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About Futurescot Conferences & Events
About Futurescot Conferences & Events
Futurescot is acknowledged as the leading public sector conference and events organiser in Scotland. Each conference and event is designed for c-suite speakers, sponsors, and attendees who are involved in digital transformation across local and central government, the NHS, education, cyber and the wider public sector.
Our editorial teams focus on the impact of technology on Scottish civic society, and how public and private sector organisations are collaborating to regenerate the Scottish economy.
Conference and client reports are published in Futurescot magazine, which is distributed in The Times Scotland, delivering a unique readership of over 45,000 influencers, public sector and business leaders across Scotland, and in our own weekly newsletters and online at Futurescot.com.
Our goal simply is to help you develop a positive relationship with your targeted public sector audiences by creating the opportunity for face-to-face interaction with key stakeholders, decision-makers, and policy influencers.
FutureScot Conferences & Events will successfully generate a high return on your marketing investment and assist you in meeting your marketing and business development objectives…
For more information contact vincenzo@futurescot.com
Strategic Partnerships
Strategic Partnerships
Futurescot work closely with the Scottish Government, local government organisations, and representative bodies deliver the most relevant conferences and events possible. We also work closely with a select number of blue-chip commercial Strategic Partners to identify industry content and best practise that is of use to the pubic sector.
Some of benefits of becoming a Strategic Partner are listed below but if you would like more information on how you can bets work with Futurescot contact vincenzo@futurescot.com.
Firstly, we will identify the most effective blend of Futurescot conferences and events that will deliver the audiences that matter most to your organisations. We will then build a dedicated engagement campaign to assist delivery of your objectives.
Our Editor will then work closely with you to create a balanced multimedia contact programme embracing the appropriate blend of Futurescot online, magazine, newsletter and content to support your event and conference activity. Our award-winning editorial and design team can work with you to create compelling messages via a one, two or a four page editorial feature and edited to be published online. (You can re-use your content on your own websites and publications).
Trust us to look after your public sector engagement and ensure you get the PR and media coverage you deserve. Your Strategic Partnership will last for 12 months offering you continuity, published outcomes and consistency of message.
For more information contact vincenzo@futurescot.com
Webinars
Webinars
We offer a full digital event experience delivering maximum engagement connecting you with the people you want to meet. Our bespoke webinars use state of the art event technology delivering a responsive and smooth experience across all devices.
Webinars are a unique opportunity to broadcast live to invited guests for a private discussion, or to be reported on our media platforms. We do all the event and technology organisation and and work with you to secure the best speakers and appropriate attendees
- Hosted by a Futurescot journalist
- Up to 5 speakers
- Up to 100+ attendees
- Fully interactive with a live Q & A and polling function
- Post event survey and access to our communications matrix
- Live streamed and on-demand recordings
- You help shape the event agenda, delegate and speaker acquisition.
Roundtables & Briefings
Roundtables & Briefings
Our Round Tables and Briefings are a unique opportunity to convene an exclusive group of executives from your industry in person for a private discussion, or to be reported on our media platforms. We do all the event organisation and delivery and work with you to secure the best speakers and appropriate attendees.
- Establish your organisation as the sector expert
- Subtly drive business development
- Voice your opinion on key industry topics
- Hosted by a FutureScot journalist
- Up to 5 speakers
- Post event survey and access to our communications matrix
- You help shape the event agenda and speaker acquisition.
Delegate Packages
Delegate Packages
World class speakers, insightful case studies, hands-on workshops and healthy debate combine to make FutureScot Conferences the leading digital live conference producer in Scotland. Meet your peers, network with technology providers and learn how the latest trends are transforming local and central government, the health, justice and education sectors in Scotland.
If you want to attend with 2+ colleagues, create an organisation rate, or enquire about bespoke or educational attendance, our corporate and group packages allow you or your team or organisation to attend multiple Futurescot conferences and events.
For more information contact massimo@futurescot.com


Executive engagement
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High profile speakers
Influential public and private sector speakers are supported by high-profile contributors from UK and International arenas, creating an engaging forum for government, public and third sector attendees to discuss key issues in a focused and interactive environment.


High level audiences
Working closely with the Scottish Government we are now established as having the leading forums for senior stakeholders engaged in the digital transformation of Scotland’s public services, delivering economic recovery and meeting climate change targets.
Commercial partnerships
Futurescot Live is Scotland’s leading producer of public technology events and we have a range of Sponsorship and Strategic Partnerships to ensure you have a rich and rewarding experience each time you work with us.
Become a Strategic Partner
As a Strategic Partner you will have a prominent role across a series of key Futurescot media activities on the topics that matter most to your organisation. Our editorial and events teams will work closely with you to create a balanced media and contact programme across the year embracing the appropriate blend of Futurescot online, magazine, newsletter, webinar and conference brands.
Become a Sponsor
Each Conference has an overall Lead Sponsor and a series of sponsored Workshops and Leadership Streams which can accurately deliver the style and level of interaction you require.
Unique media support with the Times Scotland
Lift your brand above the noise of the local trade and tech media. We will align your brand with the Times Scotland creating a legacy report published in Futurescot magazine reaching over 45,000 influencers and key businesspeople. Your message will be shared in our Newsletter and amplified on our website for 12 months.
Data & analytics
We will supply you with post conference analytics and attendee data supported by feedback from on the day engagement.
Thought leadership
Benefit by association with the promotion and delivery of our events, our speakers and our attendees.
Brand & product awareness
Showcase your products and services that can help Scotland build back post pandemic.
For more information contact vincenzo@futurescot.com
Webinars
We offer a full digital event experience delivering maximum engagement connecting you with the people you want to meet. Our bespoke webinars offer a responsive and smooth experience across all devices.
- Hosted by a Futurescot journalist
- Up to 5 speakers
- Up to 300 attendees
- Fully interactive with a live Q & A and polling function
- Post event survey and access to our communications matrix
- Live streamed and on-demand recordings
- You help shape the event agenda, delegate and speaker acquisition.
Roundtables
A unique opportunity to convene an exclusive group of executives from your industry for a private discussion.
- Establish your organisation as the sector expert
- Subtly drive business development
- Voice your opinion on key industry topics
- Hosted by a FutureScot journalist
- Up to 5 speakers
- Post event survey and access to our communications matrix
- You help shape the event agenda and speaker acquisition.
Testimonials
DigitalScotand is a fabulous event and brings together people from all over Scotland. It connects different sectors of industry so that they can really talk about what matters and what we can do together to build Scotland’s reputation as a digital nation.
The event is a showcase for new ideas, digital products and services, helping them to get to market quicker, to really scale-up and make this a successful digital country.
For me the biggest gain came from listening to where different justice organisations, speakers and suppliers are on their digital journeys, the challenges they have and the opportunities for policy change that can be achieved through digitally enabled transformation. A really well organised event that provided good networking opportunities.
I would like to feedback how professionally managed this was. Great experience.
Futurescot Testimonials
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Digital Vision for Scotland
Our Digital Vision for Scotland series keeps you connected and up-to-date with the latest public technology and innovation news, analysis and insight. Supported by our Strategic Partners, these virtual and live engagement events – consisting of conferences, half-day seminars, briefings and roundtable discussions – are remotely accessible from your office or home, providing a rich forum for professional networking, learning and discussion. For more information contact vincenzo@futurescot.com
The Future of Smart Cities
Low latency mobile infrastructure that can capture the digital heartbeat of urban locations can help planners and policymakers deliver improved public services – in real-time.
The use cases for smart networks are multivarious and span sectors including health, community justice, transport, environment and education – benefiting citizens with up-to-date local information and helping public services to deliver greater levels of efficiency.
Join our Smart Cities engagement events to get the latest news, insight and practical guidance to harnessing transformative technology in Scotland’s cities and regions.
Key themes:
- Road map and achieving smart city status
- Collaborative governance: engaging citizens in the policy-making process
- Security trends: building resilience and preventing incursion into your networks
- What are our priorities? Working through the problems – and solutions – that will enable you to make the most of your data, for the best returns
- Integrating a smart cities vision within your existing digital plans
The Future of Connectivity
Advances in digital infrastructure are increasingly defining how we live our personal and professional lives. High-speed connectivity is the modern equivalent to roads, bridges and steam propulsion of the industrial age. Scotland’s unique geography and demographics present some key policy – and technology – challenges to ensuring every citizen is able to live, work and play – and that no one is left behind.
Join our Connectivity engagement events to get the latest news, insight and practical guidance to building Scotland’s digital infrastructure capabilities.
Key themes:
- How digital networks can drive public sector transformation, improve services and support economic renewal
- The latest on government-backed digital infrastructure programmes, including R100 and the Shared Rural Network
- Attracting investment: best practice for engaging the mobile network operating companies
- Building capacity and resilience in digital networks
The Future of Digital Skills
Workforces of the future will require advanced digital and data skills to support economies that will become ever more dependent on technologies. That generational shift has been thrown into sharp relief throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as individuals, companies and entire industries have moved online.
Such change also demands a culture shift, where public services move away from moribund and outmoded practices to a world of automation, backed by strong leadership which reflects the agile ways in which the digital world continually evolves.
Join our Future of Digital Skills & Leadership engagement events to get the latest news, insight and practical guidance to bring digital service delivery and skills into your organisation.
Key themes:
- Agile public sector leadership
- Opportunities for the existing workforce to develop digital skills
- Collaboration: academic, public and private sectors working together to widen the talent pipeline
- Increase participation and skills opportunities to empower citizens of Scotland to participate in an innovative society
- How to harness the benefits of digital technology across our economy and deliver a step change in productivity
- Create a life-long learning mind-set, and offer work-based learning opportunities in all its forms, to help Scotland’s economy and its people
The Future of Service Design
In a digital world, the demands on public services are changing, and so too is the way in which those services are designed. Empowering individuals and communities – by involving them early in the design process – has become an integral of building digital services ‘around the citizen’.
The Scottish Approach to Service Design (SAtSD) has codified a number of core principles which guide the way government thinks about its digital approach – from organisation to end user.
Join our Future of Service Design engagement events to get the latest news, insight and practical guidance to bring service design into your organisation.
Key themes:
- Assessing services and making recommendations for change
- Principles of collaborative and joined-up services
- Technology-enabled platforms and shared services
- Transitioning from legacy services to user-centred approaches
- Citizen engagement – from user research to co-design and development
The Future of Data & AI
Unlocking the power of data for the public good has become a government priority, in Scotland and around the world. At stake is the future of effective public service delivery. Those nations who are well-disposed to using data safely, securely and ethically, can realise considerable societal benefits and mitigate harms. With a coming wave of artificial intelligence and increasing automation in the public sector, the onus is on policy-makers and digital leaders to work together to drive use cases for new technologies that deliver continual improvements in efficiency coupled with better outcomes for citizens.
Join our Future of Data & AI engagement events to get the latest news, insight and practical guidance to bring data-driven innovation into your organisation.
Key themes:
- Data leadership and ownership
- Quality, capacity and capabilities of data
- Data sharing and availability across different functions
- Data security, ethics and creating trust with users
The Future of Cloud
Cloud computing enables organisations to deliver services at scale, more cost effectively and efficiently, and to harness innovation. Although many public sector organisations continue to operate with on-premises ‘legacy’ systems, cloud first policies, standards and best practices are aiding the decommissioning and migration process.
In Scotland, there are national procurement frameworks and community user groups which are helping to support those making that journey, which needs to be balanced carefully against risk, business requirements and climate change targets.
Join our Future of Cloud engagement events to get the latest news, insight and practical guidance to help you make the most of cloud computing in your organisation.
Key themes:
- Operate efficiently and cost-effectively
- Be flexible and responsive to demand levels
- Transition from legacy systems
- Upskill and change organisational behaviours
- The risk register: increase resilience, decrease network downtime and boost security
- Environmental sustainability