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Tuesday 21st February 2012, One Wimpole Street - London, 08:30 - 16:30

Cloud Computing in the Public Sector: The Way Forward

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Overview

The government is committed to creating a sustainable, cost effective and flexible ICT strategy to improve public service delivery within the UK. An estimated £18 million was invested into public sector ICT in 2010-2011 with this investment set to rise over the next five years.

A key milestone in the government’s ICT strategy, published in March 2011, is the G-Cloud or Government Cloud with the subsequent G-Cloud Sub-Strategy published on the 28 October 2011. In November 2011, the ‘G-Cloud Delivery Board’ was established to implement the government’s programme for cloud computing while a separate G Cloud Authority was set up to oversee the long-term plans of the commodity services. This ‘public cloud first approach’ to procurement is a key enabler of efficiency savings with as much as £340 million estimated being saved between now and 2015.

In addition, a large focus of the government’s G-Cloud work will be based around data centres. By doing this, the government hopes to save £20 million in 2012-2013, £60 million in 2013-2014 and £80 million in 2014-2015. With the government currently using only 10 per cent of its data centre capacity, the scope for increased efficiency and financial savings is significant.

Cloud Computing signals a distinct move away from expensive and lengthy processes associated with public service delivery to a modernised approach focusing on sharing recourses and online infrastructure. This is a vital change if the government’s goal of cutting costs and delivering future public services online, outlined in a policy known as Digital by Default, is to be achieved.

Agenda

The Government Cloud will involve a major change in the way that ICT is acquired and supplied; this in turn will require significant change in both ICT providers and public sector organisations. This forum will provide delegates with a timely update of government policies and the opportunity for all to examine and discuss how this strategy will be implemented.

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:15	Chair’s Welcome Address Dr Louise Bennett, Chair of the Security Community of Expertise, BCS (CONFIRMED)
09:20	Morning Keynote: Cloud Computing: Transforming Government IT Progress to date and future challenges Procuring cloud services Addressing the skills gap in delivering cloud computing To cloud or not to cloud, the view of the National Audit Office Risks and benefits; enabling public sector to be more efficient, agile and productive What the NAO will be looking for Jonathan Hyde, ICT Lead, National Audit Office (CONFIRMED)
09:40	Special Keynote: Data Protection and the Cloud How does the Data Protection Act apply to the cloud? What are the key issues which need to be addressed? What are the potential solutions? How might future changes in data protection law change things? Kawser Hamid, Lead Policy Officer, Information Commissioner’s Office (CONFIRMED)
10:00	The Good Cloud, Cybercrime Cloud and Ugly Providers James Lyne, Director of Technology Strategy at Sophos (@jameslyne) will explain how cyber criminals are using the cloud to enhance their attacks using live demonstrations. James will outline the key cloud security benefits and risks and present a top 5 tips for attendees to implement to help avoid the headlines. James Lyne, Director of Technology Strategy, Sophos (CONFIRMED)
10:20	Questions and Answers Session
10:35	Coffee Break and Networking
11:00	Cloud Computing: Combining Cost and Carbon Reduction Virtualisation leading to reduced need of datacentres and power requirements across public sector offices Ensuring the server environment supports your sustainability targets Best practice David Munn, Head of GLA Information Technology, Greater London Authority (CONFIRMED)
11:20	SAP on the Amazon Cloud Outline how can local government organisations can reduce cost, increase agility and improve quality of service by deploying SAP (and other IT solutions) on the Amazon IaaS Cloud. Discuss real and perceived challenges Share experience and lessons learned Discuss deployment strategies Provide a pragmatic checklist to assess your organisations ability and readiness to take advantage Ian Daniel, Co-founder & Technology Director, Lemongrass Consulting Ltd (CONFIRMED)
11:40	Higher Education in the Cloud Potential for universities in terms of the efficiencies and where it can be used for research Using cloud to foster collaboration and increase the efficiency of administrative and research processes Adoption in universities and related issues Funding programmes to support the HE sector and cloud adoption Aiding procurement of cloud services between higher education institutions and commercial suppliers Dan Perry, Head, Strategic Business, JANET (CONFIRMED)
12:00	The Cloud Enabled Government How Cloud is transforming businesses and governments around the world What the benefits are: including lower costs, greater agility and the ability to share information more easily with multiple stakeholders. How to develop a government cloud services integration capability What are the issues surrounding data privacy. An overview of work undertaken for the US government Questions & answers Andrew Greenway, Global Cloud Programme Lead, Accenture (CONFIRMED)
12:20	Questions and Answers Session
12:40	Lunch and Networking
13:40	The ABC and even G of Cloud Computing for the Public Sector The case for adopting cloud services and how to build a leaner IT function around such services How will Cloud impact on your IT function in the not too distant future Exploring the solutions and best practice that will enable you to keep your workforce and IT running in the immediate future Simon Withers, Head of Product Strategy & Development, SunGard (CONFIRMED)
14:00	Cloud Computing: Driving Innovation, Delivering Efficiency Savings The key business and economic benefits of adopting cloud computing Making the most of cloud to transform public service delivery and meet the needs of citizens Effective planning for a transition to cloud computing Developing a new ICT strategy based on the principles of customer centric service delivery, a zero infrastructure technology environment and transformational change and delivering savings of 30% Delivering a new ICT strategy for Essex County Council based on digital engagement Virtualisation: improving services while reducing provisional costs Experiences of moving to a private cloud model David Wilde, Chief Information Officer, Essex County Council (CONFIRMED)
14:20	Third Generation Cloud Computing – The Benefits of a Hybrid Cloud 100% Uptime, myth or reality? How to utilise the Cloud to deliver increased agility and performance How to choose the right type of Cloud for your infrastructure The benefits of Hybrid Management through VMware vCloud Director A Case Study of Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust Chris Kendregan, Senior Cloud Consultant, Commensus (CONFIRMED)
14:40	Questions and Answers Session
14:55	Coffee and Networking
15:20	Cisco – Advancing the Capabilities of Cloud Computing The drive for open standards and interoperability with Cloud Computing Data privacy developments within the cloud Ensuring that existing IT infrastructure complement cloud-based services How can Public Services Network (PSN) assist with the move towards Cloud Computing and G-Cloud services Paul D'Cruz CEng, Head of Technical Strategy, UK Government and Defence, Cisco (CONFIRMED)
15:40	Case Study: Providing Email Services Via The Public Cloud – Experiences From A Cloud Pilot The benefits offered by opting for a cloud-based email solution Using cloud to provide greater flexibility of working and reducing costs of licences for email Estimate of £250,000 annual savings when the email infrastructure operates entirely from the cloud Integrating cloud into the councils programme of property rationalisation Addressing the issue of information assurance and aligning with the data protection act policies Being at the forefront of smarter working Councillor David Wright, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and IT, Warwickshire County Council (CONFIRMED)
16:00	Case Study: Moving Towards an e-health Platform to Store NHS Patient Information in the Cloud The NHS pilot scheme to store patient information in the Cloud How can the health sector can gain greater value from its infrastructure by moving services into the cloud Harnessing maximum benefits out of cloud computing What will make cloud services compelling for every NHS organisation? Increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs in the health sector Providing NHS patients with complete control over their medical records and the power to decide who can access their data Overcoming the security and confidentiality problems Prof. William Buchanan, Professor of Computing, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University (CONFIRMED)
16:20	Questions and Answers Session
16:30	Chair's Summary and Close

*Programme subject to change without notice

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Delegates will include chief information officers, chief technology officers, strategy directors, database/data centre managers, network systems directors, compliance and policy managers, network managers, system and network integrators, IT directors, infrastructure directors, heads of shared services, heads of information compliance, and heads of information assurance and will be drawn from central government departments & bodies, local authorities, academia and the private sector.