Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don’t get the attention they deserve. Data Bites aims to change that.

Our latest event, the 38th in our series was a defence special where the speakers will present their work in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker has eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience.

This month's speakers were:

Cameron Douglas, Engineering and Logistics Defence Lead at Palantir Technologies, on how to maintain vital control over sensitive data
Ben Holloway, Head of Royal Navy Digital
Anna Knack, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security, The Alan Turing Institute, on their new report, Human-Machine Teaming in Intelligence Analysis
Commander Sue Seagrave, Data Sheriff for Royal Navy Project Renown, on growing the ‘data posse’ to improve Royal Navy ship availability

The event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government.

Data Bites #38: Getting things done with data in government

Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don’t get the attention they deserve. Data Bites aims to change that.

This event was the 41st in our series, where the speakers presented their work in an exciting, quickfire format.

Each speaker had eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience. 

This months speakers were: 

Sandrine Balley, Geographic Information Lead at the London Borough of Hackney, on how Hackney developed a webmap template to open up spatial data (and how you can use it too)
Kathleen Caper, Head of Data Maturity and Governance at the Central Digital and Data Office, on Data Maturity Assessment for Government - more than a tool for the data function
Dan Jeffery, Chief Information Security Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer at NHS Blood and Transplant, on how NHSBT secure the supply of Blood, Organs, and Tissues services to the NHS from cyber threats
Clara Clark Nevola, Group Manager (Technology) at the Information Commissioner’s Office, on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, how they relate to data protection requirements and how they can be used in practice

The event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government.

Data Bites #41: Getting things done with data in government

Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don’t get the attention they deserve. Data Bites aims to change that.

Our latest event, a justice special, was the 42nd in our series, where the speakers presented their work in an exciting, quickfire format.

Each speaker had eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience. 

This month's speakers were: 

Karen Broadhurst, Professor of Social Work at Lancaster University
Natalie Byrom, Director of Research at The Legal Education Foundation and Director of Justice Lab
Amy Caldwell-Nichols, Deputy Director, Head of Insights & Analysis at HM Courts and Tribunal Service 
Lizzie Cook, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the Violence and Society Centre at City, University of London

The event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government.

We would like to thank The Nuffield Foundation for kindly supporting this event.

Data Bites #42: Getting things done with data in government - justice special

Hosted on 4 December by Gavin Freeguard, our speakers for this session included:

Anna Trichkine, Data Quality Lead and Founder of a Data Practitioners Network, London Borough of Hounslow, on the benefits of Data Practitioners Networks for Local Authorities
Sian Basker, Co Chief Executive, Data Orchard on Data Maturity, are we there yet? A comparison of sectors and their progress
Ria Jones, Senior Project Manager, Place, Arts Council England and Jason Jones-Hall, Director of Development, Five10Twelve, on the new Culture and Place Data Explorer
Adam Evans, Lead for UK-wide Data Coherence, Office for National Statistics, on improving coherence of UK-wide data

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