In a world in which information is like air, what happens to power?
New technologies and a closely related culture of collaboration present radical new models of social organisation. This project brings together leading practitioners and thinkers in this field and asks them to determine the opportunity for government.
This website features all material being created during the making of the film.
Matthew Taylor"Lets face it, look at young people. Do young people read newspapers? Do they watch national broadcasters? No they don't, they get their information from lots of different sources. Now, there are problems associated with that, but generally speaking the democratisation of how it is we get our information, I think, has to be a good thing."
Blog
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Us Now in parliament
Us Now will be screened in parliament next week at an event in association with More4 and Reboot Britain. Respondants will include Lord David Puttnam and Rupa Huq. The discussion will be chaired by Catherine Fieschi, director of the British Council thinktank. For more details and to attend the event please go here: www.usnowparliament.eventbrite.com
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Us Now and European Governments
Us Now has been screened at the Hague and the French National Assembly in the last two weeks. The Dutch screening was hosted by the Minister for Agriculture and the event itself was organised on a new collaborative civil servant’s website - Ambtenaar 2.0. The French screening was organised by the 27e Region; a public [...]
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Watch Us Now online now!
Follow the links at the very top of the page to watch Us Now online. Thousands of people tuned in yesterday to watch the film and view the launch events’ panel discussions in London and Harvard coordinated by FutureGov and the British Council. The film is now freely available online to stream or download, if you’d [...]
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Us Now online launch announced: 12th of May
The online launch of Us Now on the 12th of May will be marked by an event with Richard Sennett and Tom Watson MP in the UK and a simultaneous event at The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard. The events, coordinated by FutureGov, will be broadcast live online, please visit this site on the day [...]
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Kaos Pilots, Wemind and Cevea host Us Now in Denmark
Ahead of the online launch of Us Now in the second week of May, the film will be screened in both Aarhus and Copenhagen next week . Director of Cevea, Jens Jonatan Steen will moderate a debate with Us Now director Ivo Gormley, panelists from the Danish government, Wemind and Innovation Lab. Further details can be [...]
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Us Now - Part 1 of 7
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Uploaded Thursday 27 November 2008
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Sophia Parker - Feedback & Consultation
Uploaded Monday 23 February 2009
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Don Tapscott - Corporate Behaviour
Uploaded Thursday 19 February 2009
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JP Rangaswami
Uploaded Thursday 19 February 2009
