https://gds.blog.gov.uk/sprint-leeds-in-partnership-with-leeds-city-council/
Sprint: Leeds – in partnership with Leeds City Council
Date: Friday 17 May 2019
Venue: The Queens Hotel
Time: 09:00 – 14:00
Sprint: Leeds focused on how the Government Digital Service and local authorities, including Leeds City Council, can work together to make things better for users.
We looked at examples of digital transformation from a number of local authorities and charted the progress of the Local Digital Declaration as it approaches its one-year anniversary.
Agenda
09.00 – 09.45
Networking and registration
09.45 – 10.30
Host opening address
Keynote: Digital transformation and local authorities, by Tom Riordan, Chief Executive, Leeds City Council
Lightning talks:
How Wigan Council worked with Bolton to successfully outsource their IT
By Alison Hughes, Assistant Director ICT Strategic Partnerships, Wigan and Bolton Councils
Innovation Labs: Co-creating services with external developers
By Tom Forth, Head of Data, ODI Leeds
GDS Academy in Leeds
By Paul Schagen, Head of Operations, GDS Academy
10.30 – 10.50
Networking break
10.50 – 12.00
Workshops:
Government Digital Service common components
By Jyoti Basuita, Engagement Lead, GDS; Pete Herlihy, Lead Product Manager, GOV.UK Notify GDS and Sacha Zarb, Engagement Lead, GDS
The GovTech challenge
By Nadya Pavlova, GovTech Catalyst Engagement Lead, GDS and Stephen Blackburn, Data and Innovation Manager, Leeds City Council
Digital council, internal transformation
By Joanne Miklo, Head of Digital Efficiencies, Leeds City Council and Angela Conway, Facilitator, GDS Academy, GDS
Digital Inclusion
By Jason Tutin, Digital and Learning Development Manager, Leeds City Council
12.00 – 13.00
Panel Discussion: The Local Digital Declaration (almost) one year on
Panellists: Dylan Roberts, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Leeds City Council; Ben Cheetham, Head of Technology and Design, Local Digital Collaboration Unit, MHCLG; Helen Wall, National Lead, GDS
Keynote: The future of digital transformation, by Kevin Cunnington, Director General, GDS
13.00 – 14.00
Networking: a chance to talk to fellow delegates, meet new people and build relationships
If you’re interested in attending the London event, you’ll be able to register your interest in the summer.
