Programme
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Day1 | Day2 | Day 3
Day 1 : WednesdayKnow Your Business This sounds obvious but how many of us, when asked what we do, tell them exactly that: what we do? What the enquirer really wants to know is what we contribute. Rather than say I configure routers perhaps our answer should be I enable students and researchers to exchange knowledge. Are we really clear about the purpose of our activity? In this session, our two speakers will introduce, and then explore the higher education business, from the Vice-Chancellor's perspective.
Chair: Chris Sexton, University of Sheffield Quicktime movies from day 1 and day 2
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| 0830 | Exhibition opens |
| 0830 0900 |
Up with the larks 2 x 15 minute corporate member/delegate post-breakfast meetings |
| 0930 | Knowing your numbers from a finanace director's perspective Derek Watson, Quaestor and Factor, University of St Andrews ![[PDF]](~/media/Images/icons/pdf gif.ashx?w=16&h=16&as=1){kind=icon} Numbers that drive a sustainable estate – a reflection Clive Wilson, Director of Estates, University of Bradford |
| 1030 | Refreshments in the Exhibition |
| 1100 | UCISA Awards |
| 1115 | Interactive World Café The primary focus of the session is on sustainability and it will build on the earlier presentations in this session. This will be an organised opportunity for delegates, speakers and our exhibitors to engage with the issues of sustainability with a chance to interact and discuss experiences leading to specific outcomes at the end of the session. |
| 1245 | Lunch in the Exhibition |
Strive to be trusted/Empower the team
Any sales person worth their salt has the ambition to become a trusted adviser to their customer. We should all strive to be trusted and drive our activity based on honesty and integrity, even when we disagree – there are many who are still old fashioned enough to believe that this is an effective and pragmatic route to success. Whilst many of us think we are a super person, the species doesn’t really exist. Successful leadership is about drawing out the best from all the team. However, this doesn’t happen by magic. In a fast changing environment a good team last year may not necessarily be a good one this year. The game may have changed. If you seek to empower the team it is essential to ensure that they are able and fit to take on such responsibility effectively. Two of our CIO leaders who are relatively new in the HE sector will be exploring these issues in this session.
Chair: Mike Roch, University of Reading| 1345 | New Age CIO view Steve Williams , Director of Information Systems and Services, Newcastle University and Martyn Harrow, Director of Information Services, Cardiff University | |||
| 1445 | Refreshments in the Exhibition |
| 1515 | Business Showcases
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| 1600 | Business Showcases repeated |
| 1700 | UCISA Annual General Meeting (Carrick) |
| 1900 | Drinks reception and dinner Dynamic Earth After dinner speaker - John Humphrys |
Day 3: Friday
Of course, if this could be done 100% accurately then most of us would now be occupied with our favourite pastime 365 days a year! Just because this is challenging, however, it is no excuse for not trying. In a fast changing technical and political environment it is essential to explore the likely scenarios that are just over the horizon and be able to respond quickly to the options as they become more certain. To sit back and wait for others to tell us is a recipe for disaster: indeed, not so much for us but, more importantly, disastrous for those we serve. The legendary ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky said “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be”. I hope that as we all seek to provide great services we will be where the action is going to be tomorrow and not just where it is today. In this final Conference session we have speakers from a range of backgrounds to help us see over the horizon.
See over the horizon
Chair: UCISA Executive Committee Chair
| 0915 | Leading effective transformation: how to blend change management art and science John Mahoney, Vice Principal Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Group |
| 1015 | Embracing uncertainty: the new machine intelligence Chris Bishop, Distinguished Scientist,Microsoft Research, Microsoft Ltd |
| 1100 | Refreshments |
| 1120 | Embracing uncertainty: developments from around the world Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector, Education, Microsoft Ltd |
| 1140 | Current and future trends in mobile |
| 1215 | Leadership in challenging times The Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, ex Director General of MI5 |
| 1315 | Lunch and close |
| Event: | UCISA2011 |
| Date: | 23 March 2011 - 25 March 2011 |
| Venue: | EICC, Edinburgh |
| Book by: | 25 February 2011 |
| Status: | closed |
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