2024 Speakers, agenda and previous speakers

Last year over 260 public sector delegates took part in  UKAuthority’s Powering Digital Public Services 2024 virtual conference which explored the innovations and transformation powering front-line services.

Morning One	Wednesday, 6 March (11:00-12:30)
	Karl Hoods CBE, Group Chief Digital & Information Officer, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero and Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
	Matt Lewis, Chief Operating Officer, Shared Resource Service and Vice President, Socitm
	Natalie Jones OBE, Director of Digital Identity, Government Digital Service
	Stephen Koch, Executive Director of Platforms, NHS England
	Alan Banks, Managing Director, The Software Institute

Morning Two	Thursday, 7 March (11:00-12:30)
	David Knott, Chief Technology Officer for UK Government, Central Digital & Data Office, Cabinet Office
	Robert McCarthy, CEO and Founder, GOSS
	Jackie Wright, Chief Delivery Officer, Public Sector Partnership Services Ltd
	Katy Armstrong, Deputy Director for Digital Services, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
	Matt Wicks, Co-CEO Technology and Innovation, The Virtual Forge

Morning Three	Friday, 8 March (11:00-12:30)
	Martin Ferguson, Policy and research director, Socitm
	Emma Presley Abbott, Deputy Director, Head of Enterprise Insight and Head of Digital Sustainability, DWP Digital
	Ben Tongue, Green Digital Lead, NHS England
	Georgina Maratheftis, Associate Director, Local Public Services, techUK
	Steve Taylor, Head of Software/ Hardware Strategy, Crown Commercial Service

2023 Speakers

• Adam Turner, Government and Defra Sustainable Technology Lead, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Ben Tongue, Digital Net Zero Lead, NHS England
• Damon Crawford, Practice Director, SCC Hyperscale & SCC Cyber
• Daniel Cartter, Head of the Innovation Hub, SCC
• Harriet Green, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Digital Public Services, Wales 
• Kurt Frary, Deputy Director of IMT, CTO, Norfolk County Council, and Socitm Vice President 
• Nadira Hussain, Chief Executive Officer, Socitm
• Paul Tait, Delivery Manager, Local Digital team, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• Richard Groombridge, Strategic Product and Service Development Manager, GeoPlace LLP
• Rob Miller, Strategic Director Customer & Workplace, London Borough of Hackney
• Stephen Koch, Executive Director of Platforms, NHS England
• Suraj Kika, Chief Executive, Jadu
• Tracey Boffey, Service Manager Web, Digital Development and Innovation, Wigan Council
• Will Joss, Head of Strategy, Central Digital and Data Office, Cabinet Office

2022 Speakers

• Andrew Puddephatt, Director - UK Public Sector, Nutanix
• Dave More, Service Owner, Digital Robotic Automation Centre of Excellence, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• David Burrows, Public Sector Industry leader, UiPath
• David Price, Director, Public Sector Cloud, Rackspace Technology
• Eddie Copeland, Director, London Office of Technology & Innovation
• Georgina Maratheftis, Associate Director - Local Public Services, techUK
• Ian Bell, Chief Executive, Police Digital Service
• Jonathan Tapping, Enterprise Specialist - Azure, Microsoft 
• Murat Dilek, Network & Infrastructure, Cybersecurity Operation Team Leader, Falkirk Council
• Natasa Patterson, Director of Resident Experience and Digital, London Borough of Lambeth
• Rob De Felice, Business Development Director, IEG4
• Robert Franks, Managing Director, WM5G Limited 

2021 Speakers

• Alison Hughes, Assistant Director ICT, Digital and Customer, Liverpool City Council
• Andrew Puddephatt, Director UK Public Sector, Nutanix 
• Colin Cook, Digital Director, The Scottish Government
• Joanne Delap, Team Collaboration Product Owner, Department for Work and Pensions
• Joseph Langford, Chief Technologist, Public Sector, VMware (formerly Chief Digital and Information Officer, Surrey and Sussex Police)
• Martin Ferguson, Director of Policy & Research, Socitm
• Mattie Yeta, Head of Sustainable IT, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Owen Powell, ICT Director, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
• Rob McNally, Head of IT Strategy & Solutions, Leeds City Digital Partnership
• Sam Smith, Assistant Director for IT & Digital Services, Cambridgeshire County & Peterborough City Councils. Also Socitm President
• Simon Bennett, CTO EMEA, Rackspace Technology
• Stuart Bland, Infrastructure Lead, Shropshire Council

2020 Speakers

• Andrew Puddephatt, Director UK Public Sector, Nutanix
• Andy Grogan, Head of Enterprise Technology, The Orbis Partnership (Surrey, East Sussex, Brighton and Hove councils)
• Ed Mitchell, Director and Lead for Intelligent Automation, EY
• Eddie Copeland, Director, London Office of Technology & Innovation
• Geoff Connell, Director of IMT & Chief Digital Officer, Norfolk County Council 
• Joel Samuel, Enterprise Architect, Cabinet Office
• Lee Sirdifield, Strategic Director - Transformation and Change, South Kesteven District Council
• Mattie Yeta, Head of Sustainable IT, Defra
• Nathan Rhodes, Government Lead, Hable
• Nick Chapallaz, Managing Director, GeoPlace
• Rhodri Rowlands, Head of Programmes Community Solutions, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
• Owen Powell, CIO, Central and North West London NHS
• Rhodri Rowlands, Head of Programmes Community Solutions, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
• Rhys Sharp, Public Sector Solution Director, Rackspace
• Simon Clifford, Director of Digital & Data, Police ICT Company