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As the Open Government Tour moves into its closing stages, we took the opportunity to speak with a number of the city organisers who have convened local participatory events as part of the tour. We wanted to find out how the tour is being received, what’s being talked about and where this open government and open data conversation could go.

Keith McDonald, Open Data Lead for the City of Toronto talks about the open data and open government journey, as well as his experience with the Open Government Tour 2014. Find out more at http://open.govcampus.co

Bill Turner, host of the Pattern Breaking Summit talks about the insights and learning from the inter-agency event in Innovation Month 2014. More information about the Summit is available at psisummit.govcampau.org

A special live recording recording to celebrate the first birthday of the rebooted data.gov.au portal. Featuring: * John Sheridan, Australian Government Chief Technology Officer * Pia Waugh, Director Coordination and Gov 2.0, Australian Government Department of Finance * Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt, co-founder Open Data Institute, UK * Jacques Mailloux, CIO, Elections Canada / #OGT14 Ottawa champion * Richard Pietro, host, Open Government Tour 2014 (#OGT14), Canada For more information, visit http://govcampus.co/datagovau/

Alex Mochnacki, the Ottawa City Champion for #OGT14 talks about the local event just held in July. For more, go to open.govcampus.co

Abby Robinson, organiser of the Pattern Breaking Summit talks about the event coming up in Innovation Month 2014. More information and registration for the Summit is available at psisummit.govcampau.org

John Whiting of Crown and Marks previews his talk at the Pattern Breaking Summit for Innovation Month 2014. More information and registration for the Summit is available at http://psisummit.govcampau.org

A conversation at the Peel Region event for #OGT14, hosted by Allison Hornery and featuring Jacques Mailloux, Ron Jaros and Richard Pietro. For more information, visit http://open.govcampus.co

Jacques Mailloux, the Ottawa City Champion for OGT14 talks about the local event in September.

William Wolfe-Wylie shares his thoughts on the current and future state of open government in Canada

Kyle Geske, the Winnipeg City Champion for OGT14 talks about the local event in August.

Keith Loo from Microsoft Canada's Make Web Not War initiative talks about supporting Richard Pietro's Open Government Tour 2014.

David Eaves talks to us about his perspective on the challenges and opportunities presented by Open Government

Richard Pietro speaks with us at the launch of his Open Government Tour across Canada in 2014.

Timothy Pilgrim, the Australian Government's Privacy Commissioner, on tips for privacy. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2014/05/paw2014

Privacy complaints and enquiries are on the rise. We talk with Timothy Pilgrim, Australian Privacy Commissioner in the countdown to the international Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) 2014. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2014/05/paw2014

Privacy complaints and enquiries are on the rise. We talk with Timothy Pilgrim, Australian Privacy Commissioner in the countdown to the international Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) 2014. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2014/05/paw2014/

Thom Kearney from Rowanwood Consulting reflecting on a quote from GTEC2013: "Business is from Mars and IT is from Venus". For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/10/gtec2013/ ‎

Richard Pietro from Citizen Bridge on the new language of govtech. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2013/10/gtec2013/ ‎

Tiago Peixoto from the World Bank Institute's ICT4Gov program discusses the value, opportunities and challenges of participatory budgeting. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2012/04/citizen-engagement-participatory-budgeting/‎

Prof. John McMillan, the Australian Government's Information Commissioner, on the importance of the active involvement of all tiers of government in open government activities. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/06/australia-ogp/ ‎

Prof. John McMillan, the Australian Government's Information Commissioner, on the economic impetus of open government. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/06/australia-ogp/ ‎

Ashley Casovan from the City of Edmonton on lessons learned from developing their citizen dashboard. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/04/citizens-edmonton

Ashley Casovan from the City of Edmonton on gaining organisational support for open data activities. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2013/04/citizens-edmonton

Ann Kempster, CommsCamp 2013 co-organiser on the power of unconferences. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/04/commscamp

Ann Kempster, CommsCamp 2013 co-organiser on the importance of digital in the mix of communications channels and tools for the public sector. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/04/commscamp

Carles Ferreiro from dotopen on the role of the entrepreneur as a change agent for civic innovation. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/03/commons4eu/

Esteve Almirall from ESADE Uninversity on their co-creation approach to building the Commons4EU program. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/03/commons4eu/

John Bracken from the Knight Foundation on how Open Government fits the Knight Foundation's communication focus. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/03/newschallenge/

John Bracken of the Knight Foundation on how the 2013 News Challenge on Open Government has sparked new conversations. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/03/newschallenge/

Rich Olsen from Utah Interactive on lessons learned from building Utah.gov. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/02/utahgov/

Dr Jennifer Robinson from the University of Utah's Center for Public Policy and Administration on why measuring the benefits of online service delivery is important. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/02/utahgov/

Chris Sopher of the Knight Foundation on making public information useful as a key focus area for the 2013 News Challenge. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2013/02/opengovchallenge/

Chris Sopher of the Knight Foundation on framing Open Government for the 2013 News Challenge. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2013/02/opengovchallenge/

Chris Sopher of the Knight Foundation on what they are hoping will be achieved from the 2013 News Challenge. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2013/02/opengovchallenge/

Torbjörn Fredriksson of UNCTAD on why e-business is important to community development and sustainability. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/02/info-economy/

Torbjörn Fredriksson of UNCTAD on managing expectations about ICT as a tool for development. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to gov20radio.com/2013/02/info-economy/

Torbjörn Fredriksson of UNCTAD on the importance of measuring the information economy for governments. For the full interview, as well as links, images, social channels and more go to http://gov20radio.com/2013/02/info-economy/

David Ferriero is the 10th Archivist of the United States at the US National Archives and Records Administration. Find out more about our ICEGOV 2012 coverage at http://gov20radio.com/icegov2012.

Tomasz Janowski is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of USU-IIST Center for Electronic Governance. Find out more about our ICEGOV 2012 coverage at http://gov20radio.com/icegov2012

Barbara Ubaldi is the E-Government Unit Project Leader for the OECD. Find out more about our ICEGOV 2012 coverage at http://gov20radio.com/icegov2012

Jeanne Holm is an Evangelist for Data.gov and co-chair of the World Wide Web consortium's eGovernment interest group. Find out more about our ICEGOV 2012 coverage at http://gov20radio.com/icegov2012

Jim Hendler is the Tetherless World Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Find out more about our ICEGOV 2012 coverage at http://gov20radio.com/icegov2012

Dr Anne Thurston is the Director and Founder of the International Records Management Trust. Find out more about our ICEGOV 2012 coverage at http://gov20radio.com/icegov2012

Theresa Pardo is the Director of the Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany at the State University of New York. Theresa is also the Co-Chair of the 2012 International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV)

Hear from Selena Georgiou from the UK Met Office about her experience in bringing the Growers' Nation project to life during the International Space Apps Challenge.

Join Jessica and Adam from the Vicar2PNG to hear about their winning project and the experience of working as remote participants in the International Space Apps Challenge

Join Cyan, Max and Jason from the UK for a chat about their experience at the International Space Apps Challenge, and their winning project Planet Hopper.

Simeon Oriko from the iHub in Nairobi chats about the experiences of the Nairobi participants at the International Space Apps Challenge

Join the organising team for Bangalore, India as they talk about their projects, and the experience of participating in the International Space Apps Challenge.