Agenda

• Launching the Government Technology Innovation Strategy – providing the framework for departments to make plans for digital, data and technology transformation;
• Laying the foundations for innovative procurement and assisting departments with funding experimentation;
• Understanding how to tackle legacy technology, update standards and guidance, and access and sharing useful data
• Discussing the future and professionalisation of the IT role – the need to assign new roles to support digital transformation and emerging technology
• Bridging the gap between digital transformation and cultural shift – building skills and ideals among the workforce

MSC Digital Ltd

• Creating a dialogue between buyers and suppliers to ensure that the best IT solutions are meeting service needs – seeing the spend of £152,704,059 on G-Cloud and £346,024,481 on the Digital Marketplace in 2018.
• Transitioning from G-Cloud 10 to G-Cloud 11; understanding how the framework for cloud hosting, software, and support is progressing alongside the latest IT developments
• Providing a smarter way for the public sector to access the newest technology through Spark – a new technology innovation marketplace
• Launching a pan-government collaborative framework agreement of up to £6.5 billion to facilitate the purchase of tech hardware, software and associated services

Netcompany

• Encouraging greater collaboration across government departments to create a unified IT system
• Sharing the relevant data and reducing the duplicity of systems to create ease and efficiency
• Delivering a seamless experience for the public sector workforce in order to improve user experience

• Deliberating the findings of the recent NAO report on the challenges in using data across government
• Understanding the need for: a clear strategy and leadership, a coherent infrastructure for managing data, and broader enablers to safeguard and support the better use of data
• Improving local government services through data to inform IT tools and gain greater insights into user needs
• Developing the National Data Strategy – unlocking the power of data across government in a way that is secure and trustworthy