See IT in Action 2012 will be a market place event with a mixture of exhibition, masterclasses, surgeries and plenary speeches from leading decision makers and policy experts in the sector.

The market place and stall holders will be made up of leading innovators from across the following sectors and themes:

• The Age of Austerity: How can local government save money and improve services through ICT infrastructure and skills? How is technology being utilised to improve local economies, support people to get back into work and support local business to promote growth?
• Digital Inclusion and Empowerment: How can we assist marginalised and vulnerable communities and how can we use technology to improve people’s lives and enhance their life chances?
• Education and Skills: How is digital technology transforming the educational opportunities for both adults and children?
• Health and Care: Technology is transforming the way health and care services are delivered. Technology has considerable potential to improve access to information, services and to speed up responsiveness - particularly if frontline health and care workers are supported.
• Housing: How can technology be harnessed to improve access to housing, increase housing choice, improving housing services and enable people to live independent lives for longer at home?
• Crime and Safety: How is technology helping to ensure people and communities are safe and secure?
• Environment: How can we safeguard a low carbon future through technological advances, green procurement and ICT efficiency savings?
• Partnership and Community Development: The Government's Digital Service has been set up to develop a marketplace to encourage partnership development between accredited public, private and voluntary sector suppliers of digital technology for public service delivery.
• Local government procurement: New procurement practices can lead to better value for the tax payer and ensure new contracts and providers become more responsive to changes in technology.
• The local and strategic: Collaboration, spatial planning, local procurement and a common ICT infrastructure.
• Open source futures: Efficiency through user-led feedback and design. Using digital networks to shape future delivery and develop services through demand.
• Interoperability: Bringing cross-department services closer together for efficiency and information sharing.
• The release of departmental datasets: A new era of transparency will enable users to make informed choices about the services they use. This will also place new pressures on the current ICT infrastructure.
• The Big Socieity: What role has digital technology to play in the drive for Localism? Can the digital culture empower citizens to shape the services they rely on?