At the Edwardian Manchester

Government Transformation North

26 November 2026

Future Government Delivery

Government Transformation Summit connects strategy with practice - joining up the people, data, and technology reshaping how government works and what it delivers. Now in its 7th year, this flagship gathering brings together over 200 senior leaders in digital, data, and delivery from across government to share insight, accelerate transformation, and reimagine the role of the modern state.

Our audience

Seniority you won't find anywhere else.

91%

Head-level & above

The senior leaders who shape and run digital government.

+71

Net Promoter Score

24

Discussion tables

200+

Senior leaders

2nd

Year of the series

Why Manchester?

The centre of government is moving. A permanent digital and AI campus in Ancoats, No.10 North in Heron House, and budgets shifting to metro mayors have made the North West the home of digital government. Government Transformation North is where the leaders delivering that shift meet.

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The emerging capital of digital government.

MANCHESTER

8,800

Digital, data and AI roles

Confirmed at the Ancoats campus, a permanent centre of gravity for public sector digital.

22,000

Roles out of London by 2030

The relocation target for civil service roles under the Places for Growth programme.

1 in 10

Civil servants in digital and tech

The 2030 workforce target, with the North West carrying a large share of delivery.

40 years

Of trying to break the silos

Four decades of initiatives to make departments work together. No.10 North is the most radical attempt yet.

Location

The Edwardian, Manchester.

In the heart of the city, minutes from St Peter's Square and Manchester Piccadilly.

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Secure your place at the table.

26 November 2026 · The Edwardian, Manchester

Award winning format

24 peer-led tables across three themes.

Rewiring the state

Where DDaT meets machinery-of-government change, reshaping the state itself, not just its tools.

Example tables

Operating models for a digital state
Legacy systems and the legislation lag
Data as public infrastructure
Machinery-of-government change
Funding models and accountability

Decentralising

Moving power and delivery beyond Whitehall, devolution to city regions, with Manchester as the emerging capital of digital government.

Example tables

Devolution and city-region delivery
A No10 North and a closer centre
Regional talent & the Digital & AI Campus
Local–central data sharing
Place-based public services

Improving Delivery

Turning strategy into real outcomes: productivity, cost, and measurably better public services.

Example tables

From strategy to shipped delivery
Productivity and the cost of the state
AI in frontline services
Procurement that actually ships
Measuring outcomes, not activity

GTS North 2025

Last year, in pictures.

Not a conference a working room of peers. An award-winning format, refined over seven years, built for candid conversation between people working towards a digital government.

What Leaders say

+71 NPS.

Janet Hughes Director General, Reform and Efficiency at The Cabinet Office

"I really like the round table format. It gives us a chance to talk about specific things we're interested in with a really good, diverse range of colleagues from partner organisations and the civil service."

Richard Meeus - Senior Director of Security Technology and Strategy EMEA

"Meeting lots of different parts of government, from central government to local government, to understand their challenges specifically around data sharing and data security — that's been really invaluable."

Mark Goossens - Managing Director, Head of Public Sector Sales, IBM

"For all three of those sessions, people choosing IBM - that makes it feel really positive."

Chris Chambers Programme Director at DSIT

On Government Transformation North... "It's just really good to be able to hold an event outside London. You get a very different vibe. Here you've got a really energised vibe, a lot of people trying to do a lot of collaboration, and people really talking your language."

James Mitton Chief AI Officer at HMRC

"What I like about the discussion table formats is that you're giving people that would normally be very, very quiet a chance to speak. Sometimes it's those people that have some of the most thoughtful contributions to make. You also get a much richer diversity of thinking."

Natasha Porter - Public Sector Lead

"Really nice to hear what's going on in government and what people's priorities are, what their challenges are and just have really interesting conversations."

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