24 November 2026 | 10:00am–2:00pm, Bonded Warehouse, Manchester, M3 4AP
Public sector organisations are under growing pressure to modernise their operations, improve visibility and make better use of their data.
Many organisations are focussing efforts on their existing ERP, where legacy solutions have proved difficult to get a clear view of what is happening. The hard part is to decide where processes should be standardised and improve the quality of the data people rely on.
How can organisations use ERP transformation to create simpler, more consistent processes and better data, while bringing people with them through the change?
Join senior public sector leaders, Microsoft and Hitachi Solutions for an open and practical discussion about what makes ERP transformation work in practice. We’ll look at how organisations make decisions about process and data, where standardisation helps whilst remaining flexible.
What to Expect
Perspectives on the Future
Explore how expectations of public services are changing and what more connected, resilient and future-ready organisations could look like.
Transformation in Practice
Explore the realities of delivering complex transformation, including the strategic decisions, organisational challenges and lessons that can help shape future programmes.
Preparing for What’s Next
Consider how data, governance, AI and automation are influencing the next phase of public sector transformation and what organisations need to think about now.
Executive Peer Discussion
Join senior leaders to compare experiences and discuss the choices organisations are facing around collaboration, standardisation, autonomy, governance and organisational change.
Why Attend
The event will provide an opportunity to compare approaches with peers, hear practical lessons and explore how organisations can address the challenges within their current ERP and operating environments. Through expert perspectives, a client transformation conversation and facilitated peer discussion, we’ll explore:
- Reducing complexity across systems, processes and data to create more connected ways of working.
- Deciding what can be standardised and what needs to remain local, while maintaining the right levels of control and accountability.
- Learning from complex, multi-entity transformation programmes and the decisions behind them.
- Improving data visibility and governance to support better decision-making and create stronger foundations for AI and automation.
- Managing the practical realities of transformation, including change, adoption and procurement.
Agenda
Meet fellow public sector leaders over breakfast ahead of the discussion.
Exploring the choices facing public sector leaders as organisations look to work more effectively across boundaries and prepare for the future.
Rob Sambrook, AI Business Applications Architect, Hitachi Solutions
Exploring why public sector organisations are considering more integrated ways of working, including shared services, harmonised data and stronger governance, and what this could mean for their organisations.
A practical look at the decisions, challenges and lessons involved in delivering transformation across complex organisations.
Claire Purdue, Senior Solution Engineer – F&O, Microsoft
A Microsoft perspective on the role of trusted data, security, governance and modern platforms in preparing public services for what comes next.
An open, facilitated conversation bringing the themes of the morning together, giving leaders the opportunity to share perspectives on operating models, collaboration, standardisation, governance, data, organisational change and adoption.
Continue the conversation with fellow public sector leaders, Microsoft and Hitachi Solutions, over lunch.