Conference Features
Conference Speakers
Amanda Derrick, Programme Director, Connect Digitally, Hertfordshire County Council
Carol Cutler, Director of Business Transformation and Customer Service, London Borough of Harrow
Richard Foggie, Assistant Director, Electronics Innovation, BIS Director of Standards
Gary Simpson, Programme Manager, e@SY Connects
Mark Ferrar, Director of Technology Strategy, Department of Health, Chair Chief Technology Officer Council
Max Carter, Head of IT Programmes, Homes and Communities Agency
Mike Sinclair, National Project Manager, HIS Benchmarking & Accreditation, (Department of Health) DH Informatics – Policy and Planning Directorate
Trish Haill, Head of ICT Services, Hackney Homes
James Gardner, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Work and Pensions
Noel Hatch, Projects & Research Lead, Innovation, Kent County Council Why attend Public Sector ICT 2010?
At the heart of PSICT 2010 is a two-day conference programme comprised of strategic keynote speeches, as well as two distinct workshop streams, one analysing efficiency strategies for turbulent times, and the other examining cost-saving technology implementations and solutions. Over the course of the two days that you will spend at PSICT 2010, our panel of expert speakers will examine the major strategic, implementation and technology issues and uncover ‘best practice' and leading edge transformation projects to tackle the key challenges that public sector ICT professionals are facing in 2010, including:
More for less: or how to deliver an IT on a reducing budget Implementing a shared service to cut costs and improve customer service performance Driving the business to exploit ICT Realising the benefits of public sector ICT projects: a case-study from Lancashire County Council Delivering local government services in the way citizens want and cost-effectively Delivering mobile data into the East Midlands (Police Collaboration) One-to-one meetings
To enhance your learning and networking experience at PSICT, as part of the programme, you will attend one-to-one consultation meetings with those solution providers that offer the technologies and services involved in the conference case-studies and have experience of operating similar projects. These consultation meetings are arranged by mutual selection and can save you months of work on your purchasing decisions, because you will meet several hardware and software suppliers in one place, over the course of the two days.Who should attend?
PSICT 2010 has been designed for senior decision makers in public sector ICT, who are seeking to implement new solutions for the first time to achieve cost-efficiencies or upgrade their existing solutions to modernise.This two day event has been produced specifically to help you:
• Meet and learn from the heads of ICT of public sector organisations, who are currently involved with delivering the Government’s cost-saving agenda as well as modernising to deliver improvements to frontline services• Hear first hand accounts of award-winning technology implementations and transformation case-studies in the public sector
• Attend practical workshops during which you can raise your ideas and concerns
• Find out about the latest available services and solutions
The programme has been specifically designed as a cutting edge forum for those organisations that are planning live projects or upgrades within the next 3-18 months.
In addition to the two-day conference, current government ICT challenges will be discussed in a series of one-to-one consultative meetings with solution providers.
What our delegates said in 2008/2009
In 2009
“2008 was a hard act to follow – well done! Great organisational skills of the team, very useful, good balance of materials, have learned some useful information and contacts as a result of attending this conference this year. Provided opportunities for learning from the experience of others, plenty to report back on! Well done to Ark Group for providing a useful event for us.”
Paul Newton, Northamptonshire Police
“This has been an excellent event, congratulations to all concerned”
Jenny Hall, Corby Borough Council
“A well put together event. Keep up the good work! Expectations fully met, can come away fully satisfied. Well done all!”
Mike Godleman, Barnet Council
“Well organised conference, facilities/venue good, networking opportunity, very valuable"
Pat Harding, Cambridgeshire County Council
“Very enjoyable event"
Alastair Dodd, Greater Manchester Police
“Thank you for, to me, the most beneficial event I have found with Ark Group”
Kevin Smith, Northamptonshire County Council
“Expectations exceeded, venue & organisation seemed to support a good friendly attitude amongst delegates. Good event, better than I expected, thoroughly enjoyed it”
Trish Haill, Hackney Homes
“Good contacts and good leads”
Mike Sinclair, DH Informatics
In 2008
“This conference was very well run, provided interesting topics for potential implementation in my organisation. Very helpful and well done Ark Group, thank you”
Paul Newton, Northamptonshire Police
“Very useful, good balance of material, formal sessions and one-to-ones”
Phil Bradshaw, Cardiff Council
“Excellent event and has produced a few interesting workstreams and contacts”
Jav Yaqub, SEPA
“Very useful – have learnt a lot from the range of excellent speakers and found out a lot from fellow delegates”
Vic Falcus, Staffordshire County Council
“Very useful – lots of “food for thought” and useful contacts”
Graham Newton, Hull City Council
“Made several good contacts both amongst delegates and vendors also a couple of speakers introduced some particularly valuable insight into how they had managed similar programme issues in their own environment”
Nick Phillips, Greater Manchester Police
“Great event – thanks!”
Steve Gediking, Independent Police Complaints Commission
