The only UK-wide FOI conference

Completely free to public sector practitioners

Wednesday 4th March 2026
COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh

FOI26 will bring together speakers across the FOI spectrum: regulators, practitioners’ associations and more.

Plus, the eCase FOI Awards will celebrate the best in FOI practice from across the public sector.

Last year we were over-subscribed. Register today.

Agenda

Time	Session
8.30am	Registrations, networking & breaklfast
9.40am	Welcome, housekeeping & introductions
9.45am	Chair's opening remarks
9.50am	Keynote - OSIC David Hamilton, Scottish Information Commissioner
10.05am	Keynote - ICO Warren Seddon, Information Commissioner's Office
10.30am	FOI and AI: Shaping a smarter, more transparent future
10.50am	Break
11.10am	Responsible AI for FOI
11.45am	Managing the Impact: Methods for coping with excessive and complex challenges
12.25pm	Future-proofing the Profession: Apprenticeships and professional development
12.30pm	Lunch & networking
1.30pm	Breakout sessions 1 The Requester Perspective A discussion of making an FOI request from the point of view of requesters, including a journalist and a campaigner The Problem Page: Key issues facing practitioners now In this interactive session, we ask for your problems and discuss some of them as a group, looking at how these challenges can be overcome Building Wellbeing and Resilience in Challenging Situations Practitioners discuss different forms of challenge, managing them and coping strategies
2.05pm	Breakout sessions 2 All breakout sessions will be repeated, allowing you to participate in two sessions on the day
2.40pm	Break
3pm	From Experience to Insight: How career changes have influenced practitioners’ understanding of and approach to FOI
3.25pm	eCase FOI Awards 2026 presentation
3.50pm	Chair’s final comments and close
4.00pm	Informal drinks reception / meet the speakers

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