Current agenda: www.mysociety.org/transparency...

And please help us shape the future of the Data and AI Public Engagement community of practice 👇

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(It's a Gus O'Donnell reference, for avoidance of doubt!)

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(My old history teacher, lecturing on the late 18th/early 19th century, started one class by asking if we were a Burke or a Paine)

Always the Case, tbf

(from www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/ca... - and you might notice two actual trends: they're all men; and terms are getting shorter)

Thanks Debbie! And to echo Dave, these are all qs I've been pondering as well. There's a q in the survey about which groups people would like to attend - eg policy people in other sectors as well as other govt disciplines (eg digital). V conscious of current civ s sensitivities around openness, too

I've also added a line to the MS Form to clarify where the idea came from - thanks for raising, @pubstr.at, and I'd echo Dave's points and that the survey etc is an open opportunity for people to help shape what comes next!

And reason for setting it up in the first place is very much based on the sense that there's some really interesting work going on, new approaches etc - but much that could be better. The purpose of the event is very much to surface those conversations

Thanks for these comments. As we say on the website/survey, this is a chance to shape what Policy Camp looks like - even though it's primarily aimed at policymakers, personally I would definitely welcome a broader audience (that's one of the questions)