Born in 1972, Davied van Berlo first came into contact with the world wide web in 1995 while studying history at the University of Leiden. Since then he has been fascinated by the changes in society as a result of internet, especially with the possibilities of web 2.0. As he was interested in working for the community he joined the ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (now the ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation) in 1999, focusing on improving collaboration and knowledge sharing using internet technology.

Together with a group of colleagues he initiated a research project into the effects of web 2.0 on the ministry. After setting up a blog and a networking site under the name of Civil Servant 2.0 the initiative has grown to encompass all civil servants in the Netherlands. His conviction is that to improve government we have to empower civil servants and to prepare them for the interactive 2.0 world of tomorrow. To this effect he has written a book and founded the Ambtenaar 2.0 Foundation and Network. He is also founder of Pleio (Government Square), the Dutch government collaboration platform.

Davied lives in the city of Leiden in the Netherlands and is married. He continues to write for a number of online magazines and give speeches on Civil Servant 2.0 for governmental organizations and at schools and universities. In 2009 he was elected as Information Professional of the year.

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