Programme
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Day 1: Wednesday 12 | |||
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| 1100 | Registration and Exhibition opens | ||
| 1200 | Lunch | ||
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Session chair: Les Watson, Conference Chair | |||
| 1345 | Introduction Les Watson, Conference Chair David Harrison, UCISA Chair |
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| 1355 | Welcome Sir Alan Langlands, Vice Chancellor, University of Dundee |
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| 1415 | 21st Century Futures Jeff Staes |
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| 1500 | Break | ||
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Session chair: Brian Hackett, University of Huddersfield | |||
| 1530 | Virtualisation in a material world - ICT as a key enabler to a low carbon economy? Richard Barrington, Head of Corporate Affairs and Public Policy, Sun Microsystems Ltd |
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| 1615 | Identity: the final frontier Geraint Price, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London |
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| 1845 | Coaches leave for Kelvingrove Museum from the SECC front entrance | ||
| 1900 | Drinks reception, sponsored by Blackboard Inc | ||
| 2000 | Dinner (Dress code: casual) Wine sponsored by Tectrade | ||
| The Great Antiques Quiz , sponsored by RM | |||
Day 2: Thursday 13 | |||
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Session chair: Iain Stinson, University of Liverpool | |||
| 0900 | Digital natives run by digital immigrants Brian Kelly, UKOLN Andy Powell, Eduserv |
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| 0945 | The good, the bad and the social network Andrew Charlesworth, Director of the Centre for IT and Law, University of Bristol |
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| 1030 | Break | ||
| 1115 | Debate on Social networking | ||
| 12:00 | Business showcases |
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| 1245 | Lunch | ||
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Session chair: Chris Sexton, University of Sheffield | |||
| 1400 | Business showcases |
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| 1430 | The N3 JANET Gateway: Start of a new strategic solution for NHS-HE connectivity Malcolm Teague, NHS-Higher Education Coordinator, JANET |
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| 1515 | Break | ||
| 1545 | Who's The Daddy? Allan Pacey, Secretary of the British Fertility Society |
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| 1630 | A shared research data service for the UK: is it possible? Jean Sykes, Librarian and Director of IT Services, London School of Economics and Political Science |
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| 1700 | UCISA AGM | ||
| 1900 | Drinks reception, sponsored by Microsoft | ||
| 2000 | Dinner in the Argyll Suite, Crowne Plaza Hotel sponsored by Sun Microsystems After dinner speaker, Bennett Arron Dress code: Black tie (optional) | ||
Day 3: Friday 14 | |||
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Session chair: [new UCISA Executive Committee Chair] | |||
| 0930 | The role of IT in the consumer market - a 10 year look up Nick Jones, Gartner |
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| 1030 | Break | ||
| 1100 | Polar Bear Pirates - everyday people making a difference Adrian Webster, Inspirational speaker |
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| 1200 | Close UCISA Chair |
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| Lunch | |||
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Current Events
| Event: | UCISA 2008 Conference |
| Date: | 12 March 2008 - 14 March 2008 |
| Venue: | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow |
| Book by: | 8 April 2008 |
| Status: | Open |
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