Neither can we! After hearing from dozens of attendees that they want year-round content on public sector innovation, we’re launching a series of online events throughout the year.
All session times are listed in the EDT (Eastern Daylight Time).
FWD50 Extras is a year-round series of events exclusively for ticket-holders. These events include workshops, meetups, debates, and more, and are a chance to dive deeper into vital public sector topics with world-renowned experts on policy and technology. See past Extras.
Access past recorded events below. Note that Extras are part of your annual FWD50 ticket, so you’ll need to log in to view them.
Public sector innovation has fundamentally different goals than private sector innovation, so it needs a different set of tools. The UX design practice of identifying and alleviating user pain points is now common in many service-oriented organizations,... read more
How leaders can give digital transformation the best chance of success.
Join Public Digital Partners, Emma Gawen and James Stewart, for an in depth look at how to de-risk your organization’s digital transformation. They’ll... read more
In this workshop, you’ll discover how critical AI incidents take shape from the inside. Learn how vast groups of people (including yourselves) are outliers in some data and can face negative consequences because of algorithmic bias. This workshop... read more
Between a pandemic that has changed our world forever, and with the emergence of Web 3.0, our relationship to technology is going through a seismic shift as it becomes ubiquitous to our lives. How is this changing the way we are envisioning our relationship... read more
We are hosting quarterly Executive Book Clubs to discuss the latest in digital transformation and public sector innovation with fellow leaders and noted experts. Each session is a candid 90-minute online conversation, in which we cover a brief synopsis of a book and its key ideas, followed by an open peer discussion with the author. Apply to attend the next one.
Here are some of the amazing authors we’ve got lined up for future events.
Here’s a look at our past Executive Book Clubs.
Our inaugural guest is Marianne Bellotti, author of the acclaimed book Kill it with Fire. Thanks to our partners at IBM, we’re... read more
Thanks to the support of our partners at Google Cloud, we ran the second Executive Book Club on September 9, 2021 with Malka Older, author of Infomocracy. She’s a prolific writer, and her background as an aid worker has informed her... read more
Our third guest is Lane Becker, author of Get Lucky. Thanks to our partners at CGI, we’re going to spend 90 minutes... read more
Our fourth guest is David Brin, author of The Transparent Society. Thanks to our partners at CGI, we’re going to spend 90 minutes diving into his book.
David... read more
FWD50 2021 spans four days of packed content, from keynotes and workshops to breakouts and meeting rooms as well as other content we run throughout the week. Here is a highlevel overview; for more details and a list of sessions, workshops, breakouts and more check out the interactive agenda:
