Day 2: Wednesday 28 June
Please note that the programme sessions, speakers and timings are subject to change.
Chair’s opening remarks
09:00 - 09:10
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Opening keynote address: How do we fix broken public services?
09:10 - 09:40
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Opening keynote address: How do we fix broken public services?
09:10 - 09:40
Speakers:
Polly Curtis
Demos
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Cleaning up our act: tackling the UK’s anti-corruption challenge
09:40 - 10:25
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Cleaning up our act: tackling the UK’s anti-corruption challenge
09:40 - 10:25
Rather than an international beacon of probity and good governance, the UK has become magnet for kleptocrats and criminals. Dubbed the ‘London Laundromat’ due to lax regulation and complex tax avoidance schemes, the capital is awash with illicit funds and financial flows. This conference session will explore the impact of this on Britain’s global reputation and soft power, and whether the recent reforms will help us take back control.
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Trust in numbers: are government statistics and data serving the public good?
10:25 - 10:55
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Trust in numbers: are government statistics and data serving the public good?
10:25 - 10:55
Statistics and data are at the heart of our understanding of the economy and public sector. Whether it’s economic growth, employment rates, migration flows or NHS waiting list these datasets help us make sense of current trends and need to be clear, accurate and accessible. The director general of regulation at the Office for Statistics Regulation will provide an overview of the state of government data and how confident we can be.
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Break
10:55 - 11:25
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Break
10:55 - 11:25
Refreshments and networking in the exhibition hall
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Session to be announced
11:25 - 12:25
Leadership and Skills
Session to be announced
11:25 - 12:25
Governance and Trust
Session to be announced
11:25 - 12:25
Financial Resilience
Session to be announced
11:25 - 12:25
Protecting Place and Planet
Session to be announced
11:25 - 12:25
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11:25 - 12:25
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11:25 - 12:25
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11:25 - 12:25
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Lunch Break
12:25 - 13:25
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Lunch Break
12:25 - 13:25
Lunch and networking in the exhibition hall
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Session to be announced
13:25 - 14:25
Leadership and Skills
Anti-corruption
13:25 - 14:25
Governance and Trust
Session to be announced
13:25 - 14:25
Financial Resilience
A Case Study for Lasting Change
13:25 - 14:25
Protecting Place and Planet
Session to be announced
13:25 - 14:25
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Anti-corruption
13:25 - 14:25
The session will move to discussing compliance, GDPR requirements for data protection and fraud, explaining how open banking lowers or eliminates the associated risks. This will be followed by the integration process, demonstrating the ease of implementing open banking solutions.
Finally, the panel will provide an overview of the ‘return on investment’ and the financial efficiency the technology brings, and discuss how this technology will develop in the future for continued innovation to serve the public sector.
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13:25 - 14:25
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A Case Study for Lasting Change
13:25 - 14:25
Many authorities are committed to reach their adopted net zero targets. The challenge is to chart the programmes and steps to reach those goals. The role of the local authority is multifaceted involving five phases: (1) design; (2) implementation; (3) stakeholder education; (4) project finance and (5) monitoring and reporting. This panel will discuss an approach to developing an integrated comprehensive net zero programme. Panelists who are actively involved in assembling the building blocks of an integrated programme will share their experiences, both challenges and successes in developing a robust response. Actual practitioners will share their approaches to project development, securing funding sources and establishing a robust tracking system to ensure targets are met. This panel will provide practical advice using actual case studies from prominent local authorities in the ESG space
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Break
14:25 - 14:55
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Break
14:25 - 14:55
Refreshments and networking in the exhibition hall
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Closing keynote address: Partygate and the paucity of public trust and Chair's closing remarks
14:55 - 15:55
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Closing keynote address: Partygate and the paucity of public trust and Chair's closing remarks
14:55 - 15:55
There’s now a strong sense that standards in public life are declining and an increasingly shameless political class is emboldened to bend or even break the rules with little consequence. Pippa Crerar, the journalist who broke the Barnard Castle and Partygate stories joins us to share how she exposed wrongdoing at the highest level of government, the role of the press in holding politicians’ feet to the fire and whether there is anything public finance professionals can learn from the fourth estate about speaking truth to power.
Speakers:
Pippa Crerar
The Guardian
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