This document provides an agenda and background information for a public services ICT conference in Wales. The objectives of the conference are to engage participants, build understanding of moving to a common digital platform for Welsh public services, and foster relationships. It discusses drivers like government policy, the economy, technology changes, and public expectations. It also outlines Wales' complex public sector landscape. The agenda includes sessions on working together, a common digital platform, perspectives from international technology companies, and examples of collaboration from a Welsh company. The goal is for participants to face challenges around ICT together.

1. Public Services ICT Conference
Working Together,
Learning from Each Other
SWALEC Stadium
28th February 2013
Gwyn Thomas CIO for Wales

2. Public Services ICT Conference
Working Together, Learning from Each Other
Objectives for the day:
To begin to engage with each other and provide the professional
leadership to helping Wales become a Digital Nation
To build a shared understanding of how we will move to a common
digital technology platform for Welsh public services.
To foster good (and different!) relationships
- between the private and public sectors in Wales
– and between ourselves!
To publicise some excellent examples of collaborative working
through the CIO Council for Wales and the CIO Regional Delivery Groups

3. Public Services ICT Conference
Working Together, Learning from Each Other
External
Environment
– Main Drivers
Welsh Government Policy
– co-operation and collaboration
Economy
– A Time of Austerity
Global Technology
– A Time of Rapid Change
‘Consumerisation’
Public Expectation
- Rising

4. Public Services ICT Conference
Working Together, Learning from Each Other
Wales’ Public Sector
Organisational
Landscape
– 1 Welsh Government
– 1 New Environmental Body
– 8 Health Boards
– 11 Universities
– 20 FE Colleges
– 22 Local Authorities
– Blue Light, UK Agencies
– Population 3,000,000

5. Public Services ICT Conference
Working Together, Learning from Each Other
• Improvements in Public Services critically dependent on ICT
• Investment in PS ICT has declined in real terms
• No collective understanding of what Wales spends on ICT
• We must find better ways of working together
• Private sector brings economic benefit to Wales
• Need to move from just having traditional contractual relationships
• Between us all we have some very good people
- but there is often a low critical mass of specialist skills
• Many hundreds of local systems which makes it difficult to share information
across sectors - and it’s not cost effective
• Some (inter) national ICT infrastructure (Public Sector Broadband)
• Some local pockets of excellent ideas and ICT services
• Need a “Common Platform” to Support Collaboration
- Innovation and Exchange - as well as technology.

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Working Together, Learning from Each Other
Setting the Scene – Derek Jones
Working Together
- Common Digital Platform - Gary Bullock
A Window on Wales
– What does Wales look like from Seattle? - Dave Veryard
Palo Alto or Bridgend? - Chris Tackaberry
- Coming to Wales
Working in Wales - Mo Stevens
- A Welsh Anchor Co:
CIO Regional Groups Breakout Session One
CIO Regional Groups Breakout Session Two
(Repeats of Session One)
Looking Ahead
- The view from the Bridge - Alison Ward

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Facing up to the Challenge Together