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In a rapidly changing world, employees in the public service of Canada face mounting pressures to innovate to meet the needs and expectations of the citizens it serves. Governments around the globe are also experiencing similar pressures, which influence each stage of the innovation process from ideation through to implementation.    

In a rapidly changing world, employees in the public service of Canada face mounting pressures to innovate to meet the needs and expectations of the citizens it serves. Governments around the globe are also experiencing similar pressures, which influence each stage of the innovation process from ideation through to implementation.    

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Opening Remarks – 12:30 pm – 12:40 pm  

Opening Remarks – 12:30 pm – 12:40 pm  

'''Kyle Burns''', Director General, Public Sector Innovation, Innovation and Skills Development Branch, Canada School of Public Service  

'''Kyle Burns''', Director General, Public Sector Innovation, Innovation and Skills Development Branch, Canada School of Public Service  

Welcoming Remarks – 12:40 pm – 12:45 pm  

Welcoming Remarks – 12:40 pm – 12:45 pm  

Vanessa Vermette,  Vice-President, Innovation and Skills Development Branch, Canada School of Public Service  

'''Vanessa Vermette''',  Vice-President, Innovation and Skills Development Branch, Canada School of Public Service  

Opening Plenary - Innovation in Government: Myths and Reality - 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm  

Opening Plenary - Innovation in Government: Myths and Reality - 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm  

Speaker – Larry Smith, Founder and Senior Researcher, The Problem Lab, University of Waterloo  

* Speaker – '''Larry Smith''', Founder and Senior Researcher, The Problem Lab, University of Waterloo

Moderator - Kyle Burns, Director General, Public Sector Innovation, Innovation and Skills Development Branch, Canada School of Public Service  

* Moderator - '''Kyle Burns''', Director General, Public Sector Innovation, Innovation and Skills Development Branch, Canada School of Public Service  

 Following his most recent research into government innovation practitioners, Prof. Larry Smith draws attention to the myths concerning innovation in the public service and describes the actual reality. With a lifetime of first-hand knowledge and lived experience, Prof. Larry Smith will walk us through the history of innovation and how a new lens may be needed for successful public sector innovators and how indeed this lens can be an innovation in and of itself.  

Following his most recent research into government innovation practitioners, Prof. Larry Smith draws attention to the myths concerning innovation in the public service and describes the actual reality. With a lifetime of first-hand knowledge and lived experience, Prof. Larry Smith will walk us through the history of innovation and how a new lens may be needed for successful public sector innovators and how indeed this lens can be an innovation in and of itself.  

Larry Smith is an adjunct associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo and a recipient of the University of Waterloo’s Distinguished Teacher Award. During his longstanding tenure, Smith has taught and counselled more than 23,000 students on the subject of their careers, representing more than 10 percent of UW’s alumni. Smith has worked with more than 500 teams of student entrepreneurs, advising them as they have created companies of significant size and success across industries as broad reaching as communications, software, robotics, entertainment, design and real estate. Smith is also president of Essential Economics Corporation, an economic consulting practice that serves a wide range of public and private clients. Most recently he has conducted extensive research on public sector innovation and worked collaboratively with the Canada School of Public Service to develop an innovation framework. Finally, “Why You Will Fail to have a Great Career,” his TEDx Talk based on his experience counselling students, has been viewed by over six million people.  

Larry Smith is an adjunct associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo and a recipient of the University of Waterloo’s Distinguished Teacher Award. During his longstanding tenure, Smith has taught and counselled more than 23,000 students on the subject of their careers, representing more than 10 percent of UW’s alumni. Smith has worked with more than 500 teams of student entrepreneurs, advising them as they have created companies of significant size and success across industries as broad reaching as communications, software, robotics, entertainment, design and real estate. Smith is also president of Essential Economics Corporation, an economic consulting practice that serves a wide range of public and private clients. Most recently he has conducted extensive research on public sector innovation and worked collaboratively with the Canada School of Public Service to develop an innovation framework. Finally, “Why You Will Fail to have a Great Career,” his TEDx Talk based on his experience counselling students, has been viewed by over six million people.  

HEALTH BREAK - 2:00 pm to 2:20 pm  

HEALTH BREAK - 2:00 pm to 2:20 pm

Workshop Sessions   

Workshop Sessions   

 

Workshop 1 - Digital Academy, AI-Driven Ideation – 2:20 pm – 3:10 pm   

Workshop 1 - Digital Academy, AI-Driven Ideation – 2:20 pm – 3:10 pm   

Kent Aitken, Director, Digital Learning Products, Canada School of Public Service  

* '''Kent Aitken''', Director, Digital Learning Products, Canada School of Public Service

 

* '''Eliane Dorval''', Senior Learning Designer, Canada School of Public Service  

Eliane Dorval, Senior Learning Designer, Canada School of Public Service  

 

In response to an innovation problem statement, participants will experiment with using Gen AI effectively and responsibly for brainstorming and ideation within the Government of Canada context.  As part of this, participants will:  

In response to an innovation problem statement, participants will experiment with using Gen AI effectively and responsibly for brainstorming and ideation within the Government of Canada context.  As part of this, participants will:  

Identify steps to take in a real-life comparable scenario to responsibly use Gen AI in a public sector context  

Identify steps to take in a real-life comparable scenario to responsibly use Gen AI in a public sector context  

Workshop 2 - Innovation Ecosystem Workshop - 2:20 pm – 3:10 pm  

 

Workshop 2 - Innovation Ecosystem Workshop - 2:20 pm – 3:10 pm

Thomas Kearney, Free Agent, Digital Community Management, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat  

* '''Thomas Kearney''', Free Agent, Digital Community Management, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat  

Join us for the “Innovation Ecosystem Workshop," where you will enhance your collective awareness about innovation in policy, processes, and programs.   

Join us for the “Innovation Ecosystem Workshop," where you will enhance your collective awareness about innovation in policy, processes, and programs.   

We will share the GC Data Ecosystem experience and then engage in brainstorming about innovation within the GC. In this session you will learn about the essential tools to create visualizations and add your knowledge to the collective. After the session you will have the opportunity to join with your peers and continue the work.  

We will share the GC Data Ecosystem experience and then engage in brainstorming about innovation within the GC. In this session you will learn about the essential tools to create visualizations and add your knowledge to the collective. After the session you will have the opportunity to join with your peers and continue the work.  

HEALTH BREAK - 3:10 pm to 3:15 pm  

HEALTH BREAK - 3:10 pm to 3:15 pm

Closing Plenary - If You Build It, They Will Come - 3:15 pm – 1600hrs  

Closing Plenary - If You Build It, They Will Come - 3:15 pm – 1600hrs  

 

Speaker - Dr. Sydney Heimbrock, Chief Industry Advisor for Government, Qualtrics   

* Speaker - '''Dr. Sydney Heimbrock''', Chief Industry Advisor for Government, Qualtrics 

 

* Moderator – '''Vanessa Vermette''',  Vice-President, Innovation and Skills Development Branch, Canada School of Public Service  

Moderator – Vanessa Vermette,  Vice-President, Innovation and Skills Development Branch, Canada School of Public Service  

Sydney Heimbrock knows about obstacles in public sector innovation. Beginning with her work to transform Soviet era bureaucracies after the fall of the Berlin wall to writing and being responsible for the delivery of the President’s Management Agenda under the Bush and Obama administrations that lead the genesis of the Innovation Lab within the Office of People Management (OPM), Sydney will share the keys she has uncovered to deliver true innovation in the public sector.   

Sydney Heimbrock knows about obstacles in public sector innovation. Beginning with her work to transform Soviet era bureaucracies after the fall of the Berlin wall to writing and being responsible for the delivery of the President’s Management Agenda under the Bush and Obama administrations that lead the genesis of the Innovation Lab within the Office of People Management (OPM), Sydney will share the keys she has uncovered to deliver true innovation in the public sector.