The Centre for Public Service Innovation invites the media to attend and cover the 11th Public Sector innovation Conference to be held as follows:

Date: 30 - 31 August 2017
Venue: Emperors Palace, Gauteng
Time: 08:30am – 17:00pm for both days

The theme for the conference is "Positioning Public Sector Innovation for the 4th Industrial Revolution". The Conference is one of the important platforms that the organisation uses to effectively drive its strategic mandate to entrench the culture and practice of innovation in the public sector.

Now in its 11th year, the Annual Public Sector Innovation Conference has grown into a unique event of unassailable stature as a platform for robust discussion, learning and sharing on innovation amongst public officials and other key stakeholders. The conference positions innovation as an indispensable enabler and a critical catalyst to improve government's performance in service delivery and clean governance within the context of the 4th industrial revolution.

The conference will enlist a broad spectrum of leading minds and key experts who will share their profound knowledge and expertise in contemporary trends on service delivery innovation within the context of the 4th industrial revolution. As one of its major highlights, the conference will feature Panel discussions on various issues pertaining to public sector innovation as it relates to the 4th industrial revolution. As part of the conference a number of high level presentations will be made by thought leaders and public sector innovators.

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