Event Round Up: Maximising your membership: Justice and Emergency Services Programme

On Tuesday, 16 September, techUK hosted a webinar showcasing the Justice and Emergency Services programme. The session provided a comprehensive overview of the programme’s structure, strategic priorities, and key areas of engagement across the policing, fire, and justice sectors. Members also gained valuable insights into upcoming opportunities to collaborate and contribute to shaping the future of public safety and justice through techUK’s initiatives.

The session served as an introduction for Dave Evans, the newly appointed Head of the Justice and Emergency Services programme, who shared his experience in policing and outlined his vision for the programme’s future. His leadership aims to strengthen collaboration across the sector and drive innovation in the programme services through member engagement and strategic initiatives.

To hear Ella Gago-Brookes, Junior Programme manager, techUK, provide an overview of the JES programme activity and opportunities to get involved, please navigate to 00:03:48.

To hear Charlotte Hails, JES Management Committee chair, Virgin Media O2 Business, share how members can have a strategic leadership role in shaping the JES programme according to industry priorities, and to learn about the benefits of accessing techUK’s client-industry engagement platforms, please navigate to 00:10:44.

To hear David Bailey, Events and Brand Partnership Manager, Police Digital Service, discuss the benefits of engaging with the programme from the perspective of a key industry stakeholder and the opportunity members have to influence the direction of digital transformation within policing and public safety, please navigate to 00:21:00.

To hear Steve Beakhust, Head of Data, Digital and Technology, National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), discuss how the partnership between the NFCC and techUK was strengthened by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the launch of the Fire Innovation Forum, please navigate to 00:27:16.

To hear Ed Bevan, Head of SME engagement, techUK, give an overview of techUK’s SME programme and the tailored guidance, valuable industry connections, and actionable insights offered to SME members, please navigate to 00:36:15.

The links to the opportunities mentioned during the presentation can be found here:

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