Programme
Sunday 10th October 2004
| 16.00 |
REGISTRATION |
| 18.00 |
President's welcome and opening address - Chris Guest, President, Socitm |
| 18.15 |
Keynote presentation,Your future - your choice by David Taylor, author of The Naked Leader |
| 19.15 |
RECEPTION: Sponsored by Telelogic in partnership with Socitm Scotland |
| 20.15 |
NETWORKING BUFFET: Sponsored by IBM |
Monday 11th October 2004
| 09:15 |
Presentation: Colin Mair, Director, Scottish Local Authority Management Centre |
| 10:00 |
Touching lives through technology: David Kelly, Director of Community and Support Services, West Lothian Council |
| 10:35 |
COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
| 11:15 |
Workshops Opt 1 - Achieving T status web sites: Martin Greenwood, Socitm Insight; Dan Jellinek, e-Government Bulletin Editor; Sheenagh Reynolds, Directgov Home & Community Franchise Content Manager. Opt 2 - ITIL standards/BS15000 - Service Management: Shirley Lacy, ConnectSphere Ltd. Opt 3 - BS7799 - help or burden?: Robin Ingram and David Bryant, Hytec. Opt 4 -Information sharing with health and other public services: Stephen Howes and David Garwood, Socitm Consulting. |
| 12:00 |
Workshops Opt 1 - Achieving T status web sites. Opt 2 - ITIL standards/BS15000 - Service Management. Opt 3 - BS7799 - help or burden? Opt 4 - Information sharing with health and other public services. |
| 12:40 |
LUNCH & EXHIBITION |
| 14:10 |
Key presentation: The regional agenda - post referenda, Peter Hetherington, Regional Affairs Editor, The Guardian |
| 14:45 |
Workshops Opt 1 - Achieving T status web sites Opt 2 - ITIL standards/BS15000 Opt 3 - BS7799 - help or burden? Opt 4 - Information sharing with health and other public services |
| 15.40 |
COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
| 16:20 |
Debate IT: Open Source or not? Jim Buist, Service Delivery Manager, ICT Strategy at Glasgow City Council; Juergen Geck, Chief Technology Officer, SUSE LINUX at Novell; Bob Kerr, Open Source Advocate; Nick McGrath, Head of Platform Strategy Microsoft UK; and Graham Taylor, Programme Director for Open Forum Europe. |
| 17:30 |
CLOSE |
| 19.30 |
RECEPTION: Sponsored by BT in partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council |
| 20.30 |
GALA DINNER: Sponsored by CyberGuard Europe Ltd After Dinner Speaker: Fred MacAulay Sponsored by Oki Systems (UK) Ltd. |
Tuesday 12th October
| 09:15 |
Moving Joined Up Government Beyond 2005: Andrea Di Maio, Head of Public Sector Practice, Gartner |
| 09:55 |
Launch of e-Government Standards Body Repository II: Jim Haslem, Chief Executive, e-Government Standards Body |
| 10:30 |
COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
| 11:15 |
Using the National Projects: Martin Scarfe, Communications and Marketing Project Leader for National Projects |
| 12.05 |
Presentation of IT Excellence Awards |
| 12:25 |
LUNCH & EXHIBITION |
| 14:00 |
Key Speaker, A profession coming of age, Sir Michael Bichard |
| 14:45 |
Exhibitors' Prize Draws |
| 14:50 |
President's Closing Remarks: Chris Guest |
| 15:00 |
TEA & DEPART |