LocalGovCamp

Following the success of the recent Barcamp for UK Government, a local government specific version is being planned - it's likely to be taking place on a Saturday in June, 2009, and will almost certainly be held in Birmingham.

A blog has been set up where more details can be found. The event will be free to attend and anyone in local governmet is welcome to come along.

I thought it worth raising here in case anyone from local government outside the UK is reading, because it would be really cool if similar events could be run in other countries - possibly even on the same day. It would be amazing to see if we could have some live video stream link ups and things, to share experience and knowledge about how web developments are requiring change in local government practice.

<barefaced cheek>I'm sure there might be an opportuity here maybe for Cisco to test out some of their live video link technology in rooms full of potential customers...</barefaced cheek>