1,000 delegates to attend
multiple plenary sessions on e-governance themes
Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy will inaugurate the two-day national conference on e-governance at the
Le Meridien Convention Centre here on Thursday.
The conference, based on
the theme ‘e-governance – vision to implementation’, will explore the most
effective and innovative strategies of Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) in transforming governance.
V. Narayanasamy, Minister
of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, will be the chief guest. Minister for
Industries and IT P.K. Kunhalikutty will preside.
The conference is being
jointly organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public
Grievances, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, and State
government’s Department of Information Technology. NASSCOM is the knowledge
partner.
The conference will make
an attempt to ascertain the quality of service and achievements of a
transparent, effective, responsive, and accountable system of governance.
It will provide a platform
for policy makers, practitioners, industry leaders and academicians to interact
and recommend a strategy for good governance besides ways to improve the
standard of services rendered to the citizens. The prestigious annual national
awards on e-governance will be given away at the conference. About 1,000
delegates are expected to attend the conference featuring multiple plenary
sessions on different e-governance themes.
The first day will feature
sessions on topics such as best practices in e-governance based on some
selected projects; leveraging emerging technologies and empowering citizen:
process-centricity to citizen-centricity; and framework for replication-challenges
in productisation of applications.
An exhibition featuring
the e-governance-related IT products and services will be held alongside the
conference. A cultural show has been scheduled at the end of the first day.
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