Day One - Policy Innovation
Tuesday 27th July, 2010

8.30
REGISTRATION, COFFEE & NETWORKING
9.00
Welcome remarks from the Chair
Welcome to country
Ngunnawal People
BUILDING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION
9.15 SPECIAL ADDRESS:
What´s required for policy innovation

  • Why we need policy innovation
  • Collaborating across government and with the third sector to promote innovation
  • Putting the citizen at the heart of policy development / implementation in order to better facilitate innovation
Professor Peter Shergold AC,
Macquarie Group, Foundation Professor,
Centre for SocialImpact
10.00
Utilising technology to enhance stakeholder engagement and ultimately foster innovation

  • Why effective innovative stakeholder engagement is crucial to the development of innovative policies
  • Utilising Web 2.0 technologies to engage more effectively with stakeholders
  • Balancing technology and traditional means of engagement to foster policy innovation
Penny Armytage,
Secretary,
Department of Justice, VIC
10.45
MORNING TEA & COFFEE
11.15
Information clarity: the key to agility

  • The information imperative in an innovation culture
  • Leveraging rapid communication channels and social media to facilitate and foster change
  • Lessons from the public and private sectors
Sheryle Moon,
Chief Operating Officer
TP3
12.00
The Victorian Public Service Innovation Plan - Laying the foundations for innovation

  • Learn about the development of the Victorian Public Service Innovation Plan
  • The role of leadership, culture and capability in fostering innovation
  • How innovation can contribute to better policy and service delivery outcomes
  • How innovation can drive policy development
Maria Katsonis,
Principal Adviser, Public Administration,
Department of Premier & Cabinet, VIC
12.45
Lunch
ENHANCING INNOVATION PERFORMANCE
1.45
Evidence-based policy - paving the way for innovation

  • Establishing a culture that values evidence and innovation
  • The link between evidence and innovation and the work of the Policy Innovation and Research Unit
  • Examples of policy innovation at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Peter Hughes,
Deputy Secretary,Policy & Management Group,
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
2.30
Spotlight on statistics: Effectively utilising statistical data to pave the way for innovation

  • How statistics can help us to innovate
  • Accessing the ´right´ information
  • Avoiding the misuse of statistics
  • How the ABS can help policy makers
Peter Harper,
Deputy Australian Statistician,
Australian Bureau of Statistics
3.15
AFTERNOON TEA & COFFEE
3.45
Improving collaboration to bring us closer to social inclusion

  • Why social inclusion needs innovation in the way we develop and implement policy
  • How the Victorian Government has used innovation to improve collaborative action toward social inclusion
  • Balancing the need for innovation with time constraints, political pressures and limited resources (including knowledge)
Alison McClelland,
Executive Director, Strategic Policy,Research & Forecasting,
Department of Planning & Community Development, VIC
4.30
So what´s the innovation issue?

  • Why is innovation wanted?
  • What´s stopping it in the public sector?
  • How do we do it?
  • Case studies of innovation
Professor Scott Prasser
Public Policy
Australian Catholic University
5.15
Building a culture of innovation

  • Innovation in the public sector context
  • Essential conditions for innovation to flourish
  • The importance of risk management as opposed to risk aversion
  • Fostering innovation in policy development and implementation
Grahame Cook PSM
Director
Grahame Cook Consulting Pty Ltd
6.00
Closing remarks from the Chair & end of Day One