Zollar States `Knowledge Tools Can Enable Civil Servants to Perform At Extraordinary Levels.`
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Apr 15, 2002--Over two hundred top ranking government officials, industry luminaries and senior IBM executives gathered today to kick-off the fourth annual Lotus Global Government Forum. In his keynote presentation, IBM Lotus Software General Manager Al Zollar addressed the key challenges faced by governments today including the talent gap, the need for more effective knowledge transfer among workers, the lack of seamless interagency communications and the growing demand for citizen self-service. Zollar highlighted customers from around the world who have solved these challenges by implementing information technology solutions.
''The sharing of best practices and technologies here at the Lotus Global Government Forum is just one way governments and public sector organizations can increase their effectiveness,'' said Zollar. ''Implementing e-learning, instant messaging and collaboration software helps these organizations achieve true knowledge management, leverage their human capital and work more productively with the constituents they serve.''
The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright, the former U.S. Secretary of State, will speak to LGGF audience on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 providing a unique account of her service at the highest level of the American government.
During the Lotus Global Government Forum, many other government information technology executives and decision makers are sharing insights, business knowledge, best practices and field-proven solutions with attendees. Other key speakers on the Lotus Global Government Forum agenda include The Right Honorable Lord Macdonald of Tradeston CBE, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Professor Dalmo Nogueira, State Secretary of Government and Strategic Administration, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Todd Ramsey, general manager of IBM`s Global Government Industry initiatives.
In addition, Joe McCrea from the UK Office of the E-Envoy and Chris Hancock, the Director of Knowledge Enhanced Government in the United Kingdom, will co-present a session titled ''Walking the Talk: Taking Knowledge Management Out of Theory and Into Practice.'' Other speakers will address the impact of technology on the government sector, including World Bank, German Department of Defense, Denmark`s Graested-Gilleleje, the City of Gothenburg in Sweden and the United Kingdom Department of Health.
The Lotus Global Government Forum, being held at the Le Meridien Grosvenor House, Park Lane in London, will conclude on April 17, 2002. The conference is being cosponsored by IBM and the following Lotus Business Partners: Trend Micro, Show Business Software, Teamstudio, Network Appliance and BlackBerry. Previous annual forums have been held in Brussels, Ottawa and Washington D.C..
To keep up to date on the presentations and speeches being delivered at the Lotus Global Government Forum, visit http://www.lotus.com/govforum.
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