Cloud, Data & AI – Transforming Public Services 2024

Providing invaluable insights into harnessing the potential of cloud, data and AI to modernise public services

Date: Thursday 21 March 2024
Venue: University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow
Timings: Conference 08:30 – 16:30

Ticket Prices:

GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS: FREE OF CHARGE
NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS: £99.00
COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS: £299.00

Service technologies are helping organisations to harness the power of data, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things in a new wave of public service innovation.

Join us in Glasgow to hear how the intersection between platforms and data is revolutionising our approach to delivering critical services based on enhanced user experiences and operational performance.

  • Hear global thought leadership on how cloud, data and AI can make government services more agile, responsive and smarter
  • Turning data into productive asset for your organisation – bringing harmony and cohesion to disparate, siloed datasets
  • Understand the cloud deployments that are right for your organisation – working with managed service providers on sustainable, economic and scalable solutions
  • How to get to grips with AI: Once our data is in a good place, how do we make the best use of AI in ways that are trustworthy, ethical and inclusive?
  • Hear from practitioners from within the public sector, academia and industry on lessons learned from cloud, data and AI deployments
  • Securing buy-in: Learn how to make a business case for using technology and innovation to change the way we do things

2023 Speakers

2024 speakers to be announced soon


Digital Director
The Scottish Government

Head of The Scottish AI Alliance
The Scottish AI Alliance

Chief Information Officer
Research Data Scotland (RDS)

Chief Digital & Information Officer
Police Scotland

Head of Information & Cyber Security
NHS National Services Scotland

CCO, University of Strathclyde
Chair of Scotland’s AI Alliance

Chief Data Officer
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)

Chief Data Officer
Registers of Scotland

Chief Information Officer & SIRO
NHS 24

Service Owner for Cloud First Programme, Digital Directorate
The Scottish Government

Head of Innovation
Albyn Group

Participation and Equalities Manager
NHS 24

Chief Executive, East Renfrewshire Council
Chair, Digital Transformation Board

Executive Director, Data Driven Innovation Initiative
The University of Edinburgh

Managing Director
Posetiv Cloud Ltd

AWS Principle Security Strategist
Amazon Web Services

Data Transformation Consultant
Capita

Business Development Director
DataVita

Service Owner, Digital Identity
Scottish Government

Conference Agenda

2024 agenda coming soon

19 January 2023 | Session One: Transforming Services 

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration & networking

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM

Chair's opening remarks


Gillian Docherty OBE
Chair of Scotland’s AI Alliance
9:10 AM – 9:25 AM

Transforming government services

Leveraging cloud, data and AI to build person-centred services and help Scotland thrive in the digital world


Geoff Huggins
The Scottish Government
9:25 AM – 9:40 AM

Maximising the value of data for Scotland

Harnessing data science and artificial intelligence to contribute to the health and wealth of society


Jarmo Eskelinen
The University of Edinburgh
9:40 AM – 9:55 AM

Scaling local government services on cloud-based platforms to enable councils to innovate and deliver modern public services


Lorraine McMillan
Chair, Digital Transformation Board
9:55 AM – 10:10 AM

Questions from the audience

10:10 AM – 11:00 AM

Expert panel

Digital transformation priorities for Scotland’s public services. How can we harness cloud, data and AI for the benefit of our organisations and wider society?


Geoff Huggins
The Scottish Government

Ann-Marie Gallacher
NHS 24

Andrew Hendry
Police Scotland

Davie Gow
Leidos
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM

Networking & refreshments

19 January 2023 | Session Two & Three: Parallel Masterclass Sessions

11:20 AM – 11:50 AM

Making data transformational

How do we scale up using data to make Scotland, safer, healthier and more efficient?


Davie Gow
Leidos
11:20 AM – 11:50 AM

AWS best practices for ransomware protection

Ransomware is not specific to the cloud—in fact, AWS can provide increased visibility and control over your security posture against malware. Raising your security posture is the first step to make it more difficult for a ransom event to occur in your environment. Whether you’re just getting started or already building on AWS, in this presentation we will give you the top 5 security best practices to help you protect your critical systems and sensitive data against ransomware.


Anthony Holmes
Amazon Web Services
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Just because you can, do you think we should? Balancing the need for using data in new and creative ways with the requirement to protect individuals and society

An exploration of how we ensure we are creative and innovative whilst doing the rights things in terms of data ethics , meeting the Scottish Approach to Service Design and taking a citizen centred approach to designing new services.


Jackie Smith
Sopra Steria
12:30 PM – 1:25 PM

Lunch & networking

19 January 2023 | Session Four: Leadership Sessions – Business Transformation & Sustainability

1:25 PM – 2:45 PM

Business transformation

Embarking on a journey towards cloud: looking at public sector case studies to understand the benefits, risks and costs associated with large scale cloud migration programmes


Nia Lewis
The Scottish Government

Albert King
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)

Mike Crockart
Scottish Government

Peter Connolly
Capita

Hugh Wallace
Research Data Scotland (RDS)
1:25 AM – 2:45 PM

Sustainability

Understanding how cloud-based technologies and renewables-powered data centres can help public sector organisations drive down energy costs and reach net zero


Jane Morrison-Ross
SOSE

Scott Barnett
NHS National Services Scotland

James King
DataVita

Mark Butcher
Posetiv Cloud Ltd
2:45 PM – 3:05 PM

Networking & refreshments

19 January 2023 | Session Five: Leadership Sessions – Innovation

3:05 PM – 4:25 PM

Innovation

Harnessing the power of data analytics, automation, artificial intelligence and the internet of things to transform public services


Steph Wright
The Scottish AI Alliance

Alan Howie
Registers of Scotland

Lucy Fraser
Albyn Group

Davie Morrison
NHS 24
4:25 PM

Conference close & networking

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