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SUMMARY:Data Bites: Getting things done with data in government
DESCRIPTION:We will be taking questions virtually during the event via the integrated event chat. \nBetter use of data is key to more effective government. Across government\, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don’t get the attention they deserve. \nAt this month’s event\, the 23rd in our series\, the speakers will present their work in an exciting\, quickfire format. Each speaker has eight minutes\, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience. \nThis month’s speakers are: \n\nOr Lenchner\, CEO of Bright Data\, presenting lessons learned from how the commercial world draws insight from online public data\nAndrew Engeli\, Deputy Director for Environmental Monitoring for Health Protection\, UK Health Security Agency\, on the challenges of developing novel data sources in the context of the pandemic response\nBethan Charnley\, Head of National Data Strategy Implementation at the Department for Digital\, Culture\, Media and Sport\, on monitoring and evaluating the National Data Strategy\nPatrick Royce\, Energy Engineer\, Department of Business\, Energy and Industrial Strategy\, on the My2050 Calculator for exploring pathways to Net Zero\n\nThe event will be chaired by Gavin Freeguard\, Associate at the Institute for Government. \n@ifgevents #IfGDataBites
URL:https://matrixni.org/event/data-bites-getting-things-done-with-data-in-government/
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CATEGORIES:Digital
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SUMMARY:Building the Smarter State
DESCRIPTION:The seventh edition of our flagship public services conference\, Building the Smarter State\, will take place on 22 September. \nFor the last six years the conference has successfully attracted digital leaders from across the breadth of public and the private sectors to showcase how technology is shaping today’s and tomorrow’s public services – helping to build a smarter state. \nIt’s now ten years since the launch of the report that led to the founding of the Government Digital Service. The decade since has witnessed both significant disruption and progression in public sector transformation. As well as the establishing of GDS\, we’ve had the introduction of the Cloud First policy\, the creation of the Digital Marketplace\, the launch of the Local Digital Declaration and a new Local Digital Collaboration Unit\, a renewed emphasis on user centricity and the disaggregation of large IT and technology contracts. All of which helped propel the UK to the top spot in the UN’s E-Government Rankings in 2016. \nAlongside past pressures and the legacy of COVID-19\, 2021 has seen changes to public procurement\, key leaders in the heart of Government brought in to supercharge digitization\, and efforts to address the legacy estate\, harness data and develop capability across the public sector. \nIt feels like the UK is on the cusp of the next big leap forward in digital Government\, and it is crucial we get the first steps on that journey right. At this year’s conference senior leaders from the public sector and the civil service will explore the key issues and technologies that will usher in the next decade of public service transformation. \nEvent Information \nDate: 22 September \nLocation: Online \nTiming: 10:00 – 17:00 (please note timings may change slightly as the agenda is finalised) \nTickets:  \ntechUK member rate (standard) – £80+VAT \ntechUK member rate (SME) – £30+VAT \nNon-member rate – £200+VAT \nPublic Sector – this event is free to attend for public sector delegates\, if you have any issues registering please contact events@techUK.org.
URL:https://matrixni.org/event/building-the-smarter-state/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Digital,Innovation,Technology,Telecommunications
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SUMMARY:BCS\,  Policy & Campaign priorities 2021-2025:  Northern Ireland Briefing
DESCRIPTION:The BCS President is working closely with BCS to establish four themes & campaign goals for 2021-2025.\n\n\nSPEAKERS\nJohn Higgins CBE FBCS\, President\, BCS\, The Chartered Institute for IT – John was director general of TechUK’s predecessor Intellect and then DigitalEurope. He chairs the Global Digital Foundation\, a think tank\, and is a senior advisor to Burson\, Cohn & Wolfe and the EU’s Intelligent Cities Challenge. He was appointed CBE in 2005 for services to the IT industry. \n\n\nAGENDA\n18:30 – Room opens \n18:35 – Introduction to Chair and Panelists \n18.45 – Presentation on the four themes and campaign goals \n19:00 – Panel discussion and audience Q&A \n19:25 – Summary \n19:30 – Close \n\n\nSYNOPSIS\nThe BCS President is working closely with the team at head office to streamline BCS activity under four themes & campaign goals agreed and signed off by the BCS Trustee Board and Council: \n• Our digital lives should be in the hands of competent\, ethical and accountable professionals. \n• Greater diversity and inclusion in the IT profession benefits society \n• The Digital Divide is a modern measure of inequality; it can be closed by access to skills as well as technology \n• The world will achieve Net Zero more rapidly with support of digital and data technologies \nThis webinar series is an opportunity to hear from the BCS President about the four themes\, how they will be taken forward across the BCS and ask questions. \nExpert panels with be convened to provide context and identify how the key themes can intersect with the wider contexts across the UK and internationally. \n\n\nTHIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: \nBCS Policy \nhttps://www.bcs.org/policy-and-influence/ \n\n\nOur events are for adults aged 16 years and over. \nFor overseas delegates who wish to attend the event\, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters. \n 
URL:https://matrixni.org/event/bcs-policy-campaign-priorities-2021-2025-northern-ireland-briefing/
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