Public Sector Data Summit 2025

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Holyrood Connect’s annual Public Sector Data Summit will return to Edinburgh on 13 March 2025. 

The use of data and AI across the public sector is on the increase. It is crucial that we understand how to maximise their potential to help us make informed decisions and improve public services.  

Through a variety of session formats, including keynote addresses, interactive panel discussions and masterclasses, you will hear valuable insights on making the most of your data, how to store it securely, and how to address concerns around AI and ethics. 

Public Sector Data Summit 2025 will also feature an exhibition, providing an opportunity for you to explore relevant solutions for your organisation. 

The event is free-to-attend for those working in the public or third sectors.  

Holyrood Connect 

Holyrood Connect publishes leading Public Sector ICT news in Scotland and hosts renowned Public Sector Tech events & conferences. You can view all of Holyrood Connect’s upcoming events here.

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This plenary will explore a vision for public sector data in Scotland.

Our speakers will talk about the long-term horizon for data, how we might better collaborate and make the most of data, and in turn have a positive impact on our people, our economy and the planet.

Public bodies face unprecedented financial pressures. Join Tussell to discover how leveraging public procurement data can help you make more informed, cost-saving commercial decisions, and deliver better value for your residents.

Nearly three-quarters of UK IT leaders are struggling to transform data into significant business value, as revealed by a recent report.  

This session will explore how to ensure your organisation has the right skills and processes in place to ensure that data is kept up to date, accurate, and easy to access when required, and how to make the most of it. 

As artificial intelligence is becoming more widely used, so are concerns about potential risks to ethics. Find out about how AI can enable your organisation to analyse and visualise data more effectively, and how to address potential risks and biases.

Dr Ryan Gibson
University of West of Scotland
Janine Illian
Head of Statistics, Chair (Professor) in Statistical Sciences
University of Glasgow
Jen Campbell
Digital Delivery Lead
Research Data Scotland
Sian Basker
Co Chief Executive
Data Orchard
Tom Wilkinson
Chief Data Officer
Scottish Government
Harry Schone
Data Science Coordinator
Police Scotland
Mhoraig Green
Head of Strategy, Governance, Performance and Risk
Citizens Advice Scotland
Prof. Ana Basiri
Director of the Centre for Data Science & AI
University of Glasgow
David Murdoch
Data Programme Manager
Argyll and Bute Council
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Shona Nicol
Head of Technical Data Policy - Data Division
The Scottish Government
Lucy Fraser
Head of Innovation
Albyn Housing Society
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Declan Doyle
Senior Information and Cyber Security Officer
Social Security Scotland
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Ivan McKee MSP
Minister for Public Finance
Scottish Government
As well as being a politician, Ivan's career has involved a number of senior roles in manufacturing and business; managing companies in the UK as well as Poland, Finland, Croatia and Bosnia.

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