North East
EventLocal meeting | Online (Teams)

North East

Date & time

  1. 19 June 2026 10:00 - 12:00

Location

  1. Virtual (Teams)

Agenda

  1. 10:00 Welcome & introductions

    Graham Jordan, Digital and IT Partnership Analyst, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

  2. 10:05 Hidden Capacity: Finding Savings in the Gaps

    This session considers how council leaders can unlock savings and organisational capacity by focusing on the gaps between services, systems and teams, rather than defaulting to additional spend. It explores where value is often trapped across complex local government organisations, and how clearer alignment, connection and oversight can reduce duplication, strengthen decision‑making and support sustainability particularly in the context of ongoing savings programmes and local government reorganisation.

    Civica

  3. 10:25 Review Ambient Transcription

    Julian Patmore, Service Director Digital & Customer Access, Peterborough City Council

  4. 10:55 Break
  5. 11:05 Socitm update

    Dave Sanderson, Director of Member Services, Socitm

  6. 11:20 WeChange.AI & a Framework for Change

    Andrew Boxall, WeChange.AI

  7. 11:50 Closing remarks
  8. 12:00 Meeting close

Speakers

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