In case you didn't get this already ;) Web Directions government in
Canberra (details below) and in Melbourne (Web Directions User
Experience): http://ux08.webdirections.org/

Both have an exceptionally good line-up of speakers and topics.

Donna (slightly involved, but mostly passing it on because I think it is
fantastic...)



===== 1. Web Directions Government: Canberra =====

This year, as well as the main event in Sydney in September, Web Directions is
going on the road in May.

Web Directions Government in Canberra
Conference: May 19
Workshops: May 20
http://gov08.webdirections.org/

Web Directions Government is a full day two track conference, plus an optional
extra day of workshops, focussing on the concepts, technologies and techniques
for meeting the challenges of eGovernment:

* José Manuel Alonso (W3C) - eGovernment Lead
* Robert Hoekman Jr (Miskeeto) - Interaction design and user experience
* Lisa Herrod - Usability and accessibility
* Scott Gledhill (News Digital Media) - Real world web standards
* Sebastian Chan - Social media and government (workshop)
* Cameron Adams - Frontiers of Javascript (workshop)
* Jason Ryan (NZ State Services Commission) - Government 2.0
* Jenny Telford (Australian Bureau of Statistics) - Opening government data
* Matthew Hodgson (SMS) - Social computing for knowledge management
* Ralph Douglas (AGIMO) - GovDex for secure online collaboration
* Patrick Lee (News Digital Media) - Javascript with legacy systems
* Andrew Kesper (ABC Online) - Ajax for dry data

===== 2. Executive summary =====

You know yourself how much you're going to get out of coming to a Web Directions
event, but sometimes it can be tricky to convince the person who writes the
cheques. To make it easier for you we've created a one page executive summary to
help you you get over the line.

http://www.webdirections.org/downloads/Web_Directions_Government.pdf