Lancashire County Council AI Expo

A practical open day on 2 June 2026 for councils to see, learn, and experience how Lancashire County Council is using AI to improve practice, quality, and productivity across services.

Focused on real-world, complex council services with practical takeaways to enable AI adoption within your own organisation, helping to drive innovation and enhance service delivery.

What to expect

A full-day event combining keynotes, panel discussion, service spotlights, and a wide range of interactive case studies across Children’s, Adults, and Corporate services:

  • Leadership perspectives – Hear from our Director of Digital, Director of Children’s Social Care and Director of Adults Services during the morning panel discussion on how to safely embed AI within complex council services. 
  • Real examples – Practical AI-enabled work brought to life through Children's and Adult Services' spotlight sessions in the morning and interactive case study sessions in the afternoon. A full list of the interactive case study sessions are available when registering for the event – sessions include: Prompting with Practitioners, Agents in Adults and Children's, Improving Quality with AI. 
  • Behind-the-scenes insight – Learn how we approached AI adoption, from the foundations and approach to the key principles that helped make it work in practice, providing you the opportunity to translate learning into clear next steps.

Date and venue

  • Date – 2 June 2026
  • Time – 10:00 - 16:00
  • Venue – The Exchange, County Hall, Preston, PR1 0LD
  • Programme - AI Expo programme

Who should attend

Local government professionals including:

  • Senior leadership – directors, heads of service and senior leaders
  • Practice professionals – principal social workers, service managers and senior practitioners
  • Change and delivery roles – business transformation and change teams

Register for the event

Register

Registrations closing date - Thursday 28 May 2026.

We try to ensure our events are as accessible as possible, County Hall has lift access to the event space if you have any specific access requirements, please let us know in the registration form.

If you have any questions about attending this event please email Natalie.Truswell@lancashire.gov.uk and we will be happy to help you.