Metcalfe Leads Discussion on eConsultation at G2010

Harry Metcalfe

Harry’s session is entitled, “Digital Engagement is Everyone’s Job: Formal and Informal Consultation on the Web.”

According to Harry, “Government is under pressure to make formal consultation more inclusive, particularly online, and many people are making great progress. How can we help more organisations to do the same? And perhaps more importantly, how can we embed a culture of digital engagement into all of government, from politicians and policy-makers to front-line staff?”

Included in the panel will be Tom Watson MP, ex-minister for Digital Engagement; Neil Williams, Social Media Guru, BIS and David Price, CEO, DebateGraph

Harry is the founder of The Dextrous Web, a startup founded to help organisations – mostly in the public sector – get things right on the web. The Dextrous Web’s clients include The Cabinet Office, The Central Office of Information, The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and Guardian News & Media.

Harry is also on the boards of the Open Rights Group, an NGO which campaigns to protect and preserve our digital rights, and the FreeLegalWeb, a community interest company with plans to make the law easier to find, read and understand.

 He is particularly interested in making public sector information discoverable and resuable, reforming copyright law, making the public consultation process more transparent and accountable and strengthening the Freedom of Information Act.