24 JUNE

Digital Transformation & Citizen Services

8:30 AM

Coffee & Croissants

Wake up and smell the coffee* with your public sector colleagues before the Government Transformation Summit gets started. (*Tea also available)

9:05 AM

Ministerial Keynote

Delivering More with Digital, Data and AI

Speaker:

Andrew Western, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transformation

Department for Work and Pensions

John Woodcock, Director, Regional Sales, Hyperscience

9:35 AM

Presentation by Hyperscience

Delivering Effective Public Services Through Intelligent AI Automation

Speaker:

John Woodcock, Director, Regional Sales

10:00 AM

Session One - Roundtable Discussions

The first of the day's three 1-hour Discussion Table sessions where government delegates break up into small groups for candid, closed-door conversations across their choice of themed Discussion Table topics.

11:30 AM

Session Two - Roundtable Discussions

The second of the day's three 1-hour Discussion Table sessions where government delegates break up into small groups for candid, closed-door conversations across their choice of themed Discussion Table topics.

1:30 PM

LUNCH

Networking lunch provided by the award-winning catering team of Church House - with vegan options available.

2:35 PM

Government Keynote

Digital Transformation Leadership: Accelerating Innovation
in a crisis

Speaker:

Professor Eldrid Jordaan, Johannesburg Business School

Digital Transformation Panel_Heather Cover-Kus + Sarah Ormerod + James Mitton + Colin Shaw_600 x 400-1

2:55 PM

Panel Discussion: Digital Transformation

Panelists:

Heather Cover-Kus, Head of Central Government, Tech UK
Sarah Ormerod, Programme Director, Home Office
James Mitton, Director General, Enterprise Transformation, HMRC
Colin Shaw, Director of Service Transformation, Ministry of Justice

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3:45 PM

Local Government Keynote

The power of regional collaboration for public sector reform

Expert: Eddie Copeland, Director, London Office of Technology and Innovation

_Keith Dargie Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)

4:30 PM

Government Keynote

Utilising AI for Public Facing Services

Speaker:

Keith Dargie, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)

6:00 PM

Day One Ends

That's all folks.

9:00 AM

Welcome

David Wilde gets us started.

9:20 AM

Government Keynote

Is Government ready?

Speaker:

Joanna Rowland, Director General Customer Service Group, Home Office

9:45 AM

International Keynote

Designing for Delivery: Embedding Digital Service Standards in Government

Speaker:

Honey Dacanay, Director General, Digital Policy, Government of Canada

11:00 AM

Networking Break

Have a cuppa and chat with your fellow attendees

12:30 PM

Session Three - Roundtable Discussions

Our third and final 1-hour Discussion Table session where government delegates break up into small groups for candid, private conversations across their choice of themed Discussion Table topics.

2:30 PM

Welcome Back

David Wilde get you started on the home stretch.

2:45 PM

Government Keynote

Designing for Delivery: embedding agility in a legacy
organisation

Speaker:

James Mitton, Director General, Enterprise Transformation,
HMRC

3:30 PM

Government Keynote

Transforming HM Land Registry to make building and
buying homes easier

Speaker:

Mark Gray, Chief Transformation and Technology Officer, HM Land Registry

Citizen Services Panel_ Honey Dacanay + Anaïs Reding + Eddie Copeland - 600 x 400

4:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Citizen Services

Panelists:

Honey Dacanay, Director General, Digital Policy, Government of Canada
Anaïs Reding, Chief Digital Officer, Department for Business & Trade
Eddie Copeland, Director, London Office of Technology & Innovation

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4:50 PM

Networking Drinks

Join us for a drink or two on the terrace overlooking Westminster Abbey to network with your colleagues from across the public sector, and get to know our invited guest speakers and discussion co-hosts better.

8:30 AM

Coffee & Croissants

Wake up and smell the coffee* with your public sector colleagues before the Government Transformation Summit gets started. (*Tea also available)

9:00 AM

Welcome

David Wilde gets us started.

9:05 AM

Ministerial Keynote

Delivering More with Digital, Data and AI

Speaker:

Andrew Western, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transformation

Department for Work and Pensions

9:20 AM

Government Keynote

Is Government ready?

Speaker:

Joanna Rowland, Director General Customer Service Group, Home Office

9:35 AM

Presentation by Hyperscience

Delivering Effective Public Services Through Intelligent AI Automation

Speaker:

John Woodcock, Director, Regional Sales

9:45 AM

International Keynote

Designing for Delivery: Embedding Digital Service Standards in Government

Speaker:

Honey Dacanay, Director General, Digital Policy, Government of Canada

10:00 AM

Session One - Roundtable Discussions

11:00 AM

Networking Break

Have a cuppa and chat with your fellow attendees

11:30 AM

Session Two - Roundtable Discussions

12:30 PM

Session Three - Roundtable Discussions

Our third and final 1-hour Discussion Table session where government delegates break up into small groups for candid, private conversations across their choice of themed Discussion Table topics.

1:30 PM

LUNCH

Networking lunch provided by the award-winning catering team of Church House - with vegan options available.

2:30 PM

Welcome Back

David Wilde get you started on the home stretch.

2:35 PM

Government Keynote

Digital Transformation Leadership: Accelerating Innovation
in a crisis

Speaker:

Professor Eldrid Jordaan, Johannesburg Business School

2:45 PM

Government Keynote

Designing for Delivery: embedding agility in a legacy
organisation

Speaker:

James Mitton, Director General, Enterprise Transformation,
HMRC

2:55 PM

Panel Discussion: Digital Transformation

Panelists:

Heather Cover-Kus, Head of Central Government, Tech UK
Sarah Ormerod, Programme Director, Home Office
James Mitton, Director General, Enterprise Transformation, HMRC
Colin Shaw, Director of Service Transformation, Ministry of Justice

Read More Here

3:30 PM

Government Keynote

Transforming HM Land Registry to make building and
buying homes easier

Speaker:

Mark Gray, Chief Transformation and Technology Officer, HM Land Registry

3:45 PM

Local Government Keynote

The power of regional collaboration for public sector reform

Expert: Eddie Copeland, Director, London Office of Technology and Innovation

4:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Citizen Services

Panelists:

Honey Dacanay, Director General, Digital Policy, Government of Canada
Anaïs Reding, Chief Digital Officer, Department for Business & Trade
Eddie Copeland, Director, London Office of Technology & Innovation

Read More Here

4:30 PM

Government Keynote

Utilising AI for Public Facing Services

Speaker:

Keith Dargie, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)

4:50 PM

Networking Drinks

6:00 PM

Day One Ends

That's all folks.

25 JUNE

Data & AI

8:30 AM

Coffee & Croissants

Wake up and smell the coffee* with your public sector colleagues before the Government Transformation Summit gets started. (*Tea also available)

9:05 AM

Government Keynote

Harnessing Data and AI for a Smarter Future

Simon King, Director of Public Sector AI Adoption,
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

AI Panel_ Shehroze Junejo + Nayyab Naqvi + Duncan Brown - 600 x 400-1

9:30 AM

Panel Discussion: AI

Moderator: Matt Day, Head of Government Relations, Adobe UKI

Shehroze Junejo, Executive Director and Chief Data Officer at,
UK Government Investments
Nayyab Naqvi, Principal Technologist for AI Adoption,
Government Digital Service
Duncan Brown, Head of Software Engineering, Incubator for AI
Amanda Svensson, Deputy Director, Applied Data & Insight,
Cabinet Office

11:00AM

Networking Break

Have a cuppa and chat with your fellow attendees.

12:30 PM

Session Three - Roundtable Discussions

Our third and final 1-hour Discussion Table session where government delegates break up into small groups for candid, private conversations across their choice of themed Discussion Table topics.

2:30 PM

Welcome Back

David Wilde get you started on the home stretch.

Data Panel_Katherine Williamson + Lucy Vickers + Martin Waudby (1)-1

2:50 PM

Panel Discussion: Data

Moderator: Charles Baird, Chief Data Architect, Office for National Statistics

Katherine Williamson, Chief Data Officer, Department for Transport
Lucy Vickers, Chief Data Officer, Department of Health and Social Care
Martin Waudby, Chief Data Officer, London Borough of Camden

3:50 PM

Networking Drinks

9:00 AM

Welcome

David Wilde & James Raddings get us started.

Richard Meeus, Senior Director Security Technology and Strategy, EMEA, Akamai

9:20 AM

Presentation by Akamai

Securing Government Data: Navigating Cyber Risks and
Enhancing Resilience

Richard Meeus, Senior Director Security Technology and Strategy, EMEA, Akamai

10:00 AM

Session One - Roundtable Discussions

11:30 AM

Session Two - Roundtable Discussions

1:30 PM

LUNCH

Networking lunch provided by the award-winning catering team of Church House - with vegan options available.

Craig Martin, Fraud Analytics Lead & Head of Programme at Cabinet Office

2:35 PM

Government Keynote

Imagining Tomorrow: AI and the Future of Counter Fraud in Government

Speaker:

Craig Martin, Fraud Analytics Lead & Head of Programme, Public Sector Fraud Authority, Cabinet Office

Shabeih Bukhari, AI Product & Deliver Manager

3:30 PM

Government Keynote

Scouting for AI: Redesign Infrastructure Delivery

This session delves into Scout, an AI-powered tool that improves government major project delivery by automatically analysing thousands of documents to help detect problems earlier, enabling timely interventions that keep critical projects on track.

Speaker:

Shabeih Bukhari, AI Product & Deliver Manager, NISTA

4:50 PM

Day Two Ends

See you at Government Transformation North, November 2025 in Manchester.

8:30 AM

Coffee & Croissants

Wake up and smell the coffee* with your public sector colleagues before the Government Transformation Summit gets started. (*Tea also available)

9:00 AM

Welcome

David Wilde & James Raddings get us started.

9:05 AM

Government Keynote

Harnessing Data and AI for a Smarter Future

Simon King, Director of Public Sector AI Adoption,
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

9:20 AM

Presentation by Akamai

Securing Government Data: Navigating Cyber Risks and
Enhancing Resilience

Richard Meeus, Senior Director Security Technology and Strategy, EMEA, Akamai

9:30 AM

Panel Discussion: AI

Moderator: Matt Day, Head of Government Relations, Adobe UKI

Shehroze Junejo, Executive Director and Chief Data Officer at,
UK Government Investments
Nayyab Naqvi, Principal Technologist for AI Adoption,
Government Digital Service
Duncan Brown, Head of Software Engineering, Incubator for AI
Amanda Svensson, Deputy Director, Applied Data & Insight,
Cabinet Office

10:00 AM

Session One - Roundtable Discussions

11:00AM

Networking Break

Have a cuppa and chat with your fellow attendees.

11:30 AM

Session Two - Roundtable Discussions

12:30 PM

Session Three - Roundtable Discussions

Our third and final 1-hour Discussion Table session where government delegates break up into small groups for candid, private conversations across their choice of themed Discussion Table topics.

1:30 PM

LUNCH

Networking lunch provided by the award-winning catering team of Church House - with vegan options available.

2:30 PM

Welcome Back

David Wilde get you started on the home stretch.

2:35 PM

Government Keynote

Imagining Tomorrow: AI and the Future of Counter Fraud in Government

Speaker:

Craig Martin, Fraud Analytics Lead & Head of Programme, Public Sector Fraud Authority, Cabinet Office

2:50 PM

Panel Discussion: Data

Moderator: Charles Baird, Chief Data Architect, Office for National Statistics

Katherine Williamson, Chief Data Officer, Department for Transport
Lucy Vickers, Chief Data Officer, Department of Health and Social Care
Martin Waudby, Chief Data Officer, London Borough of Camden

3:30 PM

Government Keynote

Scouting for AI: Redesign Infrastructure Delivery

Speaker:

Shabeih Bukhari, AI Product & Deliver Manager, NISTA

3:50 PM

Networking Drinks

4:50 PM

Day Two Ends

See you at Government Transformation North, November 2025 in Manchester.

Making a Difference

We are grateful to the members of our Leaders Network - a group of exceptional public sector practitioners and thought leaders from the UK public sector and around the world - for their active counsel and support of our mission to enable transformational government outcomes.