Making best use of artificial intelligence requires building systems that can provide data into AI systems that can quicken service delivery.

In this session, public service leaders will discuss the progress that has been made in developing the governance systems that can ensure data can be used in AI systems effectively.

This session will explore what good data governance for AI now looks like in practice; how it differs across organisational structures; and what measurable impact effective AI governance has on service delivery.

Speakers in this session will set out the vital building blocks for robust, proportionate data governance that enables AI developments and what governance should apply to public sector organisations in assuring the quality of AI-generated outputs.

Public sector organisations know that they need to improve how data is shared – and key to making progress is both being able to demonstrate the impact of data sharing and building the tools to make it happen.

This session will discuss what good looks like in the development of data sharing, and how leaders can create mature common infrastructure, products and governance that will allow interoperability based on common infrastructure.

We will discuss how to focus on data sharing for better, more personalised services, and what are unlocked by better data sharing, and what capabilities are needed to make data sharing happen more effectively.

In the age of increasing geopolitical uncertainty, governments around the world are increasingly grappling with the idea of sovereignty in digital and data. This refers to the idea that data – such as intellectual property, financial data, or personal information – collected or stored in a particular geographic location, such as a specific country, should be subject to the laws of that location.

This session will explore the implications of data sovereignty in government – and how governments can think about data sovereignty to place better connected public services in the hand of the public.

This conversation will examine how governments have developed their thinking around data sovereignty, the next steps of implementation – and how to understand the trade-offs and the risks of where data is stored.

Recruiting, developing and retaining digital and data specialists in the public sector remains one of the most persistent challenges facing governments worldwide.

Global Government Forum research into digital capabilities has identified the key foundations for boosting capability in government – from developing an understanding of the skills in government, and what skills are needed, as well as ensuring effective engagement with the private sector.

This session will examine how governments are developing digital capabilities, and how governments can develop skills they need across civil services. We will also discuss the value of defining target workforce percentages for digital and data roles, and how to define the skills and talent pipelines that are needed in different roles in government.