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Raising the game for transforming local public services

Raising the game for transformation of local public services: managing efficiency, avoidable contact and customer satisfaction has been organised in the wake of the Spending Review, the 3% efficiency target, the Service Transformation Agreement, and the new National Indicators for local government - including NI 14, on reducing ‘avoidable contact’ and NI 179, the value for money indicator.

Start date/time 17 January 2008
Finish date/time 17 January 2008
Topic Category E / T - government
Event type Conference
Cost £245 + VAT Socitm Insight subscribers; £295 + VAT Socitm members; £345 + VAT others
Open to All
Organised by Socitm Insight
Venue Wembley Suite, Wembley Stadium, London HA9 0WS
Location London
Contact email terry.madgwick@socitm.gov.uk


Further information


Socitm would like to thank the event sponsors, EMC, OLM, and SIEMENS.

The Government IT Profession will also be exhibiting at this event.

This event has been organised to give Socitm Insight subscribers, Socitm members and their colleagues an early opportunity to:

  • hear from top government transformation policy and decision-makers about the new developments that will have a significant impact on the future progress of local government transformation
  • feedback views on these developments and how they will impact at the level of individual councils 
  • share the experience of councils well advanced with achieving service transformation leading to efficiency and customer service benefits
  • discuss and debate with colleagues the new National Indicators including the concept of ‘avoidable contact’ and the practicalities of measuring it.

Programme

09.30 Refreshments
10.00 Chair’s opening remarks
Jos Creese, Head of IT Services, Hampshire CC, Chair of Socitm Insight SG and member of the CIO Council

10.10  

Local government keynote: Driving service transformation
Glyn Evans, Assistant Chief Executive (Business Transformation), Birmingham City Council and member of the Local Government Delivery Council (LGDC)

10. 40

Central government keynote: Developing the Service Transformation Agreement
Alexis Cleveland, Director General, Transformational Government
11.20 Refreshments
11.40 The role of the Local Government Delivery Council (LGDC)
Donna Hall, Chief Executive Chorley BC and member of LGDC

12.15

Value for money and transformation of local services – view from CLG
Chris Wormald, Director- General, Communities and Local Government (CLG)
12.45 Lunch

13.45  

Case study 1 Putting the customer first
Jackie Hudson, Head of IT Strategy, Hammersmith & Fulham

14.15  

Case study 2 Implementing customer access across all channels
Brigitte Gilles, Director of Resource Strategy, East Riding of Yorkshire
14.45 Tea

15.00  

Case study 3 Integrating technology and customer services: the converged access to services strategy
David Wilde, CIO, Head of Information and Customer Services Waltham Forest Council

15.30 

Response from Socitm to the new CSR07 agenda
Jos Creese, Chair for this event
16.00  Close

More information on the downloadable advert below.

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