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Socitm 2004


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
  

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