Our meetings can be face-to-face (with refreshments provided) or virtual (bring your own refreshments) and will be focused on Socitm’s policy themes. Within these themed meetings your regional committee is free to create an agenda that works best for you and your regional colleagues. If there’s something you would like to discuss or investigate with like-minded peers just let us know on hello@socitm.net and we will co-ordinate that with and for you.
A warm welcome will greet you at this Socitm event. You’re then free to start networking as well as helping yourself to refreshments – including breakfast pastries.
Craig will make us all welcome, run through the practical housekeeping, set the scene, share his thoughts and introduce our first keynote speaker.
Craig Wilkins, South West Chair, Somerset Council
The South West faces rising demand and constrained capacity. This session shows how councils, ICSs, VCSE partners and suppliers can move beyond service optimisation to place-based transformation powered by digital. Drawing on recent work with Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) ICS and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT), Andy sets out long-term, whole-system opportunities to improve population health. He will spotlight breakthroughs in science, medicine and technology that make a reimagined model of health and care possible. This model is built on lived experience, systems collaboration, shared data, AI and citizen-centred design. One that delivers public value, workforce sustainability and reduced demand. The session includes a hands-on breakout.
Andy Wilkins, Founder, Future Health
Explore how the latest Work Trend Index highlights the rise of human–agent collaboration, and how Microsoft’s Copilot and Agent strategy empowers this shift. Learn practical steps to get started with Agent Governance, ensuring secure and scalable deployment.
Jeremy Tolmie, AI Workforce Specialist, Microsoft
In this session, Ian Woolner, Cloud Solutions Specialist at Crayon will demonstrate the value of Copilot and how it helps him keep on top of his workload. Ian will explore the steps he uses to create a prompt [an instruction for Copilot to do something]. Ian’s call to action at the end of his session will centre around giving Copilot a go.
Ian Woolner, Cloud Solutions Specialist, Crayon
The 2019 Topol Review ‘Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future’ made the case the approach for a digitally transformed Health system. As a nationwide review it offers read across and insight for other public bodies, especially Local Authorities, and particularly in respect of integrated working through Social Care. However, the 2024 report by Lord Ara Darzi recorded that the ‘NHS remains in the foothills of transformation’. With Need, Demand, Supply and Evidence for digital benefits being clear, how is it that there has not been more accelerated uptake and scale? With this as a focus what are the constraints and enablers to Generative Relationships which enable us to overcome this digital paradox.
Chaired by:
John Byrant, Director of Integrated Care and Generative Relationships, Learning and Development Centre
Craig Wilkins, South West Chair, Somerset Council
Craig Wilkins
Head of Information Systems, Somerset Council
John Bryant
Head of Strategy and Development, Adult Social Care and Partnerships, Torbay Council
Andy Wilkins
Founder, Future of Health
Jeremy Tolmie
AI Workforce Specialist, Microsoft
Socitm members and partners.
Our events are relevant to everyone, from new joiners right through to senior executives. This creates a vibrant mix to promote innovation, sharing best practice, and driving the modernisation of public services.
Meetings are included in all membership and some partnership packages – check the details in your account section to see if it’s in there.
A fee may apply for non-members.
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