Despite budgetary restraints the demands on the public sector will remain and the challenge for all organisations will be to deliver a first-class service with fewer resources.

Applying 'Lean' techniques can deliver savings of up to 40% and thus help public sector organisations manage within tighter budgets. Equally importantly, 'Lean' can lead to the delivery of better, more personalised services.

The public sector has many initiatives relating to 'Lean', but these could be better coordinated and there exists an opportunity to bring together the various experiences, learn from them and apply them more generally. The focus of Lean Government 2011- Raising Public Sector Productivity will be to bring together 'Lean' initiatives in the NHS, local government and central government. Delegates will benefit from the practical knowledge of the speakers, hear about the many opportunities to introduce 'Lean', the knowledge networks that exist and which they can join and obtain a better understanding of how to create and take advantage of 'Lean'.