Agenda

9:25 am

Chair’s Opening Remarks

9:30 am

Ministerial Keynote | Launching a New Digital Strategy: Prioritising Infrastructure and Innovation for the UK’s Economic Recovery

Outlining the areas for action for a new digital strategy – positioning tech at the heart of the UK’ economic recovery
Building world-class, next-generation IT infrastructure at every level of government focusing on cloud and legacy transformation
Aiding the development of a highly-skilled digital workforce in order to help workers adjust to a digital-led economy
An update on the National Data Strategy – rethinking the government’s relationship with data and working to secure data adequacy with the EU
Continuing with the five pillars of public sector IT for 2030, streamlining internal processes, and strengthening cross-government standards for a seamless and secure experience for UK citizens

9:50 am

Headline Sponsor

10:10 am

Public Procurement: Navigating the Tech Market

Ensuring smart and secure ways of purchasing innovative tech across the marketplace – ensuring value for money, sustainability and helping the government with its overall IT strategy
Developing £100m worth of frameworks for back-office transformation projects in line with public sector requirements and the recovery of the post-coronavirus economy
An update on cloud services: understanding hosting, software and support in G-Cloud 12 worth over £1.8bn
Boosting both the public procurement and competition of the UK’s public sector cloud computing market

Senior Representative

Crown Commercial Service

Confirmed

10:30 am

Networking & Meet Suppliers

11:00 am

Key Supporter Session

11:20 am

Reinstating the Future Shared Services Programme: Enabling Continuous Innovation

Moving to mobile, accessible, intelligent, and automated shared services to create a seamless and intuitive experience for the workforce
Facilitating business change and changing the way the government manages its delivery of priorities and public services and generating £400m in savings
Prioritising better data management information and analytics to enable better decision-making
Supporting the move to the cloud through intelligent automation – eliminating mundane tasks and achieving better efficiency with HR and finance
Reflecting on the progress made since the original cross-government strategy was published in 2018 and the steps being taken to enable continuous innovation

11:40 am

Seminar Sessions

12:25 pm

Lunch, Networking & Meet Suppliers

1:30 pm

Seminar Sessions

2:00 pm

Chair’s Afternoon Remarks

2:05 pm

Panel | Secure, Effective, and Open Data Use Across Government

Deliberating the forthcoming National Data Strategy taking into account the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 response – how the UK will ensure transparency, accountability and inclusion
Understanding the need for a robust data architecture to identify commonalities across data and systems as the foundation for building better services
Continuing to build data capability and skills across the public sector for better decision making, effective working, better citizen outcomes
Building an open and transparent data infrastructure across local governments to yield better benefits for the business and across communities

Gaia Marcus

Head of the National Data Strategy

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Invited

Sarah Burnett

Chief Data Architect

Defra

Invited

2:45 pm

Case Study | A Three-Year ICT and Digital Strategy: Bracknell Forest Council

An update on Bracknell’s three-year plan – transforming the Council’s ICT strategy for better collaborative working and improved citizen outcomes
Facilitating open and secure data sharing to improve business functions and inform better decision making
Building on partnership working and shared services across other local authorities and public sector organisations
Updating legacy systems and completely migrating to the cloud
Ensuring that all staff are ICT-enabled with the right digital skills to work productively and collaboratively as possible

Bobby Mulhier

Assistant Director: Customer Experience, Digital and IT

Invited

3:05 pm

Networking & Meet Suppliers

3:30 pm

Case Study | Legacy Modernisation: Lessons Learned from the Department for International Development

Understanding how the Department moved away from PSN legacy networks to the cloud with as little disruption as possible
Navigating internal infrastructure barriers such as a legacy HR systems and travel booking systems
Generating greater reliability, reduced maintenance, and better reporting capabilities compared to legacy infrastructure
Creating a simpler and more efficient experience for the workforce

3:50 pm

Panel | Accelerating the Pace: The Impact of COVID-19 on IT Infrastructure

Adapting to the new normal and the extra pressure on IT infrastructure
Highlighting the importance of finding innovative solutions to address legacy challenges
Recognising the cloud opportunity to meet demands for scalabilities, reduce costs, integrate services and harness automation
Rethinking the importance of data use and sharing in light of the pandemic

Neil Owens

Communication and Collaboration Lead

DWP Digital

Confirmed

4:30 pm

Networking & End of Conference

21st January 2021