The theme for this year’s Supernova conference was “perestroika,” which is a word from the last days of the Soviet Union meaning “building around.” Of course at the Supernova conference, the word was applied throughout numerous keynotes and panels to reflect the current re-structuring of technology and related policy.  Representatives from government, industry, startups, communications, and numerous other sectors, contributed their expertise to evolve the conversation on open government, entrepreneurship, broadband regulation, and more.

NextGenWeb spoke with conference founder Kevin Werbach about what he hopes conference participants took away from the two-day event.  Werbach believes that one of the greatest challenges in government is the isolation.  He finds that the current administration is working hard to get out of that bubble and hopes that this conference is a part of that.  Watch the video below for more:

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