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Programme

Co-Chairs:
Dan Jellinek, Editor, E-Government Bulletin
Martin Greenwood, Director, Socitm Insight Programme

08.30 - 09.45

Registration and Coffee

09.45 - 10.30

Opening plenary: Keynote: Citizens taking charge
Jos Creese, Socitm President, Head of IT, Hampshire CC and member of the Local Public Data Panel

10.30 - 11.15

Plenary Panel: Social networking – what’s the point?
- Jane Postlethwaite, Social Media Officer, Brighton & Hove City Council
- Dr James Munro, Director of Informatics and Research, Patient Opinion
- Nick Booth, MD, Podnosh and Co-Founder, Helpmeinvestigate.com

11.15 - 11.45

Coffee

11.45 - 12.45

Parallel discussion groups and workshops

Workshop A: Web Review Live!
Chair: John Fox, Better Connected Reviewer

Workshop B: Adding NHS health information to council websites
Chair: David McConnell, NHS Choices
Speaker: Dane Wright, IT Strategy & Service Development Manager, London Borough of Brent


Workshop C: Council Websites - The Road to 4 Star Status
Piero Tintori, CEO and founder, TERMINALFOUR & Vicky Lamburn, Web Developer, Worthing Borough Council

Discussion group: Research-led web design at Southwark Council
Chair: Christina Fowler, Jadu

Discussion group: Can syndicated content cut costs or is it too technically expensive to implement?
Chair: Alasdair Mangham, Head of Information Systems and Development, London Borough of Camden

Discussion group: Best practice in website usability
Chair: Trenton Moss, Managing Director, Webcredible

Discussion group: Can Social Media really help you build a bigger audience and increase reach?
Chair: Jon Hale, Account Director, Government Solutions, GovDelivery

Discussion group: Perfect health websites – practical approaches to social marketing
Chair: Giles Thurston, Chief Technical Officer, Sitekit Health


Discussion group: Could a 'Social Media' community deliver services to citizens

Speakers: Brad Smith, Auros and Neal Perry, EPiServer

Discussion group: Web platforms and content management systems: opportunities to exploit developments from the media sector?
Stephen Cave, Director, Abacus e-Media

Discussion group: Effective e-Service delivery to your constituents – sweating your e services to maximise operational and area cost savings
Mike Wolfe, former Executive Mayor of Stoke on Trent
Hosted by Sitecore

Discussion group: Putting the Community into the Council
Finlay Carmichael, Managing Director, Activedition

Discussion group: Designing usable online forms
Chair: Caroline Jarrett, Founder, Effortmark

Better connected for business: Implementation of the EU Services Directive in the UK in 2010
Chair: Craig Belsham, Head of PSC Delivery, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Speaker: Martin Greenwood, Director, Socitm Insight Programme

Discussion group: Approaches to web search
Chair: Ted Carroll, Above The Fold

Discussion group: Solving pdf accessibility
Chair: Ted Page, PWS

Discussion group: Using customer feedback to support a shift towards online services
Vicky Sargent, Marketing consultant, Socitm
Luke Tagg, Web Manager, NHS North West

Further discussion group topics tbc

12.45 - 14.15

Lunch

14.15 - 15.15

Parallel discussion groups and workshops

Workshop D: ‘Mobilising’ your council website
Speaker: David Mann, Innovate Team, Directgov

Workshop E: Open Data - what's the point?
Chair: Keiron Mumby, Account Manager, Jadu
Speakers: Sally Kerr, Web Manager from Edinburgh City Council
Stuart Harrison, Web Manager, Lichfield District Council

Workshop F: How significant a role does digital communication play in reducing avoidable contact?
Chair: Dave Worsell, Director, Government Solutions, GovDelivery

Discussion group: Adding NHS health information to council websites
Chair: David McConnell, NHS Choices
Speaker: Dane Wright, IT Strategy & Service Development Manager, London Borough of Brent

Discussion group: Open data: what it means for your council
Chair: Alasdair Mangham, Head of Information Systems and Development, London Borough of Camden

Discussion group: Could a 'Social Media' community deliver services to citizens?
Speakers: Ben Morgan, Auros and Neal Perry, EPiServer

Discussion group: Perfect health websites – using digital technology to address strategic objectives
Chair: Daniel Moulin, Marketing Director, Sitekit

Discussion group: Social media monitoring: what are people saying about your services?
Stuart Castle, Partner Development Manager, Alterian
Tim Chalklen, Managing Director, Unified Solutions
Peter Jones, Managing Director, J2 Interactive

Discussion group: What is the best way to deliver true customer Self-service through council websites?
Chair: Robert Hinde, Customer First Manager, Corby Borough Council
Hosted by Firmstep

Better connected for business: Implementation of the EU Services Directive in the UK in 2010
Chair: Craig Belsham, Head of PSC Delivery, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Speaker: Martin Greenwood, Director, Socitm Insight Programme


Discussion group: The perfect A-Z index
Chair: Aideen Flynn, Better Connected Reviewer

Discussion group: Writing for the web - setting priorities

Chair: Malcolm Davison, Writingfortheweb.co.uk

Discussion Group: Redesigning your website: if I were you I wouldn't be starting from here
Martha Moroney, Head of Knowledge Management, Hertfordshire County Council
Hosted by Sitecore

Discussion group: Perfect health websites - case study (Acute care trust)
Chair: Valerie Cooper, Web manager, Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust

Discussion group:
Driving down total cost of ownership: the regional partnership approach
Speakers:
Peter Barton, Head of Web & Information Governance, Lincolnshire County Council & Stephen Cave, Director, Abacus e-Media

Further discussion group topics tbc

15.15 - 15.45

Coffee

15.45 - 16.30

Closing Plenary: The future of public sector websites
Karim Al-Yafi, Research Assistant, Brunel Business School, Brunel University
Hugh Flouch, Founder, Networked Neighbourhoods

Martin Greenwood, Director, Socitm Insight Programme