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At the Government Digital Service (GDS), we build platforms, products and services that help create a simple, joined-up and personalised experience of government to everyone.

We’re part of the Cabinet Office, which is a ministerial department that supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government.

GDS provides career opportunities and flexible working arrangements for employees, supporting the Civil Service and the UK to build back fairer.

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14th Oct

2:30 PM – 3:50 PM

Exploring GOV.UK with Data Science
  • By: Duncan and Suganya
  • At: tbc
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15th Oct

10:25 AM – 10:55 AM

Building a simple, joined-up and personal experience of the government for everyone
  • By: TBC
  • At: Main Stage
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15th Oct

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

APIs on GOV.UK: How we share information with users?
  • By: Kevin and Jessica
  • At: Main Stage
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Tom Read

CEO & Director General, GDS

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Alessia Tosi

Data Scientist, GDS

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Duncan Garmonsway

Data Scientist, GDS

Suganya

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Suganya Sivaskantharajah

Data Scientist, GDS

Kelvin

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Kelvin Gan

Senior Developer, GDS

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Jessica Jones

Developer, Google

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Building a simple, joined-up and personalised experience of government for everyone

At Government Digital Service (GDS) our talented digital teams ensure our products and services work for everyone and help government to become joined-up, trusted and responsive to user needs. We work with digital teams across government to identify where there are common needs for products, platforms that can be built once and reuse widely.
Join us to find out more about who we are and what a career at GDS could look like for you.

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Fiona Deans

Chief Operations Officer

Government Digital Service

Alessia

Alessi Tossi

Data Scientist

Government Digital Service

Building a simple, joined-up and personalised experience of government for everyone

At Government Digital Service (GDS) our talented digital teams ensure our products and services work for everyone and help government to become joined-up, trusted and responsive to user needs. We work with digital teams across government to identify where there are common needs for products, platforms that can be built once and reuse widely.
Join us to find out more about who we are and what a career at GDS could look like for you.

Fiona Deans GDS COO portrait-9803

Fiona Deans

Chief Operations Officer

Government Digital Service

Alessia

Alessia Tosi

Data Scientist

Government Digital Service

APIs on GOV.UK: how we share information with users

API on GOV.UK are used for applications that incorporate content from GOV.UK and for keeping that content up to date. It provides a more accessible and predictable interface than what can be achieved through scraping HTML pages. In this session you will hear from GDS developers about the architecture underpinning this work and how we get content from databases to users as well as a chance to put your learning into practice.

Workshop Facilitators

Kelvin

Kelvin Gan

Senior Developer

Government Digital Service

jessica

Jessica Jones

Developer

Government Digital Service

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Fiona Deans

COO, Government Digital Service

Fiona Deans is Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the Government Digital Service (GDS). She has worked in digital for 20 years and joined GDS from Barbour Logic, an organisation that provided local government with automated software solutions, where she was Managing Director.

Prior to that role, Fiona was COO at Arts Alliance Media (AAM), one of the companies that spearheaded digital transformation in cinema.

Before joining AAM she held business development and strategy positions at BBC Online, Atom Shockwave and Bertelsmann. She also worked as a strategy consultant for Mercer Management Consulting in London and New York.

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Alessia Tosi

Data Scientist – Government Digital Service

Alessia Tosi is a data scientist on the GOV.UK DataLabs at the Government Digital Service. She researches new methods to gain insights into complex user journeys on GOV.UK, leveraging her interests in data and behavioural science. She’s previously worked in various analytical roles across a number of government departments as a Statistics Fast Streamer. She is an ex-cognitive-science researcher who used to model how people speak and coordinate with others.

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Duncan Garmonsway

Data Scientist, Government Digital Service

Duncan Garmonsway is a data scientist at GDS, where he has worked on the GOV.UK website, digital identity, sharing of open datasets, and helping other departments to improve the ways that they do data science. Previously he has worked with data from smart meters, speed cameras, and the crews of Navy vessels. Everyone starts somewhere; his first job was in a typing pool in the criminal courts.

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Suganya Sivaskantharajah

Data Scientist – Government Digital Service

Suganya is a data scientist at GDS, she’s worked on parts of GOV.UK including related links, analytics, search, and feedback data. She previously worked in the private sector doing A/B testing and web analytics for e-commerce sites. Having started off with an internship where she learned to use Excel and query databases, she has gradually gotten into more technical and mathematical roles.

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Kelvin Gan

Senior Developer, Government Digital Service

Kelvin studied Computer Science, but after graduating tried a short stint as a video games journalist before starting a career as a developer. Kelvin started off as a web developer for a business school, then moved into a more backend developer role for a university. After this he joined GDS as a developer Tech Leading and became a Senior Developer.

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Jessica Jones

Developer – Government Digital Service

Jessica Jones is a developer on Platform Health at the Government Digital Service, where she helps to ensure stability of the many applications and micro-services that make up GOV.UK. She worked on the Brexit team (when we exited the EU), and the Coronavirus team (during the first lockdown) so she is enjoying the relative calm of her current role. She became a software developer in 2013 following a coding bootcamp, prior to that she had a 20 year career in broadcast television specialising in science and engineering programmes.

10:25 AM – 10:55 AM

Intro and Opening Remarks
  • By: Xuntos Team
  • At: Main Stage

10:25 AM – 10:55 AM

Sponsor Talk
  • By: Bunmi Sowande - Cloud Customer Engineering in UK / I
  • At: Main Stage
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Technical Interview Workshop with Google
  • By: Ömer and Alexandru-Ciprian
  • At: TBC
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11:15 AM – 12:00 PM

Getting into Tech
  • By: Panelists
  • At: TBC
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM – 2:20 PM

Lighting Talk
  • By: Hosanna Hali
  • At: TBC

1:25 PM – 2:20 PM

Defining, Designing and Developing solutions for Complex Client problems with AND Digital
  • By: Mo, Sidrah and Hamza
  • At: TBC
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1:30 PM – 1:45 PM

The Little 'Big' Problem Affecting the Music Industry
  • By: Joshua Babatunde
  • At: TBC

1:50 PM – 2:15 PM

Lightning Talk 3
  • By: Tbc
  • At: TBC

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Exploring GOV.UK with Data Science
  • By: Duncan and Suganya
  • At: TBC
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2:50 PM – 3:50 PM

Exploring GOV.UK with Data Science
  • By: Duncan and Suganya
  • At: TBC
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3:50 PM – 4:15 PM

Lightning Talk 4
  • By: Tolulope Ogunremi
  • At: TBC

3:50 PM – 4:15 PM

Lightning Talk 5
  • By: TBC
  • At: TBC

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM

Closing Remarks
  • By: Xuntos Team
  • At: Main Stage

building a simple, joined-up and personalised experience of government for everyone - Government Digital Service

At Government Digital Service (GDS) our talented digital teams ensure our products and services work for everyone and help government to become joined-up, trusted and responsive to user needs. We work with digital teams across government to identify where there are common needs for products, platforms that can be built once and reuse widely.
Join us to find out more about who we are and what a career at GDS could look like for you.

 

Fiona Deans GDS COO portrait-9803

Fiona Deans

Chief Operating Officer

Government Digital Service

Alessia

Alessia Tosi

Data Scientist

Government Digital Service

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