Michael Cross
Freelance Journalist & Public Policy Correspondent
The Guardian

Martha Lane Fox
The Government's Digital Inclusion Champion

What would a digitally enabled government and citizenry look like?

• Perspectives and issues
• Infrastructure and innovation
• Typology of digital engagement
• Evidence from UK local public services
• Next steps for information and knowledge management

Martin Ferguson - Click here to view the presentation
Head of Policy
SOCITM

• Latest Progress on broadband for all 
• The benefits for Government & Citizens
• Beyond 2012

Kip Meek - Click here to view the presentation
Chair of Broadband Stakeholder Group

David Bott - Click here to the view presentation
Director of Innovation Programmes
Technology Strategy Board

Robert Ling - Click here to view the presentation
Business Improvement Manager
Yorkshire Forward

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Gary Ashby - Click here to view the presentation
Programme Director
NHS Choices

A selection of interactive seminar sessions providing opportunities for delegates to explore distinct aspects of key importance to this agenda

The second in a selection of interactive seminar sessions, providing an opportunity for delegates to explore distinct aspects of key importance to this agenda.

• The economic and social benefits of digital technology for all
• Connecting communities through innovative digital technology
• Preventing digital exclusion

Helen Milner - Click here to view the presentation
Managing Director
UK Online Centre

Public Sector online TV – experiences in the first wave

How can a county council best encourage communication in the digital age? Is print and local newspaper advertising still the only appropriate tool, when all the statistics show customers are turning their media attention to local search websites and global video like YouTube ?  Can wider public sector audiences be reached with online video? Can local news be covered in new ways, as Digital Britain encourages?

Peter Gilroy OBE, Chief Executive of Kent County Council, joins Alex Connock, Chief Executive of Ten Alps PLC, to discuss experiences of pioneering and much-debated online TV service Kent TV - respectively as customer and producer.   Peter will explain why KCC undertook the initiative.   And Alex will offer an overview of developments in this fast-moving sector around Britain – from Teachers TV, to other new local council video sites, to Digital Britain itself.

Alex Connock      &       Peter Gilroy
CEO                                  CEO
Ten Alps PLC                 Kent County Council

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• The challenges ahead
• Can local communities cope with high levels of technological engagement
• The true value of social networking sites to increase engagement
  
  Richard Wilson - Click here to view the presentation
  Founder 
  Involve ThinkTank

This panel discussion will provide delegates with a unique opportunity to discuss how they see Digital Government becoming a reality. Senior officials who are directly involved in the delivery of the Digital Engagement agenda will come to together and detail how they will achieve their objectives. As well as updating delegates on their current progress, they will also invite questions from the audience, encouraging a lively debate that will include the following themes:

• Examples of how digital innovation has improved public services.
• Training and development initiatives available to the Public Sector.
• The methods in which the digital skills divide will be diminished.
• What innovations in digital technology can we expect in the immediate future?
• Working towards a digitally inclusive society
• The benefits of using digital technology for the citizen
• How do we manage the changing culture in a digital environment?
• Equipping the Government to provide first class services for a Digitally Enabled Britain

Tom Loosemore - Head of 4iP and Co-founder of mysociety
Nick Jones - Director of Interactive Services - COI
Steph Gray - Head of Engagement – BIS
Richard Wilson - Founder of Involve ThinkTank
Helen Milner - Managing Director - UK Online Centres
Stephen Dodson - Director, DC10plus