Agenda 2025

10.00 Introduction to the conference

• Nick Chapallaz, Managing Director, GeoPlace

10.20 Data underpinning growth

• Chaired by Nick Chapallaz, Managing Director, GeoPlace

Driving address data interoperability: Implementing UPRN standards within HMRC and across government

• HMRC – Rob Lee, Chief Data Architect

Staying Afloat: The Impact of Flooding on UK Firms

• Ben Crampton – Senior Data Scientist, Bank of England

Rethinking street works: smarter coordination, innovation, and sustainability

• Gordon Hector, Head of Policy and Strategy, Urban Foresight

Panel questions and answers

11.20 Morning refreshments

11.50 Collaboration!

Choose from 30 different topics to attend four 15 minutes sessions

Roundtable sessions are facilitated by subject experts and will provide an opportunity to share experiences, brainstorm solutions, and exchange ideas with peers.

They are designed to foster collaboration and are a valuable platform for networking and gaining perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in issues such as gazetteer management, integration challenges or working with colleagues across your authority or with partners.

Details to be published soon.

Planning and development sustainable communities; the data lifecycle

Sponsored by Addland  

Chair: Steve Brandwood, Executive Director of Engagement, GeoPlace

To share data you need to start at the start (ideally)

• Mike Rose, IP and Data Sharing Expert, currently supporting MHCLG Digital Planning Programme

Building safety into tall buildings; keeping our communities safe from fire

• Steve Taylor, Steve Taylor, Strategic Data Lead, National Fire Chiefs Council,

How the building safety levy could transform our understanding of the built environment, a case study with the London Borough of Barnet

Jack Ricketts, Senior Product Manager, MadeTech

Solving the problem of old and archaic planning portals

• Tom Neall, Chief Operating Officer, Addland

Panel questions and answers

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Data in use 

Our ‘7 for 7’ Lightning talks session features seven expert practitioners. Each will deliver a seven-minute presentation using seven succinct slides. Aligned with this year’s conference theme these rapid-fire talks will spark insights and innovative ideas for connecting people with places

Linking schools, health, and GP data for better child outcomes

• Joseph Leach, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Performance Lead, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Lewisham’ asset management aided by its LLPG

• William Cocodia, Database Administrator/Applications Lead (LLPG/GIS/SNN/PSMA/AMS, ACOLAID)

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
   

The Street Gazetteer, unlocking benefits to highways authorities

From Data to Action: How the Street Gazetteer Transforms Works Planning and Coordination

• Jeff Elliott, Highways, Transport and Planning, West Sussex County Council

Connecting Transport Networks: Enabling Multi-Modal Routing for People and Goods

• Speaker to be confirmed

Revolutionising local roads funding through your gazetteer

• Dr Elizabeth Wloch, Road length statistics lead, Road Network Statistics, Department for Transport
• Richard Groombridge, Strategic Product & Data Development Manager, GeoPlace

Panel questions and answers

A connected street naming and numbering landscape

Chair: Nick Chapallaz, Managing Director, GeoPlace

Opening statements and panel discussion with:

• Rachel Antcliffe, Principal LLPG Officer, Leeds City Council
• Ian Evans, Head of Address Management Unit, Royal Mail
• Stuart Andrews, Interim Head of Data Architecture, Information, Data & Analysis, Strategy & Transformation Group, Valuation Office Agency

15.00 Afternoon refreshments

15.30 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 policymaking.

15.45 Transforming processes at the VOA

• Stuart Andrews, Interim Head of Data Architecture, Information, Data & Analysis, Strategy & Transformation Group, Valuation Office Agency

16.00 State of the Nation
 

• Rachel Antcliffe, Deputy Principal Chair of the DCA Regional Address Group, Kerry Pearce, National Address Data Manager, GeoPlace

Keith Curran, Principal Chair of the DCA Regional Streets Group, Jonathan Bates, National Street Data Manager, GeoPlace

16.15 Presentation of the Exemplar Awards

• Juliet Whitworth, Head of Research and Information at the LGA and member of the GeoPlace Board

16.30 Close with drinks