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Digital Health and Care Conference 2026

📅 Date and Time: Tuesday, 10th February 2026, 09:25 – 15:00

📍Location: Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh

Event Info:

Scotland’s leading Digital Health and Care Conference returns to Edinburgh on the 10th and 11th February 2026 for it’s 17th consecutive year, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever.
Across the two days, Scotland’s top political voices, health leaders and senior representatives from across the public and third sectors will come together to explore the journey from ambition to impact by collaborating and discussing the key challenges and opportunities facing the health and care sector through a packed agenda of panel sessions, masterclasses and keynote addresses.

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Health & Social Care Transformation 2026

📅 Date and Time: Thursday, 12th March 2026, 08:15 – 16:30

📍Location: University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow

Event Info:

Registration is now open for the Transforming Health & Social Care Scotland 2026 Conference, taking place on Thursday, 12th March at the University of Strathclyde Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow.

Scotland’s health and social care system is entering one of its most significant periods of change in a generation. With MyCare.scot set to begin its first live deployment at the end of 2025, the focus now turns to how services, pathways, and data will evolve to meet the expectations of a modern, digitally enabled NHS.

On 12th March, the Transforming Health & Social Care Scotland 2026 Conference will bring together national leaders, clinical innovators, and international experts to explore what this next chapter looks like in practice — from AI-enabled decision-making and integrated digital pathways to workforce readiness and system-wide redesign.

This year’s agenda will examine:

• The phased rollout of the Digital Front Door and what it means for citizens and clinicians
• How policy is shifting from strategy to delivery across health and social care
• The rise of AI, predictive analytics and data-driven planning
• New approaches to telehealth, virtual care and integrated pathways
• The culture, leadership and skills needed to embed digital change

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DataFest 2026

📅 Date and Time: Wednesday, 27th May 2026 & Thursday 28th May 2026

📍Location: Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

Event Info:

DataFest 2026 returns on 27th–28th May at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh. Tickets go on sale in October — join The Data Lab Community for exclusive early-bird access and be among the first to secure your spot at Scotland’s leading data and AI event.

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DigitalScotland 2026

📅 Date and Time: Tuesday, 24th November 2026

📍Location: Edinburgh international conference centre

Event Info: 

Digital Scotland is the annual summit for technology and policy leaders engaged in building Scotland’s future public services. In 2025 we showcased the new national Digital Strategy, designed and led by Scottish Government and the local government umbrella organisation, COSLA.

Keynote Speakers for 2025:

• Ivan Mckee, Minister for Public Finance, Scottish Government
• Joe Griffin, Permanent Secretary, Scottish Government
• Geoff Huggins, Digital Director, Scottish Government
• Ann-Marie Gallacher, Chief Information Officer, NHS

We take a deep dive on the constantly-evolving story of AI, and its implications for public services, with emerging use cases and inspiring examples of how that technology – and others – are reshaping the citizen experience. Featuring over 70 speakers, 100 exhibitors and 1,200 delegates, the conference is the biggest forum for public sector technology leaders, with case studies from across the UK, as well as partner nations, including Denmark, Estonia and Finland.

The conference tapped into the public tech zeitgeist – covering the latest from the global GovTech movement, digital ID, cloud services, payments, AI, IoT and Cybersecurity.

Digital Scotland is the meeting place where government ministers interact with technology upstarts and disruptors engaged and motivated by the goal of creating world-class digital experiences for citizens of the future. Be part of the conversation.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the strategic direction for government digital policy and programmes with a new national Digital Strategy.
• Hear how GovTech leaders from across the UK and Europe are pursuing technology-led transformation of government services.
• Experience best-in-class technology projects from an array of public services, from healthcare to social services, local government, environment and justice.
• Learn playbook approaches to tech implementation from experienced public-sector technology leaders.
• Attend industry masterclasses spanning user-centred design, data, AI, cloud, cybersecurity and IoT

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