Creating a World Class Civil Service for the 21^st Century through Leadership and Best Practice

Welcome to Central Government Business and Technology 2012 Conference – The 4th Annual Conference and the UK’s only event to bridge the business gap between the Civil Service and the innovation and technology advances that are needed to deliver major reform and efficiency savings according to the latest Spending Review. “ Our new business-like approach in Whitehall and steely determination to get value for taxpayers’ money means we now expect to make £5 billion in cash savings by the time this financial year is out…..Just in the first ten months to last March we saved £3.75 billion …. we are now focused on making more sustainable savings, through cutting bureaucracy in the civil service”

Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, March 2012

KEY DISCUSSION AREAS

Delivering £5 Billion efficiency savings in 2012 – are we on target?.
Comprehensive Spending Review – the view to 2015.
Equipping the Civil Service to meet future challenges by reshaping structures, strengthening performance management and putting innovation at the heart of government.
Delivering savings in ICT expenditure in Whitehall.
Improving back office processes to the standard of the best to ensure that back office operations and procurement processes are as efficient as possible.
Project Management – Analysing how the Major Projects Authority will oversee the effective management of all large-scale projects which are funded and delivered by central government.
Government Property Strategy.

Civil Service Learning
Delivering Best Value on large ICT contracts.
Increasing levels of public accountability in public sector bodies by making public more data than any previous government.
Devolved decision making, through the centre focusing only on what it does best. For example, creating a shared service company to provide better value back office support, freeing up organisations to focus on frontline services.
Reforms to the Civil Service itself to make it a leaner, more entrepreneurial and innovative organisation by improving performance management, terms and conditions, upgrading project and programme management skills.

Featured Topics

Efficiency and Reform
21st Century ICT
Comprehensive Spending Review
Shared Services
Value for Money

Government ICT Strategy
Smarter Procurement
Project Management
ICT Expenditure
Re-negotiating major ICT Contracts

Civil Service Learning
Rationalisation
Asset Management
Business Process Outsourcing
Open Source vs Proprietary Software

CGBT 2012 is a non-technical event that will address these issues. It is aimed primarily at CEO’s, Departmental Heads and Business Managers/Directors of the Senior Civil Service as well as a core audience of IT directors charged with delivering the business case for the £6.2 Billion efficiency savings throughtout Whitehall

Dedicated to sharing best practice and innovation in Business and IT across Central Government Departments and Executive agencies – CGBT2012 promises to be a strategic event for Civil Servants across Departments, Agencies and NDPB’s in the UK.

With up to 550 delegates attending, CGBT 2012 is the must attend conference of the Civil Service Business Calendar.

Faced with the responsibility of providing services in the current environment this conference will examine the ways in which technology can release efficiency savings.

This Conference delivers the most up-to-date information for government and business professionals within the Civil Service, and also provides opportunity for CEOs, industry leaders, managers, academics, and government officials to exchange ideas on technology trends and best practices.

As always, we extend a warm welcome to all our colleagues in the industry who share our interest in improving efficiency and innovating joined-up working in the UK.