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Past webinars

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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)