THE DigiGov Expo 2026
23 September 2026 – 24 September 2026
ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
DigiGov Expo is a UK public sector technology event run by GovNet Events, combining the Government ICT, Digital Government, GovTech and Cyber Security & Data Protection Summit conferences under one roof. The 2026 edition took place at ExCeL London on 23rd and 24th September and offered theatre-based conference content, an exhibition, a Government Village and networking spaces for digital, data and technology professionals from central and local government and the wider public sector.
59 sessions · 81 speakers
Media Partners (3)
Computer Weekly · Media Planet · Network Computing
Sponsors (25)
Surrey County Council · Buckinghamshire Council · Justice Digital · Royal Borough of Greenwich · DWP Digital · Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service · IBM · London Borough of Hounslow · NICE · Woking Borough Council · Government Commercial Agency · Innovate UK · PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited · Adobe · CGI · Zscaler · Office for National Statistics · Mural · HCLTech · Amazon Web Services · Salesforce · EY · Scottish Government · ElevenLabs · Southwark Council
Association Partners (8)
Women in Tech · Socitm · LOTI · techUK · UK C3 · BCS · IoT Global Network · UK Cyber Security Council
Exhibitors (2)
Knowledge Partner (1)
Supporting Partners (8)
The Alan Turing Institute · BRAID UK (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) · Tussell · National Innovation Centre for Data · Good Things Foundation · Techled · Stotles · Edinburgh Futures Institute
Speakers (81)
- Jennifer Duffy Global Senior GTM Director, HCLSoftware
- Oscar Lemmens Forward Deployed Engineering, ElevenLabs
- Luke Noonan Vice President of Sales, MetaCompliance
- Yogita Popat Program Director, Strategy, Culture & Sustainability, Barnet Council
- Nick Travers COO, SmartSurvey
- Pete Hannah Vice President of Sales, Northern Europe, Object First
- Gary McAllister Chief Digital Officer for EMEA, Dell Technologies
- Alex Wodzicki Head of AI Centre of Excellence, SEGRO
- Casper Klynge VP, Government Partnerships, Zscaler
- David Ogden Engagement Director, Socitm
- Faye Melly Partner, PwC UK
- Helen Moody Director, PwC UK
- Kurt Frary Head of IT, Chief Technical Officer, Norfolk County Council
- Amisha Chauhan Digital Innovation Manager, Digital Strategy & Delivery, Lancashire County Council
- Annette Davis Principal Whole Life Carbon Officer Town Planning & Building Control, Regeneration, Economy & Planning, Westminster City Council
- Anthony Vittadini Legal Director, TLT
- Ben McCrorie Process Transformation, Shared Services for Government, Cabinet Office
- Benny Bowen Portfolio Solutions Engineer, NiCE
- Breandán Knowlton-Hung Deputy Director for Cyber Solutions, Government Cyber Unit
- Cédric Gégout VP of Product, Canonical
- Chris Pannell VP of AI, Data & Communication Platforms, Salesforce
- Christian Oreschnick Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for the Driver Waiting Times Initiative (DWTI), Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
- Cllr. Ben Taylor Leader of the Council, Blaby District Council
- David Parkinson Chief Executive Officer, Brave & Heart
- David Wilkins Chief Product and Design Officer, Westminster City Council
- Dr Charles Turyagyenda Principal Technologist, Future Networks, Digital Catapult
- Dr Joe Hogan Anaesthetics Registrar, London School of Anaesthesia
- Dr Joe Lipton Consultant Anaesthetist and Lead Consultant, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Generic Professional Capabilities Hub
- Dr Johanna Walker Research and Teaching Fellow, Department of Informatics, King's College London
- Elliot Townsend Enterprise AI GTM, HPE Networking
- Emilie MacMullen Cloud Based Analytical Service Product and Infrastructure Lead, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Emma Ockelford Founder and CEO, Outcomes Matter Consulting
- Essam Elhalhuli Senior Enterprise Account Director, Coursera + Udemy
- Gerhard Kruger Senior Director of Sales Engineering, Perforce Puppet
- Glen Ocsko Supplier Engagement Specialist, Local Digital (MHCLG)
- Grant Dinning Senior Manager Sales Engineering, Rubrik
- Ivan Carbonel Account Executive Government EMEA, DataSnipper
- Jakob Reuschlein Vice President Customers, Procure Ai
- James Hickens ICT Operations Manager, Blaby District Council
- Jane Watson Programme Delivery Manager, Chief Digital and Information Office (CDIO), HM Revenue & Customs
- Jas Purewal Cyber Consultant, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
- Jayvik Patel Strategic Digital Services Manager, Luton Borough Council
- John Keers Director of the Centre for Legal Technology, Ulster University
- Kayleigh Thompson Senior Product Manager, Local Digital (MHCLG)
- Keiran Jones Commercial Lead, Local Digital (MHCLG)
- Laura Watts Marketing Manager, Verto
- Lisa Boland Assistant Director, Transformation and ICT, Blaby District Council
- Louise Farnes Software Category Manager, Government Commercial Agency (GCA)
- Matt Saville UK Government and Public Sector Cyber Lead, Ernst & Young LLP
- Mike Connell Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Blaby District Council
- Monish Mehmi Commercial Lead, Government Commercial Agency (GCA)
- Nadav Mordechai Director of Product and Strategy, Elsewhen
- Natasha Osborne Head of Client Success, Verto
- Neil Pragnell Head of Portfolio Delivery, NHS Business Service Authority
- Niall O Beaglaoi AVP, Mural
- Olivia Roe Senior Strategic Communications Manager, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
- Olly Haywood Principal Technology Strategist, Everpure
- Pete Hopkinson Portfolio Delivery Manager, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
- Phil Scorer Deputy Director CDIO Organisational Transformation, HM Revenue & Customs
- Rajamani Saravanan SVP Head of Engineering, HGS
- Richard Flint Head of AI and Data, Casci
- Rob Howard Managing Director, PwC UK
- Rob Irons VP Public Sector, HGS
- Ross Mardell Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, Verto
- Rt Hon Lucy Frazer Senior Advisor, Legora
- Russell Goodenough Head of Artificial Intelligence, CGI
- Sam Fowler Head of PMO, Department for Transport Operator (DFTO)
- Samantha Merrett Senior Accessibility Specialist, Digital Accessibility Team, Ministry of Justice
- Sarah Corbridge Head of IT and Digital Services, Regulator of Social Housing
- Shirley Ellis Social Worker, Ealing Council
- Simon Clayton-Mitchell Head of Cyber Security, Merton Council
- Simon Murray Principal Engagement Manager, Digital Strategy, Adobe
- Tarun Chawla Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Terry Walker Head of Cyber Security Assurance, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
- Theo Blackwell Chief Digital Officer, Greater London Authority
- Tim Hunt Communications Lead, LocalGov Drupal
- Tim Saunders Head of AI & Technology, Cheetah Transformation (Smartsheet Elite Partner)
- Toby Cook Co-Founder and CTO, Casci
- Verity Buchanan Account Executive, Celonis
- Victoria Cope Commercial Director, Digital and Data, Ministry of Defence
- Will Callaghan Product Lead, LocalGov Drupal
Agenda
- One Citizen, Many Channels: Building a Best-in-Class Citizen Communications Experience Across Government 23 September 2026 · Briefings Hub
- Leadership: Preparing Local Government for What's Next 23 September 2026 · Briefings Hub
- Lunch Briefing: How to Accelerate Your Transformation with Confidence 23 September 2026 · Briefings Hub
- From Data to Action: Tackling NEETs through Digital, Data & AI-enabled Transformation 23 September 2026 · Briefings Hub
- Digital Resilience – The Defining Challenge of Our Times 23 September 2026 · Briefings Hub
- Leading the Next Wave of AI in Local Government: From Digital Transformation to Local Growth 24 September 2026 · Briefings Hub
- Celebrating Delivery and Accelerating Future Success in the VO, HMRC 24 September 2026 · Briefings Hub
- Lunch Briefing: Navigating Frontier AI, Digital Sovereignty, and Cyber Resilience in a Fragmented World 24 September 2026 · Briefings Hub
- Citizen Engagement: From Reactive Cost to Proactive Experience
- Citizens Don’t See Departments: Cross-Sector Ideas for Joined-Up Public Services
- Creating Inclusive Documents for Public Services in Local Government
- Digital Tools in Planning: From Innovation to Delivery at Westminster
- Dispatches From the Front Line in Cyber Security
- Driving User-Centred Design and Digital Transformation with LocalGov Drupal
- Empowering Frontline Teams to Use AI to Increase Capacity and Improve Care
- From Automation to Autonomy: How Agents Transform Public Procurement, From Requisition Intake to Goods Receipt
- From Data Sovereignty to AI Readiness: Know What Your Data Holds
- From Digital Procurement Levers to Market Action
- From Grassroots to System Value: Building Digital Infrastructure Around Resident Doctors
- From Identifying the Problems to Using AI to Transform your Delivery
- From Overloaded to Empowered: Transforming Public Services Through Applied AI
- From Spreadsheets to Systems: What AI Adoption Actually Looks Like in Public Sector Finance
- Frontier AI in Government: A Pilot-Led Approach to Procurement and Value
- Governing in the Age of AI: From Ambition to Citizen Outcomes
- Have you Prepared? The New Rules of Recovery and Resilience
- HMRC’s Path case-study Pioneering faster transformation
- How Far Should AI go in Public Sector Decision-Making?
- How to be Simply Resilient: Preparing for Recovery in the Ransomware Age
- Innovation from a City Perspective
- Legacy Systems: The Relatives We Can’t Uninvite
- Legacy Transformation Using AI in the Public Sector
- MHCLG Local Digital: An Interactive Session Exploring our Digital Work with Councils
- More Analysis, Less Waste: Reimagining EUC in Government
- One Outcome, Many Teams: Delivering Driving Test Booking Reform through Cross-Government Collaboration
- Orchestrating the Future: How Agentic AI Can Drive Smarter Public Services
- Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty: How Open Infrastructure Secures and Funds Public Sector AI
- Resilient by Design: Protecting the Data
- Starting from Scratch: Building Scalable Foundations for the Future of Local Government
- Tapping into Talent: Driving Low-Risk, High-Impact Public Sector Innovation via the KCL AWS Impact Accelerator
- The Agentic State: Platform for AI in the Public Sector
- The AI Adoption Gap: What's Holding Public Sector Organisations Back?
- The Human Risk Blind Spot in Public Sector Cyber Security
- The Human Side of AI Transformation: Alignment, Trust, and Impact
- The Limits of the Mandate
- The Listening Gap: Turning Public Response into Public Proof
- The Strategic Fork: Why AI Pilots Stall and What Comes Next
- Transforming How Governments Serve Citizens Through Voice AI
- Trusted Infrastructure for Sovereign AI: Policy-Driven Automation for Secure and Resilient Government Services
- What If? Four Possible Futures for AI and What They Could Mean for Cyber Security in Public Sector?
- Accessibility at the Speed of AI
- When Process Works, Public Services Work: How the Cabinet Office is transforming processes with Celonis
- Agentic AI and Intelligent Automation: Unlocking Potential through Sharing
- AI Native Telecoms: Building the Foundations of Trust
- AI to Algorithms: What's Actually Running your Network
- AI Won’t Fix Your PMO, but It Can Make a Good One Smarter: A fireside conversation with DFTO and Cheetah Transformation on building the foundations for smarter decision-making with Smartsheet
- AI-Ready Government Starts with AI-Ready People
- Benchmarking Government Readiness for the AI Era
- Beyond AI Pilots: Redesigning Government for the Agentic Era
- Beyond the Pilot: Six Steps to AI Transformation That Actually Stick