Search results for emerging tech
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Techweek‘18 – Good for the world
Found in Blog / Published 09 May 2018 / By Stephen Clarke ,
New Zealand’s annual festival of innovation, Techweek, is happening between 19 – 27 May. The focus is on fostering the growth of NZ’s technology and innovation sectors by providing “a week-long opportunity for connection and cross-pollination, and an independent platform through which to amplify New Zealand’s unique and inspiring innovation stories to the world.” The theme this year is on innovation that’s good for the world.
There are exciting events happening across NZ. Here is just a taste o… -
New-venture accelerators — growing human capital
Found in Blog / Published 05 August 2019 / By Ruth Fischer-Smith ,
Ruth Fischer-Smith discusses new-venture accelerators and the skills and capability gains made by people as a result.
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Emerging Technology presentations
Found in Showcase
These regular presentations bring together people from inside and outside of government to showcase and workshop emerging trends, technology and work across government.
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The rise of Innovation Labs in government – part 1
Found in Blog / Published 26 April 2019 / By Elena Higgison ,
Elena Higgison is a Principal Advisor Digital Government. In part 1 of this 2 blog series, Elena shares her journey of discovery into the NZ Innovation Lab scene, why she did it and what common features she observed.
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How digital can support participation in democracy
Found in Blog / Published 27 June 2018 / By Vernon McCarthy ,
Last year the Government Information Services team at the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) reviewed the Government Online Engagement Service (GOES) pilot.
The main focus of the review was on the service that we had provided to agencies, and finding out their pain points when engaging. However, this was only half of the picture and didn’t take into account people’s experiences of engaging with government, which is a critical missing link to make sure what’s delivered meets people’s needs, no… -
Current suppliers
Found in Products & services / Current suppliers
This is a list of New Zealand and internationally owned suppliers signed up to all-of-government (AoG) contracts where the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is the lead agency.
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User insights research on disability aims to improve online services and design
Found in Blog / Published 21 October 2020 / By Deshan Gamage ,
As a customer experience (UX) researcher I firmly believe talking directly to real people in the community provides the rare and rich opportunity to gain insights.
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Lab+: MSD and their digital transformation journey
Found in Blog / Published 11 July 2017 / By Pia Andrews ,
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) Service Innovation Team spoke to the business and technology teams at the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) about their digital transformation journey. We discovered a relevant and important story that would benefit other agencies.
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How might an AI explain itself?
Found in Blog / Published 29 November 2019 / By Jonathan Manning ,
In his blog post on artificial intelligence (AI), GovTech Graduate Jonathan Manning draws on the New Zealand Law Foundation: Government use of artificial intelligence in New Zealand (the NZFL report) to discuss the role and effectiveness of explanation tools.
As algorithms and AI become ubiquitous we all become ‘data subjects’ to organisations such as governments and businesses.
In response, regulations such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation are beginning to emerge. The New Zealan… -
New Zealand Vision for Health Technology
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The Vision for Health Technology outlines how we see technology shaping the way New Zealanders 'live well, stay well and get well' in 2026.
