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3 October 2019
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About the Event
Infrastructure Anywhere, Infrastructure Everywhere
Reports of the death of the on-premise data centre may have been greatly exaggerated, but the proliferation of different types of infrastructure in likely disparate geographical locations is very real. As a result, our own Infrastructure Teams now need to work in more agile and mobile ways, with DevOps and infrastructure-as-code being the new norm. How can we manage it all effectively, ensuring that we can support the digital services our own institutions rely on? Can we achieve the panacea of a single management interface? What about the challenges our infrastructure teams face in developing, implementing and managing these technologies?
We want our delegates to come to IG19 ‘Infrastructure Anywhere, Infrastructure Everywhere’ with plenty of questions. With a programme combining technical insight and strategic foresight, IG19 aims to help answer these and many other questions, both in terms of infrastructure today as well as the infrastructure of tomorrow.
This year's conference is aimed at both technology practitioners as well as technology leaders and features a great mix of sector-led presentations, interactive sessions, business showcases and insightful keynotes. As ever, IG19 will offer excellent peer networking opportunities, something that we know is very much valued by our delegates.
For IG19 we return to one of Leeds most famous landmarks, the stylish and elegant Art Deco Queens Hotel. Over-looking Leeds City Square, with its own private entrance from the adjacent train station, and restaurants, bars and shops all within easy reach, the Queens will be a fantastic venue for this year’s conference.
Event Schedule
Thursday
10:00
Registration and exhibition opens
10:45
Newcomers orientation session
If this is your first ucisa conference please join us for a session describing how to make the most of the Conference. In John Charles 1&211:15
Introduction
Mat Flower, UCISA IG Chair and Assistant Director & Head of Digital Architecture, University of Wolverhampton11:20
Welcome
Drew Cook, Chair of Board of Trustees, ucisa and Director of ICT, University of Lincoln11:30
How the University of Southampton Saved Time and Simplified Data Management by Future Proofing their Infrastructure
Primary sponsor keynote. Ryan Harris, Senior Infrastructure Specialist, University of Southampton and James Hughes, Field CTO, Rubrik12:15
Refreshments
in the Exhibition12:45
Driving Datacentre Computing Infrastructure Consolidation with Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Brian Lea, Technical Architect, Birmingham City University13:15
Overcoming the barriers to digital transformation
Business showcase - Ethos Technology Limited. Andrew Walley, Head of Infrastructure, University of Durham, Shaun Collings, Director, UK Public Sales and Patrick Smith EMEA Field CTO, Pure Storage13:45
Supporting Cloud Transition with Identity and Access Management.
Tim Purkiss, Senior Identity Management Analyst, University of London14:15
Lunch
in the Exhibition15:15
Parallel sessions 1
Quantifying the value and cost of cloud Louise Wain, Head of Business & Commercial, Jisc. In Ark Royal C)oVirt'ly Moving to Hyper-V & Kubernetes. Alex Goffe, ICT Services Manager, Keele University. In John Charles 1&215:45
Travel time
15:50
Parallel sessions 2
From Smart Chairs to Satellites - The Things Are Coming! - Tony Weir, Director of IT Infrastructure, University of Edinburgh. In John Charles 1&2 Navigating the gap between traditional IT and the Cloud: can Azure Stack help? - Tomo, Infrastructure Architect, London Business School. In Ark Royal16:20
Refreshments
in the Exhibition16:50
The Digital Campus: today, tomorrow the future
Chris Gabriel, Logicalis17:20
What is knowledge in the age of big data?
Timandra Harkness18:00
Close for the day
18:00
Networking drinks reception
in the exhibition. (Sponsored by NetApp)20:00
Drinks reception
in the Ark Royal. (Sponsored by Nutanix)21:00
Conference dinner
in the Palm Court. (Sponsored by Nutanix)Friday
10:25
Introduction to day two
Mat Flower, UCISA IG Chair and Assistant Director & Head of Digital Architecture, University of Wolverhampton10:30
Cyber Essentials Plus: Transformation in a devolved IT landscape
Guilherme de Sousa, Head of Infrastructure and Tricia Moscati, Head of Project Services, Heriot Watt University11:15
Using Splunk to gain operational visibility and improve your security posture with a simple use case plan
Mark Siddle, Chief Security Officer, Jisc11:45
NDC Oslo and the ucisa bursary scheme
Anna Mathew, Head of Policy and Projects, ucisa and Will Harries, Lead Software Engineer, Bath Spa University12:00
Refreshments
in the Exhibition12:30
Into the Cloud
Denis Mills, Infrastructure Manager & Cloud Technical Lead and Matthew Campbell, Senior Business Analyst, University of Plymouth13:00
Running HPC Cloud Workloads
Christopher Edsall, Research Software Engineer, University of Bristol13:30
Lunch
in the Exhibition14:30
Staying relevant: new skills to manage infrastructure anywhere
Nick Skelton, Consultant15:00
What use is infrastructure in a serverless age?
Arthur Clune, Assistant Director (Infrastructure) and David Thompson, Head of Software Development, University of York16:00
Close
16:45
IG19 closing remarks
Mat Flower, ucisa IG Chair and Assistant Director & Head of Digital Architecture, University of WolverhamptonOther Sponsors
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Exhibitor Information
UCISA Group
- Digital Infrastructure
