He has held senior policy, management and advisory positions for Ministers and government agencies at the federal and state government level in Australia.  
In his consulting work over the past 18 years, Martin has specialised in strategy, policy analysis, facilitation and market and social research.  In his work with the Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG),  Martin’s focus is primarily on the public sector.  He was a member of the Ministerial Task Force on Government 2.0 which reported to Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner and Special Minister of State Joe Ludwig in December 2009. He was also a member of the advisory committee on Government 2.0 to the state Government of Victoria in Australia.
With a small group of other entrepreneurs, Martin established the Australian Social Innovation Exchange (ASIX), part of a global network of social innovators initiated by Geoff Mulgan and the Young Foundation in London.  He has also recently been appointed to the Board of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation.
Martin leads IBSG’s public sector practice in Asia-Pacific, working with a small team of senior consultants on transformation projects in government, education and urbanisation in India, China, South-East Asia as well as Australia and New Zealand.   
Martin holds a BA (Hons) in English from the University of York in the UK, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Economics from Canberra University and a Masters in Social Science and Policy from the University of New South Wales.

Presentation Overview:

Government at, and with the edge: active citizenship in the new joined-up age
Presentation summary (long)
In this short presentation, Martin Stewart-Weeks puts the discussion about ‘active citizenship’ – engagement, participation and the new interest in co-production and co-design – into the context of the larger ambitions for more effective public policy and governance in a more open, connected world. That context includes the new geographies of influence and collaboration in a connected world, the “power of pull”, the role of diversity and learning in resilient systems and the emerging insights about a more distributed capitalism.
The presentation will explore whether, given the way the world is changing, some of the assumptions and expectations informing the discussion about what ‘active citizenship’ means or could be are too narrow and old-fashioned.
The presentation will use examples and case studies to illustrate the potential of new thinking and practice that are already emerging to dramatically shift the way governments and citizens engage with each other.
The presentation will conclude with some provocative suggestions about the implications for governing and for the public sector.