National Assembly for Wales Cross Party Digital Group #digitalwales
Tomorrow evening is the inaugural meeting of the National Assembly for Wales's Cross Party Digital Group (6pm, Tuesday, 10th November, 2009 - Conference Room 21, Tŷ Hywel, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay) It's going to take the format of panel discussion and questions, chaired by Rory Cellan Jones, BBC Technology Correspondent, asking the question: "How can we make better use of new media and digital technology to engage with the people of Wales?" Panelists include:
- Sarah Hunter, Google's Head of UK Public Policy. Her background is in Government, where she was a Special Adviser for two Culture Secretaries, and was Tony Blair's Senior Policy Adviser on Culture, Media and Sport.
- Karina Brisby, who has led the campaign and advocacy digital strategies for Oxfam since 2004, as the Head of Digital Campaigns for Oxfam GB, where she has focused on supporting global efforts to end poverty and injustice, such as; Make Poverty History, In My Name and ClimateVoice.
- Jag Singh, a veteran of American political campaigns. He is currently Chief Information Officer at online campaigning and advertising agency MessageSpace in London, which aims to connect a politically influential and aware audience with brands and organisations that aim to harness the new participatory processes taking place on the Web. Jag has worked for Democratic Presidential candidates (Wes Clark, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton), as well as Senators and Gubernatorial candidates in Florida and Georgia, on both sides of the political aisle. His specialisation revolves around using technology for voter/stakeholder profiling and contact, but has more recently branched out into targeting voters and audiences online.
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