The
Chairman invited Amanda Pullen
(Programme Coordination Manager) to
introduce the report.
Amanda
provided a verbal update to the Board which highlighted key
information in relation to the LGA annual conference and Spotlight
webinar series. The key points highlighted were as
follows:
-
The LGA
annual conference would be held virtually over three days (6, 7 and
8 July).
-
The LGA
annual conference was still in the early stages of planning, and in
relation to the platform that would be used, the LGA’s
conference and events team would go out to tender for a virtual
platform. An outcome in relation to the virtual platform was
expected at the end of March/beginning of April.
-
The LGA
annual conference would focus on ensuring that improvement was
threaded throughout the conference agenda in a greater way than it
had been in the past, and a number of joint submissions had been
put forward by colleagues between the policy and improvement teams,
such as: climate change and green recovery. The productivity teams,
improvement teams, and test, track and outbreak management teams
had put forward submissions on behavioural insights, equality,
Covid-19 and digital connectivity.
-
Two
Spotlight-on webinar sessions would take place which would have a
more interactive, improvement and innovation focus. It was
anticipated that one of the Spotlight-on sessions would focus on
leadership, and the other session would focus on one or two topics
that had not made it into the main selection.
-
The
Spotlight-on sessions would be curated rather than the usual call
for submissions.
Decision:
- Improvement & Innovation Board noted the verbal
update.
Action:
Officers to submit
an update to the next meeting of the Improvement & Innovation
Board.