Since Collabforge was founded by Dr. Mark Elliott in 2007, we have been making news in Gov 2.0 circles. Here's some of what everybody's been talking about. 

presentations

Mark Elliott's recent speaking engagements include:

• Local Government Managers Australia (LGMA) Tasmania Annual Conference, 2011 - Keynote presentation

• Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) NSW State Conference, Wollongong 2011 - Keynote presentation

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Fiji 2011 - Keynote presentation & workshop facilitation

• Korea-Australia-New Zealand (KANZ) Broadband Summit, Hobart 2011 - Keynote presentation

• United Nations Public Service Summit, Barcelona 2010 - Keynote presentation, panel session & workshop facilitation

• Gov 2.0 Expo, Washington D.C. 2010 - Panel session: Lessons from Down Under: How Australia is Leading the World in Gov 2.0

• Web 2.0 in Government, Sydney 2010 - Keynote presentation & panel session: Public consultation, wikis & internal collaboration

• Participatory Design Conference, Sydney 2010 - Keynote presentation: A Strategic Framework for Online Participation Design in Gov 2.0

• Personal Democracy Forum, New York City 2009 - Panel session: Imagining White House 2.0, Making Open Collaboration Platforms Work

• City Planning, Civic Engagement & the Internet, Princeton University 2009 - Keynote & plenary session: Using Web Tools For Collaborative Planning, Listen to the Recording >>

• Participation Camp, New York City 2009 - Keynote Presentation Engaging Citizens in Collaborative Planning & Policy Making, Watch below…

projects

video

articles

• Collaborating with the Crowd for Better Policy Development, Centre for Policy Development

• Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work, Media & Culture Journal

• Stigmergic Collaboration: A Theoretical Framework for Mass Collaboration (PhD thesis), Centre for Ideas, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.

reports

• Pssst! Government can be, well, innovative - Forrester report citing Collabforge Future Melbourne & wePlan projects as examples of government innovation

• Australian Government 2.0 Taskforce - Collabforge Online Engagement Review

in the media 

• Future Melbourne, World Changing

• Future Melbourne: Making Melbourne Sustainable, EcoGeneration Magazine

• Sydney & Melbourne Share Coveted Planning Award, Government News