Webinars

Global Government Forum and its sister publication Global Government Fintech runs regular webinars attracting public servants from around the world, with some aimed at top-level civil servants and others at a wider public sector audience.

This Global Government Fintech/Global Government Forum webinar will ask questions including: * Why are governments interested in – and investing in – quantum computing? * Where is quantum computing’s greatest potential impact for the operations of public authorities / the delivery of citizen services?
July 6, 2023
Global
Fintech
This Global Government Fintech webinar will ask questions including: - What are the advantages – to state and citizen – of encouraging crypto use for payments? - Are El Salvador and Lugano (Switzerland) trendsetters or likely to be forever outliers?
September 26, 2023
Global
Fintech
This webinar will look at: - The extent of the recruitment challenges being faced by public authorities seeking fintech-related skills around the globe. - The particular areas within fintech where recruitment is proving particularly challenging - What public authorities can do to entice skilled candidates to join
October 10, 2023
Global
Fintech
This Global Government Fintech/Global Government Forum webinar will ask questions including: • How well structured are government authorities to capitalising on the possibilities of data and technology to tackle fraud? • What are the biggest untapped possibilities – and obstacles – for governments when it comes to using data and technology to fight fraud? • To what extent is cultural change within and between authorities and departments required to fully realise the possibilities? • How important is international collaboration – both in terms of sharing ‘live’ intelligence and insights on technologies, trends and best practice – to tackling public sector fraud?
November 7, 2023
Global
Fintech
A mock-up image of a digital security lock
This Global Government Fintech webinar will ask questions including: - How are the biggest cybersecurity threats facing CBDCs evolving? - How important are technology solutions and design choices to keeping CBDCs ‘safe’
November 14, 2023
Global
Fintech
Global Government Fintech webinar will ask: What are governments doing to stay alert to the possibilities of fintech? How are governments changing their processes to make it easier to work with fintechs? What barriers exist to governments procuring fintech solutions and how can these be overcome?
December 5, 2023
Global
Fintech
This Global Government Forum/Global Government Fintech webinar discussed: What were the greatest challenges faced by small businesses as the pandemic continued? How have public and private sectors collaborated to drive economic resilience and digitisation among small business during the pandemic? How can governments best help small businesses understand and plan for the world beyond COVID-19?
October 1, 2020
Global
Fintech
At this Global Government Forum/Global Government Fintech webinar, we discussed: the challenges faced by the tourism industry; the areas in which public and private sector collaboration can mitigate the impact of the pandemic; and how governments can harness technology to accelerate recovery.
November 19, 2020
Global
Fintech
This Global Government Forum/Global Government Fintech webinar, supported by our knowledge partner Mastercard, convened representatives of governments to discuss how increasingly digital ways of working can help societies and economies to rebuild, reset and recover.
January 19, 2021
Global
Fintech
Most central banks are researching or experimenting with central bank digital currencies (CBDC) - an increasingly hot topic across the globe. With central banks collectively representing one fifth of the world’s population likely to launch retail CBDCs in the next three years (according to BIS), this webinar – supported by our knowledge partner Amazon Web Services – examined the different technological solutions that will deliver CBDCs.
April 22, 2021
Global
Fintech