{"id":4647,"date":"2023-05-03T08:53:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2023-05-03T08:53:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:53:51","slug":"digital-inclusion-symposium-in-scotland-thriving-in-a-digital-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/2023\/05\/03\/digital-inclusion-symposium-in-scotland-thriving-in-a-digital-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Inclusion Symposium in Scotland: Thriving in a digital world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Government\u2019s Connecting Scotland Team and the British Irish Council co-hosted a digital inclusion symposium in Edinburgh on 25 April, 2023. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4654 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Picture1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Picture1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Picture1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Picture1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Picture1-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/05\/Picture1.jpg 963w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Delegates came from all\u00a0parts of the UK including: Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Wales, Northern Ireland and England representing the public, private and third sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium provided an opportunity for Scotland to showcase its digital inclusion work such as the Connecting Scotland programme and highlighted its ambitions in developing Scotland as an ethical digital nation.<\/p>\n<p>Lesley Fraser, Director General for Scottish Government Corporate opened the session by welcoming the delegates to Scotland. She mentioned the need for collaboration in the public and private sectors to work on the digital inclusion agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Lochhead, Minister for Small Business, Trade and Innovation, provided a key note speech and highlighted the Scottish Government\u2019s on-going engagement and investment around digital inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Breakout sessions were led by various programme leads across the UK. The sessions provided delegates an opportunity to ask questions, and learn from each other in a close knit group. The breakout sessions highlighted learning about libraries and their impact, the environmental implications of digital inclusion and the role of the digital champion.<\/p>\n<p>Eilidh McLaughlin, Head of the Digital Citizen Unit, thanked delegates for their time, commitment and engagement which made the event a great success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The symposium provided an opportunity for Scotland to showcase its digital inclusion work such as the Connecting Scotland programme and highlighted its ambitions in developing Scotland as an ethical digital nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,246,6],"tags":[381,211,379,380],"class_list":["post-4647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-citizen-unit","category-digital-ethics","category-digital-scotland","tag-british-irish-council","tag-connecting-scotland","tag-digital-inclusion-symposium","tag-thriving-in-a-digital-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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