A unique opportunity to join senior colleagues from across the Public Sector to discuss key issues impacting technology procurement and to strategise for 2024 and beyond...

The day's content will include:

CCS delivering a digital future for the Public Sector - Philip Orumwense, Commercial Director, Technology, CCS

Skills Shortages - the UK government is in no doubt that technology is paramount to the resilience and growth of the country’s economy, however, there is a tech skills shortage and both end user organisations and service providers are struggling to keep pace with the high demand for digital transformation skills. Our speakers will present their ideas, discuss the challenges,potential solutions and whether lack of capability is a short-medium term problem or infinite.    Richard Rawcliffe, Vice President and General Manager, UK Public Sector at Dell Technologies ; Sue Foster, Head of Digital Resourcing, CCS; Thomas Beautyman, Deputy Director , Government Digital Capability, CDDO(i)

Moving away from Legacy IT and Accelerating Digital Transformation - the future belongs to the fast, and organisations with resilient, future-ready digital foundations are pulling away from the rest, while those that lack digital transformation expertise and rely on legacy technologies are falling further behind, and recent research reports that the public sector is trailing vastly behind the private sector. What can be, and is being done to address this?  Ronald Howson Senior Manager, Consulting Deloitte MCS Limited

Suppliers Key Market Challenges - how can they meet increased client expectations on innovation? How can they support the introduction of new and emerging technologies? What are the key market and financial challenges they are facing (inflation, energy etc.)  How and what are their sustainable solutions?  Adrian Leer, MD Triad; Representative from Google Cloud ;Simon Smith, MD, GOSS  

Carbon Net Zero - how will Net Zero targets influence procurement strategies, and what can we do to achieve them?  Joe Tilley, Sustainability and Strategic Portfolio Director, CCS

Market Trends - the next five years, opportunities, challenges and impact Phillip Chatterton, Chief Architect, CDDO    

Delivering Transparent & Tangible Social Value - how can we make sure that social value ‘fits’ in with our procurement needs, in a relevant and proportionate way?  We'll be discussing the differences between local and strategic social value and ways to monitor and measure suppliers' delivery.  Charlene Maginnes, Head of Policy, CCS

This event is exclusive to Public Sector Heads of IT & Procurement and places are limited, don't miss the opportunity to network and connect with senior colleagues. Join the conversation !