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David Eaves

Public Policy Entrepreneur; Open Activist; Expert Negotiator, Eaves

A public policy entrepreneur, open government activist and collaboration expert David advises the Mayor of Vancouver on open government, works with two spin-offs of the Harvard Negotiation Project and is an adjunct professor at the Centre for Digital Media.

David writes on politics, foreign policy, public service sector renewal, as well as open source and network systems. He posts four times a week on his blog, publishes regularly in newspapers and has a chapter in the upcoming O’Reilly Media book on Open Government. He is also frequently invited to speak on these issues to executive, policymakers, and students. In addition to his writing and advocacy, David advises several open source projects including OpenMRS and Mozilla, serves on the International Reference Group of Australia’s Web 2.0 Taskforce and the Steering Committee of the Environics Institute Urban Aboriginal People’s Survey. He also sits on the executive of Vision Vancouver (a municipal political party), the board of Keeping the Door Open and the advisory board of Canada’s World.

Originally from Vancouver, BC, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in history at Queen’s University and a Master’s of International Relations at Oxford.

Learn more about David Eaves at eaves.ca.

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