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D5 London 2014 summit programme

Five leading digital governments will discuss a range of issues at the first D5 summit in London on 9 and 10 December 2014.

• From: Cabinet Office, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Government Digital Service, The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham and Ed Vaizey
• Published: 3 December 2014

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During the summit each member country will share their own experiences and discuss what being a good digital government means. This outline of the D5 programme explains what the summit will cover.

Day 1: 9 December

• Francis Maude, UK Minister for the Cabinet Office, will open the D5 summit
• the UK Government Digital Service will make a presentation on the the UK’s approach
• each founding country will present their digital expertise and successes
• discussion groups will cover 3 areas: teaching children to code, open markets and connectivity
• there will be a discussion on the future of D5

In the evening there will be a trade reception, hosted by The Duke of York. This will be a chance for the UK to showcase some of its brightest digital businesses and demonstrate how the UK supports the digital economy. Exhibitors include:

• Chirp
• Code Kingdoms
• Crowd Emotion
• Kano
• Relative Insight
• Skyscape Cloud Services
• Therapy box
• Yoyo

Day 2: 10 December

• Liam Maxwell, UK Government Chief Technology Officer, will welcome delegates
• Alex Aiken, Executive Director of Government Communications for the UK government, will present on UK government digital campaigns
• discussion groups will make presentations
• the BBC will lead a coding session for 6 pupils from a local primary school using the new Doctor Who coding game as part of the BBC’s ‘Make it Digital’ initiative. Afterwards the children will meet Francis Maude and have a tour of the venue
• the final panel discussion will look at how governments support the digital economy - panellists include:
  • Gerard Grech, Chief Executive Officer, Tech City
  • Francis Maude, UK Minister for the Cabinet Office
  • Ed Vaizey, UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
  • Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda (outgoing)

Do you have a question for the panel discussion? Tweet it using #D5London.

The summit will finish with a press conference.

Published 3 December 2014