GovMaker 2024-FR and SJ

Event date(s): November 27, 2024 - November 29, 2024
Category: Fredericton Saint John
Location: Both Campuses

Join us in Fredericton for the 7th edition of GovMaker, where policy meets practice at the intersection of open government, digital innovation, and inclusive collaboration. With leaders and innovators from government, business, nonprofit, media, and academia, GovMaker 2024 is the premiere event in Atlantic Canada for advancing evidence-based policymaking, enhancing government transparency, driving digital transformation, and promoting diversity and inter-sectoral collaboration. 

Dive deep into the heart of open dialogue with high-profile speakers and experts, engage in dynamic discussions, and build lasting cross-sector relationships. 

This year themes are: 

• Open data (transparency, evidence-based policy) 
• Digital Government 
• Civic innovation & engagement 
• The impact of AI 

Conference Goals

Networking and capacity building: GovMaker connects people across sectors, building trust and capacity for citizens and government to engage in open dialogue, open data, and open collaboration.
Lived experience and participation: GovMaker prioritizes lived experience as a key element of policymaking and encourages participation and collaboration between government, researchers, social innovators, and citizens.

Building: Fredericton Convention Centre