Local Government Partnership Network South 2026
17 November 2026
Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, Heathrow, United Kingdom
The Local Government Partnership Network (LGPN) South is a two-day, hosted networking and shared-learning event bringing together senior local government leaders and technology suppliers. The 2026 programme covers digital leadership, AI, data, cyber resilience, local government reorganisation and service redesign through main-room and breakout sessions, supplier 'Dragons' Den' pitches and pre-arranged one-to-one business meetings.
24 sessions · 24 speakers
Organiser (1)
Sponsors (22)
Multiverse · Nintex · Orbus Software · Crimson Limited · Outsource Automation Solutions · Access PaySuite · SAP · Provance Technology · Zellis · Tanium · Placecube · Xylo · Foundant · Circular Computing · Preoptima · Annertech · Mitel · iCoTech Services · GOSS · MHR · Formus Pro · Phoenix Software
Exhibitors (22)
Multiverse · Nintex · Orbus Software · Crimson Limited · Outsource Automation Solutions · Access PaySuite · SAP · Provance Technology · Zellis · Tanium · Placecube · Xylo · Foundant · Circular Computing · Preoptima · Annertech · Mitel · iCoTech Services · GOSS · MHR · Formus Pro · Phoenix Software
Speakers (24)
- Chris Wales Director of Digital Innovation, Brighton & Hove City Council
- Frank Wood Chief Analytical Officer, Leeds City Council / West Yorkshire ICB
- Josh Pimm Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Somerset Council
- Kit Collingwood Director of Digital and Customer Experience, Oxfordshire County Council
- Lewis Thomson AI Workforce Lead, Phoenix
- Lisa Trickey Lead Advisor Digital Change, Local Government Association
- Madeline Smith Local Government Expert Advisor, Government Digital Service
- Neil Eccles Director of Planning, Economy & Wellbeing, West Lancashire Borough Council
- Rebekah Wilson Programme Manager, Local Government Horizons, Local Government Association
- Rehana Ramesh Director for Customer Services, Digital and Data // Chair, London & South East Regional Committee, London Borough of Hackney // Socitm
- Sarah Richardson Assistant Director - People Strategy and Organisational Development, Surrey County Council
- Steve Haskew Group Director Sustainability & Growth, Circular Computing
- Tom Haxby Business Development Manager, Content Guru
- Tori Campbell Head of Local Authorities, Beam
- Verona Maltman Assistant Director of Social Care Operations, Ealing Council
- Ade Marques Interim Social Services Digital Transformation Programmes Lead, London Borough of Merton
- Ben Unsworth Director Digital and Technology, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
- Cath Ritchie Transformation and Innovation Manager, North Yorkshire Council
- Darren Mann Director of Customer and Digital Services, Cambridgeshire County Council
- David Halligan Chief Technology Officer, Integrated Digital Service, Leeds City Council & NHS West Yorkshire ICB
- Kate Hurr Assistant Director - Digital and ICT Innovation and Commercialisation, Cumberland Council
- Mark Lumley Director of Digital & Resident Experience, Southwark Council
- Maxine O'Mahony Chief Executive, Breckland Council
- Stephen Gabriel Chief Executive, Tamworth Borough Council
Agenda
- Chair’s opening remarks 24 November 2026 · Main Room
- What will define successful digital leadership over the next five years? 24 November 2026 · Main Room
- From strategy to scale: How local and central government can accelerate digital transformation together 24 November 2026 · Main Room
- Following the footprints: Closing the gap between design and demand 24 November 2026 · Main Room
- Dragons’ den – speed presentations 24 November 2026 · Main Room
- Your place data is lying to you 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room 2
- The risk paradox: Why playing safe is often the greatest risk of all 24 November 2026 · Main Room
- Build or buy? How one council is creating digital solutions in-house 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room 1
- Platinum sponsor presentation 24 November 2026 · Main Room
- Speed exchange – peer-to-peer learning in action 24 November 2026 · Main Room
- Gold sponsor presentation 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room 2
- Stronger together: Turning shared ideas into shared AI delivery across local government 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room 1
- Gold sponsor presentation 24 November 2026 · Breakout Room 1
- The future of local councils 24 November 2026 · Main Room
- Chair’s opening remarks 25 November 2026 · Main Room
- AI in local government: What’s actually working? 25 November 2026 · Main Room
- Reaching residents before they reach crisis: Ealing’s frontline voice agent for prevention 25 November 2026 · Main Room
- LGR in practice: Lessons from Surrey's reorganisation journey 25 November 2026 · Breakout Room 2
- One year on: Lessons from the frontline of a local government cyber attack 25 November 2026 · Main Room
- From data to outcomes: How linked data is transforming housing, health and public services 25 November 2026 · Breakout Room 1
- Gold sponsor presentation 25 November 2026 · Breakout Room 1
- Making the case for digital: Securing investment in an age of constraint 25 November 2026 · Main Room
- From collaboration to collective action: How central and local government can deliver change together 25 November 2026 · Main Room
- Chair’s closing remarks 25 November 2026 · Main Room