Open Referral UK have published a blog post discussing the Open Referral Standard, the progress of the Standard to date and a potential strategy for achieving the wider adoption of it.

Effective leadership is crucial during crisis, uncertainty, and rapid change. It requires personal attributes, leadership styles and strategic thinking tailored to what’s being faced.

Socitm's 9 rules are based on the Executive Education Programme in Digital Transformation for UK Local Government presentation from Jon McGinty (Managing Director, Gloucester City Council).

Hosted by PUBLIC, this webinar will present the initial findings from the Local Digital Evaluation Survey. It will include a discussion of the main digital priorities and challenges faced by councils, as well as benchmarking on topics like cloud adoption, legacy spend, and service area transformation.

This will be a useful session for any council who completed the survey, to help them to benchmark their results, as well as anyone interested in the perspectives of other councils across the country.

The importance of data to improving public services has long been recognised but issues remain around the quality of data, standards for integration, information governance, and the development of both skills and confidence in data use.

This UKAuthority event will explore how best to use data to deliver valuable insights on people, places and organisations and build a foundation for effective, reliable AI. It will bring together public sector leaders to share examples of what can be achieved. There will also be an opportunity for discussion and Q&As. 

Hear from key speakers from Socitm, Swindon, AWS, Hertfordshire, ODI, NHS England, and DLUHC’s own Chief Data Officer Tom Smith.

The LGA are holding a webinar with Microsoft exploring how Security Copilot and other processes can reduce the risk of cyber attacks and improve overall security effectiveness. This event is suitable to those working in IT teams in a council with a Microsoft E3 or E5 licence.

iNetwork’s 20th Anniversary Annual Conference will bring together a range of senior speakers and exhibitors, and will offer delegates a platform for networking. Phil James, Community Engagement Manager at Local Digital, will be providing an update from the team. We’d love to see you there.

The conference, which is free to the local public sector, will be in-person at the Hyatt Regency in Manchester and will be offering a virtual joining option.