Plenary Session: Expert Panel on Innovative Government - the Art of Innovation 

14h30 – 16h00

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Leading experts will take stock of existing knowledge on public sector innovation. Drawing on OECD analysis they will discuss proposals for a ‘Manifesto for Innovation’ setting out priorities to strengthen the public sector’s capacity.  

Introduction: Luiz de Mello, Deputy Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD

Moderator: Honourable Jocelyne Bourgon, President, Public Governance International

• Christian Bason, Director of Innovation, Mindlab, Denmark
• Viktor Bekkers, Dean of the Graduate School for the Social Sciences and the Humanities, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
• Sandford Borins, Professor of Strategic Management, Department of Management, University of Toronto-Scarborough, Canada
• Jorrit de Jong, Academic Director,  Innovations in Government Program, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (videolink)
• Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive, Nesta