Midlands

Date & time

  1. 7 April 2025 09:00 - 14:45

Overview

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.

Agenda

  1. 09:00 Registration & Networking
  2. 10:00 Welcome & Introductions

    Tony Colson, Director of IT, British Psychological Society

  3. 10:20 Regional Uses of Data

    Helena Zaum, Chief Commercial Officer, Sentinel Partners

  4. 10:40 Birmingham City Council

    Hear about Birmingham’s ‘Foundry’ created to inspire creativity amidst adversity, providing a safe space for staff to innovate and drive digital transformation, addressing budget gaps, enhancing digital skills, fostering creativity, and improving culture.

    Kat Sexton, Birmingham City Council

  5. 11:00 Refreshment break & networking
  6. 11:20 WARP Update

    Mark Brett, Programme Director, NLAWARP

  7. 11:40 Building Cyber Resilience in Government: Defending Against Modern Threats

    As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, government institutions must strengthen their resilience to safeguard critical operations from ransomware and other attacks. This session, led by BullWall, will provide essential strategies for maintaining business continuity and ensuring rapid recovery from cyber incidents.

    Join Morten Gammelgard as he explores:

    ✅ How ransomware and other cyber threats specifically target government organizations
    ✅ The role of BullWall’s containment solution in maintaining operational continuity during an attack
    ✅ Proven strategies to prevent phishing, impersonation threats, and automated exploits
    ✅ Best practices for enhancing incident response and minimizing downtime

    Ensure your organization remains resilient in the face of evolving cyber threats—don’t wait until it’s too late.

    Morten Gammelgard, Global CRO, BullWall

  8. 12:00 Lunch & networking
  9. 13:00 Socitm update

    Dave Sanderson, Director of Member Services, Socitm

    Paul Cotton, Consultant, Socitm

  10. 13:20 Microsoft (& customer)
  11. 13:40 Roundtable - Procurement, cyber, AI
  12. 14:45 Closing remarks

    Tony Colson, Director of IT, British Psychological Society

Speakers

Who can join Local Meetings?

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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