Digital Leaders week is the UK’s biggest single gathering of people focused on digital transformation. It takes place this year from 14 to 18 June and there is a huge selection of presentations you can choose to watch on a wide range of topics.
We are really pleased that employees from Dorset Council will be speaking about the work they do to make us Digital Dorset. Take a look at the selection below and sign up for their presentations!
Digital skills and culture 15 June 2pm
Lisa Trickey & Penny Syddall
Dorset Council has digital at its heart and leads a strong network of entrepreneurs, academics, community leaders and residents who learn from and inspire each other. It leads the way in digital skills, 5G, service design, digital leadership and so on … but that wasn’t the case ten years ago. Back in 2011, evidence that Dorset people needed better broadband was hard to find – most had never heard of superfast. But the case was made, Superfast Dorset was launched and we started letting people know what was coming their way. Find out how Digital Dorset was born and the journey we have been on to build excitement and awareness in a county better known for dinosaurs than digital. Digital Dorset founders Lisa Trickey and Penny Syddall chat about how the network started and what helped them develop the buzz. Sign up
FutureFest Creation story 16 June 2pm
Sam McLaren
Futurefest was an ambitious idea born out of Covid19. We put on a ‘Festival of the Future’ which ran over 3 days and organised it like a festival to make it fun and engaging.
How did we manage to pull together a team, create 64 sessions and have over 10,000 people sign up in under 5 weeks. Well… that’s a good story! Join Sam as he tells the Festival creation story sharing some of the ups and downs from running a brand new event experience and the lessons learnt along the way. Sign up
Migrating our website during a pandemic 16 June2pm
Neil Lawrence and Lorna Perry from Placecube
How do you move a website comprising 4,000 pages, 3,000 images and 16,000 documents during a pandemic while keeping the old site running and not impacting on services? Find out how we went down the automated migration route and the challenges this presented. Sign up
All Leadership is Digital Leadership 17 June 10am
Deborah Smart
Why do we talk about Digital Leadership as something special and separate – All leaders need to be digital leaders in today’s world of work – Do your leadership development programmes include digital leadership? Come and hear why they should. Sign up
Shaping Dorset’s future 17 June 3pm
Penny Syddall & James Pryce
This talk is an exploration of the digital challenges facing rural communities. What might the landscape look like over the next decade? What we need to do now to keep rural areas in step with urban centres? Dorset has been looking at challenges affecting public sector transformation, health and social care, business and industry, transport, education, tourism and quality of life. We hope that in discussing these topics we can inspire other rural communities and help them move toward a brighter digital future. Sign up
5G RuralDorset: Project update 18 June 2pm
Colin Wood & James Pryce
This talk is about the exciting DCMS backed 5G RuralDorset project which is aimed at understanding how next generation connectivity can help people live better, safer and more prosperous lives in rural communities. During the presentation we will talk about the different research areas involved in the work and the use cases we’re examining around agritech, coastal public safety and product and service innovation. This work includes the use of the world’s first 5G connected agricultural robots and the innovative deployment of NBIoT devices to monitor land stability over 5G plus much more! Sign up
