Chasing Estonia - the race to be the best digital state in the world

​Estonia is the poster child for the digital state - how can it be caught.

​For the past year I have been studying how states create digital systems with a view to Scotland entering this race.

​In this event I will be outlining my findings: a mixture of law reform, changes to parliamentary processes and oversight, statutory standards bodies and changes to the organisation of the civil service that collectively knock down the barriers to taking on the Estonians.

​I have been a code monkey since the 70s, ending up a Silicon Valley VP. In another world I failed to be elected to a couple of parliaments for a couple of parties and worked in public policy in London, Belfast and Scotland.

​Gordon Guthrie. Research Fellow at the Scottish Government under the First Minister's Digital Fellowship.