Please note, there are three concurrent sessions happening for the Empower (11:45am) and Liberate (2:00pm) sessions. Otherwise it is a linear program. Each of these break out sessions are available on a first in best dressed basis.
| TIME | SESSIONS | PRESENTERS |
| 8:30 AM | Welcome and introduction | Pia Waugh |
| 9:00 AM | Inspire session |
Jane Treadwell – CEO, DesignGov |
| 9:30 AM | Steve Baty – Meld Studios | |
| 10:00 AM | Keynote speaker | Senator Kate Lundy – Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation |
| 10:20 AM | Pia Waugh – Overview of GovHack 2013 | |
| 10:40 AM | Cassandra Bisset – Objective Corporation | |
| 11:00 AM | Morning tea | |
| 11:15 AM | Empower session (three streams) | John Sheridan – CTO, AGIMO |
| 11:45 AM | Foyer – Main speakers | Darren Menachemson – ThinkPlace |
| Justin Barrie and Mel Edwards – DMA | ||
| James Dellow – Ripple Effect | ||
| 11:45 AM | Studio 1 – Planned & Unconference Talks | John De Losa – Shiny Happy People |
| Innovation in Local Government | ||
| David Williams – Building Organisational Capability | ||
| 11:45 AM | Studio 2 – Workshop | Sarah Colley – Pockets of Brilliance: workshop on organisational behaviour and collaboration |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM | Liberate session (three streams) | Ian Fitzgerald – Chief Human Capital Officer, APSC |
| 2:00 PM | Academic Panel – Foyer | Innovation in the public sector – facilitator Pia Waugh |
| Dr Nina Terrey – University of Canberra | ||
| Dr Lachlan Blackhall – Australian National University | ||
| Dr Suelette Dreyfus – University of Melbourne | ||
| Ian Fitzgerald – APSC | ||
| Michael Phillips – eGov Cluster | ||
| 2:00 PM | Studio 1 – Planned Talks | Evelyn Chung – Gov Share |
| Owen Cameron – APSC Capability Development | ||
| Melissa Casey – Patient Centred Design | ||
| 2:00 PM | Studio 2 – Unconference | Naomi and Jean Marcel – Managing workplace conflict |
| Michelle Lambert – Social Media Health Check | ||
| 3:00 PM | Leadership Panel |
Public sector innovation and open government – facilitator Jane Treadwell |
| Professor John McMillan AO – Information Commissioner, OAIC | ||
| David Tune PSM – Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation | ||
| David Fricker – Director General, National Archives of Australia | ||
| Drew Clarke – Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communication and Digital Economy | ||
| Mick Chisnell – Executive Director, ACT Government Information Office | ||
| 4:00 PM | Afternoon tea | |
| 4:30 PM | GovHack awards and prizes | |
| 5:30 PM | Wrap up | |
| 5:45 PM | Close | |