Simon Everest works for the Government Digital Service (GDS) in the UK, which aims to transform government services and build digital public services. Some key points:
- GDS created GOV.UK, now receiving 8 million visitors per week and home to over 200 government departments and organizations.
- GDS has redeveloped 25 of the government's biggest services to better meet user needs, such as Carer's Allowance and registering to vote.
- To transform government services, GDS works with digital teams across different government departments and agencies.
- In addition to developing individual services, GDS is also working to transform the government's overall approach to technology, procurement, and developing civil servant
The document discusses VerifyLocal, a pilot program to expand the UK's GOV.UK Verify identity assurance system to local public services. It aims to provide a single, secure way for people to access all public services, both central and local. For councils, VerifyLocal could save money, prevent fraud, and transform how they provide services. The document outlines the timeline and outputs of the VerifyLocal pilot program between May 2016 and May 2017.
This document provides an overview of working capital management at SPS Apollo Hospital in Ludhiana. It thanks various individuals who provided guidance and support during the working capital management training project. It defines working capital as the funds required to finance a company's daily operations. Maintaining sufficient working capital is important as it is comparable to the blood in the human body, providing life and strength to business operations. The goal of working capital management is to manage current assets and liabilities to maintain a satisfactory level of working capital and avoid insolvency.
Library Automation Software called Softgranth is a web-based library management software developed by Multifacet Softwares Systems at IIT Kanpur. It has over 50 features including cataloguing, circulation, serials management, and a web OPAC. Softgranth has been implemented at several libraries including IIT Kanpur, NSI Kanpur, and ICPR New Delhi. For more information, contact Crescent Network Pvt. Ltd.
Ziauddin Hospital is one of the largest private hospital groups in Pakistan, operating under the Ziauddin Trust. It began as a small maternity home and has expanded to include five hospitals providing tertiary care and serving the healthcare needs of the people through affordable services. The hospital has around 480 employees across various departments including administration, human resources, IT, finance, and accounts. It offers a range of medical services across medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, and more through inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, and emergency care. The hospital aims to maintain international management standards and provides benefits like medical allowances and discounts to employees.
Apollo Hospitals started as a 150 bed hospital in Chennai in 1983 and has grown to over 7,500 beds across 43 hospitals in India. Apollo Hospitals is committed to bringing healthcare of international standards within reach of every individual and achieving excellence in education. Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company that helps clients become high-performance businesses through experience across industries and functions. Both companies aim to expand access to healthcare and services through technology and new markets.
MongoDB Digital Transformation 2015: Government Digital ServiceMongoDB
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This document discusses the work of the Government Digital Service (GDS) in the UK. It notes that GDS started by building the GOV.UK website, which now receives 12 million visitors per week and hosts over 300 government departments and organizations. GDS has also redesigned 25 of the government's biggest services to better meet user needs, improving satisfaction and reducing application times. GDS is working with digital teams across the country and has changed how the government buys technology and digital services to make the supplier base more diverse. The ultimate goal is to transform government services to be digital by default and meet users' needs.
Introduction to Stack Maps event held at Impact Hub Westminster (London) on 9 July 2014.
This event focused on government service delivery with geospatial components.
Building a PaaS for Government @ Cloud expo EuropeColin Saliceti
油
The best way to transform government is to solve common problems once. For instance, we're making it easier, faster and more efficient to get services live by building a new Platform as a Service to benefit everyone in government. Find out how we've approached building a modern, open source, multi-tenant PaaS what we're doing, which technologies we're using, how we've made sure we chose the right ones, and why this is a big deal!
How GOV.UK Common Platforms are helping local authorities transform services ...mysociety
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This was presented at mySociety's TICTeC Local 2019 conference, which was held on 1st November 2019 at City Hall in London. More details on the conference can be found here: https://tictec.mysociety.org/local/2019
Workshop 19 intro to gov as a platform betony kingPolicy Lab
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The document discusses the next phase of the UK government's digital transformation called "Government as a Platform". This involves establishing a common core digital infrastructure that government departments can build services on top of in a more efficient way. The head of communications for the enabling strategy program provides context on the previous phase of digital transformation work and outlines several "platforms" already created around identity verification, technology procurement, metrics collection, and publishing. The next phase will involve discovery work to identify additional platforms and quantify expected savings while transforming government agencies and departments to work in a more joined up way using shared digital platforms.
Seven things we can learn from GOV.UK about digital transformation:
1. Its about:meeting user needs
2. Improving efficiency
3. In-house digital expertise
4. Agile processes
5. Developing a platform
6. Making things open
7. Transparency
The Queensland Government digital strategy for 20172021 aims to make Queensland a leader in digital government. It focuses on putting people at the heart of digital services to create benefits for citizens, the state, and the economy. The strategy's vision is to provide personalized services that anticipate people's needs and use digital technology to build prosperous communities. It outlines four strategic priorities and eight guiding principles to position the government for its digital future and deliver the best outcomes for all Queenslanders.
Uk experience in Agile - Etienne PollardAgile Lietuva
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This document discusses the work of the Government Digital Service (GDS) in the UK. It summarizes that GDS launched the GOV.UK website in October, which has received over 187 million visits. User testing found that GOV.UK makes completing tasks quicker and easier than previous government websites. GDS has also archived over 100,000 documents, closed over 200 subdomains, and set up over 275,000 redirections. Going forward, GDS plans to focus on improving government transactions and digital identity services.
Digital government:
The document discusses the UK Government Digital Service (GDS) and its approach to digital government transformation. The GDS aims to change how government works by shaping language, processes, and delivering services based on user needs rather than inflicting technology systems on users. The GDS promotes a new way of doing digital service design through small, multi-disciplinary teams focused on reinventing services using the internet to make them simple.
Anna Shipman - Coding in the open in governmentTuring Fest
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In the past few years much of the code written in government has been either written in the open or later published under open source licences. This has been a huge transformation from the previous government culture. Anna is Open Source Lead and will talk about how this transformation has happened, what it means in practice and the benefits and challenges of coding in the open.
This document discusses the Government Digital Service's approach to open source software. It notes that in 2012, GOV.UK was first launched and by 2016, much of the government's code was openly accessible. The key aspects of the GDS's open source approach are using existing open source software, contributing to open source projects, and openly publishing their own code. The document outlines several benefits of this approach, including improved code quality, increased collaboration, and greater transparency around government technology work. It also acknowledges some challenges of open source like security risks but argues that open source overall helps make government more digital by default.
際際滷s from my Turing Fest talk: https://www.turingfest.com/sessions/coding-open-government/
Links to things I show:
GDS code
https://github.com/alphagov
Scottish government code
https://github.com/scottishgovernment
Some other central government code
https://government.github.com/community/#uk-central
Government blog posts:
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/09/08/building-a-platform-to-host-digital-services/
https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2017/07/18/coding-in-the-open-makes-better-code/
https://sfadigital.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/17/when-build-a-thing-really-works/
https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/30/easing-the-process-of-pull-request-reviews/
Digital service standard
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard/make-all-new-source-code-open
GOV.UK coding styleguides
https://github.com/alphagov/styleguides/
Commit message guidance
https://github.com/alphagov/styleguides/blob/master/git.md
Pull request guidance and blog post
https://github.com/alphagov/styleguides/blob/master/pull-requests.md
https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/30/easing-the-process-of-pull-request-reviews/
Be able to recover quickly
https://www.kitchensoap.com/2010/11/07/mttr-mtbf-for-most-types-of-f/
Feedbin is open source
https://feedbin.com/blog/2013/08/27/feedbin-is-open-source/
GOV.UK roadmap and Trello
https://app.productplan.com/p/bUmH4fHC0hOivX-E2LYMu2hg9uEhkWp_
https://trello.com/b/7yWk0jhI/govuk-publishing-platform-tap-support-planning
GOV.UK incident reports
https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/category/incident-reports/
Jobs at GDS
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/jobs/
Jobs at Scottish Government
https://resources.mygov.scot/jobs/infrastructure-engineer/
https://resources.mygov.scot/jobs/test-engineer/
RUday Suppliers London | G-cloud | Government Digital ServiceLocal Direct
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Tony Singleton, G-cloud Programme Director at the Government Digital Service (GDS), gave this presentation at our Really Useful Day for Suppliers, 29 November 2013, in London.
The presentation was about the G-cloud and procurement.
The Government Digital Service (GDS) was established in the UK after Martha Lane Fox recommended a "revolution" in how the government provides online services. GDS has created GOV.UK as a consistent user experience, common digital products used across government, and contributed 贈3.56 billion in savings. To scale user-centered design across government services, GDS is building services focused on user needs ("verbs") rather than department structures ("nouns"), reducing complexity in user journeys, collaborating openly across departments, empowering a growing network of designers in government agencies, and establishing multidisciplinary teams to build new digital services.
Delivering GOV.UK: Devops for the nationannashipman
油
This document discusses how the Government Digital Service (GDS) implements DevOps practices to deliver GOV.UK, the United Kingdom's central government website. It provides an overview of how GDS uses an agile approach with developers deploying their own code to production. It also describes some of the tools and processes used, such as monitoring, on-call responsibilities, and documenting systems for new employees. Challenges of implementing DevOps in a government context are also mentioned.
Digital Expertise Breakfasts
The document provides information about a breakfast event on digital transformation hosted by Digital Works Consulting. It includes an agenda that discusses trends in digital technology, how digital transformation can benefit businesses, an overview of transformation approaches, and how to successfully implement transformation. Examples of Digital Works Consulting clients who benefited from their expertise in digital strategy, product development, and project management are also provided.
Outcome of a piece of work to reboot the vision for GOV.UK, led by the team in GDS and involving the ideas of over 150 people inside and outside government.
Southwark Council in London presents its digital strategy, with the goals of becoming a digital council and developing a digital borough. It faces budget cuts of over 贈60 million in the next three years, requiring radical reimagining of services delivered digitally to reduce costs. The strategy aims to improve customer experiences and outcomes through digital services, while ensuring support for those unable to access digital. It outlines initiatives to modernize systems, train staff, and extend digital access and skills across the community.
From Global Peace Now to PeaceNow.com to Global Peace Yes--GAMIP ALC
油
In our crisis-ridden modern world beset by so much division, conflict, and violence, what does
it take for an ordinary global citizen to become a powerful peace champion and an uplifting,
unifying force for humankind? How can one transcend hopelessness and helplessness? How
can people from every walk of life develop the muscles of peace required to stay peaceful,
kind and mentally healthy no matter what comes their way?
MongoDB Digital Transformation 2015: Government Digital ServiceMongoDB
油
This document discusses the work of the Government Digital Service (GDS) in the UK. It notes that GDS started by building the GOV.UK website, which now receives 12 million visitors per week and hosts over 300 government departments and organizations. GDS has also redesigned 25 of the government's biggest services to better meet user needs, improving satisfaction and reducing application times. GDS is working with digital teams across the country and has changed how the government buys technology and digital services to make the supplier base more diverse. The ultimate goal is to transform government services to be digital by default and meet users' needs.
Introduction to Stack Maps event held at Impact Hub Westminster (London) on 9 July 2014.
This event focused on government service delivery with geospatial components.
Building a PaaS for Government @ Cloud expo EuropeColin Saliceti
油
The best way to transform government is to solve common problems once. For instance, we're making it easier, faster and more efficient to get services live by building a new Platform as a Service to benefit everyone in government. Find out how we've approached building a modern, open source, multi-tenant PaaS what we're doing, which technologies we're using, how we've made sure we chose the right ones, and why this is a big deal!
How GOV.UK Common Platforms are helping local authorities transform services ...mysociety
油
This was presented at mySociety's TICTeC Local 2019 conference, which was held on 1st November 2019 at City Hall in London. More details on the conference can be found here: https://tictec.mysociety.org/local/2019
Workshop 19 intro to gov as a platform betony kingPolicy Lab
油
The document discusses the next phase of the UK government's digital transformation called "Government as a Platform". This involves establishing a common core digital infrastructure that government departments can build services on top of in a more efficient way. The head of communications for the enabling strategy program provides context on the previous phase of digital transformation work and outlines several "platforms" already created around identity verification, technology procurement, metrics collection, and publishing. The next phase will involve discovery work to identify additional platforms and quantify expected savings while transforming government agencies and departments to work in a more joined up way using shared digital platforms.
Seven things we can learn from GOV.UK about digital transformation:
1. Its about:meeting user needs
2. Improving efficiency
3. In-house digital expertise
4. Agile processes
5. Developing a platform
6. Making things open
7. Transparency
The Queensland Government digital strategy for 20172021 aims to make Queensland a leader in digital government. It focuses on putting people at the heart of digital services to create benefits for citizens, the state, and the economy. The strategy's vision is to provide personalized services that anticipate people's needs and use digital technology to build prosperous communities. It outlines four strategic priorities and eight guiding principles to position the government for its digital future and deliver the best outcomes for all Queenslanders.
Uk experience in Agile - Etienne PollardAgile Lietuva
油
This document discusses the work of the Government Digital Service (GDS) in the UK. It summarizes that GDS launched the GOV.UK website in October, which has received over 187 million visits. User testing found that GOV.UK makes completing tasks quicker and easier than previous government websites. GDS has also archived over 100,000 documents, closed over 200 subdomains, and set up over 275,000 redirections. Going forward, GDS plans to focus on improving government transactions and digital identity services.
Digital government:
The document discusses the UK Government Digital Service (GDS) and its approach to digital government transformation. The GDS aims to change how government works by shaping language, processes, and delivering services based on user needs rather than inflicting technology systems on users. The GDS promotes a new way of doing digital service design through small, multi-disciplinary teams focused on reinventing services using the internet to make them simple.
Anna Shipman - Coding in the open in governmentTuring Fest
油
In the past few years much of the code written in government has been either written in the open or later published under open source licences. This has been a huge transformation from the previous government culture. Anna is Open Source Lead and will talk about how this transformation has happened, what it means in practice and the benefits and challenges of coding in the open.
This document discusses the Government Digital Service's approach to open source software. It notes that in 2012, GOV.UK was first launched and by 2016, much of the government's code was openly accessible. The key aspects of the GDS's open source approach are using existing open source software, contributing to open source projects, and openly publishing their own code. The document outlines several benefits of this approach, including improved code quality, increased collaboration, and greater transparency around government technology work. It also acknowledges some challenges of open source like security risks but argues that open source overall helps make government more digital by default.
際際滷s from my Turing Fest talk: https://www.turingfest.com/sessions/coding-open-government/
Links to things I show:
GDS code
https://github.com/alphagov
Scottish government code
https://github.com/scottishgovernment
Some other central government code
https://government.github.com/community/#uk-central
Government blog posts:
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/09/08/building-a-platform-to-host-digital-services/
https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2017/07/18/coding-in-the-open-makes-better-code/
https://sfadigital.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/17/when-build-a-thing-really-works/
https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/30/easing-the-process-of-pull-request-reviews/
Digital service standard
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard/make-all-new-source-code-open
GOV.UK coding styleguides
https://github.com/alphagov/styleguides/
Commit message guidance
https://github.com/alphagov/styleguides/blob/master/git.md
Pull request guidance and blog post
https://github.com/alphagov/styleguides/blob/master/pull-requests.md
https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/30/easing-the-process-of-pull-request-reviews/
Be able to recover quickly
https://www.kitchensoap.com/2010/11/07/mttr-mtbf-for-most-types-of-f/
Feedbin is open source
https://feedbin.com/blog/2013/08/27/feedbin-is-open-source/
GOV.UK roadmap and Trello
https://app.productplan.com/p/bUmH4fHC0hOivX-E2LYMu2hg9uEhkWp_
https://trello.com/b/7yWk0jhI/govuk-publishing-platform-tap-support-planning
GOV.UK incident reports
https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/category/incident-reports/
Jobs at GDS
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/jobs/
Jobs at Scottish Government
https://resources.mygov.scot/jobs/infrastructure-engineer/
https://resources.mygov.scot/jobs/test-engineer/
RUday Suppliers London | G-cloud | Government Digital ServiceLocal Direct
油
Tony Singleton, G-cloud Programme Director at the Government Digital Service (GDS), gave this presentation at our Really Useful Day for Suppliers, 29 November 2013, in London.
The presentation was about the G-cloud and procurement.
The Government Digital Service (GDS) was established in the UK after Martha Lane Fox recommended a "revolution" in how the government provides online services. GDS has created GOV.UK as a consistent user experience, common digital products used across government, and contributed 贈3.56 billion in savings. To scale user-centered design across government services, GDS is building services focused on user needs ("verbs") rather than department structures ("nouns"), reducing complexity in user journeys, collaborating openly across departments, empowering a growing network of designers in government agencies, and establishing multidisciplinary teams to build new digital services.
Delivering GOV.UK: Devops for the nationannashipman
油
This document discusses how the Government Digital Service (GDS) implements DevOps practices to deliver GOV.UK, the United Kingdom's central government website. It provides an overview of how GDS uses an agile approach with developers deploying their own code to production. It also describes some of the tools and processes used, such as monitoring, on-call responsibilities, and documenting systems for new employees. Challenges of implementing DevOps in a government context are also mentioned.
Digital Expertise Breakfasts
The document provides information about a breakfast event on digital transformation hosted by Digital Works Consulting. It includes an agenda that discusses trends in digital technology, how digital transformation can benefit businesses, an overview of transformation approaches, and how to successfully implement transformation. Examples of Digital Works Consulting clients who benefited from their expertise in digital strategy, product development, and project management are also provided.
Outcome of a piece of work to reboot the vision for GOV.UK, led by the team in GDS and involving the ideas of over 150 people inside and outside government.
Southwark Council in London presents its digital strategy, with the goals of becoming a digital council and developing a digital borough. It faces budget cuts of over 贈60 million in the next three years, requiring radical reimagining of services delivered digitally to reduce costs. The strategy aims to improve customer experiences and outcomes through digital services, while ensuring support for those unable to access digital. It outlines initiatives to modernize systems, train staff, and extend digital access and skills across the community.
From Global Peace Now to PeaceNow.com to Global Peace Yes--GAMIP ALC
油
In our crisis-ridden modern world beset by so much division, conflict, and violence, what does
it take for an ordinary global citizen to become a powerful peace champion and an uplifting,
unifying force for humankind? How can one transcend hopelessness and helplessness? How
can people from every walk of life develop the muscles of peace required to stay peaceful,
kind and mentally healthy no matter what comes their way?
The war in Ukraine has led to significant destruction of cultural heritage, including historic landmarks, museums, libraries, and religious sites. Russian attacks have damaged or destroyed hundreds of cultural institutions, including the Mariupol Drama Theater, the Kharkiv Art Museum, and the Skovoroda Museum. Many artifacts have been looted, archives lost, and artistic communities displaced. This destruction is not just collateral damageit is often intentional, aimed at erasing Ukrainian identity and history. Despite this, Ukraine continues efforts to preserve and document its cultural heritage, using digital archives, reconstruction projects, and international support.
What explains the productivity gap of less developed regions? Carlo MenonOECD CFE
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Presentation by Carlo Menon, Economist, Co-ordinator of the Spatial Productivity Lab, CFE, OECD at the 25th Spatial Productivity Lab meeting, held online on 26 February 2025.
More info: https://oe.cd/SPL
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油Africa is the 'cradle of humankind', the place where the first human beings lived 5 to 10 million years ago.
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Many powerful kingdoms existed on the African continent in the early history and the Middle Ages.
Between the 5th and 15th century, African slaves were traded mainly by Arab traders.
In the late 19th century Europeans started conquering Africa which was then colonised in the 19th and 20th century mainly from Britain and France, but also from the Dutch, Italian and Germans.
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DAY 2 - SUNCASA PEER LEARNING EVENT ON NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND GENDER EQUA...Cesar Henrique Arrais
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These presentations were given as part of the SUNCASA (Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa) Peer Learning Event, which took place in Kigali, Rwanda, from February 10 to 12, 2025.
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Tackling the scourge of modern Britain: The policies and investment needed to...ResolutionFoundation
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The new Government is currently preparing a child poverty strategy, and hoping to emulate the success of the last Labour government, which lifted over half a million children out of poverty over its first five years. This ambition is needed too, because unless action is taken, poverty rates are expected to rise over the course of the parliament. But Britain in the mid-2020s is very different to the late-1990s a new approach will be needed to lift children out of poverty over the next decade.
What reduced child poverty in the late-1990s and 2000s, and to what extent can that approach be repeated today? What is the role of work, housing, and social security in lifting families above the poverty line? How much might it cost to deliver a successful child poverty strategy? And what are the costs of not doing so?
DAY 1 - SUNCASA PEER LEARNING EVENT ON NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND GENDER EQUA...Cesar Henrique Arrais
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These presentations were given as part of the SUNCASA (Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa) Peer Learning Event, which took place in Kigali, Rwanda, from February 10 to 12, 2025.
20. Register to vote
45 million users
Individual electoral registration
fundamental change to democracy
Connects to all local authorities
Simon Everest GDS
LIVE
22. Lasting power of attorney
89% user satisfaction
Run by new MOJ digital services team
First service to meet Digital by Default
Service Standard
Simon Everest GDS
LIVE
23. To do that were working with digital teams in
departments all over the country...
Simon Everest GDS
46. To share progress on some of the
services being developed across
government, with geospatial data and
tools at their core.
Simon Everest GDS
47. To talk about the user needs we need to
meet, the opportunities geospatial services
provide government, and some of the
technical challenges and options available.
Simon Everest GDS
48. To meet and talk with other people across
government who are faced with similar
problems to you
Simon Everest GDS
50. Thanks! And onto the really
interesting stuff
Simon Everest
@simoneverest
Editor's Notes
#3: Im not Mike Beaven, GDSs Transformation Director, who has unfortunately had to pull out of todays event.
Im a GDS transformation manager, currently on the Land Registry exemplar. I joined GDS from Defra, where I had been working in digital comms
First some housekeeping.
Were not expecting a fire alarm, so if you hear one, please follow the directions to the nearest exit - well gather in?
There will be lunch provided, thanks to Ordnance Survey, who have extremely helpfully funded this fabulous venue and all of our refreshments
Lastly, but most importantly, if youve not already spotted it, the wifi password is SSID hubwestminster Password HubWest1
On with the show
#4: Im from the Government Digital Service - part of the Cabinet Office.
#5: Were a team at the heart of government building digital public services
#6: Our job is to transform government
Were not just knocking-up websites.
#7: By making services so good that people prefer to use them
#46: Many of our services are rooted in place - whether it be
the Land Registrys record of who owns what,
through to the Environment Agencys flood alerts, and DCLGs work on flood recovery
to Defra mapping with farmers, or the use of postcodes as part of Individual Electoral Registration.
Or DfIDs aid maps.
Theres long been really good map developments in a large number of government organisations, developing really high quality solutions.
We also publish a huge range of spatial data, in a variety of different places and formats.
Now we need to bring those skills and services together, focus on user needs, to deliver better business outcomes.
Noise quality and air quality - joined up information on environment that cant
#47: Well hear from Angela and Matt about Land Registrys work with GDS, and see some of their concept work.
Hitesh, Emily and Alasdair will be telling us what Defra is doing to help farmers in the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme
And John Abbot will take us through the state of the art in mapping from Ordnance Surveys perspective.
#48: Weve got some great workshop sessions this afternoon,
I hope that youll all get to at least one.
Were running each of the four sessions twice, so you can mix and match.
There are two workshops looking at user needs across government - the first with Alex Coley looking at sharing government information and making it reusable, the second with Angela Jackson and Emily Ball looking at more transactional or interactive services.
Hitesh Patel and Andrew Trigg are leading a session on the business opportunities geospatial services might provide to departments.
And lastly Paul Downey and some friends will be talking about the technology that underpins these services. If youve got something youve built and would like to demo, take your laptop along - show the thing!
#49: Wed love for this to lead to more sharing, more collaboration and joining-up, less duplication and less barriers
Weve seen at events like TeaCamp and GovCamp that bringing together like-minded, enthusiastic people, where theres some coffee and wifi, can create a bit of magic.
Wed like to sow the seeds for something like that here - to make sure that this isnt just a one-off
For that to happen, we need you to get involved - this shouldnt be an event where you get talked to for hours on end.
Everything is a conversation - talk about what you know, ask questions when you dont, tweet your thoughts, take some email addresses and phone numbers, blog about it
GET INVOLVED
#50: I hope its not a cop-out to say its up to you
#57: Onwards! Well run through the presentations and demos and then have a Q&A session before lunch, so please hold your questions until then