Digitalscotland 2022
The Annual Conference for public sector technology professionals
2022’s conference welcomed 1,000+ delegates, 55 speakers and 40 sponsors to the EICC in Edinburgh
2023 Speakers
2022 Conference Agenda
25 October 2022 | Session One: Transforming Government
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Refreshments & networking
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Welcome and Chair's opening remarks
Kim McAllister
Chair
Chair
Kim McAllister
, Chair
Kim McAllister is a freelance journalist and communications consultant at Connect. She presents Clever About Cash on BBC Radio Scotland and contributes to a number of BBC shows including Radio 4’s Inside Science. She regularly writes for the Herald and other business titles. Since the pandemic hit, Kim has been involved with a wide range of events online, from chairing the three day annual international conference of the British Occupational Hygiene Society to hosting business recovery webinars for the Herald. Her space podcast series "Scotland's Secret Space Race", which she made with the University of Edinburgh, is the no 6 physics podcast in the UK and she is currently working on a special edition.
9:10 AM – 9:20 AM
Ministerial keynote
Ivan McKee MSP
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Ivan McKee MSP
Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise , The Scottish Government
Ivan McKee was appointed Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise in May 2021.
His career has involved a number of senior roles in manufacturing and business, managing companies in the UK as well as Poland, Finland, Croatia and Bosnia.
Ivan has been MSP for Glasgow Provan since May 2016. He was previously the Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation.
9:20 AM – 9:35 AM
Getting digital government right:
What does good digital government look like and how do we harness technology to reduce digital exclusion, promote collaborative leadership and raise digital skills.
Antony Clark
Audit Scotland
Audit Scotland
Antony Clark
Executive Director of Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland
Antony Clark was appointed Audit Scotland’s Executive Director of Performance Audit and Best Value in May 2022after an interim 14-month period having joined Audit Scotland in 2003. As Executive Director, Antony is responsible for delivering a world-class programme of performance audits that respond to the key issues Scotland’s public sector faces and positively affect the lives of Scotland’s people. Prior to joining Audit Scotland, Antony worked for the Nursing and Midwifery Council in London from the mid 1980s until joining North Tyneside Council in 1991 as a community care planner. He joined the Audit Commission in the mid-1990s where he spent six years managing health and local government audits across the North of England. After a short period back in local government, working on political modernisation (elected mayors and cabinet constitutions), he joined Audit Scotland.
9:35 AM – 9:50 AM
Transforming corporate services:
Delivering corporate capability fit for the future: digital, lean, shared, sustainable
Brian Reid
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Brian Reid
Director of Corporate Transformation & Workplace, The Scottish Government
Brian joined the Scottish Government as Director for Corporate Transformation and Workplace in March 2021. He is an experienced leader in the world of business, IT, process & people change delivery. Building portfolios of change and transformation, and the teams required to deliver them, has been the central theme in his career. The majority of Brian’s career has been within Financial Services, primarily with Standard Life Investments/abrdn group of companies where he was Head of Change, followed by senior operations and change roles in Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group/Virgin Money plc, and Skyscanner Ltd.
9:50 AM – 10:05 AM
How does Estonia’s past experience help to plan the future of a digital society?
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Viljar Lubi
Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Viljar Lubi
, Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Since 1999, Mr Lubi has worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs holding various positions. He started at the Press and Information Department and later worked at the Foreign Economic Policy Department. He was an Economic Adviser at the Estonian Embassy in London 2002-2006. After returning from London he worked as a Director of the General Affairs Division in the EU Department.
In August 2009, Mr Lubi took up the position of Economic Adviser at the Estonian Embassy in Washington, DC.
In 2011 he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in Estonia.
In 2013 Mr Lubi took up office in New Delhi as the first residing Estonian Ambassador to India. His co-accreditations also included Myanmar and Sri Lanka. After three years he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications as a Vice Minister for Economic Development.
10:05 AM – 10:20 AM
The amazing importance and consequence of right now
Why is digital transformation important and what you can do today to ensure the future of Scotland
Jason Whittet
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jason Whittet
Head of Cities, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jason Whittet leads the city advisory practice for AWS based out of London. He previously led the Smart City Innovation Center at Arizona State University for AWS. He’s worked in smart cities for 100 Resilient Cities at the Rockefeller Foundation, General Electric and IDC Research. He previously spent 10 years in government service with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He studied political science at ASU and has a Master’s In Public Administration from Northeastern University. He currently services as the Co-Chair of the Data Supercluster for the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.
10:20 AM – 11:00 AM
Fireside Chat:
Global government digital leaders
Geoff Huggins
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Geoff Huggins
Digital Director, The Scottish Government
Geoff Huggins is Director for Digital at the Scottish Government. Previously he was Director of the NHS Education Scotland Digital Service working to create the NHS National Digital Platform. From 2013 to 2018 he was Director for Health and Social Care Integration and from 2017 to 2018 also Director for Digital Health and Social Care. Prior to that he was Head of Mental Health for nine years. From 1991 to 1998 he worked for the Northern Ireland Office working on security and political development. He holds degrees in law and criminology from Queen’s University, Belfast. He is a non-executive director of Cornerstone, Penumbra and the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership. He runs a little, takes photographs and watches films.
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Viljar Lubi
Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Viljar Lubi
, Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Since 1999, Mr Lubi has worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs holding various positions. He started at the Press and Information Department and later worked at the Foreign Economic Policy Department. He was an Economic Adviser at the Estonian Embassy in London 2002-2006. After returning from London he worked as a Director of the General Affairs Division in the EU Department.
In August 2009, Mr Lubi took up the position of Economic Adviser at the Estonian Embassy in Washington, DC.
In 2011 he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in Estonia.
In 2013 Mr Lubi took up office in New Delhi as the first residing Estonian Ambassador to India. His co-accreditations also included Myanmar and Sri Lanka. After three years he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications as a Vice Minister for Economic Development.
Jason Whittet
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jason Whittet
Head of Cities, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jason Whittet leads the city advisory practice for AWS based out of London. He previously led the Smart City Innovation Center at Arizona State University for AWS. He’s worked in smart cities for 100 Resilient Cities at the Rockefeller Foundation, General Electric and IDC Research. He previously spent 10 years in government service with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He studied political science at ASU and has a Master’s In Public Administration from Northeastern University. He currently services as the Co-Chair of the Data Supercluster for the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
Refreshments & networking
25 October 2022 | Session Two & Three: Parallel Masterclass Sessions
11:20 AM – 12:30 PM
Parallel masterclass sessions
12:30 PM – 1:25 PM
Lunch & networking
25 October 2022 | Session Four: Leadership streams on Digital Transformation, Cloud, Connectivity and Data & AI
1:25 PM – 2:45 PM
Digital Transformation:
From the transactional to the transformational: building person-centred digital services around the citizen
Joy Bramfitt-Wanless
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Joy Bramfitt-Wanless
Head of Digital Transformation Division, The Scottish Government
Before moving to Scottish Government, Joy held a number of posts across UK government. She is an experienced transformation lead. Driven by her passion for delivering excellent public services, Joy has been involved in designing some extraordinary services, recognised by their many awards. As Head of Digital Transformation, Joy’s goals include ensuring all services are designed in collaboration with the people who use them and that people are always encouraged to challenge the status quo.
Eilidh McLaughlin
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Eilidh McLaughlin
Head of Digital Citizen Unit, The Scottish Government
Eilidh McLaughlin took up the position of Head of Digital Citizen Unit at Scottish Government in April 2022. This is a new Unit, part of the Digital Directorate and Eilidh’s role is to head up the Connecting Scotland programme. Connecting Scotland is a unique initiative, set up during the pandemic, to get devices and/or connectivity to those who needed it most. The programme has delivered 60,000 devices and connectivity packages over the initial two years and has a commitment to deliver a further 300,000.
Eilidh has a background in Information Security and Governance as well as corporate governance services, equality and diversity, internal audit, complaints, information governance and various business support services from previous roles in NHS National Services Scotland.
Previously, she practiced as a lawyer both in the private sector with Maclay Murray & Spens and then in the public sector, firstly with West Lothian Council, as a member of the property and contracts team, and subsequently as legal adviser at Queen Margaret University in Musselburgh, East Lothian.
Outside of work, Eilidh’s time is very much taken up with her husband and young daughter, though when she can, she enjoys the rugby, a good book and cooking.
Steve Roud
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen City Council
Steve Roud
Chief Officer Digital & Technology, Aberdeen City Council
Steve Roud is a change agent who specialises in digital technologies. He is a past chair of SOCITM Scotland which is a professional body that represents digital leaders across the public services. Steve has achieved success with public sector organisations such as Angus Council, NHS NSS and Aberdeen City Council.
After spending more than 30 years in public services, Steve has expertise in leadership, portfolio delivery and transformation.
Steve has an MSc in Leadership as well as a PgDip in Information Technology and a BA in Information Management.
Richard Thompson
Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria
Richard Thompson
Consulting Manager, Digital Identity, Sopra Steria
Richard graduated as an electrical and electronic engineer and started his career in BBC Radio Engineering. Following on he moved into telecommunications as systems engineer for BT in Global Sales and then into SmartTrust to develop new content services for mobile devices.
In 2005 he joined Morpho, now Idemia, to run their mobile applications and solution business. When Idemia became a GOV.UK identity provider he moved to a business development role to promote their Verify IDP and biometric identity services in the UK market. He is a keen sailor, photographer and classic car enthusiast.
1:25 PM – 2:45 PM
Cloud:
Innovation, decommissioning, net zero and scale: transforming services means embracing the full potential of cloud
Ross Lyon
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Ross Lyon
Product Manager – Cloud First, The Scottish Government
Ross joined the Scottish Government in 2000, initially in agriculture, moving to Digital Communications in 2007 working on the intranet and website, latterly as Website Manager for gov.scot. Ross moved to the Cloud First Programme within Digital Directorate as Product Manager in 2018.
The Cloud First Programme’s main aim is to promote cloud & support public organisations to move to the cloud. Ross also has a leading role within the Cloud Community which has been established across the public sector in Scotland.
Keith Dargie
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Keith Dargie
Chief Information and Digital Officer, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Keith is the Chief Information Digital Officer for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). He has extensive experience in IT executive roles held in government and public sector organisations and in transforming or introducing profile public facing services. He has senior accountability for delivering business critical digital services to staff located in offices throughout Scotland and to stakeholders and users of the Scottish justice system. He is responsible for creating and leading the delivery of COPFS’ ambitious digital strategy, maximising the use of digital technology to transform the delivery of user focused services and improving the way the organisation works in the digital age. Keith is also leading the delivery of profile projects to digitally transform services to users of the Scottish justice system and citizens. Keith completed an MBA (with Project Management) in 2015.
Paul Christie
Registers of Scotland
Registers of Scotland
Paul Christie
Head of IT Service, Registers of Scotland
Paul has been working in the senior digital leadership team at Registers of Scotland for 4 years. A technology enthusiast who believes in delivering success through service aligned, autonomous, high performing teams.
Registers of Scotland have been through several “digital transformation” iterations over the last ten years. Their journey has seen the delivery of several transformational services which benefit Scottish Citizens and underpin the Scottish Property Market, such as SCOTLIS and Digital Submissions Service.
With many lessons learned on the way, and many more inevitably to come, Paul and the Registers of Scotland team would like to share their digital transformation journey with you.
Jon Gasparini
Brightsolid
Brightsolid
Jon Gasparini
CTO, Brightsolid
Jon is the CTO at Brightsolid and has over 20 years’ experience of enterprise technology environments. For the past 8 years he has focused on helping customers across all industry sectors design, build/migrate, secure, manage and optimise applications and services in public cloud environments. He is an experienced technology leader and an expert in the major public cloud providers. At Brightsolid, Jon is accountable for the delivery of our hybrid cloud products and services.
1:25 PM – 2:45 PM
Connectivity:
Future-proofing national digital infrastructure: government and industry working together to improve outcomes for Scottish citizens and businesses.
Robbie McGhee
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Robbie McGhee
Deputy Director, Digital Connectivity, The Scottish Government
Robbie has been Head of the Digital Connectivity Division in the Scottish Government since 2018, leading the delivery of a number of flagship infrastructure projects that are enhancing Scotland’s digital infrastructure and extending access to connectivity. Robbie has worked in several roles across Scottish Government – previously managing European Structural Funds programmes and helping to set up SPRUCE, the first investment fund specifically established to support urban development and regeneration activity in Scotland.
Sarah Eynon
Scottish Futures Trust
Scottish Futures Trust
Sarah Eynon
Programme Director, Digital Infrastructure, Scottish Futures Trust
Sarah is the Programme Director for Digital Infrastructure at Scottish Futures Trust, a centre of infrastructure expertise. She leads a team of industry and commercial specialist that support the Scottish Government in the development and delivery of their digital infrastructure strategies that covers international connectivity, data centres, fibre broadband and advance wireless infrastructure across Scotland. Taking an active leadership role across major infrastructure programmes with central government, local authorities and public sector bodies, Sarah brings a unique mix of skills, experience, and knowledge to bear to deliver improved outcomes from Scotland’s public sector infrastructure.
Sarah sits on the Scotland 5G Centre Governing Board with a drive to ensure that 5G is tied into the broader tech scene in Scotland and that best practice is shared across the UK. With a commercial background in fibre and mobile deployment, she promotes an inclusive and holistic approach across the regional boards and working groups that she sits on and encourages collaboration across all her work.
Shona Croy
Orkney Council
Orkney Council
Shona Croy
Renewables and Connectivity Lead, Orkney Council
Shona Croy is Strategic Advisor and Project Director for Orkney Islands Council, with responsibility for renewables and connectivity. Orkney is the worst internet blackspot in Scotland with just 64% of premises connected to superfast broadband compared to the UK average of 94%. Only 1% of households have ultrafast broadband, compared to the UK average of 59%, and locals face the slowest download speeds in the country.
Given the challenges of living and working in a rural area, delivering improved connectivity across Orkney is a high priority for the Council, to mitigate against the effects of distance and isolation, to allow businesses and the public sector to modernise, and to deliver improved quality of living including improved opportunities for remote learning and employment for residents.
Shona has been at employed by the Council for over 30 years and has worked in a variety of roles primarily in the field of economic development. She has extensive knowledge and experience of the issues facing remote communities and in developing measures to overcome market failure. A strategic and practical thinker, she has developed and delivered a number of innovative projects in Orkney.
David Lewis
Capita Public Service
Capita Public Service
David Lewis
Chief of Consult & Transform, Capita Public Service
David is passionate about improving the lives of the end-users of a service, especially those run by public sector, charity and other service-based groups. He has a strong background in leading major transformations in the public and private sectors including Cognizant, Infosys and in the Cabinet Office, including working as a CIO/CDO. David focuses on empowering people and building healthy diversity in any organisation.
1:25 PM – 2:45 PM
Data & AI:
Building inclusive, trustworthy and ethical AI: using data to power the next generation of digital products and services
Steph Wright
The Scottish AI Alliance
The Scottish AI Alliance
Steph Wright
Head of The Scottish AI Alliance, The Scottish AI Alliance
Steph is a data science enthusiast with specific experience of the healthcare domain. She has been extensively involved in developing and building collaborations across organisations as well as experience in project and programme management. Steph has a diverse background ranging from astrophysics to genomics in academia and film & TV to dance in the arts and the third sector. Steph led on Data Lab’s efforts in support of the Scottish Government in developing Scotland’s AI Strategy and is currently leading on its delivery through the Scottish AI Alliance, a partnership between The Data Lab and the Scottish Government. She is also the regional lead for Scotland for Women in AI UK.
Doreen Grove
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Doreen Grove
Head of Open Data, The Scottish Government
Doreen leads Scottish Government’s involvement in the Open Government Partnership at both a National and International level. In Scotland, Open Government supports the reform and development of trustworthy public services, the renewal of democracy, promotes openness, transparency and the use of innovative participative processes to help transform how people interact with public services.
Doreen moved into Scottish Government during the extraordinary times building up to Scotland’s Independence Referendum, which as an Archaeologist and Historian, seemed a really interesting way to observe history at first hand. The change has provided her with a broad perspective on the world in which we live and the systems that affect us over time.
As a volunteer Doreen is also a co-founder and chair of Wellbeing Economy Scotland, because change matters and how we have a society that works for people and planet – working with an extraordinary team of people who are inspiring the change in Scotland and beyond.
Michael Rovatsos
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Michael Rovatsos
Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Deputy Vice Principle of Research (AI), Director of The Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh
Michael has worked in AI for over 20 years as an academic, focusing primarily on methods to coordinate the activities between multiple intelligent agents in both cooperative and competitive settings, such as transportation networks, supply chains, and markets. Over the last few years, his research has aimed at developing systems that are better aligned with human values, e.g. fairness and diversity, contributing to the development of more responsible AI technologies. Since 2018, he has led the development of The Bayes Centre, a data science and AI innovation hub that brings together nearly 500 researchers and industry experts. Michael is part of the leadership team of the Scottish AI Alliance, and represents the University at the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and AI.
Rachael Greaves
Castlepoint Systems
Castlepoint Systems
Rachael Greaves
CEO, Castlepoint Systems
Rachael Greaves is the CEO and Co-Founder of Castlepoint Systems. She is a records and information management and cyber security thought leader. Rachael designed the Castlepoint command and control products. Rachael has consulted on large-scale records, security and audit projects in government and regulated industries with complex integrated environments. She developed Castlepoint in response to the tension seen in organisations between compliance, usability, sustainability and cost.
Rachael is a Certified Information Professional (CIP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Data Privacy Systems Engineer (CDPSE), and is certified in project, change, and records management.
2:45 PM – 3:05 PM
Networking & refreshments
25 October 2022 | Session Five: Leadership streams on Cybersecurity, Innovation, Data Transformation & Workforce Transformation
3:05 PM – 4:25 PM
Cybersecurity:
Building Scotland's cyber resilience through community, collaboration and increased focus on skills and security operations
Jude McCorry
Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland
Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland
Jude McCorry
Chief Executive, Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland
Jude McCorry is CEO of the Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland. She has over 20 years' experience in the Technology sector and started her career with Dell computers in Ireland, she joined the Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland in April 2020 from The Data Lab where she was Director of Business Development working with industry and academia to maximise the value of data for Scotland.
She is one of the founders of the Unicef Data Hub for Children, and always ensures there is a social aspect to everything she does in order to benefit the people of Scotland or further afield. Jude is a board member of Parkinson’s Scotland and the Policy Board at SCDI.
Robert Hayes
National Cyber Resilience Advisory Board
National Cyber Resilience Advisory Board
Robert Hayes
Vice Chair, National Cyber Resilience Advisory Board
David Ferguson
ScotlandIS
ScotlandIS
David Ferguson
Cyber Development Lead and Head of Data, ScotlandIS
Cheryl Torano
cyberQuarter, Abertay University
cyberQuarter, Abertay University
Cheryl Torano
Business Development Manager , cyberQuarter, Abertay University
Cheryl Torano is the Business Development Manager for Abertay cyberQuarter.
Her current role began in 2021 and is funded through Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Government.
Cheryl graduated from Abertay’s Ethical Hacking programme in 2017 having undertaken an accelerated BSc Hons degree.
Prior to that she studied HND Computer Networking and Internet Technology at Dundee and Angus College.
Following graduation, she worked in Abertay University’s digital marketing team until 2019 when she took up a role with Brightsolid as a Cyber Security Engineer. During this time, she completed an MBA in Business Administration in Cybersecurity.
Cheryl is on the Scottish Women in Cyber and Ladies Hacking Society committees, and a key member in the Scottish Cyber Cluster.
Steve McKee
Cisco
Cisco
Steve McKee
Cybersecurity Specialist, Cisco
Steve has been with Cisco for 15 years and looks after the Cisco Security business in Scotland. Passionate about ‘doing the right thing’ for the customer, something that is part of the Cisco culture.
Before Cisco, Steve helped design some of the largest Optical networks on the planet, aged prematurely when working on ATM networks and laments the demise of IBM OS/2, a misunderstood OS ahead of its time.
3:05 PM – 4:25 PM
Innovation:
Utilising the potential of Scotland‘s digital ecosystem to stimulate and scale innovation – creating jobs, attracting investment and improving services
Roger Halliday
Research Data Scotland
Research Data Scotland
Roger Halliday
CEO, Research Data Scotland
Roger Halliday started as Scotland’s Chief Statistician in November 2011 and Served as Scottish Government’s Chief Data Officer role between 2017 and 2020.
Since March, he has jointly led a Covid Modelling and Analysis Division in Scottish Government and is the Chief Executive of Research Data Scotland.
Roger qualified with a degree in statistics in 1993 from St. Andrews University and joined the Government fast stream as an assistant statistician. He worked for various UK Government Departments and at the Scottish Government in a number of statistical and policy making roles.
He became an honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow in 2019.
David Dunn
Citizens Advice Scotland
Citizens Advice Scotland
David Dunn
Digital Committee Chair, Citizens Advice Scotland
David is currently the CEO of SSC, an organisation focused on supporting the adoption of technology across a broad range of sectors. He is a member of the UK Government’s Digital Economy Council and holds other directorships including tech membership organisation Dynamo North East and deep-sea science company Armatus Oceanic. David chairs Citizens Advice Scotland’s (CAS) recently established Digital Committee as we as being the deputy chair of CAS’s People Committee.
Based on his doctorate, David has given talks on economic development through supporting tech sector growth in a number of countries including China, South Korea, the USA and in Europe. David also holds an MBA from Durham University and BSc from Abertay University.
Alisdair Gunn
Glasgow City Innovation District
Glasgow City Innovation District
Alisdair Gunn
Director, Glasgow City Innovation District
Highly respected and trusted leader, Alisdair is recognised by his peers as one of Scotland’s prominent professional advisers in Scotland’s digital and technology sector. As the Director leading the development and growth of the Glasgow City Innovation District (Scotland’s first Innovation District), Alisdair is a board adviser to several of Scotland’s leading, prominent Digital Product SMEs. Alisdair also founded Framewire, Scotland’s first advisory practice focused on developing Scotland’s Digital and Tech Ecosystem as well as mentoring the founders of Scotland’s leading digital technology businesses. Alisdair is also recognised for his passion and dedication to developing the growth of Scotland's Tech Ecosystem and Tech Clusters and is currently focused on scaling Glasgow’s Digital and Tech sector as part of the Glasgow City Innovation District.
Alisdair is the co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Turing Festival (now Turing Fest) and at the inaugural Scottish Tech Startup Awards was awarded the first Tech Ecosystem award where his peers recognised his expertise and commitment to developing Scotland’s tech ecosystem. Alisdair was a finalist in the Barclays Entrepreneur Awards and has been inducted into the BIMA 100 as one of the UK's leading digital tech leaders. Alongside being a board member of BIMA in Scotland, Alisdair is a board member of digital tech companies Amiqus, Cut Media and VeryConnect. Alisdair is also a member of the ScotlandIS policy steering group, which provides strategic advice to the UK and Scottish Governments on developing Scotland’s tech sector and is a member of Johnston Carmichael’s Tech Advisory Board.
Paul Winstanley
CENSIS
CENSIS
Paul Winstanley
Chief Executive Officer, CENSIS
Paul is an entrepreneurial technologist with a substantial track record for applying innovation across multiple market sectors spanning academia, government, SMEs and international PLCs.
Paul’s early career was with UK MoD, then with QinetiQ where he held a number of leadership roles CEO of QinetiQ Inc. Subsequently, Paul has founded and ran an SME and then was the inaugural Executive Director Innovation and Investment at the UK Defence Solutions Centre. He joined CENSIS in 2019 where he has been pivotal in the development and implementation of digital solutions across the public and private sectors in Scotland.
Paul’s business skills include leadership, substantial international P&L experience, capital raising and realising value from technology.
Paul is a member of the Board at South of Scotland Enterprise, Scotland’s enterprise agency for Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders. Earlier in 2022 the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) appointed him to its Science Engineering and Technology Board (SETB). The SETB is responsible for identifying and championing new research challenges at the cutting edge of engineering and physical sciences for future investment.
Paul is a co-founder of the Smart Things Accelerator Centre, a dedicated Scottish IoT accelerator for SMEs, scale up and start up companies.
3:05 PM – 4:25 PM
Data Transformation:
Harnessing data to optimise the performance of critical public services – leveraging new technologies including data analytics, AI and IoT to boost operational effectiveness
Andrew Hendry
Police Scotland
Police Scotland
Andrew Hendry
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Police Scotland
Andrew began his career in Technology within Civil Engineering sector at Mott McDonald where he undertook roles focusing on Digital Infrastructure solutions, Innovation, Design and Delivery for the Highways agency and other public service agencies within the Transportation sectors.
Following this, Andrew performed Technology management & delivery roles across Construction and Utilities with New City Vision and Energetics Networked Energy.
Moving into Retail Energy and Trading sectors, Andrew held a leadership role with Gazprom Energy – Leading on Digital, Transformation, Integration and the Target Operating Model development across Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific.
Fulfilling a Board role at H Dawson Sons, he was Global Director of IT & Operations – Responsible for operations and transformation across the group covering Trading, Logistics, Retail and E-Commerce across UK, Africa, Europe, Australia China and India.
Before he joined Police Scotland in 2019, he worked at Global Engineering Solutions provider, Fircroft Group in the role of Group Chief Information & Digital Officer where he was responsible for Transformation, Technology and the business's Global Operating Model overseeing operations in 45 countries.
In September 2019 Andrew was appointed as Police Scotland’s Chief Digital and Information Officer. Forming part of the Police Scotland Executive Command & Leadership Team, Andrew oversees a wide portfolio which consists of the following business areas: Change & Transformation; Digital Division; Service Design; Innovation.
He is also the Senior Responsible Officer for: DDICT; Modernised Contact & Engagement; Digital Evidence; Sharing Capability; Digitally Enabled Policing; Body Worn Video; Mobile Working; Unified Communications & Contact Platform.
Davie Gow
Leidos
Leidos
Davie Gow
Director of Technology Strategy & Innovation, Leidos
Davie is based just outside of Glasgow and is the Leidos UK Director of Technology Strategy & Innovation. Creating innovative solutions to customers’ complex challenges is what he’s all about.
Davie started his Career in IT as a YTS in the ‘80s (think, an early version of Modern Apprenticeships). After many adventures in different industries including public sector, banking and manufacturing, to name a few, he joined Leidos. Davie is one of Scotland’s inaugural Digital Fellows. Davie was seconded to the Scottish Government Digital Directorate in 2018 as Chief Technologist. He is passionate about technology and the amazing things we can achieve by harnessing the collective power of people, process, information and technology through collaboration between Public and Private sectors, fellow tech companies, customers and our customers’ customers.
The pace at which technology evolves means there are always new ways to innovate that weren’t even considered yesterday…
His extracurricular activities include fine dining, mixed with the odd kebab, and he describes himself as a family man who is a PC gaming nerd and car enthusiast.
Albert King
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)
Albert King
Chief Data Officer, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)
Albert King is Chief Data Officer at NHS National Services Scotland (NSS). NHS NSS serves as the data hub for the health and social care economy in Scotland. Through and unrivalled mix of health and social care datasets, professional capability and it's leading technology platform (SEER) it supports the development of insights with partners, including Public Health Scotland, Health Boards, local and national government. Previously, Albert served as Chief Data Officer in the Scottish Government and draws on over 20 years experience in industry and public sector data and technology.
Kimberley Hose
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council
Kimberley Hose
Head of Business Intelligence, Glasgow City Council
Kimberley is the Head of Business Intelligence at Glasgow City Council, looking at how data can be used to support both council and city transformation. She leads a broad range of innovative data analytics projects that inform policy, transform services, and ultimately aim to deliver better outcomes for the people of Glasgow. She is a champion of open data and an advocate for better data sharing across the public sector. She is a member of the Digital Glasgow Board that is responsible for overseeing the development of the Digital Glasgow Strategy, and is also actively involved in developing data analytics capabilities across Scottish Local Government in collaboration with the Scottish Local Government Digital Office.
3:05 PM – 4:25 PM
Workforce Transformation:
Helping workforces upskill and re-skill to keep up with citizen demand for modern public services
Lee Dunn
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Lee Dunn
Head of the Scottish Digital Academy, The Scottish Government
Lee Dunn is the Head of the Scottish Digital Academy, which is part of the Directorate for Digital at the Scottish Government. The Academy provides high quality professional learning and training in relation to service design, agile transformation and digital skills.
Lee began his career as a secondary school teacher of Design and Technology before taking up various posts as Data Lead for post-16 learning with the Scottish Government, Senior Lecturer in Education and Technology at the University of Glasgow and Head of Education Services at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland. Before taking up his current post, Lee was a Lead Specialist Professional Learning at Education Scotland. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Moderator for Education and Digital Skills at the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.
Lee is passionate about education and developing digital skills for learning, life and work.
Sanna Rimpiläinen
Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
Sanna Rimpiläinen
Research & Skills Manager, Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
Dr Sanna Rimpiläinen, Research and Skills Manager at the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (DHI) in Glasgow, leads on one of DHI’s key strategic areas, Skills and Future Workforce Development agenda. This work focusses on the development of a future pipeline of talent to support the digital transformation of health and care services in Scotland, engaging with a vast network of partners in schools, further and higher education, in digital health and care industry, the health and social care sectors, Scottish government and the third sector. She also manages the DHI’s Research and Knowledge Management team, whose outputs inform and underpin work carried out by the DHI and our partners. The team also administers master’s studentship funding in digital health and care for the Scottish universities, working to strengthen that domain across the Scottish education landscape.
Dr Rimpiläinen has a PhD in Education. Her work at the DHI pulls together the different strands of her career, including interdisciplinary research expertise and interest in workforce development questions with different aspects of technological innovations from inception and production to appropriation and use in diverse learning and working practices.
Linda Scott
Codeclan
Codeclan
Linda Scott
Chief Marketing Officer, Codeclan
Linda brings an entrepreneurial mindset, with a wealth of experience in pushing commercial growth and engaging with governance to CodeClan.
In her role as Chief Marketing Officer, her main objectives are to build a recognisable and highly commended brand to reflect the valuable and life-changing activities that take place at CodeClan. Linda leads the commercial side of CodeClan, building the partner network to support CodeClan students and Alumni, bringing in industry insight and building a positive reputation throughout the tech industry. Also working with CodeClan partners to upskill and reskill employees to support the skills needed in Scotland.
Stephen McAinsh
Calba
Calba
Stephen McAinsh
Founder, Calba
Stephen is the Founder of Calba, your partner in agile.
He strongly believes in focusing on people before process and tools, influenced from his past experience as a personal development leader with charities Venture Scotland and Raleigh International.
He started his career as a software engineer in 1980s with Hewlett-Packard, who were pioneering new manufacturing techniques, many of which we term as agile or lean today. He has worked on agile and digital transformations with organisations across Europe, Japan and North America, and lived in Silicon Valley for 5 years.
Stephen founded Calba in 2010 and Lean Agile Edinburgh in 2013.
4:25 PM
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25 October 2022 | Session One: Transforming Government
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Refreshments & networking
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Welcome and Chair's opening remarks
Kim McAllister
Chair
Chair
Kim McAllister
, Chair
Kim McAllister is a freelance journalist and communications consultant at Connect. She presents Clever About Cash on BBC Radio Scotland and contributes to a number of BBC shows including Radio 4’s Inside Science. She regularly writes for the Herald and other business titles. Since the pandemic hit, Kim has been involved with a wide range of events online, from chairing the three day annual international conference of the British Occupational Hygiene Society to hosting business recovery webinars for the Herald. Her space podcast series "Scotland's Secret Space Race", which she made with the University of Edinburgh, is the no 6 physics podcast in the UK and she is currently working on a special edition.
9:10 AM – 9:20 AM
Ministerial keynote
Ivan McKee MSP
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Ivan McKee MSP
Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise , The Scottish Government
Ivan McKee was appointed Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise in May 2021.
His career has involved a number of senior roles in manufacturing and business, managing companies in the UK as well as Poland, Finland, Croatia and Bosnia.
Ivan has been MSP for Glasgow Provan since May 2016. He was previously the Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation.
9:20 AM – 9:35 AM
Getting digital government right:
What does good digital government look like and how do we harness technology to reduce digital exclusion, promote collaborative leadership and raise digital skills.
Antony Clark
Audit Scotland
Audit Scotland
Antony Clark
Executive Director of Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland
Antony Clark was appointed Audit Scotland’s Executive Director of Performance Audit and Best Value in May 2022after an interim 14-month period having joined Audit Scotland in 2003. As Executive Director, Antony is responsible for delivering a world-class programme of performance audits that respond to the key issues Scotland’s public sector faces and positively affect the lives of Scotland’s people. Prior to joining Audit Scotland, Antony worked for the Nursing and Midwifery Council in London from the mid 1980s until joining North Tyneside Council in 1991 as a community care planner. He joined the Audit Commission in the mid-1990s where he spent six years managing health and local government audits across the North of England. After a short period back in local government, working on political modernisation (elected mayors and cabinet constitutions), he joined Audit Scotland.
9:35 AM – 9:50 AM
Transforming corporate services:
Delivering corporate capability fit for the future: digital, lean, shared, sustainable
Brian Reid
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Brian Reid
Director of Corporate Transformation & Workplace, The Scottish Government
Brian joined the Scottish Government as Director for Corporate Transformation and Workplace in March 2021. He is an experienced leader in the world of business, IT, process & people change delivery. Building portfolios of change and transformation, and the teams required to deliver them, has been the central theme in his career. The majority of Brian’s career has been within Financial Services, primarily with Standard Life Investments/abrdn group of companies where he was Head of Change, followed by senior operations and change roles in Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group/Virgin Money plc, and Skyscanner Ltd.
9:50 AM – 10:05 AM
How does Estonia’s past experience help to plan the future of a digital society?
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Viljar Lubi
Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Viljar Lubi
, Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Since 1999, Mr Lubi has worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs holding various positions. He started at the Press and Information Department and later worked at the Foreign Economic Policy Department. He was an Economic Adviser at the Estonian Embassy in London 2002-2006. After returning from London he worked as a Director of the General Affairs Division in the EU Department.
In August 2009, Mr Lubi took up the position of Economic Adviser at the Estonian Embassy in Washington, DC.
In 2011 he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in Estonia.
In 2013 Mr Lubi took up office in New Delhi as the first residing Estonian Ambassador to India. His co-accreditations also included Myanmar and Sri Lanka. After three years he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications as a Vice Minister for Economic Development.
10:05 AM – 10:20 AM
The amazing importance and consequence of right now
Why is digital transformation important and what you can do today to ensure the future of Scotland
Jason Whittet
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jason Whittet
Head of Cities, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jason Whittet leads the city advisory practice for AWS based out of London. He previously led the Smart City Innovation Center at Arizona State University for AWS. He’s worked in smart cities for 100 Resilient Cities at the Rockefeller Foundation, General Electric and IDC Research. He previously spent 10 years in government service with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He studied political science at ASU and has a Master’s In Public Administration from Northeastern University. He currently services as the Co-Chair of the Data Supercluster for the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.
10:20 AM – 11:00 AM
Fireside Chat:
Global government digital leaders
Geoff Huggins
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Geoff Huggins
Digital Director, The Scottish Government
Geoff Huggins is Director for Digital at the Scottish Government. Previously he was Director of the NHS Education Scotland Digital Service working to create the NHS National Digital Platform. From 2013 to 2018 he was Director for Health and Social Care Integration and from 2017 to 2018 also Director for Digital Health and Social Care. Prior to that he was Head of Mental Health for nine years. From 1991 to 1998 he worked for the Northern Ireland Office working on security and political development. He holds degrees in law and criminology from Queen’s University, Belfast. He is a non-executive director of Cornerstone, Penumbra and the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership. He runs a little, takes photographs and watches films.
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Viljar Lubi
Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Viljar Lubi
, Ambassador of Estonia in the UK
Since 1999, Mr Lubi has worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs holding various positions. He started at the Press and Information Department and later worked at the Foreign Economic Policy Department. He was an Economic Adviser at the Estonian Embassy in London 2002-2006. After returning from London he worked as a Director of the General Affairs Division in the EU Department.
In August 2009, Mr Lubi took up the position of Economic Adviser at the Estonian Embassy in Washington, DC.
In 2011 he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in Estonia.
In 2013 Mr Lubi took up office in New Delhi as the first residing Estonian Ambassador to India. His co-accreditations also included Myanmar and Sri Lanka. After three years he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications as a Vice Minister for Economic Development.
Jason Whittet
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jason Whittet
Head of Cities, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jason Whittet leads the city advisory practice for AWS based out of London. He previously led the Smart City Innovation Center at Arizona State University for AWS. He’s worked in smart cities for 100 Resilient Cities at the Rockefeller Foundation, General Electric and IDC Research. He previously spent 10 years in government service with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He studied political science at ASU and has a Master’s In Public Administration from Northeastern University. He currently services as the Co-Chair of the Data Supercluster for the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
Refreshments & networking
25 October 2022 | Session Two & Three: Parallel Masterclass Sessions
11:20 AM – 12:30 PM
Parallel masterclass sessions
12:30 PM – 1:25 PM
Lunch & networking
25 October 2022 | Session Four: Leadership streams on Digital Transformation, Cloud, Connectivity and Data & AI
1:25 PM – 2:45 PM
Digital Transformation:
From the transactional to the transformational: building person-centred digital services around the citizen
Joy Bramfitt-Wanless
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Joy Bramfitt-Wanless
Head of Digital Transformation Division, The Scottish Government
Before moving to Scottish Government, Joy held a number of posts across UK government. She is an experienced transformation lead. Driven by her passion for delivering excellent public services, Joy has been involved in designing some extraordinary services, recognised by their many awards. As Head of Digital Transformation, Joy’s goals include ensuring all services are designed in collaboration with the people who use them and that people are always encouraged to challenge the status quo.
Eilidh McLaughlin
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Eilidh McLaughlin
Head of Digital Citizen Unit, The Scottish Government
Eilidh McLaughlin took up the position of Head of Digital Citizen Unit at Scottish Government in April 2022. This is a new Unit, part of the Digital Directorate and Eilidh’s role is to head up the Connecting Scotland programme. Connecting Scotland is a unique initiative, set up during the pandemic, to get devices and/or connectivity to those who needed it most. The programme has delivered 60,000 devices and connectivity packages over the initial two years and has a commitment to deliver a further 300,000.
Eilidh has a background in Information Security and Governance as well as corporate governance services, equality and diversity, internal audit, complaints, information governance and various business support services from previous roles in NHS National Services Scotland.
Previously, she practiced as a lawyer both in the private sector with Maclay Murray & Spens and then in the public sector, firstly with West Lothian Council, as a member of the property and contracts team, and subsequently as legal adviser at Queen Margaret University in Musselburgh, East Lothian.
Outside of work, Eilidh’s time is very much taken up with her husband and young daughter, though when she can, she enjoys the rugby, a good book and cooking.
Steve Roud
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen City Council
Steve Roud
Chief Officer Digital & Technology, Aberdeen City Council
Steve Roud is a change agent who specialises in digital technologies. He is a past chair of SOCITM Scotland which is a professional body that represents digital leaders across the public services. Steve has achieved success with public sector organisations such as Angus Council, NHS NSS and Aberdeen City Council.
After spending more than 30 years in public services, Steve has expertise in leadership, portfolio delivery and transformation.
Steve has an MSc in Leadership as well as a PgDip in Information Technology and a BA in Information Management.
Richard Thompson
Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria
Richard Thompson
Consulting Manager, Digital Identity, Sopra Steria
Richard graduated as an electrical and electronic engineer and started his career in BBC Radio Engineering. Following on he moved into telecommunications as systems engineer for BT in Global Sales and then into SmartTrust to develop new content services for mobile devices.
In 2005 he joined Morpho, now Idemia, to run their mobile applications and solution business. When Idemia became a GOV.UK identity provider he moved to a business development role to promote their Verify IDP and biometric identity services in the UK market. He is a keen sailor, photographer and classic car enthusiast.
1:25 PM – 2:45 PM
Cloud:
Innovation, decommissioning, net zero and scale: transforming services means embracing the full potential of cloud
Ross Lyon
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Ross Lyon
Product Manager – Cloud First, The Scottish Government
Ross joined the Scottish Government in 2000, initially in agriculture, moving to Digital Communications in 2007 working on the intranet and website, latterly as Website Manager for gov.scot. Ross moved to the Cloud First Programme within Digital Directorate as Product Manager in 2018.
The Cloud First Programme’s main aim is to promote cloud & support public organisations to move to the cloud. Ross also has a leading role within the Cloud Community which has been established across the public sector in Scotland.
Keith Dargie
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Keith Dargie
Chief Information and Digital Officer, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Keith is the Chief Information Digital Officer for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). He has extensive experience in IT executive roles held in government and public sector organisations and in transforming or introducing profile public facing services. He has senior accountability for delivering business critical digital services to staff located in offices throughout Scotland and to stakeholders and users of the Scottish justice system. He is responsible for creating and leading the delivery of COPFS’ ambitious digital strategy, maximising the use of digital technology to transform the delivery of user focused services and improving the way the organisation works in the digital age. Keith is also leading the delivery of profile projects to digitally transform services to users of the Scottish justice system and citizens. Keith completed an MBA (with Project Management) in 2015.
Paul Christie
Registers of Scotland
Registers of Scotland
Paul Christie
Head of IT Service, Registers of Scotland
Paul has been working in the senior digital leadership team at Registers of Scotland for 4 years. A technology enthusiast who believes in delivering success through service aligned, autonomous, high performing teams.
Registers of Scotland have been through several “digital transformation” iterations over the last ten years. Their journey has seen the delivery of several transformational services which benefit Scottish Citizens and underpin the Scottish Property Market, such as SCOTLIS and Digital Submissions Service.
With many lessons learned on the way, and many more inevitably to come, Paul and the Registers of Scotland team would like to share their digital transformation journey with you.
Jon Gasparini
Brightsolid
Brightsolid
Jon Gasparini
CTO, Brightsolid
Jon is the CTO at Brightsolid and has over 20 years’ experience of enterprise technology environments. For the past 8 years he has focused on helping customers across all industry sectors design, build/migrate, secure, manage and optimise applications and services in public cloud environments. He is an experienced technology leader and an expert in the major public cloud providers. At Brightsolid, Jon is accountable for the delivery of our hybrid cloud products and services.
1:25 PM – 2:45 PM
Connectivity:
Future-proofing national digital infrastructure: government and industry working together to improve outcomes for Scottish citizens and businesses.
Robbie McGhee
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Robbie McGhee
Deputy Director, Digital Connectivity, The Scottish Government
Robbie has been Head of the Digital Connectivity Division in the Scottish Government since 2018, leading the delivery of a number of flagship infrastructure projects that are enhancing Scotland’s digital infrastructure and extending access to connectivity. Robbie has worked in several roles across Scottish Government – previously managing European Structural Funds programmes and helping to set up SPRUCE, the first investment fund specifically established to support urban development and regeneration activity in Scotland.
Sarah Eynon
Scottish Futures Trust
Scottish Futures Trust
Sarah Eynon
Programme Director, Digital Infrastructure, Scottish Futures Trust
Sarah is the Programme Director for Digital Infrastructure at Scottish Futures Trust, a centre of infrastructure expertise. She leads a team of industry and commercial specialist that support the Scottish Government in the development and delivery of their digital infrastructure strategies that covers international connectivity, data centres, fibre broadband and advance wireless infrastructure across Scotland. Taking an active leadership role across major infrastructure programmes with central government, local authorities and public sector bodies, Sarah brings a unique mix of skills, experience, and knowledge to bear to deliver improved outcomes from Scotland’s public sector infrastructure.
Sarah sits on the Scotland 5G Centre Governing Board with a drive to ensure that 5G is tied into the broader tech scene in Scotland and that best practice is shared across the UK. With a commercial background in fibre and mobile deployment, she promotes an inclusive and holistic approach across the regional boards and working groups that she sits on and encourages collaboration across all her work.
Shona Croy
Orkney Council
Orkney Council
Shona Croy
Renewables and Connectivity Lead, Orkney Council
Shona Croy is Strategic Advisor and Project Director for Orkney Islands Council, with responsibility for renewables and connectivity. Orkney is the worst internet blackspot in Scotland with just 64% of premises connected to superfast broadband compared to the UK average of 94%. Only 1% of households have ultrafast broadband, compared to the UK average of 59%, and locals face the slowest download speeds in the country.
Given the challenges of living and working in a rural area, delivering improved connectivity across Orkney is a high priority for the Council, to mitigate against the effects of distance and isolation, to allow businesses and the public sector to modernise, and to deliver improved quality of living including improved opportunities for remote learning and employment for residents.
Shona has been at employed by the Council for over 30 years and has worked in a variety of roles primarily in the field of economic development. She has extensive knowledge and experience of the issues facing remote communities and in developing measures to overcome market failure. A strategic and practical thinker, she has developed and delivered a number of innovative projects in Orkney.
David Lewis
Capita Public Service
Capita Public Service
David Lewis
Chief of Consult & Transform, Capita Public Service
David is passionate about improving the lives of the end-users of a service, especially those run by public sector, charity and other service-based groups. He has a strong background in leading major transformations in the public and private sectors including Cognizant, Infosys and in the Cabinet Office, including working as a CIO/CDO. David focuses on empowering people and building healthy diversity in any organisation.
1:25 PM – 2:45 PM
Data & AI:
Building inclusive, trustworthy and ethical AI: using data to power the next generation of digital products and services
Steph Wright
The Scottish AI Alliance
The Scottish AI Alliance
Steph Wright
Head of The Scottish AI Alliance, The Scottish AI Alliance
Steph is a data science enthusiast with specific experience of the healthcare domain. She has been extensively involved in developing and building collaborations across organisations as well as experience in project and programme management. Steph has a diverse background ranging from astrophysics to genomics in academia and film & TV to dance in the arts and the third sector. Steph led on Data Lab’s efforts in support of the Scottish Government in developing Scotland’s AI Strategy and is currently leading on its delivery through the Scottish AI Alliance, a partnership between The Data Lab and the Scottish Government. She is also the regional lead for Scotland for Women in AI UK.
Doreen Grove
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Doreen Grove
Head of Open Data, The Scottish Government
Doreen leads Scottish Government’s involvement in the Open Government Partnership at both a National and International level. In Scotland, Open Government supports the reform and development of trustworthy public services, the renewal of democracy, promotes openness, transparency and the use of innovative participative processes to help transform how people interact with public services.
Doreen moved into Scottish Government during the extraordinary times building up to Scotland’s Independence Referendum, which as an Archaeologist and Historian, seemed a really interesting way to observe history at first hand. The change has provided her with a broad perspective on the world in which we live and the systems that affect us over time.
As a volunteer Doreen is also a co-founder and chair of Wellbeing Economy Scotland, because change matters and how we have a society that works for people and planet – working with an extraordinary team of people who are inspiring the change in Scotland and beyond.
Michael Rovatsos
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Michael Rovatsos
Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Deputy Vice Principle of Research (AI), Director of The Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh
Michael has worked in AI for over 20 years as an academic, focusing primarily on methods to coordinate the activities between multiple intelligent agents in both cooperative and competitive settings, such as transportation networks, supply chains, and markets. Over the last few years, his research has aimed at developing systems that are better aligned with human values, e.g. fairness and diversity, contributing to the development of more responsible AI technologies. Since 2018, he has led the development of The Bayes Centre, a data science and AI innovation hub that brings together nearly 500 researchers and industry experts. Michael is part of the leadership team of the Scottish AI Alliance, and represents the University at the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and AI.
Rachael Greaves
Castlepoint Systems
Castlepoint Systems
Rachael Greaves
CEO, Castlepoint Systems
Rachael Greaves is the CEO and Co-Founder of Castlepoint Systems. She is a records and information management and cyber security thought leader. Rachael designed the Castlepoint command and control products. Rachael has consulted on large-scale records, security and audit projects in government and regulated industries with complex integrated environments. She developed Castlepoint in response to the tension seen in organisations between compliance, usability, sustainability and cost.
Rachael is a Certified Information Professional (CIP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Data Privacy Systems Engineer (CDPSE), and is certified in project, change, and records management.
2:45 PM – 3:05 PM
Networking & refreshments
25 October 2022 | Session Five: Leadership streams on Cybersecurity, Innovation, Data Transformation & Workforce Transformation
3:05 PM – 4:25 PM
Cybersecurity:
Building Scotland's cyber resilience through community, collaboration and increased focus on skills and security operations
Jude McCorry
Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland
Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland
Jude McCorry
Chief Executive, Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland
Jude McCorry is CEO of the Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland. She has over 20 years' experience in the Technology sector and started her career with Dell computers in Ireland, she joined the Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland in April 2020 from The Data Lab where she was Director of Business Development working with industry and academia to maximise the value of data for Scotland.
She is one of the founders of the Unicef Data Hub for Children, and always ensures there is a social aspect to everything she does in order to benefit the people of Scotland or further afield. Jude is a board member of Parkinson’s Scotland and the Policy Board at SCDI.
Robert Hayes
National Cyber Resilience Advisory Board
National Cyber Resilience Advisory Board
Robert Hayes
Vice Chair, National Cyber Resilience Advisory Board
David Ferguson
ScotlandIS
ScotlandIS
David Ferguson
Cyber Development Lead and Head of Data, ScotlandIS
Cheryl Torano
cyberQuarter, Abertay University
cyberQuarter, Abertay University
Cheryl Torano
Business Development Manager , cyberQuarter, Abertay University
Cheryl Torano is the Business Development Manager for Abertay cyberQuarter.
Her current role began in 2021 and is funded through Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Government.
Cheryl graduated from Abertay’s Ethical Hacking programme in 2017 having undertaken an accelerated BSc Hons degree.
Prior to that she studied HND Computer Networking and Internet Technology at Dundee and Angus College.
Following graduation, she worked in Abertay University’s digital marketing team until 2019 when she took up a role with Brightsolid as a Cyber Security Engineer. During this time, she completed an MBA in Business Administration in Cybersecurity.
Cheryl is on the Scottish Women in Cyber and Ladies Hacking Society committees, and a key member in the Scottish Cyber Cluster.
Steve McKee
Cisco
Cisco
Steve McKee
Cybersecurity Specialist, Cisco
Steve has been with Cisco for 15 years and looks after the Cisco Security business in Scotland. Passionate about ‘doing the right thing’ for the customer, something that is part of the Cisco culture.
Before Cisco, Steve helped design some of the largest Optical networks on the planet, aged prematurely when working on ATM networks and laments the demise of IBM OS/2, a misunderstood OS ahead of its time.
3:05 PM – 4:25 PM
Innovation:
Utilising the potential of Scotland‘s digital ecosystem to stimulate and scale innovation – creating jobs, attracting investment and improving services
Roger Halliday
Research Data Scotland
Research Data Scotland
Roger Halliday
CEO, Research Data Scotland
Roger Halliday started as Scotland’s Chief Statistician in November 2011 and Served as Scottish Government’s Chief Data Officer role between 2017 and 2020.
Since March, he has jointly led a Covid Modelling and Analysis Division in Scottish Government and is the Chief Executive of Research Data Scotland.
Roger qualified with a degree in statistics in 1993 from St. Andrews University and joined the Government fast stream as an assistant statistician. He worked for various UK Government Departments and at the Scottish Government in a number of statistical and policy making roles.
He became an honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow in 2019.
David Dunn
Citizens Advice Scotland
Citizens Advice Scotland
David Dunn
Digital Committee Chair, Citizens Advice Scotland
David is currently the CEO of SSC, an organisation focused on supporting the adoption of technology across a broad range of sectors. He is a member of the UK Government’s Digital Economy Council and holds other directorships including tech membership organisation Dynamo North East and deep-sea science company Armatus Oceanic. David chairs Citizens Advice Scotland’s (CAS) recently established Digital Committee as we as being the deputy chair of CAS’s People Committee.
Based on his doctorate, David has given talks on economic development through supporting tech sector growth in a number of countries including China, South Korea, the USA and in Europe. David also holds an MBA from Durham University and BSc from Abertay University.
Alisdair Gunn
Glasgow City Innovation District
Glasgow City Innovation District
Alisdair Gunn
Director, Glasgow City Innovation District
Highly respected and trusted leader, Alisdair is recognised by his peers as one of Scotland’s prominent professional advisers in Scotland’s digital and technology sector. As the Director leading the development and growth of the Glasgow City Innovation District (Scotland’s first Innovation District), Alisdair is a board adviser to several of Scotland’s leading, prominent Digital Product SMEs. Alisdair also founded Framewire, Scotland’s first advisory practice focused on developing Scotland’s Digital and Tech Ecosystem as well as mentoring the founders of Scotland’s leading digital technology businesses. Alisdair is also recognised for his passion and dedication to developing the growth of Scotland's Tech Ecosystem and Tech Clusters and is currently focused on scaling Glasgow’s Digital and Tech sector as part of the Glasgow City Innovation District.
Alisdair is the co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Turing Festival (now Turing Fest) and at the inaugural Scottish Tech Startup Awards was awarded the first Tech Ecosystem award where his peers recognised his expertise and commitment to developing Scotland’s tech ecosystem. Alisdair was a finalist in the Barclays Entrepreneur Awards and has been inducted into the BIMA 100 as one of the UK's leading digital tech leaders. Alongside being a board member of BIMA in Scotland, Alisdair is a board member of digital tech companies Amiqus, Cut Media and VeryConnect. Alisdair is also a member of the ScotlandIS policy steering group, which provides strategic advice to the UK and Scottish Governments on developing Scotland’s tech sector and is a member of Johnston Carmichael’s Tech Advisory Board.
Paul Winstanley
CENSIS
CENSIS
Paul Winstanley
Chief Executive Officer, CENSIS
Paul is an entrepreneurial technologist with a substantial track record for applying innovation across multiple market sectors spanning academia, government, SMEs and international PLCs.
Paul’s early career was with UK MoD, then with QinetiQ where he held a number of leadership roles CEO of QinetiQ Inc. Subsequently, Paul has founded and ran an SME and then was the inaugural Executive Director Innovation and Investment at the UK Defence Solutions Centre. He joined CENSIS in 2019 where he has been pivotal in the development and implementation of digital solutions across the public and private sectors in Scotland.
Paul’s business skills include leadership, substantial international P&L experience, capital raising and realising value from technology.
Paul is a member of the Board at South of Scotland Enterprise, Scotland’s enterprise agency for Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders. Earlier in 2022 the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) appointed him to its Science Engineering and Technology Board (SETB). The SETB is responsible for identifying and championing new research challenges at the cutting edge of engineering and physical sciences for future investment.
Paul is a co-founder of the Smart Things Accelerator Centre, a dedicated Scottish IoT accelerator for SMEs, scale up and start up companies.
3:05 PM – 4:25 PM
Data Transformation:
Harnessing data to optimise the performance of critical public services – leveraging new technologies including data analytics, AI and IoT to boost operational effectiveness
Andrew Hendry
Police Scotland
Police Scotland
Andrew Hendry
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Police Scotland
Andrew began his career in Technology within Civil Engineering sector at Mott McDonald where he undertook roles focusing on Digital Infrastructure solutions, Innovation, Design and Delivery for the Highways agency and other public service agencies within the Transportation sectors.
Following this, Andrew performed Technology management & delivery roles across Construction and Utilities with New City Vision and Energetics Networked Energy.
Moving into Retail Energy and Trading sectors, Andrew held a leadership role with Gazprom Energy – Leading on Digital, Transformation, Integration and the Target Operating Model development across Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific.
Fulfilling a Board role at H Dawson Sons, he was Global Director of IT & Operations – Responsible for operations and transformation across the group covering Trading, Logistics, Retail and E-Commerce across UK, Africa, Europe, Australia China and India.
Before he joined Police Scotland in 2019, he worked at Global Engineering Solutions provider, Fircroft Group in the role of Group Chief Information & Digital Officer where he was responsible for Transformation, Technology and the business's Global Operating Model overseeing operations in 45 countries.
In September 2019 Andrew was appointed as Police Scotland’s Chief Digital and Information Officer. Forming part of the Police Scotland Executive Command & Leadership Team, Andrew oversees a wide portfolio which consists of the following business areas: Change & Transformation; Digital Division; Service Design; Innovation.
He is also the Senior Responsible Officer for: DDICT; Modernised Contact & Engagement; Digital Evidence; Sharing Capability; Digitally Enabled Policing; Body Worn Video; Mobile Working; Unified Communications & Contact Platform.
Davie Gow
Leidos
Leidos
Davie Gow
Director of Technology Strategy & Innovation, Leidos
Davie is based just outside of Glasgow and is the Leidos UK Director of Technology Strategy & Innovation. Creating innovative solutions to customers’ complex challenges is what he’s all about.
Davie started his Career in IT as a YTS in the ‘80s (think, an early version of Modern Apprenticeships). After many adventures in different industries including public sector, banking and manufacturing, to name a few, he joined Leidos. Davie is one of Scotland’s inaugural Digital Fellows. Davie was seconded to the Scottish Government Digital Directorate in 2018 as Chief Technologist. He is passionate about technology and the amazing things we can achieve by harnessing the collective power of people, process, information and technology through collaboration between Public and Private sectors, fellow tech companies, customers and our customers’ customers.
The pace at which technology evolves means there are always new ways to innovate that weren’t even considered yesterday…
His extracurricular activities include fine dining, mixed with the odd kebab, and he describes himself as a family man who is a PC gaming nerd and car enthusiast.
Albert King
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)
Albert King
Chief Data Officer, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)
Albert King is Chief Data Officer at NHS National Services Scotland (NSS). NHS NSS serves as the data hub for the health and social care economy in Scotland. Through and unrivalled mix of health and social care datasets, professional capability and it's leading technology platform (SEER) it supports the development of insights with partners, including Public Health Scotland, Health Boards, local and national government. Previously, Albert served as Chief Data Officer in the Scottish Government and draws on over 20 years experience in industry and public sector data and technology.
Kimberley Hose
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council
Kimberley Hose
Head of Business Intelligence, Glasgow City Council
Kimberley is the Head of Business Intelligence at Glasgow City Council, looking at how data can be used to support both council and city transformation. She leads a broad range of innovative data analytics projects that inform policy, transform services, and ultimately aim to deliver better outcomes for the people of Glasgow. She is a champion of open data and an advocate for better data sharing across the public sector. She is a member of the Digital Glasgow Board that is responsible for overseeing the development of the Digital Glasgow Strategy, and is also actively involved in developing data analytics capabilities across Scottish Local Government in collaboration with the Scottish Local Government Digital Office.
3:05 PM – 4:25 PM
Workforce Transformation:
Helping workforces upskill and re-skill to keep up with citizen demand for modern public services
Lee Dunn
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government
Lee Dunn
Head of the Scottish Digital Academy, The Scottish Government
Lee Dunn is the Head of the Scottish Digital Academy, which is part of the Directorate for Digital at the Scottish Government. The Academy provides high quality professional learning and training in relation to service design, agile transformation and digital skills.
Lee began his career as a secondary school teacher of Design and Technology before taking up various posts as Data Lead for post-16 learning with the Scottish Government, Senior Lecturer in Education and Technology at the University of Glasgow and Head of Education Services at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland. Before taking up his current post, Lee was a Lead Specialist Professional Learning at Education Scotland. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Moderator for Education and Digital Skills at the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.
Lee is passionate about education and developing digital skills for learning, life and work.
Sanna Rimpiläinen
Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
Sanna Rimpiläinen
Research & Skills Manager, Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
Dr Sanna Rimpiläinen, Research and Skills Manager at the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (DHI) in Glasgow, leads on one of DHI’s key strategic areas, Skills and Future Workforce Development agenda. This work focusses on the development of a future pipeline of talent to support the digital transformation of health and care services in Scotland, engaging with a vast network of partners in schools, further and higher education, in digital health and care industry, the health and social care sectors, Scottish government and the third sector. She also manages the DHI’s Research and Knowledge Management team, whose outputs inform and underpin work carried out by the DHI and our partners. The team also administers master’s studentship funding in digital health and care for the Scottish universities, working to strengthen that domain across the Scottish education landscape.
Dr Rimpiläinen has a PhD in Education. Her work at the DHI pulls together the different strands of her career, including interdisciplinary research expertise and interest in workforce development questions with different aspects of technological innovations from inception and production to appropriation and use in diverse learning and working practices.
Linda Scott
Codeclan
Codeclan
Linda Scott
Chief Marketing Officer, Codeclan
Linda brings an entrepreneurial mindset, with a wealth of experience in pushing commercial growth and engaging with governance to CodeClan.
In her role as Chief Marketing Officer, her main objectives are to build a recognisable and highly commended brand to reflect the valuable and life-changing activities that take place at CodeClan. Linda leads the commercial side of CodeClan, building the partner network to support CodeClan students and Alumni, bringing in industry insight and building a positive reputation throughout the tech industry. Also working with CodeClan partners to upskill and reskill employees to support the skills needed in Scotland.
Stephen McAinsh
Calba
Calba
Stephen McAinsh
Founder, Calba
Stephen is the Founder of Calba, your partner in agile.
He strongly believes in focusing on people before process and tools, influenced from his past experience as a personal development leader with charities Venture Scotland and Raleigh International.
He started his career as a software engineer in 1980s with Hewlett-Packard, who were pioneering new manufacturing techniques, many of which we term as agile or lean today. He has worked on agile and digital transformations with organisations across Europe, Japan and North America, and lived in Silicon Valley for 5 years.
Stephen founded Calba in 2010 and Lean Agile Edinburgh in 2013.
4:25 PM
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