GovTech: an Emerging Sector revolutionising Public Services

To kick off this exciting series of discussions, the very first meetup of GovTech will be about:

What is GovTech? Why are we talking about GovTech?

We'll begin with a discussion of the findings of the report "GovTech: an Emerging Sector Revolutionising Public Services" highlighting the institutional structures make the UK as one of the global leaders and the capacity of GovTech to fundamentally change the way Government and Civil Society delivers services. This sets the scene for the GovTech meetup group, the report can be downloaded here http://www.govtechresearch.com/

Short presentations by Four start-ups illustrating their achievements, how they got started, and what aspirations and goals they have.

Networking before and after the presentations.

Agenda

18.15-18.45: Reception

18.45-18.55: Intro to the group (Ian Dowson co-founder GovTech meetup)

18.55-19.05: Setting the scene - results of research into GovTech (Tarek Ahmed Cofounder GovTech meetup)

19.05-19.50: 3 talks by Startups

Pinipa - Faith Forster is the Founder & CEO of Pinipa (https://pinipa.com/), a platform for strategic initiatives that aims to bridge the gap between project management and delivering strong business outcomes. Pinipa is backed by Passion Capital, and is used by Capita, PwC, Accenture, NHS and Staffordshire County Council to deliver transformation programmes and innovation initiatives, to support more effective stakeholder engagement particularly when working across teams and locations. https://pinipa.com/ᐧ

Class4Kids - Nikki Thng is CEO and Founder of Class4Kids (https://www.class4kids.co.uk/) a platform for parents so they can book, pay and manage after school clubs. Nikki a serial entrepreneur became so frustrated at trying to book an after school club for his children he decided to do something about it, set up a platform to do this with no previous software development experience. He started from Glasgow has got some tremendous traction and is now expanding nationwide. https://www.class4kids.co.uk/

DataKind - Emma Prest Datakind (http://www.datakind.org/) UK an inspiring not for profit that harnesses the power of data science to improve societal outcomes. The UK Datakind Chapter has run workshops so the charitable sector can understand how to use data and developed a data maturity framework. Wider examples of DataKind work, advancing financial inclusion in Senegal and working on challenges focused on protecting and improving the lives of at risk children and young adults in North America http://www.datakind.org/

WhereismyTransport - Devin De Vries Whereismytransport (https://whereismytransport.com/) Cape Town and London a transport platform that offers integrated data solutions for formal and informally run transport in emerging economy Cities. Through data collection and data connection we help cities understand their transport so everyone can get where they want to go.

19.50-20.15: Panel discussion + Q&A

20.15-20.45: Networking and on to local hostelry The College Arms, 18 Store Street to continue the discussion!

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If you are a GovTech startup founder, get in touch! for speaking opportunities at our next meetup contact@govtechresearch.com