2026 Speakers & Co-Hosts.
Mark Ferguson
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
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Zoe Goodwin
Chief Data Officer

Colin Banno-Thorton
Chief Digital and Information Officer

Samantha Ulyatt
Chief Executive Officer

Nagesh Reddy
Chief Portfolio Officer

Joanne Bradshaw
Head of Place for North West, Director and SRO of the Risk Identification, Operations & AI Programme

Rizwana Praveen
Director/SRO Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Act (Delivery)
Colin Shaw
Director of Service Transformation
Sarah Bowley
Digital Director Health and Disability
Jen Staves
Director for Test, Learn and Grow

Kate Caulkin
Director of People and Operational Management Insights
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David Swainston
Finance Director, CDIO Portfolio

Keith Dargie
Chief Digital Information Officer
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Mark Thompson
Chief Product Officer

Daniel Keeley
Deputy Director, DDaT Strategy and Transformation, Digital and Infrastructure Group

Emma Presley-Abbott
Deputy Director, Head of Data Insight & Analytics
Chris Chambers
Programme Director (Transformation), Manchester Digital Campus, Government Property Agency

Eilidh Mclaughlin
Deputy Director, Digital Ethics, Inclusion and Assurance

Sumitra Varma
Deputy Director, Probations & Electronic Monitoring Data

Ruqaiya Isa
Deputy Director Governance, Assurance & Partnerships

Cathy Dutton
Deputy Director, Service Design & Delivery

Richard Baines
Deputy Director of Digital

Jane Brine
Deputy Director Bereavement Service and Tax Credits
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Dr Nayyab Naqvi
Head of Technology for AI Enablement,

Brie Cawthorne
Head of User Centered Design

Saleyah Miah
Head of BOLD Prevention

Tracy Poulton
Chief AI Office Delivery Lead

Bruce Prendergast
CDIO Operational Strategy Lead

Malcolm Casimir
Digital Service Owner

Tommaso Spinelli
Cloud and Platforms Service Owner

Alison Simpson
Head of Content
Mel Hume
Programme Delivery Manager

Chris Page
AI Research Engineer

Andy Wilson
Future Government Services Lead, Ordnance Survey

Dean Paulley
Head of Product, Ordnance Survey
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Past Speakers & Co-Hosts 2025
Andrew Western MP
Minister for Transformation
Shaukat Ali Khan
Executive Director and Chief Digital Information Officer, NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Head of Place for Civil Service North West and Director & SRO of Risk Identification, Operations & AI Programme

Jenny O'Connor
Deputy Director End User Compute Services

Past Speakers & Co-Hosts 2025
Andrew Western MP
Minister for Transformation
Shaukat Ali Khan
Executive Director and Chief Digital Information Officer, NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Head of Place for Civil Service North West and Director & SRO of Risk Identification, Operations & AI Programme

Jenny O'Connor
Deputy Director End User Compute Services

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