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Emma Gawen (she/her)

Partner, Public Digital

Emma is a Partner at Public Digital – a disruptive global consultancy that helps institutions that matter to thrive in the internet era. Emma leads the firm’s public sector work in the Americas. Recent work includes creating and recruiting a digital team for California which launched a public “alpha” website alpha.ca.gov focused on Californians’ top needs. This team then launched covid19.ca.gov to track Covid-19, providing clear and transparent information to 40 million citizens.

Emma has also led research projects for Public Digital on topics including: best practices from leading economies in government digital transformation, how to build digital government teams, operating models for smart cities, and adoption of open source for governments.

Prior to Public Digital, Emma worked as a senior civil servant in the UK and New Zealand governments, advising ministers and senior officials on digital delivery. During her time in the UK Government Digital Service, Emma founded the Digital 5 (now Digital Nations) government network of leading digital governments. She was also a founding member of the UK’s G-Cloud team, delivering a new platform for governments to procure technology services as commodities, and establishing the UK’s cloud first policy.

Sessions

Workshop

FWD50 Extras: How leaders can give digital transformation the best chance of success

Join Public Digital Partners, Emma Gawen and James Stewart, for an in depth look at how to de-risk your organization’s digital transformation. See More.
Keynote

Signals from digital governments around the world

Join a global gathering of leaders as they discuss the challenges they have faced, and overcome to spearhead transformation. See More.
Industry Innovations

Driving innovation with public/private cooperation

This candid discussion with senior executives from leading technology innovators sheds light on the careful balance of delivering to government. See More.
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