Appearances
updated 25 September 2007
My work for Swing Digital and the Open Rights Group consists of speaking, writing and consultancy. On this page you can keep track of these activities.
Speaking Engagements
Conferences, seminars, workshops and away days are all fun to me. If you need a different kind of speaker with something creative to say on e-government, e-democracy, e-voting, Open Source/Free Software, web technology, open standards or green politics then I'm your man.
Coming Up
- mySociety Disruptive Technology Talk
29th November, London details. - Book Me!
I'm available to speak and run seminars
More: Previous Speaking Engagements
Media Appearances
I'm often being quoted on e-government and e-democracy issues, here's my ego trip roll call of links! PS. You can read the archive of my monthly LinuxUser magazine column here.
Most Recent
- There has been so much coverage of the work we've been doing over at the Open Rights Group that I've lost track! Fortunately ORG do track their own media coverage
- ORG plots e-voting observation
The Register
20th April 2007 - Group pushes to monitor U.K. e-voting next month
InfoWorld/IDG News Service
20th April 2007 - France to choose president with help of electronic voting
International Herald Tribune
17th April 2007
I am quoted as saying "Governments spend more time regulating health and safety than security issues around voting machines" but this should have said that the "Dutch e-voting regulations spend more time..." - E-vote security fears 'are being ignored'
The Evening Standard
5th March 2007 - Is e-voting a threat to our democracy?
Computer Weekly published as a column a highly edited version of comments from various Open Rights Groups statements I had made.
26th February 2007 - Digital Planet: Coverage of the European e-voting activist workshop I helped organise
BBC World Service
13th February 2007 - E-voting pilots don't make sense
The Register
9th February 2007 - Digital rights group slams e-voting
ZDNet UK
31st January 2007 - Two skinny lattes and a vote, please
New Statesman
4th December 2006 - Digital Democracy
BBC Radio 4 Westminster Hour
26th November 2006 - Estonians Hold Election on the Internet
Associated Press
14th October 2005
More: Previous appearances
Consultancy Gigs
If you need a change agent, radical viewpoint or an independent assessment of your project or organisation I can help. I am available to speak or consult through Swing Digital Ltd.
