Digital Government 2022 Understand ● Connect ● Deliver Wednesday 19th October ● Titanic Belfast

This annual event provides a valuable opportunity to bring together key stakeholders to gain insight into the government’s objectives for digital transformation and hear directly from those responsible for driving this forward. Taking place as a fully in person event, reconnect and network with your peers and colleagues, key senior policy makers and decision takers. The conference also features a sold out exhibition zone featuring some of Northern Ireland’s leading expert solution providers.

As part of the national Covid-19 response, the move towards digital public services gathered pace to ensure they could deliver for citizens. Looking forward, any transformation agenda should continue to meet this increased demand and growing expectations of the public, delivering more personalised and responsive user experiences. For many organisations this will mean moving from a tactical pandemic response to a permanent delivery model and refocusing IT and digital strategies to drive the post Covid recovery.

With the majority of NICS and public sector workers still working remotely or adopting a formal hybrid approach, dependence on digital technology has never been greater with a growing need to enhance digital skills and build organisations’ digital capability. While remote working can offer great benefits, it also exposes new cyber risks that need to be managed.

The need to continually drive forward digital inclusion is also a critical issue – while the pandemic caused a surge in digital interaction with public services, it also exacerbated the digital divide for those who remain offline.

This conference will feature a range of expert speakers who will talk about their digital transformation journey and look ahead to what’s next as we look to a new work future and collaborate to build future-proof organisations.

The event will be of interest to senior managers and decision-makers working across Northern Ireland’s public and private sectors. Not just for CIOs, it is also for those within organisations in policy-making and service delivery roles. Delegates will include:

• Chief Executives / Directors / senior managers
• Chief Information Officers / IT Directors
• Local government officers
• Policy makers
• Corporate planners
• Board members of public sector agencies
• Voluntary / community sector leaders / NGOs
• Health / education sector professionals
• Services organisations – IT / telecoms / advisory

Benefits of attending:

• Discuss the digital transformation of public services
• Hear directly from those responsible for driving these programmes forward
• Learn about innovative projects already being implemented
• Look ahead to a new way of working

Networking

The conference is structured in such a way to provide a high level of interaction between speakers and delegates. There will be plentiful opportunities for questions as well as discussion in each of the sessions. In the margins of the event there will also be ample scope for business development during the busy networking breaks that take place in the exhibition area. With conferences now fully back in person, take the opportunity to reconnect with your peers and colleagues!

Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities

There are a limited number of opportunities to become involved with this conference as a sponsor or exhibitor. This is an excellent way for organisations to showcase their expertise and raise their profile with a key audience of senior decision makers from across Northern Ireland’s public sector. This interactive conference provides an excellent opportunity for making contacts and networking. For further information on how your organisation can benefit contact Karen Fitzmaurice on 028 9261 9933 or email karen.fitzmaurice@agendaNi.com.