Let's Get Digital! The Art of the Possible!

Overview

The event will bring together both councils and their partner organisations to support the sharing of knowledge and enable greater collaboration with other local authorities, partner organisations and the communities of Kingston and Sutton.

It forms part of our commitment under the Local Digital Declaration to work in the open wherever we can, sharing our plans and experience, working collaboratively with other organisations, and reusing good practice.

We want to show you the possibilities that open up for local authorities when they explore new technologies and new approaches. The day will be a mixture of speakers and discussion on a range of topics, and include the chance to get hands on to ‘Build a Bot’ for robotic process automation.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:30 - Registration and networking with tea and coffee on arrival
10.30 - 10.45 - Keynote speaker: Digital in the Community - Ruth Dombey, Leader of Council, London Borough of Sutton
10.45 - 11.00 - Sharing is Caring! - Mark Lumley, Assistant Director, Digital & IT Kingston and Sutton
11.00 - 11.20 - Sharing across London - Theo Blackwell, Chief Digital Officer, London
11.20 - 11.40 - Connected Kingston - Daniel Green, Corporate Head of Service: Health Behaviours & Public Health Services
11.40 - 12.00 - Robotic Process Automation (RPA) - Jenny Churchard, Surrey County Council
12 .00 -13.00 - Lunch and networking - time to build a bot and visit our various stands
13.00 - 13.30 - Roundtable discussions - round 1
13.30 - 14.00 - Roundtable discussions - round 2
14.00 - 14.20 - Voice, bots and the future of self-service - Asim Ali, Business Development Manager & Mark Ramus, Head of Product Experience, Firmstep
14.20 - 14.40 - Digital Declaration - Ben Cheetham, Head of Technology and Design, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
14.40 - 15.00 - Culture and ways of working for digital transformation - Bella Burt-Morris, Senior Service Designer & Ian Hutchison, Consultant, Futuregov
15.00 - 15.20 - Wrap up - David Grasty, Corporate Head of Digital Transformation, Kingston and Sutton
15.20 - 16.00 - Networking, and there's still time to build a bot!

Stands and discussion topics

We will have a number of stands that will be manned throughout the day by colleagues and partner organisations. The stands and the roundtable discussions will cover topics such as digital transformation, assisted living, digital inclusion, Internet of Things, and you can even get the chance to build a bot, enter our competition and get a cupcake!

Call to action!

The Everyman Church is really easy to get to via public transport - well served by both Kingston and Surbiton train stations, and several bus routes. Also, please don't forget to bring along your reusable water bottle and/or hot drink container!