What is the LGA Digital Showcase Conference?
The objective of this conference is to showcase some of the excellent and innovative work councils are doing to redesign and improve their services and ways of working, using digital tools and solutions.
Councils from across the nation are invited to the conference to present the work they have done using digital tools and solutions in a series of workshops to the other councils attending as delegates. This ensures that learning is shared widely, and real examples are provided of how to carry out digital transformation as well as highlight the tools and assets available to be reused for others in the sector.
Previous Digital Showcase events
- Digital Showcase Conference – 24 November 2020
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Welcome and opening remarks: Cllr Peter Fleming OBE, Chairman of Improvement and Innovation Board, Local Government Association
Follow Up Discussion: Cllr Fleming, Cllr Prior and Paul Maltby and Qs from the delegates
Key note address: Local digital update
Paul Maltby, Chief Digital Officer, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Workshop 1: Developing community-led digital support in Shropshire Neil Felton, Programme Manager, Transformation Programme and Andrea Miller, Digital Champion Lead, Shropshire County Council
Workshop 2: Implementing and managing a digital inclusion project
Laura Wigby, Digital Inclusion Project Co-ordinator, Norwich City CouncilWorkshop 3: Voice bots for digital inclusion
Tony Evans, Assistant Director – Transformation, Huntingdonshire District CouncilQ&A Panel: Cllr Neil Prior
Workshop 4: The world has changed
Kurt Frary, Deputy Director of IMT, CTO and Chair, Socitm (East), Norfolk County CouncilWorkshop 5: IT innovative response in COVID-19
Sandra Taylor, Assistant Director of IT and Digital, Worcestershire County Council and Jo Hilditch, Digital Delivery Team Manager, Worcestershire County CouncilWorkshop 6: Southwark council's new ways of working journey during COVID-19
Natalie Preston, Business Transformation Project Manager, Smart Working, Southwark CouncilClosing Address: Alison McKenzie-Folan
Chief Executive, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council - Digital Showcase Conference – 4 November 2019
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Keynote address – Paul Maltby, Chief Digital Officer, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Workshop 1: Digital Leadership, Cllr Elise Wilson, Leader, Stockport Borough Council and GM Digital City-Region and Holly Rae, Head of Policy and Performance, Stockport Borough Council
Workshop 2: Transforming the customer experience in SEND –Sarah Bullard, Customer Experience Digital and Service Improvement Manager, Laura Goman, Business Analyst, Jo Hill, Service Manager, SEN Assessment Team, West Sussex County Council
Workshop 3: Governance as an enabler – Cate McLaurin, Head of Delivery, London Borough of Hackney
Plenary 1: Collaboration on a regional scale – Phil Swan, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Cllr Elise Wilson, Leader, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and GM Digital City-Region
Plenary 2: Digital Innovation Zone – John Houston, Strategic Partnerships Specialist and Cllr Alan Lion, Portfolio Holder for Strategic Projects, Epping Forest District Council
Workshop 4: Procuring and managing suppliers – Georgina Maratheftis, Head of Local Public Services, techUK and Al Collier, Head of Procurement, Norfolk County Council
Workshop 5: Understanding the challenges faced by neurodiverse service users when communicating with social workers – Clare Ault, Service Manager Adult Social Care and Caroline Harper, Corporate Lead Digital and ICT, South Tyneside Council
Workshop 7: Creating a council for the 21st century – Aidan Dunn, Executive Director for Corporate Development and Lisa Trickey, Service Manager Digital Strategy and Design, Dorset Council
Workshop 9: How to run a successful digital project in a changing environment – Sonia Crawford, Operations Manager (Housing), Aylesbury Vale District Council and Sandra Lewis, Business Solutions Manager, East Suffolk Council
Workshop 10: Hydration innovation: Engaging people in the spring of technology – Laura Cresser, ICES Partnership Manager, North Somerset Council and Caroline Carter Service Manager, Shaw Healthcare
- Digital Showcase Conference – 22 November 2018
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Workshop 1a: Transforming waste services for the customer and the back office - Jeff Crowe, Project & Development Analyst Scarborough Borough Council
Workshop 1b: Transforming waste services for the customer and the back office - Liz St Louis and Helen Johnston, Sunderland City Council
Workshop 2: Assistive technology in supported living and community - Mark Allen, Head of Strategic Commissioning, Hampshire County Council
Workshop 3a: Bringing together data to empower frontline staff to intervene early and effectively to improve outcomes for vulnerable residents - Becca Dove – Service Head, Family Support and Complex Families, London Borough of Camden and Edward Purchase, Lead Analyst, Strategy and Change, London Borough of Camden
Workshop 3b: Bringing together data to empower frontline staff to intervene early and effectively to improve outcomes for vulnerable residents - Kath Saunders – Strategic Lead, Family Partnership Zones Dorset County Council, Julia Farmer – ICT Technical Analyst, Dorset County Council
Workshop 4a: Providing digital support for housing and homelessness and sharing learning between peers - Ian Hirst, Head of Digital Services and Transformation, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Dominic Taylor-Langley, SDS Team Manager and Business Analysis, Smarter Digital Services, SDS, Jane Haselden, Digital Services and Website Consultant, Smarter Digital Services, SDS
Workshop 4b: Providing digital support for housing and homelessness and sharing learning between peers - Kevin Neil, Interim Housing Solutions Lead, Exeter City Council Vicky Whitty, Exeter City Council
Workshop 5: Shared record system for social care staff - Rosie Gilbert, Project Manager Integrated ICT, Nottinghamshire County Council
Workshop 6: The Digital City - Steven Fry, Head of Customer and Digital Services, Salford City Council
Workshop 7: The benefits of an agile approach to digital projects - Jenny Nelson, Digital Newcastle Programme Manager, Newcastle City Council, Dominic Taylor-Langley, SDS Team Manager and Business Analysis, Smarter Digital Services, SDS, Jane Haselden, Digital Services and Website Consultant, Smarter Digital Services, SDS, Beverley Smith, GDS Academy Facilitator and Head of Digital Faculty, GDS
Workshop 8: Whole systems approach to digital - Maryvonne Hassall, Digital Programme Director, Aylesbury Vale District Council
Workshop 9a: Developing a digital workforce through apprenticeships - Nigel Carruthers, Senior Adviser, LGA
Workshop 9b: Developing a digital workforce through apprenticeships - Rehana Ramesh, Digital Transformation Lead, Brent Council