Interviews

Paul Mervin, MD of Cognite, talks about the frustrations of getting to work with Government and suggests some ways of improving the situation.

Frank Boyd of Unexpected Media talks about his experience running Innovation Labs: development workshops for new media companies seeking commissions from the BBC.

Jonathan Drori talks about his experience of contracting with SME's from the Government point of view and explains the benefits of increasing the involvement of SME's in Government projects.

Jonathan worked as Director of Culture online until March 2006. He speaks here in a personal capacity and his views are not necessarily those of his current or previous employers.

Carol Dukes explains why Government needs to increase the diversity of suppliers it uses and why trying out contracts with smaller companies benefits the citizen and leads to better value for money

Paul Evans of Poptel Technology Ltd. talks about his experience of working with Government clients and gives his views of how the procurement system could be improved.

Stuart talks about what he hopes to get out of the event for the companies that YFM invests in.

James Plummer is part of the team organising Working Together. Here he talks about why he's involved, how he hopes the event will stand out from other conferences and how he'd like to see people using this conversation space.