Startup and SME engagement in public sector procurement has always been an important topic in local government. The benefits? Increased innovation, improved social and economic equity and increased engagement with citizens, and more equitable spend of public funds, to name a few.

Yet, all too often, smaller businesses find the process of finding and applying to public contracts, to be a challenging process - let alone winning these.

In the midst of a pandemic and economic downturn, greater partnerships between smaller business and city authorities could help boost the capital's resilience and recovery process, with greater dialogue between citizens solving urban challenges and more investment in smaller organisations.

Entering a new era for CityTech in London, Nitrous and the Greater London Authority invites you to a presentation and panel revealing Thirty3 - a new collaborative procurement platform that brings together London's public sector opportunities and SMEs. In partnership with LOTI and alongside industry supporters such as Proactis and Jaggaer, we will discuss why SME and government partnerships are essential to London's resilience and what needs to happen next.

This session forms part of the Smart Cities event and will comprise of two elements:

A video demo, presenting the new Thirty3 platform, designed to increase transparency and help small businesses navigate London’s public sector tech procurement opportunities
An ‘Innovation in Procurement’ panel discussion

Theo BlackwellChief Digital Officer at GLASpeaker

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Theo Blackwell
Chief Digital Officer at GLA
Speaker