Nomad, at the Centre of Mobile and Flexible Working
in Local Government

Nomad Presents: 
‘Theory & Practice’ - Nomad Autumn Events 2008

Nomad is bringing you a regional autumn mobile & flexible working event series to run twice in November and December 2008. 

• Thursday, 27 November 2008 – Aston Villa Football Club, Birmingham
• Thursday, 11 December 2008 - The Baltic Mill, Gateshead

These events are open to all delegates from UK local authorities and the Public Sector.

Each delegate place costs £185 (No VAT) but book before Weds 12 November and receive an ‘Early Bird Booking Discount’ down to £145 per delegate place.

BOOK ONLINE NOW AT: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/projectnomad/regionalevent

Including Case Study Presentations from the following:

Hertfordshire County Council - who launched a broad council wide change programme in 2005 ‘The Way We Work’, which aimed to integrate changed ways of working with their accommodation strategy. This programme now in its final phase will see a reduction in accommodation from 51 to 3 main offices, with 4,500 staff and a broad introduction of flexible and remote working. Through modern, fully equipped offices staff can use the latest technology to work from hot-desks, at-home or from various touchdown centres across the County.  The Council has learned many crucial lessons with the phased transfer of staff to the new ways of working which it would like to share with the Nomad delegates.

London Borough of Islington - who are leading the way with a significant flexible working change programme, referred to as "SMART Working", which commenced in 2003 and had the objective of introducing flexible working arrangements and reducing the need for accommodation. These arrangements are making the most of information and communications technologies and building redesign, to allow employees to work wherever and whenever it is most effective. The programme, currently in Phase 2, has led to overall savings of £30 million with predicted revenue savings in the region of £550k per annum.  Through the introduction of this programme Islington expect to be able to release a total of 12 buildings. 

Examples of SMART Working include working for some of the time at home, mobile working, hot desking and working non-standard hours. New office designs, new management methods and streamlined, paper free processes are all included as part of the “SMART Working” programme.  A new phase is currently under design with the Chief Executive which aims to further broaden the change to include front line mobile workers and complete additional accommodation changes.

Norfolk Open Link - a £1.35 million two-year pilot project, operational from July 2006, to evaluate the impact mobile technology could have on economic development in Norfolk and the delivery of public sector services. It was developed by Norfolk County Council with South Norfolk Council and fully funded by the East of England Development Agency. Covering a large area of Norwich city centre it was the largest community wireless broadband network of this type in the UK and it gave free internet access for public sector employees, the business community and the general public. The project was completed in June 2008 and we shall look at some of the outcomes and issues of this work as well as consider the future prospects for such networks.

Manchester City Council - who see Intelligent Mobile Working as one of the key vehicles for meeting the Transformation and Efficiency Agendas laid down by central government. Gary Booth, Project Manager for MCC and David Murray, Managing Director for Kirona; the Intelligent Mobile Solution provider, will discuss MCC’s mobile working ambitions and, as an example, their initial pilot for their Pest Control service area. The presentation will include:  How MCC's mobile woring drive began, where the project currently stands and what general mobile working lessons and best practice has been learnt from the project.

BT - who have been working with a number of authorities in social care and mobile health and they will be presenting some of the latest information from councils around the UK.  They will also be talking about some of their extensive experience of flexible working and wireless connectivity.

Bringing together the latest thinking and developments across a range of four interest areas, Nomad has created a format to illustrate:

• The ‘Theory’with practical guidance and expertise and;
• The ‘Practice’ proven by case studies presented by the implementers.

Feedback from previous Nomad events has indicated that this mix of practical guidance, sharing experience and expertise alongside valuable networking opportunities to be extremely useful.

See below for the Full Programme Outline.

Each delegate place costs £185 (No VAT) but book before Weds 12 November and receive an ‘Early Bird Booking Discount’ down to £145 per delegate place.

BOOK ONLINE NOW AT:  http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/projectnomad/regionalevent

• For multiple delegate bookings please call the Nomad Office on 01223 699052.
• A purchase order / reference / invoicing details must be provided for all bookings.
• Delegate places that have been formally booked remain chargeable but can be transferred up to a week before each event.
• This event is open to all delegates from UK local authorities and the Public Sector.

Mobile Government 09 Conference
www.govnet.co.uk/mobilegov
QEII Conference Centre, London
Tuesday 24th March, 2009
Exclusive 20% discount for Public Sector Nomad web users please contact Gillian McGuigan on 0161 211 3017 or bookings@govnet.co.uk. 
 
Mobile Government 09 will aim to look at the key issues around the use of mobile technologies in the public sector to increase efficiency and delivery of services. Join 350 key public sector stakeholders to understand the technology that matches your needs to meet Transformation challenges head on. Find out more about the initiatives shaping current practice and progress in achieving better services.  Confirmed speakers include The Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP, Minister of State for Digital Inclusion and James Woudhuysen, Professor of Forecasting and Innovation, De Montfort University. For exclusive public sector rates please contact Gillian McGuigan on 0161 211 3017 or Gillian.mcguigan@govnet.co.uk.

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