Nurturing Innovation & Creativity in a Risk-Averse Organisational Culture

Join Kate King, Head of Data Operations, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, as she explains how to gain buy-in from senior leadership and accomplish what needs to be done with lessons she has learned in her department, emerging workforce management challenges for leaders in data governance, and how to have the difficult yet critical conversations required to effect change. Our esteemed speaker then discusses the next steps in MBIE's data and technology literacy skills workforce planning journey.

Update on the Privacy Maturity Assessment Framework

Join Katrine Evans, Government Chief Privacy Officer, Digital Public Service, Department of Internal Affairs, as she discusses the latest results from the Privacy Maturity Assessment Framework and what they say about government performance. Our esteemed speaker then reveals what areas we need to focus on next and how we can get where we need to be when we're juggling competing priorities.

Leading the Cultural Transformation of a Digital Workplace

In this Government Keynote session, we hear insights from Mary Craig, Deputy Commissioner, Enterprise Design & Integrity, Department of Inland Revenue, on how to develop a clear and compelling vision of workplace culture that everyone buys into, the criticality of building a culture from the ground up, embedding flexible work practices and the importance of inspiring leadership.

Empowering the Skillsets of Diverse Digital Leaders

In this Fireside Chat session, we hear insights from Milica Zivanovic, Deputy Chief Digital Officer, Public Service Commission and Bill Moses, Chief Digital Officer, Public Service Commission on the digital skillset challenge, fostering a culture of learning by encouraging individuals to share their experiences throughout the digital career pathway, how to encourage sharing and collaboration across the public service, and how the skillset challenge can be addressed.

Cultural Transformation Leadership: Driving Digital, Data & Privacy Capabilities

In this Panel session, hear insights from Tracy Parsons, Chief Data Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Gary Baird, Partner, Technology Consulting, EY NZ, and Oliver Thompson, Data Strategy Lead, Callaghan Innovation on how to effectively identify where to prioritize investment to ensure capability building in data use, how to build practices and lift capabilities to meet privacy responsibilities, and the safest approach to managing risks in data collection and the use of generative AI to ensure the safety of citizens, information and strategic interests.

Leveraging Climate Data, Innovation & Public-Private Partnerships

In this Fireside Chat session, we hear insights from Jan Sheppard, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Environmental Science Research, and Heather Peacocke, Chief Advisor, Partnerships, Public Affairs, Climate Adaptation & Evidence, Ministry for the Environment, on how to use data strategically to accelerate progress in climate action, the value in Government and business partnerships in providing NZ with the data to inform and enable meaningful progress in addressing climate change, and how we can use data in innovative ways to partner with communities to ensure a real impact.

Creating & Sustaining the Digital Ecosystem: Navigating the Realm of Effective Partnerships

Join Elias Wyber, Programme Director, Data & Reporting, Ministry for the Environment and Kate King, Head of Data Operations, MInistry of Business, Innovation & Employment as they discuss how to leverage the ecosystem's expertise and align strategies and the most effective approach to collaboration between vendors, start-ups and government, how to create a vibrant digital economy and how digital leaders can effectively communicate existing and emerging requirements.

Security Transformation Leadership: Distinguishing Myth from Reality

Join Ruth Russelle, CIO, Office of the Maori Trustee as she discusses the vision and values of her department, how to prioritise investments in security capability to reduce risk, security culture transformation and leadership: values-based approach to security and embedding a continuously improving security culture, resilient to evolving security threats.