2024 Speakers, agenda and previous speakers

Last year more than public sector delegates took part in  UKAuthority’s Smart Places & Smart Communities virtual conference on how digital technologies and data can empower communities to connect and communicate as they build a smart future together.

Morning One	Wednesday, 10 July (11:00-12:30)
	Liz St Louis, Director for Smart Cities, Sunderland City Council
	Nick Pates, Highway Maintenance and Assets Team Manager, Bristol City Council
	Hannah Winstanley, General Manager and Country Lead UK, Brightly
	Emma Weston OBE, CEO, Digital Unite

Morning Two	Thursday, 11 July (11:00-12:30)
	Liam O'Brien, Head of Secure Connected Places, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	John Duncan, Connected Places Lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority Connected Places - Inclusive Connectivity for Social Housing
	Iqbal Singh Bedi, Managing Partner, Intelligens Consulting
	Steven Eke, Business Development Manager, Colchester Council's Amphora Trading
	David Livingston, Commercial Manager, Crown Commercial Service

Morning Three	Friday, 12 July (11:00-12:30)
	Becky Tinsley, Deputy Director, ONS Local, Office for National Statistics
	Jay Saggar, Programme Manager: Data, Smart Cities & Cyber Security, London Office for Technology and Innovation (LOTI)
	Nicholas McCarthy, Head of Digital Services, London Borough of Hounslow
	Ralph Hegarty, Commercial Manager, Crown Commercial Service

2023 Speakers:

• Andrew Elliot, Deputy Director for Cyber Security, Innovation and Skills, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Anna Broberg, COO & co-founder, Maptionnaire 
• Dr Colin Birchenall, Chief Digital Officer at Glasgow City Council and Chief Technology Officer for the Digital Office for Scottish Local Government
• Dan Clarke, Head of Innovation and Technology, Greater Cambridge Partnership
• Eddie Copeland, Director, London Office of Technology & Innovation (LOTI)
• Georgina Maratheftis, Associate Director, techUK
• James Perrineau, Sales Manager, Maptionnaire
• Liz St Louis, Director for Smart Cities, Sunderland City Council
• Peter Takacs, Network Services Commercial Lead, Crown Commercial Service
• Rebekah Brown, IoT Project Delivery Manager, Royal Borough of Kingston
• Sarah King, Curriculum Achievement Officer, Cardiff Council
• Rebekah Brown, IoT Project Delivery Manager, Royal Borough of Kingston
• Sherelle Fairweather, Digital Strategy Lead, Manchester City Council
• Stu Higgins, Head of Smart and IoT, Sustainability Ambassador, Cisco
• Theo Blackwell, Chief Digital Officer for London, Greater London Authority 

2022 Speakers:

• Andrew Parsons, IoT Programme Manager, South London Partnership
• Aruj Haider, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, Westminster City Council 
• Chris Howarth, Local Government Sector Lead, Alteryx
• Dr Colin Birchenall, CTO, Digital Office for Scottish Local Government
• David Grasty, Corporate Head of Digital Strategy & Portfolio, Kingston Upon Thames Council
• Jenny Nelson, Head of ICT and Digital Transformation, Newcastle City Council
• Dr Johanne Parker,Information & Intelligence Manager, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
• Julie McCann, Professor of Computer Systems
• Linda Chandler, Smart City Lead, Microsoft
• Liz St Louis, Assistant Director of Smart Cities, Sunderland City Council
• Phil Beecher, President & CEO, Wi-SUN Alliance
• Philip Maguire, Chief Executive Officer, Inakalum
• Robert Goldsmith, GIS & Mapping Manager, Devon and Cornwall Police
• Sumitra Appan, UK Public Sector Lead, Precisely
• Tim Kidd, Head of UK Public Sector, Hitachi Solutions

2021 Speakers:

• Adrian Walker, T-Projects Manager, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
• Andrew Parsons, IoT Programme Manager, South London Partnership
• Professor Andrew Wilson, Chair in Forensic & Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford
• Bradley Coupar, Social Worker and Smart Place Project Manager, South London Partnership
• Dan Clarke, Strategy and Partnerships Manager, Cambridgeshire County Council
• Liz St Louis, Assistant Director of Smart Cities, Sunderland City Council
• Nathan Pierce, Head of Smart London Team & Programme Director of Sharing Cities, Greater London Authority
• Stu Higgins, Head of Smart Cities and IoT, Cisco

2020 Speakers:

• Adam Jennison, ICT Principal Lead (Smart City), Hull City Council
• Andrew Waterworth, Director EMEA, Precisely
• Balazs Csuvar, Head of Delivery, DG Cities
• Ben Hawes, Associate, Connected Places Catapult
• Carol Valentine, Highways Project Manager Live Labs, Kent County Council
• Dan Clarke, Strategy and Partnerships Manager, Greater Cambridge Partnership
• David Stevenson, Housing Energy Officer, Renfrewshire Council
• Geoff Connell, Director of IMT & Chief Digital Officer, Norfolk County Council
• Jenny Nelson, Digital Newcastle Programme Manager, Newcastle City Council
• Marc Evans, VP of Client Solutions, Precisely
• Mike Warr, Programme Manager, Essex + Herts Digital Innovation Zone
• Nathan Pierce, Head of Smart London Team & Programme Director of Sharing Cities, Greater London Authority