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Host and moderator: Helen Olsen Bedford, UKAuthority

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00:30: Greening Digital Public Services - Emma Presley Abbott, Deputy Director, Head of Enterprise Insight and Head of Digital Sustainability, DWP Digital
There is a legally binding date of 2050 for the UK to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions. The later we start working towards this, the more costly achieving this will be. Many of the digital public services we are building today are likely to be our legacy by 2050, so the time to act is now to ensure sustainable working practices become the norm. How is DWP Digital working on our Digital legacy for 2050? (Download slides)

11:24: Greener By Design - How Greener Digital should be the new Cyber Security - Ben Tongue, Greener Digital Lead, NHS England
An update from the digital workstream of the Greener NHS programme and how it is supporting the health system towards running low carbon and climate change resilient digital health services. (Download slides)

26:25: Public Sector Digital Trends 2024: a pantheon of possibilities - Martin Ferguson, Policy and Research Director, Socitm
Set in a perfect storm of rapidly advancing new technologies, increasing public expectations, declining budgets and skills deficits, Socitm’s latest public sector digital trends report provides evidence on how councils must reimagine services and become digital in everything they do. (Download slides)

39:58: How to better harness your suppliers to deliver innovation in public services? - Georgina Maratheftis, Associate Director, Local Public Services, techUK
A session about getting the most from your suppliers to deliver cost-effective and sustainable outcomes. Early engagement is key! (Download slides)

48:14: Data Analytics & AI - Enabling Public Sector delivery - Steve Taylor, Head of Software/ Hardware Strategy, Crown Commercial Service 
With the huge interest in AI and Data to drive public sector efficiency how do we best access this commercially and what should we know? (Download slides)

1:01:04: Q&A and panel discussion - all speakers 

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