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The UK Tech and Dig Landscape 2035: Cross-Sector Predictions

Author WIG Date 2 Mar 2023

With speakers including Thomas Beautyman, Deputy Director Government Digital Capability, Central Digital and Data Office, Mattie Yeta, Chief Sustainability Officer, CGI, Fred Langford, Director of Trust and Safety Technology, Ofcom, Glen Robinson, National Technology Officer, Microsoft UK, and Natasha Stern, Partner, McKinsey & Company

Theme(s)

Technology and digital

WIG is excited to invite you to this special evening event, looking ahead to 2035 to understand how Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) professionals and teams from across the sectors can best prepare for future trends, new ways of working, and the application of new and emerging technologies.

The event will run in the Ignite format, with our cross-sector group of expert speakers each having 5 minutes to talk accompanied by 20 slides, automatically advancing every 15 seconds.

Thinking about 2035, some of the topics that our speakers will address during the evening include:

  • Skills and capability requirements for DDaT teams
  • Innovation in the workplace and the future of work
  • Advancement of data use and new technologies
  • Online safety and the regulatory landscape
  • The role of technology in leading the way to net zero

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Speakers

As NTO Glen leads Microsoft's technology vision and models its culture of learning, while developing strategies to protect and extend Microsoft Cloud into complex regulated markets. He will Inspire leaders of state and enterprise, regulators and customers on how best to leverage innovation to drive digital transformation.

Natasha has over 15 years of experience advising clients in the private and public sectors on their most pressing questions, ranging from strategy to operations transformation. Natasha currently leads McKinsey’s work on digital, technology and analytics topics for the public sector in Europe. She works closely with QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, and with McKinsey Digital to bring the power of hybrid intelligence and digital technologies to help organisations reinvent themselves and accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth.   

Recently, Natasha has focused on supporting major digital-service-build programmes for both public and private organisations. Her focus is on customer-centric design of the future services, on enabling clients’ delivery teams to work in cross-functional and agile ways, and on supporting value assurance for major programmes. 

Natasha has also worked with several large healthcare payors/insurers and hospitals, helping them develop and implement strategies to achieve and sustain good financial, operational, and clinical quality performance.

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