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Day 1 [Wednesday 28th]

1100 Registration; Exhibition opens  
1200 Lunch, sponsored by Salford Software
Session chair: Les Watson
1345 Introduction Les Watson, Conference Chair
Mike Roch, UCISA Chair
1355 Welcome David Rhind, Vice-Chancellor, City University
1415 Sustaining excellence in higher education David Eastwood, Chief Executive, HEFCE
1500 Break  
New directions: students and technology
Session chair: Julie Snelson
1530 Trends in data storage and management Roger Barga, Architect, Technical Computing, Microsoft
1615 UCISA Top Concerns Iain Stinson, University of Liverpool
1800 Buses leave for Vinopolis from the Conference Centre entrance (on the ground floor)
1900 Drinks reception sponsored by IBM
2000 Dinner, sponsored by Eduserv (Dress code: casual)
  Wine tasting, sponsored by Oracle
 

Day 2 [Thursday 29th]

New thoughts: educational technology and skills
Session chair: Caroline House
0900 Competing in a global economy - a business perspective from IBM Gina Poole, Vice President, Innovation and University Relations, IBM US
0945 UCISA-SCONUL HE Access to e-Resources in visited institutions – the HAERVI Project Paul Salotti, HAERVI Project Officer
The JISC is investing heavily in improving the e-infrastructure environment Brian Gilmore, University of Edinburgh
1030 Break  
1115 Business showcases
  • Cisco
  • Eduserv
  • Oracle
  • RM
  • Salford Software
12:00 Business showcases Repeated
1245 Lunch, sponsored by ICM Computers  
New themes: space and sustainability
Session chair: Iain Stinson
1400 America uncovered!: what the research tells us about the state of ICT in US higher education Richard Katz, Vice President, EDUCAUSE
1430 Building intelligence Gary Bark, Converged Building Solutions Ltd
1515 Break  
1545 Are you a Dedicated Follower of Fashion? (Designing technology rich learning spaces for the future) Gill Ferrell, JISC infoNet
1630 Green IT/buildings Panel session:
  • Gary Bark, Converged Building Solutions Ltd
  • Gill Ferrell, JISC infoNet
  • Chris Cartledge, University of Sheffield
  • Simon Tindall, Sun Microsystems Ltd
1700 UCISA AGM  
1900 Drinks reception, sponsored by Tribal  
2000 Dinner in the Champagne Suite, sponsored by Cisco Systems
After dinner speaker, sponsored by Eduserv: Roy Hattersley
Dress code: Black tie (optional)
     

Day 3 [Friday 30th]

New ideas: futures and leadership
Session chair: [new Executive Committee chair, UCISA]
0930 Teaching the Google-eyed YouTube generation Bill Ashraf, University of Bradford
1015 Things they are a-changin'! Graham Whitehead, Futurologist, BT Exact
1100 Break
1130 Awards  
1145 Your future — your choice David Taylor
1245 Close UCISA Chair
1300 Lunch/finish  
 
Event Information
Event: UCISA2007 Annual Management Conference
Date: 28 March 2007   -   30 March 2007
Venue: Novotel London West Hotel, Hammersmith
Book by:  30 March 2007

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