Westminster eForum

Next steps for digital identities in the UK

Data (Use and Access) Bill | new Office for Digital Identities & Attributes | DVS trust framework | security & public trust | regulatory frameworks & bodies | latest use cases & best practice | international & cross-border relationships

Morning, Monday, 25^th November 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Hannah Rutter, CEO, Office for Digital Identities and Attributes, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; Natalie Jones OBE, Director, Digital Identity, Government Digital Service; Vicente Andreu Navarro, Policy Officer, European Commission; Helen Child, Founder, Open Banking Excellence and Yiannis Theodorou, Senior Advisor and Global Lead, Digital Identity, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Next steps for digital inclusion in the UK

policy under the new government | frameworks for stakeholder collaboration | Minimum Digital Living Standard | digital skills | infrastructure and access | impact of service migration including TV

Morning, Tuesday, 10^th December 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Ed Leighton, Director, Strategy and Policy, Ofcom; Emma Stone, Director, Evidence and Engagement, Good Things Foundation; Elizabeth Anderson, CEO, Digital Poverty Alliance and Professor Simeon Yates, Professor, Digital Culture, University of Liverpool

Professor Sonia Livingstone

Child online safety in the UK - next steps for regulation, policy and practice

Morning, Tuesday, 14^th January 2025
Online

Keynote Speaker: Professor Sonia Livingstone, Professor, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science

Next steps for quantum technologies in the UK - regulation, policy and growth

sector-specific regulatory frameworks | coordination & stakeholder roles | post-quantum cybersecurity | standards | international collaboration | commercialisation & adoption | skills

Morning, Thursday, 23^rd January 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Josh Fedder, Deputy Head, Office for Quantum, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; Stephen Almond, Executive Director, Regulatory Risk, Information Commissioner's Office; Roger McKinlay, Challenge Director, Quantum Technologies, Innovate UK, UKRI and Dr Mike Short, Chief Architect, Satellite Applications Catapult; and former Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Business and Trade

Core Sponsors

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In Production

The Westminster eForum is planning a very full programme for the next 12 months.

Please give us a ring on 01344 864796 or email email info@forumsupport.co.uk to discuss future conferences.

We'd be happy to share ideas on areas to focus on, speaker suggestions, and other ways of getting involved.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster eForum are:

Lord Alli

Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Rt Hon Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

Viscount Astor

Lord Birt

Rt Rev Lord Bishop of Oxford

Rt Hon Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

Rt Hon Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone

Lord Bragg

Sir Chris Bryant MP

Baroness Buscombe

Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP

Sir Christopher Chope MP

Lord Clement-Jones

Lord Dubs

Rt Rev Lord Eames

The Earl of Erroll

Rt Hon Lord Foster of Bath

Sir Roger Gale MP

Lord Harris of Haringey

Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick

Lord Hollick

Baroness Hooper

Lord Inglewood

Rt Hon Lord Kennedy of Southwark

Baroness Kidron

Rt Hon Lord Kilclooney

Lord Lansley

Lord Lipsey

Lord Low of Dalston

Baroness Ludford

Lord Mair

Lord Maxton

Rt Hon Lord McNally

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

Chi Onwurah MP

Lord Patel

Baroness Rawlings

Lord Razzall

Andrew Rosindell MP

Rt Hon Julian Smith MP

Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury

Lord St John of Bletso

Rt Hon Lord Wakeham

Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness

Rt Hon Lord West of Spithead

Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale MP

Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.