Previous Speakers & 2022 Agenda

Dr Susheel Varma, Head of AI & Data Science, ICO
What do we do when AI and Data Science gets up to no good? 
This session covers a brief overview of data privacy and protection regulatory landscape in the UK, some of our high impact case studies, our practical toolkits and highlight some of the challenges of governing the use potential use of AI & Data4Good

Tom Smith, Chief Data Officer, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Levelling-up and the Spatial Data Unit 
An overview of the work of the Spatial Data Unit and how it supports the Government's levelling up agenda by transforming the way the it gathers, stores and manipulates subnational data so that it underpins transparent and open policy making, and delivery decisions

Oliver Janson, Business Intelligence Product Manager, National Trust
From Food Miles to Gassy Cows: how Alteryx is used for Carbon Reporting at the National Trust
An overview of how Alteryx helps tie together multiple disparate data sources to provide staff with a dynamic, granular view of carbon emissions

Carl Dalby, Risk Specialist, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Risk Innovation with AI 
A high level session on how the NDA is innovating with AI in the risk management function

Peter Jackson, Principal Research Analyst, Dorset Council
Cost of Living Predictive Data analysis for Dorset 
The session looks at how the council have used bespoke customer insight data for Dorset that details likely discretionary spend by different household groups across the county. This data has been incorporated into a Power BI dashboard with additional economic data to illustrate issues and areas of concern for their senior leadership tam; political leaders and third sector. The dashboard allows them to track the impact of Government decisions, inflation, wage increases and energy announcements over time to deliver a model of how this may affect residents

Dawn Monaghan, Interim Director of IG Policy, Ethics and Head of Profession, NHSE
Bridging the Gap 
IG Principles are the same no matter what objectives you are trying to achieve, but it is the application of those principles into clear and understandable solutions which will enable the introduction of new ideas and techniques

Kate Hemstock, Principal Consultant: Data & Insight, Agilisys and Jonathan Dowey, Head of Performance and Insight, Avon and Somerset Police
Data Ethics: Asking 'should we?' not 'could we?'
This session starts by exploring the true meaning of data ethics and how it differs from information governance, and discuss the implications of getting it wrong, using some recent high-profile examples. It will also consider the relevance of data ethics for decisions on service design and delivery. Then we discover how Avon & Somerset Police has become a national leader in the use of data and insight, what data ethics means for the organisation and how it is central to ensuring the right outcomes for the force and its communities. Finally, they share the emerging framework ideas that will empower better ethical decisions, drive transparency across public services and give citizens confidence that data is being used in the right way.

Tom Day, Local Government Client Director, Hitachi Solutions
Systems, spreadsheets and sticky plasters -Tom Day, Local Government Client Director, Hitachi Solutions and Bradley Coupar, Smart Places Project Manager, Sutton Council
Systems, spreadsheets and sticky plasters
When it comes to data, Hitachi Solutions has worked with a wide range of public sector's customers in varying areas of use. Never has the appetite been so strong to get data under control, the way it’s secured, used, change organisational practices and better support members of the public and businesses. One thing that is common however, is this is a huge challenge to overcome irrespective of sector

Professor Andrew Wilson, chair in Forensic & Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford and Adrian Walker, T-Projects Manager, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
This session provides an update on Virtual Bradford - free to use virtual model of the city providing accurate levels of detail of the built environment for various priority uses for the council, including urban/ civic planning; traffic management; support to the modelling of air quality, flood risk and noise pollution; contribute to disaster management planning; and to highlight the heritage of the city to enhance education, tourism and in fostering civic pride. Its use is only limited by your imagination!

Dr Sam Prodger, Head of Data Operations and Applications, RNLI
Unlocking the Power of Data at the RNLI 
Sam Prodger touches upon the data journey of the RNLI from days where data was a siloed asset that was not considered to current date, where its one of our key functions to supporting its volunteers and amazing crew to save lives at sea

Brhmie Balaram, Head of AI Research & Ethics, NHS AI Lab
Embedding participatory approaches to AI ethics in healthcare 
Brhmie Balaram discusses the ethics of AI in healthcare and how do we use it that for the public good

Jay Saggar, Data Projects Manager, Loti
No Data without Data Ethics
Why if you're using data you should be doing data ethics and if you're not, how you can start to build your capabilities