That was a solid set of announcements and demos. Might seem like the basics to lots of you on here but there was an energy to today that has been missing in previous years.

From me and the Baroness over and out.

Demos were good. Lots of you will like this one.

Minister says interoperable 👏🏻

One decent Q: Will digital docs [in wallet] become compulsory? Kyle: I don’t imagine that but I want them to be so desirable people use them. (Digital services so good people prefer to use them 😉)

Now journo questions from the floor. Will come back here when I’ve seen some of the product demos.

Now showing (not demo) GOV.UK Wallet, also part of the app. Will include Drivers Licence. Too big a topic for this thread but from what I can see sounds like sensible approach.

Kyle now demo-ing the GOV.UK app from his phone live on stage. Easy to be sniffy about that but a big round of applause for a minister doing a live demo.

App looks decent (essentially GOV.UK + login). Launches to the public in June.

Liz Kendall is here. (I know this game and) getting 2 Cab Ministers out of Whitehall to an event is a big deal. Great for GDS.

Kyle demos GOV.UK chat, it works fine and he handles it well including journo questions. Not easy.

Minister about to do live demo, deep breaths…

GOV.UK gets 12 million visitors a week

Peter Kyle kicks off by championing transparency and openness, hence inviting everyone to GDS. (Great to see this come back.)

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon from the advisory panel highlighting the need for curiosity around technology. Also says it’s about people, processes and products backed by data and funding. (Big +1 for that.)

Martha doing the intro