
TransformGov Talks: May 2026
Our first speaker was Caitlin Wakeford, Product Manager, LNER, on 'Fancy Sketches: how to use AI to prototype quickly, centre the user and not get stuck in magical thinking' Following that was Jagpal Jheeta, Chief Produ

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Our first speaker was Caitlin Wakeford, Product Manager, LNER, on 'Fancy Sketches: how to use AI to prototype quickly, centre the user and not get stuck in magical thinking' Following that was Jagpal Jheeta, Chief Produ

Lisa Trickey and Rebekah Wilson, Local Government Association on the state of digital Local Government and LG2040: The State of Things to Come Jonathan Slater, Visiting Professor at King's College London and QMUL, on ci

Lara Groves and Oliver Bruff, Ada Lovelace Institute, on Scribe and prejudice? Exploring the use of AI transcription tools in social care Owen Prendeville, Group Manager – Public Affairs (Parliament), Information Commis

Liam Hawkes, Principal Service Designer, and Violette Gadenne, Senior User Researcher, Policy and Innovation Lab (CoLab), Home Office, on setting the scene, not running the show: service design in a spending review. Jame

Our event from the 28th of January 2026. Matt Wood-Hill, MHCLG, and Linda O'Halloran, TPXimpact on public service market-shaping Patrick Diamond, Professor in Public Policy, Queen Mary, University of London, on what we'

Caroline Star, Operations Director at School of International Futures, on Governing Beyond the Now: Why Policy Needs a Long View and How We Get There Derek Alton, Host & Chief Explorer at Civic Punks, on A Journey Into

Rachel Coldicutt, Careful Industries, on local government AI procurement and a new version of Consequence Scanning Katy Beale, Chief Delivery and Engagement Officer - Digital and Innovation, Westminster City Council, on

Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation, on why 'transformation' has been so challenging for official statistics. Dr Lauren Petrie, Government Internal Audit Agency, on the GIAA's work with data and AI

Dr Moira Nicolson, Lead Behavioural Scientist (Cabinet Office) and Honorary Research Fellow (UCL) plus Holly Marquez, Senior Behavioural Scientist, (Cabinet Office) on "Failing Forward: Why Planning for AI Disasters Unlo

Antonio Weiss on his new book, "AI Demystified" Becky Miller, Defra, on designing policy with complex evidence

Our sixth event took place at the MoJ on the 28th of April 2025. First up was Noel Hatch from Adur & Worthing Councils who spoke about how they are redesigning their organisation to have a strong neighborhood focus. This

Wednesday 30th April 2025. Catherine Day, Cabinet Office, on participatory government Kara Kane, also Cabinet Office, on Test, Learn and Grow

For our fourth event we have the following two excellent speakers. Henry Midgley, Durham University, on Holding Government to Account: Democracy and the National Audit Office Kirsty Innes, Labour Together, on the futur

For our third event we had the follow two excellent speakers. Miriam Levin, Director of Participatory Programmes, Demos, on 'Involving citizens in policymaking - the Citizens' White Paper and beyond' Sarah Crandall, En

For our second event we have Simon Manby and Holly Simpson from the MoJ speaking about digital and policy teams working together. Also Isadora Schappell and Anna Goulden from UCL's Institute for Innovation and Public Pur

TransformGov Talks first event. Andreas Varotsis speaking about the government's AI incubator and Jeni Tennison on the new DSIT external advisory panel.
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