TransformGov Talks Scotland: September 2026

Parliament plays in important, if little understood role in the structuring of public service technology. There is a direct causal link - you pass a law and you get a computer system – but also more subtle effects. Gordon Guthrie will be talking about his research project, Foundations of the Digital State, which examined the role of both parliament and government in the creation and co-ordination of state digital systems and how that can be improved. Ann Kempster will be talking about Transform Wales’s work on the organisation of the digital services to deliver transformation change. These talks are practitioner-informed, drawing on the experience and research of civil servants not just in Scotland, Wales and Whitehall, but across Europe, the Americas and Asia. Digitisation, joined-up government and artificial intelligence will all be key parts of the public sector reform programme and it is critical that they are put at the centre of our political and parliamentary debate. The livestream will be here : https://meet.google.com/uxj-ckeb-vpr.