Connecting people and places

Creating effective services for people and communities starts with having reliable, up-to-date data. When we know where people live and what they need, we can design services that truly meet those needs. Discover the speakers, talks and topics of the day below.

EXHIBITORS VENUE PRE-CONFERENCE DRINKS

9.00 am - 10.00 am	Broadgate auditorium Registration, breakfast and exhibition
9.00 am - 10.00 am
Broadgate auditorium Registration, breakfast and exhibition
10.00 am - 10.20 am
10.00 am - 10.20 am

10.20 am - 11.20 am	Broadgate auditorium Data underpinning growth Chaired by Nick Chapallaz, Managing Director, GeoPlace Opening address Sarah Hodgetts, Director, National Data Library and Geospatial Government Digital Service Driving address data interoperability: Implementing UPRN standards within HMRC and across government Rob Lee, Chief Data Architect, HMRC Staying afloat: The impact of flooding on UK firms Ben Crampton, Senior Data Scientist, Bank of England What if streetworks shows the future of place-based data in the UK? Gordon Hector, Director, Upstream Panel Question & Answer session
10.20 am - 11.20 am
Broadgate auditorium Data underpinning growth Chaired by Nick Chapallaz, Managing Director, GeoPlace Opening address Sarah Hodgetts, Director, National Data Library and Geospatial Government Digital Service Driving address data interoperability: Implementing UPRN standards within HMRC and across government Rob Lee, Chief Data Architect, HMRC Staying afloat: The impact of flooding on UK firms Ben Crampton, Senior Data Scientist, Bank of England What if streetworks shows the future of place-based data in the UK? Gordon Hector, Director, Upstream Panel Question & Answer session
11.20 am - 11.50 am	Broadgate auditorium Morning refreshments
11.20 am - 11.50 am
Broadgate auditorium Morning refreshments
11.50 am - 1.00 pm	Broadgate auditorium Collaboration! Broadgate auditorium Facilitated by subject experts, the roundtable sessions provide a collaborative space to share experiences, exchange ideas, and explore practical solutions to common challenges. Delegates can choose from 20 different topics and attend four focused 15-minute sessions, grouped under the following categories: - Policy and performance - Local government reorganisation - Using address data - Street naming and numbering (SNN) Feel free to also choose from the sessions in the London Wall Room.	London Wall Room Collaboration! London Wall Room Facilitated by subject experts, the roundtable sessions provide a collaborative space to share experiences, exchange ideas, and explore practical solutions to common challenges. Delegates can choose from 12 different topics and attend four focused 15-minute sessions, grouped under the following categories: - Using street data Feel free to also choose from the sessions in the Broadgate Auditorium	Bishopsgate Room Planning and developing sustainable communities; the data lifecycle Chair: Steve Brandwood, Executive Director of Engagement, GeoPlace Sponsored by: Addland To share data you need to start at the start (ideally) Mike Rose, IP and Data Sharing Expert, currently supporting MHCLG Digital Planning Programme Solving the problem of old and archaic planning portals Hannah Parker, Chief Product Officer, Addland House building: a key indicator of economic health Jack Ricketts, Senior Product Manager, MadeTech Building safety into tall buildings; keeping our communities safe from fire Steve Taylor, Strategic Data Lead, National Fire Chiefs Council Panel Question & Answer session
11.50 am - 1.00 pm
Broadgate auditorium Collaboration! Broadgate auditorium Facilitated by subject experts, the roundtable sessions provide a collaborative space to share experiences, exchange ideas, and explore practical solutions to common challenges. Delegates can choose from 20 different topics and attend four focused 15-minute sessions, grouped under the following categories: - Policy and performance - Local government reorganisation - Using address data - Street naming and numbering (SNN) Feel free to also choose from the sessions in the London Wall Room.
London Wall Room Collaboration! London Wall Room Facilitated by subject experts, the roundtable sessions provide a collaborative space to share experiences, exchange ideas, and explore practical solutions to common challenges. Delegates can choose from 12 different topics and attend four focused 15-minute sessions, grouped under the following categories: - Using street data Feel free to also choose from the sessions in the Broadgate Auditorium
Bishopsgate Room Planning and developing sustainable communities; the data lifecycle Chair: Steve Brandwood, Executive Director of Engagement, GeoPlace Sponsored by: Addland To share data you need to start at the start (ideally) Mike Rose, IP and Data Sharing Expert, currently supporting MHCLG Digital Planning Programme Solving the problem of old and archaic planning portals Hannah Parker, Chief Product Officer, Addland House building: a key indicator of economic health Jack Ricketts, Senior Product Manager, MadeTech Building safety into tall buildings; keeping our communities safe from fire Steve Taylor, Strategic Data Lead, National Fire Chiefs Council Panel Question & Answer session
1.00 pm - 2.00 pm	Broadgate auditorium Lunch
1.00 pm - 2.00 pm
Broadgate auditorium Lunch
2.00 pm - 3.00 pm	Broadgate auditorium From Data to Delivery Chair: Simon Barlow, Executive Director of Consultancy, GeoPlace Linking schools, health, and GP data for better child outcomes Joseph Leach, Data Architect, London Borough of Tower Hamlets Lewisham’ asset management aided by its LLPG William Cocodia, Database Administrator/Applications Lead Pre-census address matching: Unlocking Enhanced Funding for Kingston upon Thames & Sutton Timothy Langner Gazetteer Officer at The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Developing resilience: coordinated emergency planning and support for the vulnerable in the southwest of England Chris Manuel, Community Resilience Lead Officer, Wiltshire & Swindon Prepared (LRF) Connecting data, driving decisions: Leveraging UPRNs in Reading Borough Council’s GIS infrastructure Kristina Quinnell, Senior Geospatial Analyst & Custodian and Heather Porter, Data and GIS Manager, Reading Borough Council Adopting UPRNs across Tameside - developing the business case Graham Holland, Strategic Lead for Planning, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Using geospatial data to differentiate commercial properties for smarter refuse collection Steffan Jones, Master Data Co-ordinator, Frank Blades, Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council	London Wall Room The Street Gazetteer, unlocking benefits to highways authorities Chair: Simon Bailey, Senior Partnerships Lead, GeoPlace From Data to Action: How the Street Gazetteer transforms works planning and coordination Jeff Elliott, Highways, Transport and Planning, West Sussex County Council DfT Road Funding Process – an update on using local highway authority data to improve the process Dr Elizabeth Wloch, Road Length Statistics Lead, Road Network Statistics, Department for Transport, and Richard Groombridge, Strategic Product & Data Development Manager, GeoPlace Connecting transport networks: enabling multi- modal routing for people and goods Katie Packard - Product Manager, Ordnance Survey, and Nicky Southam - Strategic Product Manager, Ordnance Survey Panel Question & Answer session
2.00 pm - 3.00 pm
Broadgate auditorium From Data to Delivery Chair: Simon Barlow, Executive Director of Consultancy, GeoPlace Linking schools, health, and GP data for better child outcomes Joseph Leach, Data Architect, London Borough of Tower Hamlets Lewisham’ asset management aided by its LLPG William Cocodia, Database Administrator/Applications Lead Pre-census address matching: Unlocking Enhanced Funding for Kingston upon Thames & Sutton Timothy Langner Gazetteer Officer at The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Developing resilience: coordinated emergency planning and support for the vulnerable in the southwest of England Chris Manuel, Community Resilience Lead Officer, Wiltshire & Swindon Prepared (LRF) Connecting data, driving decisions: Leveraging UPRNs in Reading Borough Council’s GIS infrastructure Kristina Quinnell, Senior Geospatial Analyst & Custodian and Heather Porter, Data and GIS Manager, Reading Borough Council Adopting UPRNs across Tameside - developing the business case Graham Holland, Strategic Lead for Planning, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Using geospatial data to differentiate commercial properties for smarter refuse collection Steffan Jones, Master Data Co-ordinator, Frank Blades, Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council
London Wall Room The Street Gazetteer, unlocking benefits to highways authorities Chair: Simon Bailey, Senior Partnerships Lead, GeoPlace From Data to Action: How the Street Gazetteer transforms works planning and coordination Jeff Elliott, Highways, Transport and Planning, West Sussex County Council DfT Road Funding Process – an update on using local highway authority data to improve the process Dr Elizabeth Wloch, Road Length Statistics Lead, Road Network Statistics, Department for Transport, and Richard Groombridge, Strategic Product & Data Development Manager, GeoPlace Connecting transport networks: enabling multi- modal routing for people and goods Katie Packard - Product Manager, Ordnance Survey, and Nicky Southam - Strategic Product Manager, Ordnance Survey Panel Question & Answer session

3.00 pm - 3.30 pm	Broadgate auditorium Afternoon refreshments
3.00 pm - 3.30 pm
Broadgate auditorium Afternoon refreshments
3.30 pm - 3.45 pm
3.30 pm - 3.45 pm

3.45 pm - 4.00 pm
3.45 pm - 4.00 pm

4.00 pm - 4.15 pm
4.00 pm - 4.15 pm

4.15 pm - 4.30 pm
4.15 pm - 4.30 pm

4.30 pm	Broadgate auditorium Close with coffee Stay for a coffee after the event and network with others.
4.30 pm
Broadgate auditorium Close with coffee Stay for a coffee after the event and network with others.

Broadgate auditorium

Thursday 22nd May 10.00 am - 10.20 am

Introduction to the conference

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Nick Chapallaz

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London Wall Room

Thursday 22nd May 11.50 am - 1.00 pm

Collaboration!

London Wall Room

Facilitated by subject experts, the roundtable sessions provide a collaborative space to share experiences, exchange ideas, and explore practical solutions to common challenges. Delegates can choose from 12 different topics and attend four focused 15-minute sessions, grouped under the following categories:

- Using street data

Feel free to also choose from the sessions in the Broadgate Auditorium.

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Bishopsgate Room

Thursday 22nd May 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm

A connected street naming and numbering landscape

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Broadgate auditorium

Thursday 22nd May 3.30 pm - 3.45 pm

Transforming processes at the VOA

The VOA is currently replacing its core IT system, which was built in the late 80’s. This has provided the opportunity to revisit how the VOA uses and structures it addresses, including the introduction and adoption of BS7666 and the use of UPRNs and USRNs.

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Broadgate auditorium

Thursday 22nd May 3.45 pm - 4.00 pm

Shining a spotlight on local government’s Best Kept Secret

Mark Williams, Senior Data Adviser, Local Government Association

The Best Kept Secret programme highlights the hidden potential of local authority address and street data to drive better decision making and improve service delivery. Through the programme, the LGA and GeoPlace will demonstrate to decision makers and elected members how integrating high quality location data can unlock efficiencies, enhance public services, and strengthen local policy making.

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