GOVIS 2024 Conference

GOVIS is a not-for-profit network of technology and information professionals in the New Zealand government who want to connect, share and learn from each other. GOVIS runs an annual conference - this year it is on 6 August, at the National Library of New Zealand and online with a pre-conference workshop day on the 5th August. The theme for GOVIS 2024 is Trust to Innovate. In 2024, the public service will face increasingly complex and demanding challenges, with limited resources to meet them. The only way forward is to innovate more, and we need to be trusted to do this and take some risks.

At the same time, we need to remember the serious consequences of innovating faster than the speed of trust. Innovation should be done with our customers and partners and not to them - so as we innovate, we also need to build trust.

For example, AI tools have recently become much more capable and accessible… but how should (and shouldn’t) we harness this technology? Data is richer and more abundant… but are we collecting and using it in a transparent and effective way? Digital transformation projects of various sizes are underway… but are we really putting customers at the centre?

Come along and join in the discussion.