At Registers of Scotland (RoS), we’ve been recording information about Scotland’s land and property since 1617. We provide a vital public service that underpins the Scottish economy. Our registers support Scotland’s multi-billion-pound land and property market as well as supporting local communities and infrastructure, informing critical land and property decisions.

We are committed to delivering smarter, more secure online services. Our vision is to be a digital knowledge and registration business trusted for our integrity. However, being the oldest public land register in the world meant that we faced a variety of challenges.

Preserving the integrity and accessibility of our registers while transitioning away from legacy systems is an ongoing and at times complex process. That process goes beyond the purely technical and demands a focus on transforming our digital culture, working collaboratively, using agile methodologies, and being customer-centric.

Our participation at the Futurescot Digital Scotland 2024 conference helps us share our knowledge and experiences so that others can benefit from our learning. We also want to learn from others as we share a common goal across the public sector to be as efficient and effective as possible and to further Scotland’s digital ambitions.  

You will be able to read more about how we have worked to transform our digital culture in an article this weekend in The Sunday Times by our Director of Digital, Data, and Technology, Martin Burns.

At the conference on the 26th you’ll be able to come along to our stand to talk directly with some of our senior IT enablement team about our journey and our experiences of working at RoS. You’ll also be able to chat with Geovation Scotland, which was formed as a partnership between Registers of Scotland and Ordnance Survey in 2019. 

Geovation Scotland supports RoS’ objective for its data to be used in innovative and accessible ways that bring wider economic benefit. Its bespoke annual accelerator programme offers a range of funding and business support to technology entrepreneurs looking to accelerate the growth of their businesses to foster innovation in land, property, and location technology. As well as an accelerator programme, Geovation has a community that is home to over 2,000 entrepreneurs, subject matter experts and innovators from both public and private sectors.  

RoS and Geovation colleagues look forward to seeing you there. Join us to share learnings and explore how we can continue to innovate and unlock greater value from our digital and data assets for the benefit of Scotland.  

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