EventMeeting | Online (Teams)

Partner Day - looking ahead to 2025

Date & time

20 September 2024 10:00 - 12:30

Location

Teams

Overview

Join us for Partner Day 2025 to hear our exciting plans, aims and vision for working with the private sector over the next 12 months and beyond.

This session will give you all the information you need to understand what’s on offer and how this is designed to create a unique and powerful relationship between Socitm and its partners.

Agenda

10:00 Welcome & Introductions
CEO Nadira Hussain will open the event by sharing Socitm’s aims over the next 12 months and vision for the future. She will focus on the role of partners within Socitm and the unique role they have in supporting innovation and transformation in the public sector.

Nadira Hussain, CEO, Socitm
10:15 Matters of the moment

Our vice-president and board of trustee member Kevin will set the scene of the current landscape in local government, focusing on key issues such as capacity challenges, net zero initiatives, and the integration of AI. Learn more about how the private sector can support these transformations to better serve our citizens.

Kevin Taylor, Senior IT Manager, Suffolk County Council
10:25 Institute & getting involved

Find out how Socitm’s Institute is a one- stop shop to research, learning and development, data-related intelligence, and many other essential resources to drive lasting change across the sector. Sam Smith, Institute Director & Dylan Roberts, board of trustee member, will identify the key drivers behind its services and how they benefit our members, enhancing their effectiveness in local governance.

Sam Smith, Institute Director / Dylan Roberts, Chief Digital and Information Officer at BCUHB
10:55 Addressing member insights

This panel discussion will reflect the feedback and priorities shared by our members, focusing on critical topics such as social value. We will explore the importance of bringing the private sector to the table to help address the challenges and gaps in accessibility and discuss sustainability initiatives aimed at achieving net-zero goals. This session aims to provide actionable insights and foster collaborative solutions for the sector.

Dave Sanderson, Socitm Member services Director/ Kevin White
11:30 Comfort break
11:40 Working Together
Hear from our partners who have worked with Socitm. Discover the relationships they have established with the organisation and with the public sector. Get the inside story on working with Socitm and how this allowed them to build brand awareness within a distinct target audience.

Zoe Grant, Senior Account Executive at AvePoint UK & Ireland

Dave Crichton, Sector Director at Canon UK & NI (Partner of the year 2024)
11:50 2025 Event Showcase & Partnership packages

Socitm’s live events are designed to bring together a highly engaged audience with top-tier speakers from both the public and private sectors. In this session, our head of member services Poppy Brummell and head of partnerships Aimie Francis, will present our 2025 program. Find out how collaboration creates opportunities for you to elevate our events and establish your organisation throughout the public sector. Socitm President Carol Williams and immediate past president Mark Lumley, will amplify the vital role of public-private sector relationships, the value of networking at our events, and the opportunity to learn from peers across both sectors

Poppy Brummell, Head of Member services / Aimie Francis, Head of Partnerships / Carol Williams, Director of Transformation & Digital, Walsall Council / Mark Lumley, Director of ICT & Digital, Hounslow Council & Tony Colson
12:20 Q & A

The final part of the session is an open forum to ask any questions of the Socitm team.