Breakfast Briefing with Emily Middleton, Director General, Digital Centre Design, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Author WIG Date 26 Feb 2025
A recording of the WIG Breakfast Briefing with Emily Middleton, Director General, Digital Centre Design, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
We are delighted to be joined by Emily Middleton, Director General for Digital Centre Design in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), as she outlines plans for digital transformation within government.
Join us on the day for your opportunity to:
- Gain insight into how the new digital centre for government is working to transform public services and break down silos across the Civil Service
- Understand the operational developments now that Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), Government Digital Service (GDS), and i.AI have been grouped together within DSIT
- Explore the opportunities this joined up approach offers for greater collaboration both within the Civil Service, and across the sectors
Closed captions and transcripts are available.
Please note the Q&A is not included in this recording.
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Speaker
Emily Middleton is the Director General for Digital Centre Design at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Emily was previously a partner at the consultancy Public Digital. She set up the firm’s international practice, working with multilateral development banks, UN agencies and philanthropies. She has worked with governments around the world to develop digital strategies and to design, scale and reboot digital and data units.
Prior to joining Public Digital, Emily led the design of the London Office of Technology & Innovation. Earlier in her career, while at the Boston Consulting Group, she worked on digital strategy and transformation programmes in Europe and Southeast Asia. She has also worked for UNICEF Innovation, the European Union Delegation to Ethiopia, and the National Youth Agency.