Looking back at the 2020 govcomms festival
part of the OECD’s Government aftershock
In 2020, contentgroup hosted the inaugural GovComms Festival, a global conference about the future of government communication. The mission of the Festival was to explore the critical lessons in government communication that needed to be learnt after 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Festival was a part of the OECD’s Government After Shock program. We were proud to have not only the OECD as our partner, but also Griffith University, who put together 24 hours of educational content from experts and academics in government communication. At the end of the GovComms Festival, contentgroup CEO David Pembroke announced the launch of the GovComms Institute.
GovComms Festival Speakers 2020
The GovComms Festival hosted over 170 speakers who produced over 100 hours of content about government communication. Among them where local and national government communications professionals, senior public servants, leaders of multinational corporations, academics and representatives from world-leading NGOs.
Michelle Harrison
Brian Solis
Barbara Tversky
Thijs Berman
Kerri Hartland
Susan Redden Makatoa
Sammy Obeng
Jim Macnamara
Ying-Yi Chih
Rowena Merritt
Merryn McKinnon
Anthony Clark
Dr. Long Nguyen
Howard Parry-Husbands
Ashwani Singla
Dan Slee
Zora Artis
The GovComms Institute is a place for government communicators from all over the world to discuss their common purpose, common challenges and common opportunities. It allows us to examine best practice, solve problems and make connections. Our mission is to prepare government communicators to make the most of digital transformation. The GovComms Institute is where you can find the recordings of the 2020 GovComms Festival. Sign up to the Institute below to receive updates on all things GovComms.
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