UCISA23 Leadership Conference

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Primary Sponsor

Date

21 March 2023

22 March 2023

23 March 2023

Book Before

16 March 2023

Venue

ACC Liverpool

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About the Event

 

UCISA23 Leadership Conference

 

Building on the hugely successful return of our Leadership Conference with UCISA22 last year, for UCISA23 we will be focusing on inspiring and enabling outstanding leadership in IT.

The HE and FE Sectors continue to operate in a challenging period of sustained change. As a result, the need to seek out best practice from both within and outside the sector – as well as the best products and services – has never been greater, to ensure our community has the agility and creativity needed to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

After the successful return of the UCISA Awards at UCISA22 , we’re pleased to say this will be a regular fixture at the Leadership Conference. Therefore, we’d like you to keep in mind the people and projects that have really impressed you, as we’ll be announcing further information on next year’s Award categories and nomination process in the next few months.

Inspiration may come from within your own teams, institutions or perhaps the activities of colleagues across the wider sector. With so much innovation and progress being made across UCISA community, we’re sure there will be lots to celebrate at next year’s Awards ceremony!

Event Schedule

Tuesday

  • Chair of Day 1: Deborah Green, CEO, UCISA
09:00

Exhibitors briefing

Deborah Green, CEO, UCISA

in the Exhibition Hall 

10:00

Exhibition opens

in Hall 2A
10:00

Registration opens

in the Cityside Entrance Foyer
10:30

Preconference sessions

11:15

Newcomers session

James Smith, CIO, BIrkbeck University of London
11:30

Lunch

in the Exhibition
12:30

Welcome and introduction

Deborah Green, CEO, UCISA and Adrian Ellison, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor and CIO, University of West London and UCISA Chair

 

in Hall 2B

12:40

Welcome from our Primary Sponsor ServiceNow

Shannon Cobourn, Global Head of Education Solutions, ServiceNow.
12:45

Driving  transformational Higher Education through automation and Total Experience technology

13:30

Reasons to be cheerful

Karen Stanton, Vice-Chancellor, Solent University

sponsored by SalesForce

14:15

Refreshments

in the Exhibition
15:00

UCL Invites you to an Agile Experiment

15:45

Travel time

15:55

Partner showcases

16:25

Travel time

16:30

A seat at the table panel discussion

Chaired by: Karen Stanton, VC Solent University, Southampton
  • Anthony McClaran, Vice Chancellor, St Mary’s University, Twickenham
  • Professor Peter John, CBE, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, University of West London
  • Professor Osama Khan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Surrey
  • Sarah Setchell, Chief People Officer, University of Derby
17:15

Networking drinks reception

in the Exhibition

sponsored by InterSystems

19:00

Drinks reception

in the Exhibition

sponsored by HPE 

20:00

Informal Dinner at Pins Social

with bowling, pool, ping-pong, and more

sponsored by Handshake

Wednesday

  • Chair of Day 2 morning: James Crooks, CIO, Durham University and UCISA Trustee
  • Chair of Day 2 afternoon: Emma Woodcock, CIO, York St John University and UCISA Deputy Chair
08:00

Hosted breakfast sessions at the ACC Liverpool

09:00

Welcome to Day Two

09:05

A sustainable approach to building a diverse and disability inclusive team

Adam Tweed, Innovation Consultant – Workplace & Education, AbilityNet
09:45

Technology Talent of the Future – Harnessing the Power of HE

10:45

Refreshments

in the Exhibition
11:20

Curriculum management as the foundation of digital transformation and success: What can UK higher education leaders learn from their Australian counterparts?

12:00

Tackling the Gender Pay Gap in Tech

12:30

Lunch

13:45

McDonald’s & Enfuse Group: Candidate Experience Programme.

14:25

Travel time

14:30

Institutional showcases

15:00

Refreshments

in the Exhibition
15:45

A Shared Future?

15:45

Exhibition closes

16:45

Everyone can change the world

Mateo Salvatto, Tech Entrepreneur

sponsored by Fortinet

17:30

Close for the day

19:00

Conference dinner drinks reception

In the Galleria at the ACC

Sponsored by ServiceNow

20:00

Conference dinner and Awards Ceremony

at the ACC Liverpool

black-tie optional

Thursday

  • Chair of Day 3: Karen Bates, Director of IT, Delivery Capability London Business School and UCISA Trustee
    09:00

    Welcome to day 3

    09:15

    The 7 big DEI mistakes

    Rob O'Donohue, Senior Director, Analyst, Gartner
    10:00

    Tackling Today’s Student Engagement Challenges

    Anthony Phillips, Country Manager, UK, Ready Education
    10:40

    Refreshments

    11:10

    Trust, teamwork and technology: building a culture of educational innovation at scale

    Professor Osama Khan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Academic and Nick Gilbert, Chief Information and Digital Officer, University of Surrey
    11:50

    Professionalising HE digital transformation

    • John Butterworth, Director OCIO, King's College London
    • Fiona Greig, Director of Library & IT Services, University of Winchester
    • Krish Pilicudale, Director of Digital Information, University of Huddersfield
    • Nick Gilbert, CIDO, University of Surrey
    • Nick Leake, CIO, King's College London
    • Juha Huovinen. Founder, Sofigate
    12:50

    The day in the life of an incident

    • Simon Corbett, IT Director, Northumbria University
    • Paul Chichester MBE, NCSC
    13:30

    Conference closing remarks

    Adrian Ellison, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor and CIO, University of West London and UCISA Chair
    13:40

    Conference close followed by lunch and networking

    Other Sponsors

    Other Info

    Exhibitor Information

    UCISA Group

    • UCISA