Seminar programme

8.30

Registration and coffee

9.00

Chairman’s welcome and introduction:
Hugh Crossey, Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Innovation in delivering public services

Tom Kennedy , Director, Delivery & Innovation Division
Department of Finance & Personnel

 

Fresh thinking: Approaches to innovative public services

Dr Michael Harris, Director of Public and Social Innovation, NESTA

10.00

Leading innovation: Why good managers hate innovation

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Charles Leadbeater

10.30

Discussion groups:

The seminar will be split into discussion groups to explore key issues:

  • Which areas of service should be prioritised?
  • Highlighting relevant examples of innovation;
  • Overcoming the challenges to innovation in the Northern Ireland context;
  • Innovation at a personal level.

11.30

Morning coffee/networking break

11.45

Using ICT as a lever for transformational change

Robert Scott, Global Leader, Technology Network
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Case Study: Customer Information System (CIS)

Gerry Hackett, Head of IT Development
Department of Agriculture & Rural Development

 

The role of shared services to achieve efficient operations

Paul Wickens, Director of Shared Services
Department of Finance and Personnel

13.00

Chairman’s summary and seminar close followed by networking lunch

Innovation in Delivering
Public Services Seminar

Date: Now over
Venue: W5 at Odyssey, Belfast

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