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Stephen Mold (Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire and PDS Chair)

Ian Bell (CEO, Police Digital Service)

Darren Scates (Chief Technology Officer, Metropolitan Police Service, Chair, National Police Technology Council)

Senior Government Official

Edwina Dunn (Deputy Chair, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation)

Edwina will talk about her journey as a data and technology pioneer, launching Tesco Club, the female lead campaign and as chair of the Centre for Data, Ethics and Innovation, Edwina's ambition for data equality. 

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Microsoft

Panel chair: Stephen Mold (PFCC for Northamptonshire and PDS Chair)

Panel members: Alex Bowen (Director of Delivery Services, PDS), Darren Scates (Chief Technology Officer, Metropolitan Police Service and NPTC Chair), Mike Lattanzio (Interim Chief Information Officer, Thames Valley Police), Bethan Page-Jones (Head of National Police Capabilities Unit, Home Office)

Panel synopsis

Since the National Policing Digital Strategy was launched in 2020 real strides have already been made to deliver digital change for policing. In this session a panel of experts, led by Stephen Mold, (Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire and PDS Chair) will discuss how PDS is supporting and working with police and partners to identify appropriate opportunities and drive digital change. They’ll also highlight areas where tangible differences are already being delivered.

Session 1

1.1 Absolute Software- Zero Trust Network Access That You Can Trust

1.2 Adobe- Exploring Digital Ways of Working with Adobe Document and Creative Solutions

1.3 Blackberry- The Critical Importance of Effective Communication in Coordinating a Multi-Agency Major Incident Response

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Chief Constable Jo Farrell (Durham Constabulary, IMORCC Chair and NPCC Data Quality Portfolio lead)

An overview of the opportunities that data presents to policing and how we need to work together to maximise value, highlighting the links to the strategy, to the IMORCC review and other key workstreams.

Panel chair: Alex Bowen (Director of Delivery Services, PDS)

Panel members: Aimee Reed (Director of Data, Metropolitan Police Service), Teresa Ashforth (Data Quality and Standards Lead (PND), Home Office), Chief Constable Jo Farrell, (Durham Constabulary, Information Management & Operational Requirements Coordination Committee (IMORCC) Chair and NPCC Data Quality Portfolio lead), John Owen (Chief Technology Officer, Police & Public Protection Technology, Home Office)

Panel synopsis

This session focuses on the role of data and analytics within policing, taking an inward look at the role of data professionals. The expert panel will discuss the key challenges faced by data professionals in policing, and how they can work together to overcome them and accelerate data work over the next twelve months.

Session 2

2.1 NEC Software Solutions- Enhancing Investigation Through Modern Technologies 

2.2 Simpson Associates- Simpson Associates' Partnership with TOEX- Building a Single Data Solution to Tackle Organised Exploitation

2.3 VMWare and Computacenter- Transforming Digital Forensics

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Panel chair: Georgie Henley (Head of Justice and Emergency Services, techUK)

Panel members: Tony Blaker QPM (Transformation SRO, Police Digital Service), Bethan Page-Jones (Head of Capabilities Reform Unit, Home Office, and PDS Board Member), Superintendent Michelle Davies MBE (Partnerships Director, VAWG Taskforce), Kirsty Faulkner (Director of Operations, NPCC Forensic Capability Network)

Panel synopsis

Violence against women and girls and rape crimes are key priorities for the government and UK Policing. 

Only 1.4% of reported rapes result in charges and these offences account for over a third of all sexual offences recorded by police. 

Offences of all these crimes types are challenging and complex, with many points where a case can break down and not go to court.

Panel chair: Richard Cariss (Head of Information Services, Derbyshire Constabulary and NPTC Deputy Chair)

Panel members: Jonathan Black (Director of ICT, Cambridgeshire Constabulary), Emma Ahern (Head of Digital Innovation, West Yorkshire Police), Craig Bowman (Durham Constabulary)

Panel synopsis

A panel session that will set the scene on what the National Police Technology Council People group have been doing on recruitment and retention of ICT staff. The panel will share their recent approaches in force and invite questions from the floor.

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Welcome from Dinner Supporter: Axon  

Dinner Speaker: Cathy O'Dowd (Climber, speaker and author) 

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Ian Bell (CEO, PDS)

Darren Scates (Chief Technology Officer, Metropolitan Police Service and NPTC Chair)

Salesforce

Ian McCormack (Deputy Director, National Cyber Security Centre)

Panel Chair: Jason Corbishley (Chief Information Security Officer, Police Digital Service)

Panel members: Sarra Fotheringham (Policing Standards Manager - Digital and Cyber, College of Policing), Chief Constable Jo Farrell, (Durham Constabulary, Information Management & Operational Requirements Coordination Committee (IMORCC) Chair and NPCC Data Quality Portfolio lead), Mike Lattanzio (Interim Chief Information Officer, Thames Valley Police), Gareth Oldale (Partner, Tech, IP & Data for TLT LLP)

Panel synopsis

A discussion of how a community security policy framework can exist, and the importance of information security principles, policies, standards, controls, and procedures. These policies have been created to allow a standard approach across policing.

Session 3

3.1 Black Marble- Practical Application of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Policing

3.2 IBM- How Avon and Somerset Police are Transforming the Police Service with Automation

3.3 Orlo- The Future of Policing: Social Media's Role in Delivering a Seamless Citizen Experience 

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Panel chair: Alan Todd (Assistant Chief Constable, PSNI and NPCC National Contact Management lead)

Panel members: Dave Jackson (Business Engagement Director, PDS), Simon Megicks (Deputy Chief Constable, Norfolk Constabulary), David Stones (Director, Single Online Home), Becky Tipper (Head of Command and Control, Avon and Somerset)

Calls versus clicks, live chat versus station visits. The ways in which the public interacts with policing have changed immeasurably over the past decade. A core ambition running through the National Policing Digital Strategy is to deliver seamless, digitally enabled experiences for the public. This session explores what policing needs to do to keep pace, and stay ahead of the curve, when it comes to how the public wants, and needs, to contact the police.

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Panel chair: Nick Lilley (Director of Information Technology, Avon and Somerset Police)

Panel members: Emma Ahern (Head of Digital Innovation, West Yorkshire Police), Mike Lattanzio (Interim Chief Information Officer, Thames Valley Police) and Jon Pike (Principal Delivery Lead, Digital Experience, Avon and Somerset Police)

The panel will explore some of the main themes and opportunities around automation and shared learning together with a Q&A.

Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt (Chair of the NPCC)

Policing is facing a range of unprecedented challenges both operationally and reputationally. The effective use and exploitation of digital, data and technology are critical to our success. The chair of the NPCC will lay out the challenges and the opportunities from a national perspective. 

Ian Bell (CEO, Police Digital Service)

Darren Scates (Chair of the National Police Technology Council)