Past webinars

25 February 2026
Avoiding the ripple effect of a personal data breach
Cheri Joseph
Senior Data Protection Advisor
Government Digital Service (GDS)
James Freeland
Senior Data & Security Architect
Government Digital Service (GDS)
20 January 2026
Driving Digital Collaboration between Local and Central Government
Liz Adams
GDS Local Service Owner
Government Digital Service (GDS)
16 December 2025
Rosa On His Majesty’s Government secret service
Tom Inglis
Head of Product and Service Ownership ROS
Debs Chalmers
Head of Partner Engagement ROS
28 November 2025
Focus on Artificial Intelligence
Dr Andrew Larkham
Service Owner for AI and Automation
Government Digital Service (GDS)
25 September 2025
On His Majesty’s Government secret service
Tom Inglis
Head of Product and Service Ownership ROS
Debs Chalmers
Head of Partner Engagement ROS
27 August 2025
More about Quantum Computing
Tom Newby
Deputy Director for the Office for Quantum
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Kostas Georgopoulos
Quantum Applications Team Lead Office for Quantum
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
17 July 2025
Digital for the future generation
Christine Bellamy
Government Chief Product Officer
17 June 2025
Users first: making Driving Theory Test accessible
Robert Davies
Theory Test Service Owner
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Kelly Arnstein
Senior User Researcher
Kainos
Neil Phillips
Design Lead
Kainos
20 May 2025
The road to modern government: let us show the way!
Joe Ward
Digital Strategy Lead
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
17 April 2025
A short tour of the Artificial Intelligence Playbook for the UK Government
Dr Tommaso Spinelli
Artificial Intelligence Senior Change Delivery Manager
Government Digital Service (GDS)
20 March 2025
Innovation mindset at work: breaking the Welsh language barrier
Monica Maya-Martinez
Senior Delivery Manager
Cabinet Office (CO) Digital
25 February 2025
Become an AI empowered public servant
Michael Padfield
Engagement and Strategy Manager
i.AI – Incubator for Artificial Intelligence
31 January 2025
Introduction to Data Visualisation
Michael Hollins
Senior Data Analyst, IDEA team
Government Digital Service (GDS)
12 December 2024
Introduction to API
Chris Nesbitt-Smith
Consultant
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
27 November 2024
Introduction to Secure by Design
Fotini Tsekmezoglou
Head of Securing Digital Transformation
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) and Secure by Design Programme Lead
23 October 2024
Designing great services
James Peart
Transformation of the ‘Top 75 Services’ Lead
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
23 September 2024
Introduction to Quantum Computing
David Knott
Government’s Chief Technology Officer
15 August 2024
Not your father’s data: using modern data for major impact
Craig Suckling
Government’s Chief Data Officer
23 July 2024
How will the Digital and Data strategy change the way the Government works?
Will Joss
Head of Strategy
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
18 June 2024
How can we protect and share it at the same time?
Murat Soncul
Head of Privacy and Data Protection
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
10 May 2024
Learning at Work Week – Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence
David Knott
Government’s Chief Technology Officer
26 March 2024
User Centred Design and Research
Jodie Keens
Senior User Researcher
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
27 February 2024
Cloud 101: What, why and how?
Edward McCutcheon
Chief Architect
Deputy Director Enterprise Architecture
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
25 January 2024
Government’s Data Maturity Model
Kathleen Caper
Head of Data Maturity & Governance
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
05 December 2023
Embracing agile mindset
Richard Joseph
Agile Coach and Delivery Lead
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
09 November 2023
How to inspire users to engage with digital solutions
Claudia Chiurlia
Delivery Manager for the OneIT program
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
12 October 2023
Colossus to Chat GPT
David Knott
Government’s Chief Technology Officer
15 September 2023
Emerging trends in digital and data capability
Thomas Beautyman
Deputy Director of Government Digital Capability
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
21 July 2023
Accessibility Know-How
Richard Morton
Head of Accessibility
Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO)
27 June 2023
NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app: challenges and lessons learned
Hollie Wild
Service Owner of the NHS COVID-19 app
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
12 May 2023
Pay, Notify and other GOV.UK services
Martin Lugton
Head of Product
Government Digital Service (GDS)
27 April 2023
Building NUAR and opening access to data versus security considerations
Chris Chambers
Deputy Director
Geospatial Commission
05 April 2023
Delivering on a Digital Strategy
John Seabourn
Chief Digital & Information Officer
North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)
15 March 2023
Digital transformation through automation
Odette McHenry
Deputy Director Automation and Innovation
Home Office (HO)
08 February 2023
Accelerating Technology in a Government Department
Dr. Shruti Kohli
Head of Data Science (Innovations)
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Innovation Lab
15 December 2022
The Art of the Possible in Data Science
Tom Albone
Data Science Lecturer
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
18 October 2022
Turning Digital (an innovation journey that left the telephone service behind)
Lesley Thompson
Lead Business Analyst
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Catherine Hope
Statistician
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
13 October 2022
Moving from outsourced IT
Jacqui Leggetter
Product Delivery Unit Lead (Deputy Director)
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Digital
04 October 2022
Creating a Data Management System
Alexis Castillo-Soto
Deputy Director for Digital & Data
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Gavin Dollin
Head of Data
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)