Dr Paul Plantinga
Designation:
Senior Research Manager, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
Area of Expertise:
Open Government and Civic Technology
Location:
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
This speaker will be speaking at the following SESSION(S):
- Masterclass 1: Peer-exchange on e-participation implementation: [CLOSED]
- Plenary Roundtable: AI and the Future of Work and Play
- AI World Cafe
- Parallel Workshop 4: e-Participation and policy dialogue (HSRC)
- Parallel Event: e-Participation community of practice (CoP) (HSRC & UKZN)
- e-Participation Researcher Workshop [CLOSED]
Speaker Bio
Paul Plantinga is a Senior Research Manager at the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa. He is currently leading projects that use digital technologies to support participatory and evidence-informed policymaking. Between 2012 and 2016 he managed open innovation and open data work at The Innovation Hub, an agency of the Gauteng Provincial Government. Prior to this he completed a PhD in ICT governance with the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics at Monash University and worked as a solution architect and engineer in mobile telecoms and VoIP