure for Scandic Grand Central Hotel