After careful deliberation of a combination of external factors, we have made the difficult decision to cancel The GovTech Summit 2023.
This year has presented unique challenges in terms of macroeconomic pressures and a changing business environment, particularly across the technology sector. These challenges have been felt by all of us within and beyond the GovTech ecosystem and the conditions have unfortunately posed insurmountable barriers to organising an event of this magnitude to the highest standards that we have always set for the Summit.
We are honoured to have built our GovTech community over the Summit's five editions and whilst we were looking forward to another annual meeting to celebrate the GovTech movement, we have determined that this will no longer be feasible. We understand the disappointment that will be felt by our attendees, speakers and partners - we share these feelings alongside all of you. That said, we have never been more optimistic and excited for the future of the GovTech ecosystem which we care so deeply about.
We look forward to continuing to support the GovTech Summit community that we have helped to build and activate in new ways. We want to thank this community - made up of some of the world's brightest technologists, policymakers, public servants, founders, investors and academics - for making The GovTech Summit such a fantastic success as measured by the impact we have been able to make on the world, together.
Event or no event, we are confident that this global community will continue to supercharge the GovTech movement and leave an ever greater positive impact on the world.
PUBLIC helps reimagine and build digitally-enabled public services. We started life as an accelerator and investor and have evolved to become Europe’s leading government-focused technology company.
Led by venture investor Alexander de Carvalho, PUBLIC is a ‘policy-to-product’ business - keen on shaping policy, transforming systems and finding and developing the products that can bring the policy to life.
Since 2016 we have helped to create and are a part of a leading ecosystem helping to solve pressing issues in the public domain. We built PUBLIC amidst Europe’s startup ecosystem, helped shape “GovTech” and firmly believe new companies are critical to government transformation.