• Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation, on why 'transformation' has been so challenging for official statistics.

• ​Dr Lauren Petrie, Government Internal Audit Agency, on the GIAA's work with data and AI

Dr Moira Nicolson, Lead Behavioural Scientist (Cabinet Office) and Honorary Research Fellow (UCL) plus Holly Marquez, Senior Behavioural Scientist, (Cabinet Office) on "Failing Forward: Why Planning for AI Disasters Unlocks Breakthrough Innovation"

​Ben Sauer, author/speaker/coach: teaching people the art of strategic storytelling, on 'Always Be Creating Clarity: Daily habits for strategic storytelling'

• Antonio Weiss on his new book, "AI Demystified"
• ​Becky Miller, Defra, on designing policy with complex evidence

Our sixth event took place at the MoJ on the 28th of April 2025.

First up was Noel Hatch from Adur & Worthing Councils who spoke about how they are redesigning their organisation to have a strong neighborhood focus.

This was followed by Lucy Makinson from the government's AI incubator i.AI who spoke about Consult — an AI tool for enhanced public consultation analysis.

Wednesday 30th April 2025.

• Catherine Day, Cabinet Office, on participatory government

• ​Kara Kane, also Cabinet Office, on Test, Learn and Grow

For our fourth event we have the following two excellent speakers.

• ​Henry Midgley, Durham University, on Holding Government to Account: Democracy and the National Audit Office

• ​Kirsty Innes, Labour Together, on the future of Digital ID

For our third event we had the follow two excellent speakers.

• ​Miriam Levin, Director of Participatory Programmes, Demos, on 'Involving citizens in policymaking - the Citizens' White Paper and beyond'

• ​Sarah Crandall, Engagement Lead and Senior Digital, Data and Technology Adviser, DSIT, on 'The new GDS'

For our second event we have Simon Manby and Holly Simpson from the MoJ speaking about digital and policy teams working together. Also Isadora Schappell and Anna Goulden from UCL's Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose on missions and the Public Sector Capability Index.

TransformGov Talks first event. Andreas Varotsis speaking about the government's AI incubator and Jeni Tennison on the new DSIT external advisory panel.