Each December, techUK’s Local Public Services Programme holds a future-gazing event to review the year’s digital local-government work and consider what may come next. The 2026 edition is scheduled for 15 December in London and online, with a three-hour programme running from 14:00 to 17:00 GMT. 12
The event is intended to celebrate local-government digital achievements, spotlight technology innovations and discuss trends shaping the sector. Its agenda also looks ahead to 2027 and revisits predictions made for 2026. 1 The listed speakers are Emily Witter, data researcher at Tussell; Jenny McEneaney, project lead for market shaping at GDS Local; and Nathan Pierce, director of Essex Digital Service. 1
The event is presented as a panel discussion and is marked free and member-only on techUK’s listing. 1 Public-sector attendees who wish to participate are asked to contact techUK’s Georgina Maratheftis. 1 The listing identifies the audience and subject matter, but does not provide a detailed agenda or specify the panel’s individual discussion topics. 1
The event page places the gathering within techUK’s annual programme rather than describing it as a one-off conference: it says the Local Public Services Programme holds the event every December. 1 The available listing does not state when the series was founded, so its founding date cannot be confirmed from these sources. 1