Alison is a recognised Digital leader in Scotland with a wealth of experience of many ground-breaking digital programmes across the public sector.  She has worked with many organisations across the Justice sector including Disclosure Scotland, Scottish Prison Service, Scottish Courts and Crown Office.  Her experience also includes a 2.5 year secondment as Head of the Digital Transformation Division of the SG Digital Directorate, during which she was involved in the Digital Justice DESC programme.

Alison is a former Chair of ScotlandIS and now works as a digital transformation strategist working with public and private sector to drive digitally enabled change.  

Assistant Chief of Police Armando R. Aguilar is the Miami Police Department’s (MPD) Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Chief, where he oversees approximately 300 sworn and civilian employees.  He has held senior management positions in all divisions of the MPD (Criminal Investigations, Field Operations, Administration, Internal Affairs, and the Office of the Chief of Police). Assistant Chief Aguilar has implemented offender-focused strategies which have contributed to significant reductions in violent crime and significant increases in case clearance rates.  Assistant Chief Aguilar developed the MPD’s facial recognition technology policy, which has been cited as a model by several research organisations and law enforcement agencies for its conscientious approach toward balancing privacy concerns with public safety needs.

Andrew began his career in Technology within Civil Engineering sector with a focus on technology solutions across transport systems. Following this he moved into leadership roles in Construction and Utilities sectors.  

Moving into Energy – He held senior leadership roles with a focus on Digital, Transformation and redesigned Target Operating Model development across global organisations. 

In September 2019 Andrew was appointed as Police Scotland’s Chief Digital and Information Officer. Joining the Police Scotland Executive Command & Leadership Team, Andrew oversees a wide portfolio which consists of Transformation, Digital Division, Service Design and Innovation.    

He is the Senior Responsible Officer for a range of programmes including Digital Evidence Sharing Capability and the National Body worn Video Programme. 

Ian is the Professor of Computing at Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland where he leads the Security Research Group and has a particular interest in Digital Forensics. He gained his PhD in Software Engineering from the University of Sunderland in 1998. His work in the fields of mobile and ubiquitous computing led to an interest in cybersecurity and in particular the challenge of improving methods, techniques and tools for digital forensics.  

 A member of the ‘Policing in a Digital World’ Professional Reference Group,  he has provided Expert Witness consultancy in the digital forensics field to various defence solicitors and to Police Scotland.  

He has supervised twenty successful PhDs, external examined six and has recently led the successful bid to attract the £18M cyberQuarter KE project to Abertay. 

Jo Farrell has overall command and responsibility for the Police Service of Scotland and leads 22,000 officers and staff serving communities across a third of the United Kingdom’s landmass. 

Chief Constable Farrell joined the police as a constable in Cambridge in 1991. In 2002, she joined Northumbria Police, initially as a Chief Inspector, and was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable, with responsibility for response and neighbourhood policing as well as the communications department. 

Chief Constable Farrell joined Durham Constabulary in November 2016 as Deputy Chief Constable before being appointed Chief Constable in June 2019. Chief Constable Farrell chairs the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Digital Data and Technology Co-ordination Committee. 

In October 2023, Chief Constable Farrell entered office at Police Scotland. 

Dr Inga Vermeulen. Research Fellow, Childlight – Global Child Safety Institute, University of Edinburgh

Inga is a Research Fellow at Childlight – Global Child Safety Institute, University of Edinburgh. She does research on violence against children with a special focus on child sexual exploitation and abuse. She is passionate about producing data and research that contribute to better policies, practices, and services to help keep children safe and support victim-survivors. Before joining the University of Edinburgh, she worked outside academia for a number of years doing research for public and voluntary sector organisations including the Office for National Statistics, the Scottish Government, the NHS, and many charities across the UK. 

Keith has extensive experience in senior business and digital executive leadership roles held in government and public sector organisations and in transforming and improving profile public facing services. Keith is the head of COPFS’ Business Services corporate functions, which includes digital and information services and is responsible for creating and leading the delivery of COPFS’ ambitious and innovative digital strategy. Current digital priorities include maximising the use of data and digital technology to transform the delivery of user focused services to improve the way the organisation works and implementing new national citizen facing services. Keith completed an MBA (with Project Management) in 2015. 

Denis Hamill is Chief Data Officer at Police Scotland, and is responsible for maximising the value of data across Police Scotland, to ensure that data plays its part in improving the safety and wellbeing of people, places and communities in Scotland. He leads the Chief Data Office which encompasses key capabilities such as data governance, data strategy, information assurance, data science and data ethics.  

Denis has led the formation of a new data strategy for Police Scotland which is framing the “Data Drives Digital” programme, which is delivering key data foundations in areas across master data management, analytics and data discovery.  

Prior to joining Police Scotland, Denis has over 25 years’ experience working across multiple industries, including data leadership roles in banking and healthcare insurance.  

Mark, the Chief Solution Architect at Leidos, boasts 28 years of expertise in bridging real-world problems with digital solutions. His unwavering passion lies in Scotland, where he envisions data as the catalyst for perpetual enhancement across various sectors, encompassing education, welfare, agriculture, healthcare, law enforcement, and cultural affairs. Mark also serves as a prominent member of the Digital Twin steering group at TechUK and is actively advocating for government adoption of a ‘Digital Twin First’ strategy across all public services.

Kate Wallace joined Victim Support Scotland as Chief Executive Officer in 2017.

Kate has thirteen years’ experience of high-profile leadership roles in the public and voluntary sectors in both executive and non-executive roles. Prior to VSS, Kate lead Visualise Scotland, a service delivery charity that provides services to people living with disabilities and complex needs from across Scotland. She has previously held the position of UK Programme Director for Barnardo’s and was based between London and Glasgow.