Wednesday 9th December 2026
Gartner, 8 Salisbury Square, London EC4Y 8AP
Timings: Registration 9:00am to 9:20am Start 9:20am Finish 4:30pm
Supported by:
(Local Gov attendees only)
Making the Pause Count: DDaT Readiness for Local Government Reorganisation
A pause isn’t a stop.
For councils across England, LGR proposals are on hold while central government decides what happens next. Every council in that position faces the same choice: wait or get ready.
Every month spent waiting is a month that will be missing from the timeline later. And when decisions come, the timeline to vesting day won’t get any longer to make up for it.
Plenty of Digital, Data and Technology work makes sense whatever shape reorganisation finally takes:
Mapping how services actually work today, across every council
Building a clear picture of systems, contracts, end dates and dependencies
Getting data in order, so it can be trusted, shared and migrated
Agreeing information governance groundwork between councils
Understanding what must be safe, secure and legal on Day 1
Taking stock of how residents reach councils now, and how that could work in future
None of this depends on knowing the final boundaries. All of it will be needed when they’re known.
Today’s programme is built around that work.
AGENDA
9:00am to 9:20am Registration
9:20am to 9:25am Welcome & housekeeping
Nick Hill, LGR Camp
9:25am to 9:55am Process Mapping: A Foundation for LGR Success (Interactive Session)
Laurence Allen, UK Country Manager, Engage Process
9:55am to 10:25am LGR: Safe & Legal from Vesting Day & Beyond
Dave Richardson, Assistant Director – Digital & Customer, Newark & Sherwood DC & Paul Hinchcliffe, Account Director, Maple Networks
10:20am to 10:50am Leveraging AI at the Digital Front Door for LGR
Matt Culpin, Chief Product Officer
10:50am to 11:20am Morning Break
11:20am to 11:50am One Front Door. Three Councils. A Blueprint for LGR?
Jackie Wright, Chief Delivery Officer/Head of ICT & Digital, Public Sector Partnership Services Ltd
11:50am to 12:50am Getting Control of Change: Creating a Single View During Local Government Reorganisation (Interactive Session)
Chris Elias, Communications Lead & Dan Fyfield, Head of Delivery, Perago
12:50am to 1:50pm Lunch
1:50pm to 2:20pm LGR in Cumbria: Lessons Learned
Kate Hurr, CTO/Assistant Director Digital Innovation & ICT, Cumberland Council
2:20pm to 4:10pm Gartner Sessions: FutureNorthants LGR Programme, the Digital Blueprint, Microsoft Tenancies & Data
Cheryl Doran, Executive Partner UK&I, Gartner & ex-IT Enabler Lead – Future Northants Unitaries Programme
Robert Musekiwa, Director, Strategy IT and ex- Lead Enterprise Architect, Future Northants Unitaries Programme
4:10pm Closing remarks, prize draw & close
(Local Gov attendees only)