East

Overview

Theme – Regeneration, sustainability and connectivity

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

10:00 Welcome and opening remarks
Hazel Lewis, Socitm East Vice Chair
10:05 Socitm Update
Dave Sanderson, Director of Member Services, Socitm | Caroline Friggens, Principal Consultant, Socitm Advisory
10:25 Partner Elevator Pitch
Katherine Duffy, Account Executive – Local Government, Salesforce
10:30 The Road to a Hybrid IT Model
Luke Richardson-Evans, Corporate Account Executive, Tanium

IT environments are more distributed than ever before as hybrid working has become the new ‘normal’. However, hybrid working brings its own challenges – maintaining a complete and accurate inventory of every asset and achieving real-time visibility at speed and scale is more challenging than before.
10:45 Member Update
Facilitated by Hazel Lewis, Socitm East Vice Chair
10:50 Comfort Break
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11:00 Partner Elevator Pitch
David Crichton, Sector Director, Canon
11:05 Cloud Expert Empowering users and streamlining M365 management with AvePoint
Tony Sheen, Public Sector Lead, Avepoint
11:20 Cybershare East (WARP) Update & Open Discussion
Mark Brett, Programme Director, NLAWARP
11:40 Chair’s closing remarks
Hazel Lewis, Socitm East Vice Chair
11:45 Close
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Speakers

Who can join our events?

Our events are open to everyone and relevant to all levels of staff, from new joiners right through to senior executives. This creates a vibrant mix which promotes innovation, sharing of best practice and drives the modernisation of public services.

Attendance is included in our membership and partnership packages. A fee may apply for non-members. Please see individual event registration details for more information.